Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16719, John Connelly, Md.
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Service Md.  Connelly, John 
Number S. 16719
carded
Contents [empty]
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Missouri 7982
John Connelly. of Boone C in the State of Missouri who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Williams of the Reg [illegible] commanded by Col. Adams in the Maryland annum for two years. $80.

[right side of paper handwritten] Date of death not on AB

Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2? day of May 1833 and sent to  Roger N. Todd. Columbia, Boone Co. Missouri. 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833, Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept' 33
160-40 =$200.
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Wm P. Pilmer Clerk, Book E. Vol. 8. Page 80.
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[handwritten letter]
State of Missouri County of Boone, pt.
On this first day of October, 1832, personally appeared before the Circuit Court of the County of Boone and State of Missouri aforesaid, John Connelly, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged about seventy years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following [two sentences blacked out]
act of congress, passed June 7, 1832.  That he was enlisted in the Army of the Untied States, in the year 1781(he thinks in the month of May or June) by a recruiting officer named Cleggett, in the town of Pucattaunay[spelled ?], in Prince Georges County, Maryland, and was marched to Anappolis, where he was placed under the command of Captain Williams, Commanding the first Company of the third Regiment, commanded by Col. Peter Adams-was marched from thence to Williamsburg, in Virginia, where he remained stationed a short time-marched thence, in the army of General George Washington, to Little York, in Virginia, was in the siege and at the capture & surrender of Cornwallis-marched thence to South Carolina and formed a [illegible word]with the army of General Nathaniel Greene, at a place
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[handwritten statement]
called "Round O"[underlined]. There he was attached to the Second Regiment (so called) under the command of Col. John Stewart- and was under the command of lieutenant Edward Compton, and Ensign Samuel Hanson- and was marched to a placed called Pond Pond- thence to Racon's[spelling] bridge- thence to a position near Ashley River, where he remained encamped until the latter [two sentences smudged out] of the command of Major Roxburgh, to Annappolis, in the State of Maryland, which we reached in the winter of 1783,-remained stationed at Annapolis, a short time and marched from there to Fredericktown in the state of Maryland, where we were employed in guarding the [illegible] prisoners, taken during the war- where we remained until the prisoners were discharged, when I obtained a furlough from Lieutenant John Linn (being the principal in command at the time) permitting me to return to my place of residence, which was in Charles County Maryland. This was the only paper I received -there being at the time no person to grant certificate of discharge. [illegible word]relinquishes every claim whatever
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[handwritten statement]
to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any [illegible]in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid John Donnelly
and the said count do hereby certify and declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revo [sentence blacked out]
states. [signed] David Todd


