Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,393, Edward Curry, S.C.
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FORM

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SERVICE |  |NUMBER
S.C. | Curry, Edward | S.15398

carded

CONTENTS
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suspd. [illegible] letters to P. Agt. & W.L.
Williams Aug. 4. 1835.

Letter to 3d Aude [illegible] 4 Sept 1846.
Letter to T.S. Chapman
Nov. 5th 1846.

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26588
Kentucky
Edward Curry
of [illegible] in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the corp commanded
by Captain Nettles of the Regt. commanded 
by  [illegible] Kimbel in the South Carolina
line for 1 year prof cavalry
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 50 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of March
1834 and Rev C. Lyon
House of Representatives
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Arrears to the 4th of March  150.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] 25.00
$175.00
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl. Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 42
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ENVELOPE

STAMP-
MORGANFIELD KY.
OCT 16

PAID 10

Mr. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City Washington 
D.C.

Oct. 26, 1846
Mr. [illegible]
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Morganfield Oct 14th '46
Union County Ky

Mr. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir

A few days ago I was in Louisville & Mr. J. H. Rhorer to whom had been sent a power attorney to draw the arrears of Pension due Edwd. Curry, died late of our county, when he handed me a letter from 3rd auditor stating that the case of Edwd. Curry had been suspended but was referred you. Mr. Rhorer advised me as t he agent at home for E. Curry's Exor who empowered him to [illegible] to write you upon the subject & the reason why the case was suspended, if is simply this, after Edward Curry died some of his children lived in this County, some in different counties in Missouri & they were advised the Exors could not draw pension money, but that the hairs of the pension alone could draw it. They therefore never made an attempt which fact you no doubt are aware of. They have now sent to Mr. Rhorer the original certificate with power atty & all the necessary papers he advised me & that he had been expecting order to pay it over. Your attention to the above will very much oblige.
Thos. S. Chapman
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28974
Edward Curry
Ken.

e.j.
from 1780 per ann
1 yr $50

Hon. C Lyon HR
Jos R. Hughes (crossed out)
Morganfield (crossed out)
Ken.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by [complying] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Edward Curry

Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1780
Pa Cavalry Col. Kimbrel Capt. Foster
84 N.C.
Traditionary and [illegible]
Witness not certified to be credible. See notes. j.

No allowance can be made for the applicants services [until] he joined a regularly organized corps. Called into service by competent authority. An allowance cannot be made for more than one years actual service.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATION UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

                                                                  DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of} ss.
County of                                 }

On this______day of_____personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of______in the county of _______and State, Territory or District
of_____aged_______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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)____, with  and
served in the_____ (e) regiment of the_____ line, under the following named officers:

(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. ☞This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid._______________A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.

I _____________of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of__________________ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
________ day of _____________& c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out ___________

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:______________

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____________ and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we   _____________      are well acquainted with ___________ , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ___________
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

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 applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the___________
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the __________
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, ____________-Clerk of the Court of ____________ do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____________
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this ______ day of      ____________ & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, 
and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. 
To a Solder.     } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, 
and what has become of it?
To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has be come of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure,
taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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."

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 that 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 place 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.

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i ] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
                                                                                     
                                                                                          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 papers 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.
                                                                                        
