Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1843, for Thomas Kennerly, Virginia
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Service Number
Va. Kennerly, Thomas S. 1843
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7173
Tennessee (illegible)
Thomas Kennerly of Franklin co. in the state of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain ___ of the reg. commanded by Col. Rose in the Virginia (illegible) time for for 11 mo. from '80. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of March, 1833 and sent to Micah Taul, Winchester, T.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833. 10.00
$50.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 86
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12,486
ThoS. Kennerly
Tennessee
From 1780 private
6 months.
$20

Micah Taul
Winchester
Franklin Co. 
T.
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Brief in the case of Thomas Kennerly County of Franklin in the State of Tennessee. 
(Act 7th, June 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 82
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period. 
Duration of Service.
Rank. 
Name of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
October in 1780 " 1781
Years, 
Months, 3 3
Days.
As a Private
Gen. Washington 
Col. Rose and Col. Penn 
Major Long
5. In what battles was he engaged? Yorktown
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? August Co. Va
7. In his statement supported by living witness, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witness & traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not properly attached
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

Ch. W. Forest
Examining Clerk.
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ThoS. Kennerly
12,486
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State of Tennessee, Franklin County
On this 31st Day of August 1832, personally appeared before the
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return home, he was drafted for another tour of three months - this was in the summer of all of 1781.  He was marched to Little York The militia being in small detached parties.  He does not recollect that they were organised with regiments battalions or companies until their arrival at York.  General Washington with the troops from the north arrived some time after.  he (the applicant) was with the army as a private soldier during the whole of the siege.  He belonged to a detachment during the siege commanded by Chap. Francis Long of Augusta County Virginia that attached & carried a battery of 10 guns belonging to the enemy.  A few prisoners were taken no lives lost on our side.  After the surrender of Lord Cornwallis the prisoners or part of them were marched to the Allendale barracks.  He (the applicant) was one of the guard & from there was marched home & discharged.  He does not recollect getting a formal discharge in writing, but is certain he served on this time the full term of three months.  He has no documentary evidence on his papers on or/serves to/(illegible); nor does he know of any person by whom he can prove his services.  He is known to the Rev'd Rob Dougan Colo. James Lewis, who was himself a soldier of the Revolution, Wallis Estate, Chairman of the Worshipful Court & others, who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services, as a (illegible) of the Revolution.  Shortly after the war was over he (illegible) from Augusta County, Virginia, to the County
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Georgia, the County was divided, & he fell into Oglethorpe County, where he resided 19 years. He removed from Oglethorpe County Georgia to Overton Tennessee, from thence to Cumberland County, Kentucky where he resided several years & from thence he removed to this County, about twenty two or three years ago, & now resides here
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Thos Kennerly
E. Russell Clk
Mr. Robert Dougan a Clergyman & [illegible] James Lewis - residing in the county of Franklin & State of Tennessee, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Kennerly who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty two years of age, that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Bob Dougan
Ja Lewis
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
E. Russell Clk

The said Thomas Kennerly, hereby relinquishes every claim, whatever to a person, or annuity except the present, & he declares that his name is not on the Pension Role, of any agency in any state.

Thos. Kennerly
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Go Co James Lewis, a Citizen of Franklin County Tennessee - aged seventy six years, being first duly sworn, says on oath, that he was acquainted with Thomas Kennerly, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, as early as the years 1777 - 8 - 09 & from that time to this, with the exception of the time he resided in Georgia & Kentucky. He did not serve with said Kennerly during the war - they resided in adjoining bunks in Virginia. He always understood he was in service at the battle of Guilford Siege of York.
Ja. Lewis
Sworn to in open Court
September 5th 1832
E. Russell Clerk
B. W. Wagner, D.C.
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And the said Court do hereby declare them opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Robert Dougan who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Franklin, State of Tennessee and that James Lewis who has also signed the same is a resident in the county state foresaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Edmond Russell clerk of the court of [illegible] quarter [illegible] of Franklin County in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Thomas Kennerly for a pension
In testimony wereof I have hereunto set my hand seal office this 5th day of September A.D. 1832
E Russell clerk of Franklin County Court [signature]
W. B. Wagner [illegible]
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Go Co James Lewis, a Citizen of Franklin County Tennessee [covered]

allowed

I Edmond Russell clerk of the court of pleas & quarter session of Franklin County in Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Thomas Kennerly for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 5th day of September 1832
E. Russell Clerk of Franklin County Court
W. B. Wagner, D.C.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
EEL
September 18, 1929
Mrs. Fred Cloud
Old Land Office Building
Austin, Texas
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1843, it appears that Thomas Kennerly was born October 24, 1750, in Culpeper County, Virginia.
While residing in Augusta County, Virginia, he enlisted in the winter of 1780, and served three months as a private under Colonels Hugh Rose and Gabriel Penn in the Virginia Troops.
He enlisted in the summer or fall of 1781, served three months as a private under Major Francis Long in the Virginia Troops and was in the siege of Yorktown. After the surrender of Cornwallis, he guarded prisoners to Albemarle Barracks.
After the Revolution, he moved to Walker County, Georgia, that part which later became Oglethorpe County, where he resided nineteen years, then moved to Overton, Tennessee, then to Cumberland County, Kentucky, and then
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to Franklin County, Tennessee, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 31, 1832
There are no data concerning his family.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier named Thomas Kennerly that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
[handwritten] Date of death not on AB. Ctf number on AB. 7193
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[printed form with handwritten responses]
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Kennerly which require further proof of explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
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? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, 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? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
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? Yes
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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? Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

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? Witness

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?
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? The Court has not
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? No

XVI. *Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if no, which of then is not so answered? Yes

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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 shown 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 the 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 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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MRS. CLARA DRISCOLL SEVIER | MRS. FRED CLOUD | MRS. CHARLES F. ALFORD
PRESIDENT | SECRETARY | TREASURER

HEADQUARTERS
DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
AUSTIN, TEXAS.
June 12 1929.

Pension Department,

Washington, D.C.

Did Thomas J Kennerly (born in Virginia 1757, died in Tennessee Jan. 5th. 1835) draw a pension? If he did not where could I get information concerning his service? Thanking you for any information you may have on records, I am

Yours Truly,
Mary K. Cloud

(Mrs) Fred Cloud,
Old Land Office Bldg.
Austin Texas.

STAMP
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JUN 24 1929
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Rev War
1843
INVALID.
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File No. 1843
Thomas Kennerly
Priv. Va. Mil.
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Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:--Vol. A, Page 201

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1929 - Sept 18 - Hist to
Mrs Fred Cloud - EEF