State of Missouri
County of Boone
det.
Roger N. Todd clerk of the Boone Circuit Court of the County of Boone in the State of Missouri do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said in court in the matter of John Connelly for a pension.  In in testimony whereof given hereto - set my hand and affixed the seal of said office this 9th day of October 1832 Roger N Todd  Clerk
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[illegible form letter, possibly the back side of a letter]
Jno Connelly
Periside[Pensioners] Office
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[Form letter with fill  in the blanks for handwritten information.]
State of Missouri
County of Boone
Be it known, that on this second day of April A.D. 1855, before me,  the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 1 Benjamin Connelly and Sandford Connelly residents of 2 Boone County in the said County, and made oath according to law that 3 they are the children of the identicals 4 John Connelly die? whose name, under Act of 5 has been placed on the 6 Missouri Pension Roll at the rate of 7 Eighty Dollars per annum.
That 8 they are credibly informed that the said Pension may and ought to be increased from its commencement and during its continuance; that 8 they are directly interested as claimants in said increase, and make this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority hereto given, we hereby constitute and appoint Hamilton G. Fant of Washington City, our true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of 4 said John Connelly [illegible] for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or INCREASE OF PENSION that may be due; and for the purpose of establishing additional service by the  soldier for whose military duty in the Revolution the aforesaid Pension was granted, I hereby authorize my said Attorney to apply for and obtain from State archives or other sources, certified proofs of such service.  To examine all papers or documents in relation to said service, on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my benefit the Certificate for INCREASE which may be issued in satisfaction of said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Pension Agency of this State; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present.  Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Agent and Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
Benjamin Connelly Sandford Connelly
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Benjamin and Sandford Connelly to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged, in whose claim I am in no wise interested.
John C Davenport Esq
State of Missouri County of Boone
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of the County Court for said County that 4 John Connelly die?  was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of $80.00 per annum, and that he died on the [blank] day of April Eighteen Hundred and forty nine leaving surviving the following named children and none other, to wit:  Milly A. Searcy, Francis Connelly, Benjamin Connelly, Jemima White,  John Connelly, Davis J. Connelly, Sandford Connelly, Sarah Ann Martin It is further certified that 12 John C. Davenport, Esq. before whom the preceeding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was at the time of so doing a duly authorized Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine; and further, that in the within claim for Increase of Pension I am in no degree interested.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this second day of April 1855.  Warren Woodson Clerk  W/By Wm Lampton Deputy clerk
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No 20. 902
7.982
John Connelly
Adm for 2 years from
1782
Roger N. Todd
Clerk
Columbia
Boone County
Missouri
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20,902
Brief in the case of John Connelly
County of Boone in the state of
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September 18, 1935
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BA-J/EEL [illegible]
John Connelly-S.16719

Mr. Miles Fleetwood Gordon
Truell Court
Plainfield, New Jersey

Dear Sir:

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.16719, based upon the military service in that war of John Connelly.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Connelly are not shown.

John Connelly enlisted June 5, 1781, at Piscataway, Prince Georges County, Maryland, for three years, served in Captain WIlliams' Company, Colonel Peter Adams' 3" Maryland Regiment; was at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis, after which he was sent to South Carolina, served under Lieutenant Compton in Colonel John Stewart's 2" Maryland Regiment; returned to Maryland in the winder of 1783, and served as guard to the Hessian prisoners at Fredericktown, Maryland, where his service terminated and he returned to his home in Charles County, Maryland.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 1, 1832, at which time he was aged about seventy years and resided in Boone County, Missouri.

He died in April, 1849, place not shown.

The following children survived their father; there are no data in regard to soldier's wife:

Milley A. Searcy .... name of her husband not shown
Jemima White ..... """"""
Sarah Ann Martin ..... """"""
Benjamin Connelly ... in 1855, living in Boone County, Missouri.
Sandford Connelly ... """""""
Francis Connelly
John Connelly
James I (orJ.) Connelly

[handwritten vertically beside list]
John Coddington
Archibald Coddington
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John Connelly had a brother, Benjamin Connelly, of Charles County, Maryland, who served five years in the Revolutionary War and was killed at the battle of Gates Defeat. It was stated that he died without leaving issue.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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John Connelly -

Send to G.G Brewer
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[handwritten and circled] 20,902

[printed] BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of [handwritten] John Connelly - [printed] which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. Has he mentioned with [underlined] precision the length of his service, [no longer underlined] and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? [handwritten] - no -

[printed] VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? [handwritten] no-

[printed] XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [handwritten] none-

[printed] XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [handwritten] no-

