Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9492, John Underwood, Del.
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Del. 
Underwood, John
S. 9492
carded
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North Carolina 23.888
John Underwood -
of Orange in the State of N. Carolina
who was a [illegible] in the commended
by Captain - - - of the Reg commanded
by Col Hutchison in the Del
line for 10 mo : 6 days

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
the rate of 34 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Apr [illegible]
and said J.H. Manguin
Hillsboro N.C.
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34 102. --
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept - 17.--
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$119.--

Revolutionary Claim,
June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nath Rice, Clerk
Book [illegible] Vol. 4 Page 77
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Paid at the Treasury under
the acts of the 6 April 1838 
from 4 [illegible] to 1836 to 4 [illegible] 
1838. Agt notified 6 April 1839.
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Ms. Underwood
Send J Rodger
[illegible]
Delaware
New Castle

PN Mangum
[illegible]
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, paper [illegible] of 1832.

State of North Carolina
Orange County

On this 29th day of May 1833, personally appeared in open court, before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & [illegible] for the County agreed, now sitting, John Underwood, resident of the County & State aforesaid,
aged seventy-eight years and 13th day of December 1832, 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 7th June 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, & served as here in stated.

In July 1776, he thinks it was he enlisted as a [illegible] in the Continental service for five months, in the County of Kent in the state of Delaware. At Dover Town in the said County of Kent, the Company, to which the declarant was attached, was organized. Col. Robert Hutchinson was Full officer - the company officers were Capt Joseph Caldwell, Peter Loper, 1st Lieutenant {illegible] Goredon, 2nd Lieutenant Ensign Wm Dill -  from Dover Town, declarant was marched to Philadelphia, with a delay of a few days at Christine, at which place Adjutant Genl Jas. Lucas joined the Battalion, consisting of eight companies, to which declarant belonged - and [illegible] the Battalion. Declarant company afore[illegible] to Philadelphia. At Philadelphia, declarant some] two weeks. From Philadelphia, declarant with his Company was conveyed by water up East River to [illegible]
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ton.  Thence was marched to Fort Lee. From Fort Lee, he was marched to Amboy, where he re-joined Genl Lucas.  The declarant was in the Battle on Staten Island, opposite Amboy - which was commanded early in the morning, in the month of September. Genl Lucas [illegible] commanded the Americans in that engagement. 
Before the time expired, for which declarant enlisted he with a company of 50 or 60 others, under the command of Ensign Wm Dill, was marched up East River to Milford, & will guard 
Carson Wm Dill was marched up at River to Milford, as [illegible] guard, for the purpose of intercepting the [illegible] who were understood to be furnishing the enemy with provisions.  Thence he returned to Amboy
& thence to Philadelphia, where after a service of six months, one month over the time for which he had enlisted, he was discharged. Col Hutcheson, he thinks, gave his discharge - which is lost.

In the summer following, which he thinks was in 1777. the declarant volunteered as a private in the militia of the State of
Delaware, in the County of Kent for the term of six weeks. 

His company was formed at Dover Town, under the command of Capt. Robert Morgan, was engaged during this tour in marching up & down the Delaware Bay, for the purpose
of protecting the country around, against the irruptions of Tories, who were in the habit of plundering the inhabitants transporting their spoils in [illegible] craft, to the enemy. At the end of this term, he was discharged. This discharge is lost. Immediately afterward, in the same [illegible], the declarant became a substitute for his brother, Abraham Underwood, who was drafted as a private, in the militia of Delaware, in the said County of Kent, for six weeks - and served this tour in the same kind service above stated, said the same [illegible]
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-hood. Capt Jeremiah Morris was his captain in this tour.- Immediately after this services, the declarant breams a substitute for his Brother Joshua Underwood, who was likewise drafted as a private in the Militia of Delaware in the said County of Kent, for a six weeks tour. The declarant served this tour in the same kind of service up & down the Delaware Bay, under the command of Capt Clark- & at the end of the time, was discharged. This discharge is likewise lost.- The aforesaid Brothers of declarant were men of families, & declarant was single at the time he breams their substitute as aforementioned.- The declarant was born in the County of Kent in the state of Delaware on 13th December 1754 and resided there until about two years after the close of the Revolutionary War-and then he removed to Orange County, near the Shallow Ford on Haw River, in the state of North Carolina-where he hath ever since resided. He hath no record of his age- but his brother Joshua, now of Guilford County, No. Ca, hath one, as he is informed the declarant being illiterate & not able to read writing.- The declarant hath no documentary evidence of his services-nor doth he know of any witness by whom he could prove the same; his said Brother Joshua, who once knew of declarant's services, being now from advanced age, too weak in mind & memory to be a competent witness.- He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except he present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.- He declares that cannot produce a clergyman of his acquaintance to attend court, a distance of 25 miles from his residence, to testify as to his services & character; but he is known to John Boon, Joshua [illegible] & David Boon & Boston Isely, Esq. of the County of Orange state of North Carolina.
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-olina. The declarant states that as to the date of his services herein stated, he may be under a mistake-but as to the length or amount of those services & the order as named, he has no doubt; & by reference to the history of the war & the time of the Battle on Staten Island, the period of his services can be ascertained.- sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid-

