Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20441, Laurence Turnure, Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
CONTENTS
Turnure, Lawrence.
NUMBER
R. 20441
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578
Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution,” approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
3 September 1828
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Lawrence Turnure, under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the County in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution.
Richard Ruth
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.

War Department
Bounty Land Office
9th September 1828
Lawrence Turnure of the Pennsylvania Line, is not returned, as being entitled to Land from the United States, nor has a warrant issued for
him
E. Stephens
No Records 
LDS
Nov 20/[illegible]
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
July 30. 1828.
Lawrence Turner, of New York in the County of has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution.” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in Captain Samuel Smith's company in the Eleventh regiment of the Pennsylvania line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
A Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
4th August 1828
The name of name of Lawrence Turnure cannot be found among those of the Pennsylvania line to whom certificates in the gratuity of Eighty
Dollars were issued-
Peter Hagner Aud [auditor] 
[illegible at bottom of page]
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15th May 1828. I Lawrence Turner of the City of New York do hereby declare and make oath that on the 16th March 1777 enlisted for Six months under Captain Smith, Major Abel and Conl [Colonel] Biddle as a Waggoner in the Quarter Masters department and about the middle of April of the same year I enlisted at Baskin Ridge New Jersey as a Soldier for and during the war in the Company of Captain Samuel Dawson in Col Hartly in Conl. [Colonel] Harthy's 7th Regiment of the Pennsylvania line. I continued in service from that time until the middle of August 1783. When discharged. I received a Certificate (but
I cannot recollect by what name it was called) which Certificate sold three years afterwards at Hackensack --
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(New Jersey) to Captain Jonathan Lawrence and Captain Meeker for the sum of Seventy seven dollars.
And I further make oath that I am not now and have never been a pensioner of the United States.
Witness my hand this 29th day of May in the year 1829 = 
his
Lawrence X  Turnure
mark
69 Henry Street
Personally appeared before me Mr Lawrence Turner and made oath to the above this 29th Day of May 1829
William S. Coe
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the City and County of New York
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STATE OF NEW YORK,}
City and County of New York, } ss.
I, NICHOLAS DEAN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common  Pleas in and for the said City and County, Do Hereby Certify, THAT William S. Coe Esqr [Esquire] before whom the
annexed deposition was made was at that time and now is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York, and duly authorized to administer Oaths
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed
the Seal of the said Court and County, this Thirtieth day of May 1829
N. Dean
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O. W. Rejected
File
No. 20.441
[ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855 crossed out]
REJECTED
Lawrence Turnure. 
Pri. [Private] 
Capt [Captain] Smith
Pa Line, Revy War
REJECTED
Evidence insufficient. 
Act 1828.
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Lawrence Turnure Pvt -
Penn line - 
Evidence insufficient
New York Act 1828.
Not found. [illegible] Inv. Ad [illegible]Ref & old Books
L.D. S. 
Nov 13/79
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O W Rej
#20.441
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odd 511
Papers in the matter of Lawrence Turnure
---
Declaration - 
Power to A. Ogden
Substitution to Jno. R. Nourse
Co, Ak
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the acts entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved on the 18th of May 1828 I Laurence Turnure of the City of New York in the County of New York & in the State of New York do hereby declare, that enlisted in the continental line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in the service until its termination; at which period I was a private in Captain Samuel Smiths Company in the eleventh regiment of the Pennsylvania line and I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the [illegible] of the sum of money to which as I believed I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778 and also as I understood if a certificate of discharge, which certificate I afterwards sold for Seventy [illegible] dollars & it was delivered by me to the purchasers I--. W -- not [illegible] you, what has since become of it. -- And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of May 1818 on the pension list of the United States
Witness my hand, this twenty third day of June [illegible] 1828. 
his
Lawrence X Turnure
Mark
Sworn before me June 23d 1828-}
James Hopson of Justin of the Peace
Before me Jas Hopson Justice of the peace in the County of New York in the State of New York personally appeared this day said Mitchell and [illegible] P Schaffer of the said County [illegible] did Severally make oath that Laurence Turnure by whom the foregoing declaration was [illegible]
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is generally reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated
Witness my hand this twenty third day of June in the year 1828
and on the same day the said Lawrence Turnure before me, also appeared & signed the aforegoing [foregoing] declaration, by making his mark and declared that the same had been read to him and he understood the same. and thereupon being by me duly sworn, did depose that the facts therein contained are true
David Mitchell
Simon P Shaffer

