Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14643, for James Tannehill, Maryland
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Service
MD

Tannehill, James

Number
S.14643

carded
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Date of Death
not in AB

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6683
Kentucky

James Tannehill of Daviess Co in the state of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Maroney of the Regt commanded by Col Griffith in the Maryland line for 8 months.

Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky at the rate of 26 dollars 66 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. A.G. Harvey

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $53.32
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept '33 $13.33
$66.65

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Jno Cromwell - Clerk

Book D Vol 9 Page 62
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James Tannehill

Adm'd

Hon Albert G Harvey
H.R.
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BRIEF in the case of James Tannehill
County of Daviess in the state of Kentucky
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a court or a judge? - IN OPEN COURT
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? NA
3. How old is he? 72
4. State his Service as directed in the form annexed.
Period - Enlisted June 1776 and was Drafted Aug 1777
Duration of Service - 6 months and 2 months
Rank - Private both times
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served - 
Col Griffith
Capt. Philip Maroney
Lt Col Shryock
In Maryland and Flying Camp

5. In what battles was he engaged - GERMANTOWN
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? - FREDERICK CO MARYLAND
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls? _ BY LIVING WITNESSES & TRADITIONARY EVIDENCE
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect? - NOT PROPERLY ATTACHED

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Chas B Wilson - Examining Clerk
21 Jany 1833
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James Tannehill
Pension Declaration

Adm'd
8 mo. Pri
$26.66
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(1)

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th, 1832.

State of Kentucky Daviess County

On this 10th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before Christopher Jackson, Harold McCreery and Andrew Jones the justices composing the Daviess County Court now sitting, James Tannehill a resident of said county and state aged 72 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. It was in the month of June 1776 to the best of my knowledge that I James Tannehill then residing in Frederick County in the state of Maryland was enlisted by Lieut. J.  Allen and in short time thereafter was placed in the troops in the service of the United Staes then denominated the Flying Camp. The captains name under whom I served was Philip Maroney, the Lieutenant was Elisha Bell under them we marched from Frederick Town to Philadelphia under the command of Fen Bell our Col as well as now recollected was Griffith and the Lt Colonel was by the name of Shryock. From Philadelphia we went to Trenton by water and from thence to New York where we joined the main army under command of General Washington. We remained for some time on York
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Island during which time we had several severe skirmishes with the enemy. One of which was in the Buck Wheat Patch where we were successful: from the Island we marched after the main army which had proceeded us and joined them at the White Plains where it was expected there would have been a general engagement. From hence we marched to Fishkill & soon after crossed the North River and were marched through the Jersey state. We were at Fort Lee at the White Plains we had several skirmishes with the British. We continued in service with the army until our term of six months had expired and we were then marched back to Philadelphia & discharged which discharge has been long since lost and the name of the officer who signed it is not recollected and the said applicant hereby states that he believes he can prove his said services by William L Barnard who performed the same services in the same company. This applicant further states on the year 1777 about the month of August, he was drafted for a tour of two months which he performed his captains name was John Tarr, the Col was named Baker Johnson, we marched in 1777 from Frederick to the river Schuylkill. There we joined the army under Gen Wayne and thence we went to Germantown and fought in that battle under Col Johnson, and General Smallwood. We served our tour of two months and were not discharged till new troops came on. The discharge for this tour is lost, and I know of no person by whom I can prove said service.
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he the said Tannehill hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. This applicant removed from the state of Maryland about the year 1796 to the county of Summerset in Pennsylvania where he resided about 23 years. In 1819 he removed to Virginia and in 1824 he removed to Daviess County his present residence. Said applicant having served in the first tour 6 months and in the 2nd tour two months, making 8 months service. Subscribed and sworn in open court.

James Tannehill

We the undersigned Joseph Niller, clergyman residing in the county of Daviess and Henry Johnson hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Tannehill who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be 72 years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Witness our hands & seals being subscribed.

Sworn to in open court.

Joseph Miller - SEAL
Henry Johnson - SEAL
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In open court personally came & appeared William L Barnard and being duly sworn declared as follows: that he was a revolutionary soldier in the state of Maryland in the Flying Camp and in the same company with the said James Tannehill under Captain Philip Maroney & then under Elisha Bell on whom the command devolved before we were discharged, and that the said Tannehill did perform a tour of six months as stated by him in his annexed declaration and that I saw him at different times and places as stated in the army performing duty as a soldier and I now see him the same James Tannehill in open court sign & swear to his declaration aforesaid. Subscribed & sworn to in open court by the undersigned William L Barnard who declares that he is 73 years of age.