                                                                                                    Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
☞ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j]  applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is insepensible in militia cases.
[l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m]The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 [ State of Kentucky County of Union ] On this 20th day of May  1833 personally appeared in open Court  before the County Court of Union County  now sitting  Edward Curry  a resident of said County and State aged eighty four  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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th  1832. That in the spring or first of summer  1780 , in the County of Mecklenburg in the  State of North Carolina ( in which he resided )  he joined as a volunteer  about twenty  five men who were all mounted and were combined without an officer for the purpose of suppressing the  Tories near the  line of North and South Carolina- that this party kept constantly on duty  in Mecklenburg County  and in  South Carolina endeavoring to over awe the Tories who were   rising and embodying at places - that sometime after , Col. F. Kimbrel  of South Carolina turned out  and tis applicant and the men  with whom he had been acting  joined  Col. Kimbrel  immediately upon his turning out  in raising volunteers and they took place only a few weeks  before the defeat  of Genl Gates near Camden - when  he joined Kimbrel  he was put  under the command of Capt. Nettles , who live within  a few miles of  Camden - that he was employed with the company of Capt. Nettles  in riding through the country to  suppress the tories and to rouse their friends - Col. Kimbrel was encamped on the  hanging rock fork of Lynch's  Creek and started with all his men to join Genl .Gates on the morning of his defeat and were in ten  miles of  the grounds when they received  news of the defeat -  the company   were then directed to disperse as they were unable to make  head against the  British & Tories  but they were requested by  the officer to collect occasionally  in small parties and ride through the country  to  check and prevent the ravages of the Tories
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a few days after the defeat pf Gates, Col. Buford with a regiment of five or six hundred men  and a number of wagons loaded with  ammunition and clothing for  Gates's army  was  met and defeated at an Irish Tories  named  Daniel Usher about six miles from  where this applicant  lived - one of the American soldiers got to his house with severe wounds - he  went and examined the place where Buford  was defeated  afterwards or went  into a scouting party  and when he returned home his wife informed him that the Tories had been there  in his absence enquiring for him and threatening to kill if they   could find him and his wife urged him to leave home  that night -  he took his wife to her father's, James Cook , about five miles distant - that night  the Tories came to  my house which  he had left and destroyed everything that they could not carry off, and learning from a negro woman  where he had gone , they came to  Cook's and took this applicant prisoner , tied him and carried him off swearing  they would kill him and were carrying him  away for that  purpose, having gone  about  three quarters of a mile they were met by Capt. Foster  with a few men  who having  hailed the tories twice and not received  the answer , he engaged them  - the tories run  and this applicant  was left by them  and liberated by Capt. Foster . Foster and his party went back  with   him to his father- in- law's  James Cook  he got his horse and gun and went  with them  and  next day  joined  Col. William Hagan's ( of the North Carolina Militia ) , who had collected three  or four hundred men  on the road leading from  Charlotte to  Camden at a creek called  Warhaw from that time he was kept under the orders   of Col. Hagan for near  two years - he always  had his horse and was constantly  directed and employed  by the Col. with  several  parties to suppress  and over awe the Tories who were numerous and the  Col. was anxious to keep then from raising and getting together - he  frequently  commanded  such small parties by the direction of Col. Hagan
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Col. Hagan frequently urged upon him  t take the office of  Lieut. but he thought others better qualified and declined - Hagan's men  were all mounted, he does not recollect that they had officers except  the  Col. who directed their mounts and would entrust small parties to one and then another of the  men - shortly after joining Col. Hagan they marched to  the Hanging Rock where they joined  Genl. Sumpter - he was sent out on a scouting  party  and in his absence  Sumpter was defeated and the country over run by the British and Tories - He  states that he entered the service of is country about three months before  Gate's defeat as a mounted volunteer and was constantly employed as such from that time  until the cessation of  hostilities principally in  checking and suppressing  the Tories - was so obnoxious to them that they destroyed his property  and would have put him to death at the time before stated if he had not been liberated by  Capt. Foster . The party of  tories who had taken him  were commanded by young  Wm Kimbrel  nephew  to the  Whig Col. He states that while at the  Camp at Washaws  Maj. Davy  was with them , Capt. Davis & Capt. Walker  frequently commanded scouting parties with which he was but his great age, lapse of time  & parting memory  do not enable him to give so  succinct an account  as he hereto froe could have done - he does not  believe he was attached to any  particular company  for any  definite period , but  acted as a mounted volunteer as required by some  particular officer , he had no discharge that he recollects - he drew rations  when in camp , but no pay to this day - that  Robert Cook of Calloway County  Kentucky   is the only person that he knows now living  by whom he can prove his services - that he  has no documentary evidence thereof . He expects to  obtain the testimony of said Cook in
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this County or the County in which he lives in support of his claim - he moved from   North Carolina in 1785  to near Camden  he moved to  Georgia , moved to Kentucky, and has lived in it  thirty three  years  most of  the time in Union County . He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension  roll of the agency of any  State. sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid .  Edward Curry ( signed ) .  We Morris Moore  a clergyman residing  in the County of Union and  Robert Curry   & Gideon James residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edward Curry   who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ., that we believe him to be  eighty  four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution  and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day  and year aforesaid . Morris Moore ( signed  Robert Curry ( signed ) Gideon James ( signed )   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 applicant was a  Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Morris Moore  is a clergyman resident  in the  County of Union and that  Robert Curry  and Gideon James who have also signed the same  are residents in the  County of Union  &  are credible  persons  & that their statements are entitled to credit.
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STATE OF KENTUCKY, Union COUNTY,
July  TERM, 1846
Satisfactory proof was this day made in open Court by the oaths
of James Eddins & John J Curry that Edward Curry late of
Union County, Kentucky, departed this life on the 14th day of May 1836 and that he was the identical person named in an original certificate now here shown
to the Court, bearing date at the War Office of the United States, on the 27th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty four numbered 2688 signed by Lew Cass
Secretary of War, and granting to the said Edward Curry a Pension
of Fifty Dollars per annum
And it was further proven to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Edward
Curry died leaving no widow.
I James R Hughs Clerk of the Court of said County, certify that the
foregoing is truly transcribed from the records in my office.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed
my seal of office and subscribed my name, this
22th day of July 1846
James R Hughes, Clerk
of the Court of Union County