Sworn before me June 23rd 1828}
James Hopson Justice of the Peace

I Nicholas Dean Clerk of the County of New York in the State of New York do hereby certify that James Hopson before whom the aforegoing. [foregoing]  - affidavits were sworn, was at the time, a Justice of the Peace and Duly empowered to administer oaths ---
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this twenty fourth day of June 1828
N. Dean, Clk [clerk] [illegible]
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District of Columbia,
WASHINGTON COUNTY, SCT.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Aaron Ogden the Attorney mentioned in the annexed power from Lawrence Turnure do hereby constitute and appoint John Rittenhouse Nourse my true and lawful Attorney and substitute, to effect all the purposes for which the power from the said Lawrence Turnure was granted.
Witness my hand and seal this fifteenth day of July 1828. 
Aaron Ogden ( L T) 
WITNESS:
James Ord

BE IT KNOWN, That on this 15th day of [obscured by overlay] 1828 
personally appeared before me, MICHAEL NOURSE, Notary Public,
named Aaron Ogden, and acknowledged the foregoing power of substitution to be his act and deed
Michl [Michael] Nourse
Sct. Pub
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Revolutionary Claims.
[C.]
Form of a Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, that I, Lawrence Turnure of the City of New York in the County of New York and in the State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint Col: Aaron Ogden, of New Jersey my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828, as a private in the eleventh regiment of the Pennsylvania line of the army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand and seal, this twenty third day of June in the year 1828-
his 
Lawrence X  Turner
mark
Sealed and delivered in the presence of 
David Mitchell
Simon P Shaffer
Before me, James Hopson a Justice of the Peace in the county of
New York in the State of New York personally appeared, this day, Lawrence Turnure - whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to ensure wholly to his personal benefit.
Witness my hand, this twenty third day of June in the year 1828 -
James Hopson

I, Nicholas Dean Clerk of the Court of the county of New York in the State of New York do hereby certify that --- before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this twenty fourth day of June in the year 1828
N. Dean, Clk [clerk] [illegible] 
[D.]
Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.
Before me, Michael Nourse, a Notary Public [a Justice of the Peace  crossed out] in the county of Washington in the District of Columbia personally appeared this day, Jno. [John]  R. Nourse,  substitute of A. Ogden the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to ensure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.
Witness my hand, this 15th day of July -- in the year 1828.
Mickl [Michael] Nourse Nott. Pub. 

I, Clerk of the Court of the County of in the State of do hereby certify, that before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L. S.] said Court, this day of
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Personally appeared before Me John Stagg one of the Justice of the peace in the County of Rock[illegible cut off] in the State of New York Mr Abraham Vanhouten and Mr Abraham Garrison and Mr Samuel Coe all of the said County who Did severally make Oath that they knew Lawrence Turnure to be in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolutionary War
Witness my hand this twenty third day of January 1829 -
John Stagg Justice Peace

I James Stevens Clerk of the County of Rockland in the State of New York do Certify that John Stagg before whom the foregoing affidavits was sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace and Duly empowered to administer oaths
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of the said Court this 23d day January 1829
James Stevens Clerk
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J Johnson
for
L Turnure 578.
Recd [received] 4 June 1829.
23
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Honl. [Honorable] Saml. [Samuel] D. Ingham
Secy [Secretary] of the Treasury
Washington
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Honl [Honorable] Saml. [Samuel] D. Ingham
Sir
Mr Lawrence Turnure a Soldier the Revolutionary War is very much reduced in circumstances entirely dependant [dependent] on his children for support - he is about to apply to be placed on the pension list, his papers will accompany this Letter-- should be pleased if you could under the existing law place him on the list --I think his case comes under that Law
Respectfully
Your obt Sv [obedient servant]
Jeromus Johnson