John Underwood
x his mark

[illegible signature]

We David Boon & John Boon & Boston Iseley residing in the County of Orange state of North Carolina, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Underwood, who hath subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 78 years old as he hath stated; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution; that we concur in that opinion - and that he maintains, in the section of country where he resides the character of a man of veracity & integrity.- Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
David Boon
John Boon
Boston Isley

[illegible signature]

and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after investigating the matter of the above declaration, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that David Boon, John Boon & Boston Iseley, who have signed & sworn to the preceding certificate, are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit and that the declarant cannot conveniently procure the attendance of a Clergyman.

J. John Taylor, Clerk of the Court Aforesaid
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hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Underwood for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this the 1st day of June 1833----

J. Taylor
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 30th, 1839

Sir:
     Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," John Underwood-
a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Thirty four Dollars and - Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, for the 4th of Sept., 1836, to the 4th March, 1838.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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John Underwood
S. 9492
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Emma R. Newport
194 Main Street
Lebanon, Oregon

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 9492, based on the military service of John Underwood in the War of the Revolution.

John Underwood was born December 13, 1754 in Kent County, Delaware. The names of his parents were not given.

While residing in said Kent County, John Underwood enlisted in "Dover Town", Delaware, sometime in July, 1776, served as a private in Captain Caldwell's company, Colonel Robert Hutcherson's Delaware regiment, was in an engagement on Staten Island, marched under Ensign William Dill up the East River to intercept the Tories, length of this service six months. He volunteered in 1777, served six weeks as private in Captain Robert Morgan's Delaware company, to protect the inhabitants from the Tories. He served, again, in 1777, six weeks as a substitute for his brother, Abraham Underwood, in Captain Jeremiah Morris' Delaware company, and six weeks, as substitute for his brother, Joshua Underwood in Captain Clark's Delaware company.

He continued to reside in Kent County, for  about two years after the Revolution, then moved to
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Orange County, North Carolina.

The soldier, John Underwood, was allowed pension on his application executed May 29, 1833, then a resident of Orange County, North Carolina.

John Underwood stated that his brothers, Abraham and Joshua Underwood, had families during the Revolution, and that he was then a single man. His brother, Joshua Underwood, was living in 1833 in Guilford County, North Carolina.

There are no data in this claim relative to wife or children of the soldier, John Underwood.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following data:

John Underwood
Certificate # 23888
Issued April 20, 1834
Rate $34.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
North Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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May 4, 1938
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[illegible] / EEL

Mrs. Emma R. Newport
#194 Main Street
Lebanon, Oregon 


Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of Benjamin Underwood and his son,
John Underwood, who entered the service from Dover, Delaware.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based
upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Benjamin Underwood,
Such claims are the source of the data furnished by the Veterans
Administration.
It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining 
information in regard to the military service of this soldier, you apply to the Adjunct General, 
War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records.
The record of John Underwood, who served in the Delaware
troops, Revolutionary War, is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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November 5, 1935.
BA-J/ILL
John Underwood
S. 9492

Mrs. J. E. Broadrick
Fort Valley, Georgia.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information
regarding the last payment of  pension of John Underwood, 
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 9492, certificate #238888, also,
the names of Underwood pensioners of Georgia.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension,
name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of
John Underwood, S. 9492, you should address The Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the
following:
John Underwood
Certificate # 23888
Issued April 20, 1834
Rate $34 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832.
North Carolina Agency.
In order to identify the record of any other pensioner with
surname Underwood, his full name is essential, also, approximate dates
of birth and death, place of residence at enlistment, and given name of
wife or widow. Upon receipt of such data, a search of the records
will be made and a report furnished.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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July 26, 1934
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John Underwood - S.9492
William Underwood-W.1003
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. W. B. Smith
829 Myrtle Street
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War records of John and
William Underwood, both of North Carolina.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
papers on file in pension claims, based upon the
Revolutionary War services of John and William Underwood.
John Underwood-S.9492
John Underwood was born December 13, 1754 in
Kent County, Delaware; names of his parents are not
given.
While residing in said Kent County, John Underwood enlisted in Dover Town, Delaware, in July, 1776,
served as a private in Captain Caldwell's company,
Colonel Robert Hutcherson's Delaware regiment, was in
an engagement on Staten Island, marched under Ensign
William Dill up the East River to intercept the Tories,
length of service six months. He volunteered in 1777,
served six weeks as a private in Captain Robert Morgan's Delaware company, out in protect the inhabitants
from the Tories. He served in 1777, six weeks as a substitute
for his brother, Abraham Underwood, in Captain
Jeremiah Morris' Delaware company; and six weeks, as substitute
for his brother, Joshua Underwood, in Captain
Clark's Delaware company.
He resided in Kent County, Delaware for about two
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years after the Revolution, then moved to Orange
County, North Carolina.
The solder, John Underwood, was allowed pension
on his application executed May 29, 1833, then a resident
of Orange County, North Carolina.
John Underwood stated that his brothers, Abraham
and Joshua Underwood, had families during the Revolution, and that he was then a single man; his brother,
Joshua was living in 1833 [last typewritten digit was2, crosssd and and repalced by handwritten digit 3]  in Guilford County, North Carolina.
There are no data relative to the wife or children
of the soldier, John Underwood.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, the name and address to whom sent and possibly
the date of death of this pensioner, you should
apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting
Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing
the following data-
John Underwood
Certificate #23888
Issued April 20, 1834
Rate $34.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
North Carolina Agency.