Know all Men by these presents, That  Mr Robert Curry & Benjamin Curry
of the Estate of Edward Curry deceased, who was a Revolu-
tionary Pensioner of the United States, and late of Union County, Kentucky, do
hereby constitute and appoint JONAS H. RHORER our true and lawful Attorney, for
us me and in our name as Executor aforesaid, to receive from the Agent of the
United States for paying Pensions, in Louisville, Kentucky, the Pension due the said
Edward Curry from the 4th day of March 1835 to the 14th
1836 the day of May 1836 the day of his death.

Witness my hand and seal, this 20th day of July 1846
                                                                                                  [illegible}  SEAL
Sealed and delivered in presence of}                                    his
Two Witnesses                                        }                  Benjamin  X  Curry   SEAL
Thos. S. Chapman                                  }                                    mark
E. R Ashley                                                }

Note 1821 erased "18" saved ed "March" interlined all in the above [illegible] of
Court and done before signing James R Hughes U C C
Note " I crossed' Administrator [illegible]  "my"  [illegible] "our" [illegible}
R. R. Ashley    [illegible]
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STATE OF KENTUCKY, Union  COUNTY, Sct.
Be it Known, That on the 20th day of July 1846
before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared
Robert Curry & Benjamin Curry above named, and acknowledged the foregoing
Power of Attorney to be their act and deed.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above
mentioned.
E. R. Ashby J. P.


STATE OF KENTUCKY, Union COUNTY, Sct.
I James R Hughes Clerk of the Court of said County, certify that
Enoch R Ashley - is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing
signature, purporting to be his is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto
affixed my seal of office and subscribed my
name this 27 day of July 1846