[printed] XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? [handwritten] none produced
[printed] If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For --- year --- months, and --- days, I served as a --- For --- months and --- days, I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite
, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of
must be stated thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Land Office, Annapolis, April 6th 1833
I certify, that it appears by a roll or list, remaining in this office, endorsed, "List of Sunday Soldiers Inlistments;" that the name of John Connally appears upon said list,
to have enlisted on the fifth of June 1781, for the term of three years
George G. Brewer
Reg Land Off, [unclear]
[Mam?] on the revolutionary pay rolls in this office. I find the names of two persons by the name of John Connolly;  - they are Entered on the roll as John Connally the 1st and 2nd
G. G. Brower
Regr [unclear]
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To Gordon
Pension Office
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Columbia, Mo.
Apl 2. 1855
My Dear Sir,
Enclosed I hand
you a power of attorney from
some of the heirs of John Connelly
decd, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who drew a pension from
about 1832 to 1849-- the time of his
death. The heirs are induced to do this
because of letters recd from Agents
suggesting the probability of their
Father being entitled to an increase
of his pension --which they can
now claim. Examine the matter,
ascertain the probability of receiving
any thing, fix a fee (to be divided
equally between us,) and advise
me of the result.
The heirs of John County
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suppose that they are also entitled
to a considerable sum of money
on [unclear] of the service of Benjn Connelly
dec. (brother of John Connelly,) who
was a soldier of the Revolution for some
five years; who lived in Charles
County, Maryland; and who was
Killed in Gates' defeat at Camden
S.C. His Co. & Reg are unknown.
He died without children & John's Heirs
are Ben's heirs. Can any thing be
got for them-- back-pay, or other
wise?
Capt John Spotswood,
of Orange County, Va. (probably
attached to Gen Williams' Reg) rendered
services in Continental service, was wounded at the battle of Germantown - disabled for life
taken prisoner and carried to Phila. &
I am assuredly his son, never rec
any pay for his services: He
was rich-- his sons are not so &
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desire to get what may be
due them-- if any thing.
They estimate that $15,000?
are due them.
If these claims promise to pay
I will at once present the necessary
[authors] to present them so they go before the Court of claims [unclear punctuation]
Let me hear from
you at your earliest convenience
Yours Truly
Your friend
RL. Todde.

H G. Fant, Esq
Washington D.C.
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[left page]
16.719
INVALID.
File No. 16.719
John Connelly
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 439
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right page]
Mch. 22. 1901
Mrs Urma Lawrence
Kan City Mio
Decr. 3-1902
Mrs. Sara B. Turner
Columbia Mo.
1908 Aug 18 Alice C. Mac
fallow Tombstone Data
(Letter in S.F. 1995  41st
1909 Nov. 19. To J.M. General
1921 Jan. 20. Hist. to Hon
C. D. Benson. MC
1930 June 25. Hist. to Hon
Mrs J. Frank Thompson
EEL
1935- Dept 18. Hist to Miles F.
Gordon- EL.
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September 18, 1935
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Mr. Miles Fleetwood Gordon
Truell Court
Plainfield, New Jersey
Dear Sir

Reference is made to your letter of August 19, with which
you enclosed one dollar to cover cost of photostatic copies of
papers in Revolutionary War claim for pension based upon service
of John Connelly, pensioner in Boone County, Missouri, in 1840.
The papers in pension claim, S.16719, based upon service of
John Connelly, named above, are very frail indeed. The process
of handling in the preparation of photostatic copies is necessarily
injurious to these old documents. The papers have all been examined
carefully and the data found therein are furnished in a report
herewith. It is hoped that this will be just what you need in
your research. If, however, it is not sufficient, quotation will be
made in regard to copies.
The amount of your remittance, one dollar, will be refunded
as no charge is made for this report.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Copied from A. [unknown}

Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
EEL
June 25, 1930
Mrs. J. Frank Thompson
11 Kuhlman Court
Columbia, Missouri
Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 16719, it appears that John Connelly
enlisted on June 5, 1781, at Piscataway, Prince Georges
County, Maryland, for three years, and was placed in Captain Williams' First Company of Colonel Peter Adams' Third
Maryland Regiment.
He was at the siege of Yorktown and
sometime later was attached to Colonel John Stewart's
Second Maryland Regiment. He returned to Maryland in the
winter of 1783 and was sent as guard to the Hessian prisoners at Fredericktown, where his service terminated and he
returned to his home in Charles County, Maryland.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 1, 1832, at which time he was aged about seventy
years and resided in Boone County, Missouri.
He died in April, 1849, leaving the following children:
Milley A. Searcy, Jemima White, Sarah Ann Martin, Benjamin,
Sandford, Francis, John and James I. Connelly,
In 1855,
Benjamin and Sandford Connelly were residents of Boone
County, Missouri. The name of soldier's wife is not given.
On October 4, 1929, you were furnished the history of
William Beck, S.2376.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section.
AW
January 25, 1921.