William Underwood - W.1003

William Underwood was born February 17 or 19, 1756,
place not stated; he was the son of John and Margaret
Underwood.
William Underwood, while residing in Surry County,
North Carolina, served from the beginning to the close
of the Revolution, at various times as captain of 
cavalry, with the North Carolina troops, under Colonels
Mat. Armstrong, Lewis and Williams; length of service
between two and three years.
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3-
William Underwood married February 28, 1782 in
Surry County, North Carolina, Susan ( Susanna ) Kerbey.
He died December 20, 1814.
His widow, Susan (Susanna) Underwood, was allowed
pension on her application executed March 2, 1841, then
aged about eighty years and living in Anderson County,
Tennessee.
The following are the names of the children of
William and Susan ( Susanna ) Underwood, as found in the
claim:

John  born November 24, 1782
James born December 31, 1783
---bey  born April 13, 1785,  died in 1794 
William  born January 6,1788, died in March, 1813
Betsey or Elizabeth  born November 11, 1790
Susanny or Sucky  born February 4, 1795
Washington  born December 1, 1796

The widow, Susan (Susanna) Underwood, died March
5, 1851, leaving the following children Washington Underwood
and Elizabeth Sharp or Sharpe. They were both alive
in 1855, Washington Underwood, then living in Anderson
County, Tennessee.

Reference was made to grandsons, Sevier and Haywood
Underwood, sons of John and James Underwood.
John Underwood, brother of the soldier, William
Underwood, was eighty-six years of age in 1853 and living in
Sevier County, Tennessee, as was, also, his brother,
Thomas Underwood, then aged eighty-three years.
One William Underwood was living in 1855 in Anderson
County, Tennessee, and John Kerby or Kerbey served during the
Revolution with Captain William Underwood; their relationship
to the members of the family not stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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[Top left corner of document folded over; leading text is obscured for the first 4 lines of this form]
[illegilble] your request of ................ , received ............................
[illegilble]ent of the military history of John Underwood
[illegilble] the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
contained in his (or his widow's) ['or his widow's' is crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[Column headings DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR  APPOINTMENT. |  LENGTH OF   SERVICE. |   RANK. |  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | , with Subcolumns  CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. |STATE. | ]

July, 1776 | 6 mos. | Pri. |  Joseph Caldwell | Robt Hutcheson | Del.
Summer, 1777 | 6 wks |  "  | Robert Morgan |   "   |  " |
Immediately after  | 6 " |  "  | Jeremiah Morris |   "   |  " |
Immediately after   | 6 " |  "  | Clark |   "   |  " |

Battles engaged in,  [checkmark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Kent Co, Delaware
Date of application for pension, May 29, 1833. His [illegilble- might be dismissal] 
Residence at date of application, Orange Co. N. C.
Age at date of application, B. Dec. 13, 1754 in Kent Co. Del.
Remarks: [checkmark]
There is no data relative to wife or children
Very respectfully,
Commissioner

Only Underwood of Del. troops on
Rev. War records
8 -- 2856
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January 16, 1923

Mrs. Willis Brown,
815 North Tryon Street,
Charlotte, N. C.
Madam:
In response to your undated letter received the 14th
instant, you are advised that John Underwood, sur. File No.
9,492, Rev. War, whose military history was furnished you
under date of June 8, 1912, is the only soldier of that name
in the Delaware troops found on the Revolutionary War records
of this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Lebanon, Oregon, April 16th, 1928
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL,
Washington, D. C.
My Dear Sir:-
I am seeking information to establish my eligibility
to become a member of the D. A. R., and I am claiming same
through the family of Underwoods of Dover Delaware, and particular
through Benjamin Underwood, and his son John Underwood
and his son John Underwood Jr. all of Dover Delaware.
John Underwood took the Oath of Fidelity to Delaware and
renounced the King on June 29th, 1778, A photostat copy of
this oath is filed in the archives of Delaware at Dover.
I have information to the effect that Benjamin Underwood
and his son John, was mustered into the service from Dover Delaware,
but I do not know the Company, or regt, or the names of
the officers under whom he or they served, or the rank under
which they served.