Wm L Barnard - SEAL

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above-named James Tannehill (the applicant) was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Miller
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who has signed and sworn to the proceeding certificate as a clergyman resident in Daviess County Kentucky and that Henry Johnson who has also signed & sworn to the preceding certificate is a resident of said county & is a creditable person and their statements are entitled to credit and we moreover after inquiry made do hereby certify that William L Barnard (who has proved the service of said applicant as a soldier) resides in Ohio County and is a reputable man and his statement as made & subscribed to is entitled to full credit. Given under out hands as justices comprising said court.

Chr Jackson
Andrew Jones
H D McCreery

Justices
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State of Kentucky
Daviess County Set

I John L McFarland clerk of the county court for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of James Tannehill for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office tis 10th day of September 1832.

John L McFarland

SEAL
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November 4, 1837

BA-J/EEL
James Tannehill - S.14643

Mrs. B.H. Bradley
1631 Broadway
Indianapolis, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James Tannehill of Maryland who received pension in Daviess County, Kentucky, in 1833

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim S.14643 based upon the military service in that war of James Tannehill.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of James Tannehill are not shown.

While residing in Frederick County, Maryland James Tannehill enlisted in June 1776 served in Captain Philip Maroney's Company, Colonel Griffith's Maryland regiment the Flying Camp was at York Island and White Plains and in several skirmishes at each place and served six months; he enlisted about August 1777 served two months in Captain John Tarr's company, Colonel Baker Johnson's Maryland regiment and was in the battle of Germantown.

After the revolution, he lived in Maryland until about 1796, then moved to Somerset County, Pennsylvania and lived about twenty-three years; then moved to Virginia and in 1824 moved to Daviess County, Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and resided in Daviess County, Kentucky.

There are no data as to soldier's family.
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In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the revolutionary war pensioner, James Tannehill (S.14643) you should address The Comptroller general, General Accounting Office, Records division, this city, and cite the following data:

James Tannehill
Certificate No 6685
Issued March 7, 1833
Rate $26.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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Left Side Page

1935 Nov 18 - Hist to H.H. West
1937 Nov 4 - Hist to Mrs. R L Bradley

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14643
Rev War
INVALID

File No 14643
James Tannehill
Priv Rev War

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index Vol 1 Page 370
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Sept 18th 1937

Mrs. Robert H Bradley
1631 Broadway
Indianapolis, Indiana

Pension Dept
Rev War Section
Washington, D.C.

Wanted information of James Tannehill pensioner from Marland in Davies Co Ky 1833 & oblige.

Ida Bradley
Mrs. R H Bradley
(above address)
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November 18, 1935

BA-J/EEL
James Tannehill - S.14643

Mr. H.H. West
314 South Hill Street
Los Angelos, California

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of James Tannehill a revolutionary war soldier of the Maryland line who was granted a pension while living in Daviess County, Kentucky.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim S.15643 based upon the military service in that war of James Tannehill.

The data and place of birth and the names of the parents of James Tannehill are not shown.

While residing in Frederick County, Maryland, James Tannehill enlisted in June 1776 served in Captain Philip Maroney's Company, Colonel Griffith, Maryland Regiment of the Flying Camp; was at York Island and White Plains and in several skirmishes at each place and served six months; he enlisted about August 1777 served two months in Captain John Tarr's Company, Colonel Baker Johnson's Maryland Regiment and was in the battle of Germantown.

After the revolution he lived in Maryland until about 1796; then moved to Somerset County, Pennsylvania and lived about twenty-three years; then moved to Virginia, and in 1824 to Daviess County, Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and resided in Daviess County, Kentucky.

There are no data as to soldier's family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name 

(Written in the margin)
Col Griffith that in the Md Regt of Flying Camp in 1776 & Capt. Philip Maroney command under him. Found Col Baker but not Capt. John Tarr
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and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the revolutionary war pensioner, James Tannehill (S.14643) you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this City and cite the following data:

James Tannehill, Certificate No 6685, issued March 7, 1832, rate $36.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1932, Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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LETTERHEAD
West-Carleton Sales Co
214 South Hill Street
Phone VAndike 1818
Lost Angelos, Clif.

October 1, 1935

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

RECEIVED STAMP - Oct 5, 1935

Gentlemen:

James Tannehill, a revolutionary soldier of the Maryland line was granted pension March 7, 1833, at the age of 73 years while living in Daviess County, Kentucky.

Will you please furnish me with abstract of his pension application, particularly covering his family history. Information desired for history of Hezekiah West, Revolutionary soldier to whom Tannehill was related.

Thanking you in advance, I am, 

Yours very truly 

H.H. West