Hon. Carville D. Benson,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Benson:

In response to your letter of the 20"
instant, I have the honor to advise you that this Bureau is
unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution
unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on
account of his services and a careful search of the records
fails to show such claims on file on account of the services
of any soldiers named Isaac Shillenberg or Schillenberg or
Jack Connelly,
You are herewith furnished the history
of the only John Connelly of Maryland found on the Revolutionary
War records of this Bureau.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim Sur. File No. 16,719 it appears that John
Connelly enlisted at Piscataway, Prince George County, Maryland
on June 5, 1781, for three years, and was placed in
Captain Williams' First Company of Colonel Peter Adams
Third Maryland Regiment. He was at the siege of Yorktown
and some time later was attached to Colonel John Stewart's
Second Maryland Regiment. He returned to Maryland in the
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winter of 1783 and was sent as guard to the Hessian prisoners
at Fredericktown, where his service terminated and he returned
to his home in Charles County, Maryland.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 1, 1832, at which time he was about seventy years
old and a resident of Boone County, Missouri.
He died in April 1849 leaving the following children:
Milly A. Searcy, Jemima White, Sarah Ann Martin, Benjamin,
Sandford, Francis, John and James I. Connelly. The name of
soldier's wife is not stated and there is no further data on
file as to his family,
Very truly yours,
F D Byington
Commissioner.
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Washington, D.C.
25 Fifth St. N. E.
Sept. 24, 1935.
1 copy
Mr. K.C. Baxter
Veterans Administration
Washington
8/21/35
Dear Sir,
SD-8231
Herein please
find receipt for one dollar
sent you on or about Aug. 21,
1935.
Please advise me
what is necessary to complete
the transaction.
Please note
change of and as above. Thank you
Miles F. Gordon
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Form 3229 a

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
MEMORANDUM
From Chief, Accounting Division
To Chief Clerk
Subject CONNELLY, John S. 16719
c15--620
Attention: Mrs. Finch.
Date October 3, 1935
DAG--A
There is forwarded herewith letter dated September 24, 1935 received
from Miles F. Gordon relative to remittance in the amount of $1.00
covering photostatic copy of pension application in the case of John Connelly
for which official Receipt No. SD 8231 was issued under date of
August 21, 1935.
The amount of $1. 00 was refunded to the remitter under date of
September 20, 1935, no charge being made for data furnished.
Mr. Gordon's change of address has been noted in the event the
check for $1.00 is returned unclaimed.
WM. H. HOLMES.
1 Enc.
While this letter of M. Gordon's, dated Sept 24, 1935, was being taken care of in Arlington-Bldg. by ----> WM. H. HOLMES. Mr. Gordon called in Ren. 1851 navy Bldg. Per War Sect. and stated that he had not rec. his money yet, but guessed it would come all right. I stated also, that his [unknown] was sent instead of [unknown] was sufficient. 
Oct. 4, 1935
[unknown]
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Plainfield, N.J.
TRUELL COURT 8231
August 19th,  1935

Revolutionary War of 1776-1781
Pension Bureau.
City of Washington
District of Columbia

Gentlemen:-

In re: - John Connelly, Pensioner, living in Boone County, Missoouri, in 1840.

I would like a photostatic copy of the pension application of the above named.  I found the record in a U. S. Government publication printed in 1841 and now in the Genealogy Dept. of The N. Y. Public Library.   I inclose [enclose] One Dollar to defray charges.