May I have a certificate of the service of each of these
two men in the Revolutionary war, for which I most sincerely
thank you.
Yours very truly,
Emma R Newport
(Mrs.) Emma Retta Cowgill-Newport
194 Main St. Lebanon, Oregon
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Fort Valley Ga
Oct. 28, 1935
Dept. of Pensions-
Will you please inform me
as to whom pension of Jno Underward
Rev. Veteran of Orange Co. N.C. was paid
(File No. S 9, 492 - Cert. No. 23, 188 issued
Apr 25, 1834.)
Also I will very much appreciate the names
of Underwood pensioners from ['from' is crossed out]
in Georgia & Counties given to residence

Thanking you for your kind help
Very Truly Yours
Mrs. J. E. Broadrick

[following text written with different pen]
In order to identify action etc.

[circular seal has #s 1-12 around the edge]
RECEIVED
NOV 1, 1835
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM [illegible] 12
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829 Myrtle St., Atlanta GA. July 10,
To Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: Please send me at your convenience, the Revolutionary War records of John and William Underwood From South Carolina. WEre they in the Chatham County North Carolina Militia who fought in South Carolina? Also pensions and land grants.
Thanking you for any information and assuring you my appreciation. I remain respect. Mrs W.B. Smith. Does the Gen. charge for information of this kind?
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Charlotte N.C. Han 18,1913
Dear Sir
I do not understand what you meant by saying you sent me the military history of John Underwood Sr. file nc 9,492 Rev. War. on June 8, 1912 If you sent it to me it must have been delivered elsewhere as I never got it. I remember writing to you before but received no history from you
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will kindly furnish me with
this history I will appreciate it
so much, also Robert Cann
of New Castle, Del. 
I feel as though I
was puting you to a lot of
trouble for [crossed] but truely I did not
receive this history of John
Underwood Sr. or Robert Cann.
I anxiously await your
reply which I hope you will
kindly grant

Mrs Willis Brown
818 N. Tryon St
Charlotte
N.C.

[circular seal]
US PENSION OFFICE
JAN 20 1913
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Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Can you give me any information concerning the service of John Underwood in the Revolutionary War- He was from New Castle Co. Del. I am anxious to learn all I can about him he was my Great Grandfather Thanking you in advance for your kind reply
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Mrs Willis Brown
818 N. Tryon Street
Charlotte N.C.

Mrs Willis Brown
818 N. Tryon Street
Charlotte
N.C.
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Charlotte N.C. May 31 1912
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir-I have been told by the adjutant general of the War Department that perhaps you could give me some information in regards to some old revolutionary Soldiers of Del. I have been told that William "Cann" and John Cann of Del. joined the Buckland brigade in Philadelphia in 1777 & the
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War Department sa they have the name of William Cann as a private in Captain Samuel Smiths Co of Del regiment. They also say we have a roll dated in barracks at Dover April 12,1776 bears the following remarks relative him.
Enlisted Jan 20 17--
- I wish you would give me any information possible, Have you the names of any Underwoods (John$9492 only one Del troops in files) of Del. who fought in the
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Revu, Thanking you in advance I await your reply 
Mrs Willis Brown 818 Fryon St Charlotte N.C.
My Father was a Cann
My Mother was an Underwood
Both from Del.
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[circular seal]
US PENSION OFFICE
JUN 1  1912

[illegible] JUN 5 191 [illegible]
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June 8, 1912.
Hist. to Mrs. Willis Brown
818 N. Tryon St.
Charlotte, N.C.
From 1913 Jan. 19.  to above that hist.
fur. at above date is that of the only 
J. U. of Del. on Rev. War records.

1913 Jan. 24. History to above fur.

1934 July 26 - hist. to Mrs. W.B. Brown

1935 - Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Broadrick advised rel. to
last payment of January - JRL
1938 - [illegible] hist. to Mrs. Emma R. Newport

Revolutionary [handwritten vertically]
9492
INVALID
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File No. 9292

John Underwood
Priv. Rev. War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1 Page 384
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Ads[illegible] parish
[illegible]
$34.00
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Dover
Office of the Secretary of State 11 April 1834
In the case of John Underwood
It is believed that there never was a Captain in the Delaware Regiment during the the Revolution or any war of the name of Joseph Caldwell. There was a Captain in that Regiment of the name Jonathan Caldwell and there is in this office a muster roll of his company taken the 12 April 1776 but the name of John Underwood is not in it. this is the only muster roll or pay roll of said company now in this office.
James Rogers Secretary of State