Thanking you in advance, I remain,

Yours very truly,
Miles Fleetwood Gordon.

1.00 Cash (handwritten)
Enclosure when opened in Mail Sub-Div., M. & R. Division.
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MRS. J. FRANK THOMPSON
11 KUHLMAN COURT
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
Pension Department Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
Will you please send me the Revolutionary War
Pension of [unclear] Beck age
75 Stokes Co. N. C.
[handwritten date Aug 4, 1929]
John Connelley age 78-
Sanford Connelley one who was benefited -
Boone Co. Mo.
Thanking you very much I am sincerely
Stella A. Thompson
11 Kuhlman Court
Columbia Mo
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CARVILLE D. BENSON
2D DIST. MARYLAND

IRVIN J. SULLIVAN.
SECRETARY

House of Representatives U.S.
Washington, D. C.
130 fidelity BUILDING,
BALTIMORE, MD.

[handwritten note.  Rec. Revo. war]

January 20th, 1921.
Hon. F. D. Byington,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-

I am sending you enclosed a copy of a letter that I received from the Adjutant General, which is self explanatory.

If you can give me any information regarding the military history of Isaac Shillenberg and Jack Connelly, [handwritten insert saying no Jack but John S 16719] who
were supposed to have served in the Continental Army as soldiers
from the Colony of Maryland; or any history regarding the family
of either, I shall appreciate it very much,
Yours very truly,
Carville Benson [hand written]

[stamp Deputy
Jan 22 1921
Commissioner]
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W [illegible by fold]
THE ADJUTANT [illegible by fold]
WASHINGTON [illegible by fold]
January 17, 1921.

A. G. 032.13
(Benson, Carville D.) ORD

Hon. Carville D. Benson,
House of Representatives.
Dear Sir:
In response to your letter of the 13th instant
in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Isaac Schillenburg and Jack Connelly, I have the honor to inform you that neither of these names has been
found on the records in this office of soldiers of the Revolutionary War, which records are far from complete.

It is suggested as a possibility that the desired
information can perhaps be obtained from the Commissioner of Pensions, this city, who is the custodian of the pension and land warrant records of said war, or from the authorities of the state from which the men are supposed to have enlisted.

My letter to you of the 10th instant on the same
subject, inclosed by you, is herewith returned.

Very respectfully,
R.C. Harris
The Adjutant General.
1 Inclosure

[stamp Deputy
JAN 22 1921
Commissioner]
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16719
7982

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
30345
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir,
I am a descendant of John Connelly [underlined]
who was a Pentioned soldier of the
Revolutionary was
and as I am notable
to find the original

[stamp in middle
unclear text top
Nov 28 1902]
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Certificate have been
advised by the society
to write you
for a
Copy of said Certificate
and any other information you can give.
will be very
gratefully received
Mrs. Sara B Turner
Columbia Mo.
Nov 13 1902
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P. S.
John Connelly
lived in Boone County
Missouri at the time
he drew the Pension
S. B. T.

[circular stamp
PENSION
D
NOV
15 1902
U.S.
OFFICE]
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[stamp upright
[unclear top] S.
OLD WAR & NAVY
MAR 8 1901
FILES.
P. B.]

Feb. 24, 1901.
Mr. H. Clay Evans
Sir
I wish to obtain sta-tistics [statistics]
concerning my great-
grand father, John Conley, from
Maryland, I believe, who fought
during the Revolutionary War.
I do not know whether he re-cieved [received]
a pension or not: I
have been told that- he was
present at the surrender of
Cornwallis but do not know
under whose command.
If there is something for me
to do in order to obtain
these proofs I will comply when
in-formed. [informed]
Respectfully,
Urma Lawrence.
1006 Holmes St.
Kansas City
Mo.

[stamp
To Chf---Div.
Action ---
MAR 17 1901
COMMISSIONER.]