James R Hughes Clerk
[illegible] Court of Union County


STATE OF KENTUCKY, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Sct.
BE IT KNOWN, That on the 28 day of August 1846 before me, Pension
Agent, personally appeared JONAS H. RHORER, the Attorney named in the foregoing
Power of Attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any
sale, transfer, or mortgage of the Pension or arrears of Pension therein authorized to
be received by him.
                                                                                                                J. H. Rhorer
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year }
last above written, before me,                           }
G W Meumcha Pension Agent.                        }
________________________
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STATE OF KENTUCKY COUNTY COURT  184 On the motion of __ who took the oath as required bylaw , and together with __ his suret entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of _ dollars , conditioned as the law directs, administration of the estate of __ deceased, is granted him.  STATEOF KENTUCKY , COUNTY Sct. I , __ Clerk of the Court of said County , certify that the foregoing is truly transcribed from the record in my office. NTESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto affixed  my seal of office and subscribed my name this  _  day of __   184
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15395 INVALID File No 15395 Edward Curry Pri Rev War Act : June 7 ' 32 Index: - Vol. 1 Page 55 [ Arrangement of  1870.]
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Louisville . Ky 27 Aug '46 JH Rhorer  pens. claim of Edwd Curry  Rec'd 3 Sept. '46 ans'd  Respy. referred to Com. of Pensions for a  special  order 3rd Auditor's office September 3rd 1846 . The Agent  reports the pension in this case  "Suspended "  H.K.R.   Mr. Evans 30 c Mr. Randall  ( upside down on page )  Peter Hugner Esq.  3rd Auditor of the Treasury  Washington  Ky  )
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Louisville Ky. Aug. 27 1846  sir, I enclose to you the Pension papers of the late Edward Curry  , the Power of Attorney  executed by his executors. Please send me a draft  for the amount due. Respectfully  your obt. servt.  J H Rhorer ( signed ) Atty for the Exr.'s of E. Curry dec'd P . Hugner Esq. 3rd Audr. Treasury Washington D.C.
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Payments to be made by  Pres. of  the B Bank  Agent for  paying Pensioners in the  Agency of Kentucky . Recorded in the Pension Office in  Book E. Vol. 1 Page 43  by  Dan Boyd Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM I certify that in conformity with the law of the United states of the 7th June 1832,  Edward Curry  of the State of Kentucky  who was a private of Cavalry  in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Fifty dollars  and __ cents per annum , during his natural life, commencing on the  4th of March 1831, and payable on the 4th of March  and 4th of September in every year. Given at the War Office of the United states  this  27th day of March one thousand  eight hundred and thirty four. Lew. Cass ( signed )   Secretary of War Examined and Countersigned J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
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( post mark ) [ PARIS TEN. JUL  12 ]  Free  Hon. J. L.Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions Washington City  ( faint note ) ( Geo Clark Kimbrel ) ( vertical notes ) (  Aug 4  I'm at  Rob. Cook  25239 , Ed Curry  26588 Ky 25615 )
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Paris , Tenn. 20th July 1835 This day appeared before me the undersigned  William H. Hogan  an acting Justice of the  peace for Henry County  Tennessee,  Robert  Ramsay   and made oath that a certain Robert Cook and a certain  Edward Curry  , both residents of the State of Kentucky  were during the Revolutionary war , tories ( underscored )  enemies to the cause of their country's liberty- that he  knows them well  - that he the said Ramsay  was taken prisoner by them and detained in their custody a day  and night and was finally liberated on account of bad health - the said Ramsay  swears that he understood the said Cook and Curry  were no in  receipt of a pension from the treasury  of the United States. To which  he swears they are not entitled for the foregoing reasons - the said Ramsay   swears that he is old and unable or he would  himself go to Kentucky  and prosecute  them himself - he  therefore desires that this deposition  may be sent to the Pension office for the consideration of the  Commissioner of Pensions . Sworn to and subscribed before me  the day and date above written.  Robert Ramsey ( his mark R ) Wm. G. Hogan  ( signed ) J.P.
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I hereby certify that the within named Wm. G. Hogan is an acting Justice of the peace for the County of Henry ,  State of Tennessee. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of July 1835. Thomas R. Porter ( signed / sealed ) Clerk of County Court of Henry County
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Paris  20 July 1835  Sir,  The enclosed deposition  I have just written  , and  transmit it to you for further proceedings in the  premises. One of the within  named  pensioners  resides in Calloway County , the old man Ramsay thinks - the other up the Ohio, he knows not what County - They we witnesses it seems to one for the other in the obtainment of their pensions Something ought  certainly to be done with them.  Might I wrote you sometime since  concerning a man   the name Clark, but have forgotten who it was gave me the information - He lives in this  County  and would doubtless depose to the fact of his  toryism. If I  mentioned his name in any letter to you , let me know it. Any business connected with the office , which could be done by me  professionally  , would be attended to with  cheerfulness. Respectfully  yr obt.  S. L. Williams ( signed )   J. L. Edwards Esq.
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Although I have no doubt Edward Curry  served as he states at least two  years , let a certificate  issue for such term as the rules and regulations authorize. Chettn. Lyon ( signed ) House of Reps  March 24, 1834
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This day Morris Moore came before me  the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for  Union County  in the  State of Kentucky and made oath that he was the agent who attended the deposition of  Robert Cook in the  County of Calloway in this State, to be read at the  War Department upon the application  of Edward Curry   of this County  for a pension under the  provision of  the act of Congress passed the 7th  June 1832. , this affiant  states that the witness Robert Cook  having recently moved from this County  to wit,  ( Union ) to the  County of Calloway, a distance of from 80  to 100 miles and that  at the time pf taking his deposition  he resided  ten miles from  Waidsborough , the  County seat  of Calloway where the  Justice who qualified him lived who told this affiant that he did not know the said  Cook and could not therefore certify his character, but this affiant states hat from all he has understood of the character of said Robert Cook  as established in this  county his oath may be  confidently relied on. and I the undersigned Justice do certify that Morris Moore  who has given the above affidavit is a credible person and that his statement is entitled  to full credit. Given under my hand this  13 day of Feby  1834. Morris Moore ( signed ) G. F. Catlett ( signed ) JP
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At a  County Court  began and held for  Union County  at the Courthouse in Morganfield on Monday the 17th day of February  1834. This day  Edward Curry   came into  Court  and having theretofore made his declaration  in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  And in support  of his said declaration  Morris Moore  made oath  to the affidavit hereto  attached. The said Edward Curry  also proved by the oath of Joseph Hay and  Willis F Delany who were sworn and examined in  Court ,that the said Morris Moore is a credible person . He also proved by  the said Hay and Delany  that  Robert Cook  whose affidavit was heretofore attached to said declaration is a credible person . And the Court  doth certify that the said Morris Moore , Joseph Hay  and Willis F. Delany  are credible persons , and that their statements are entitled to credit all which is ordered to be certified. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said   Court this  17th day of March  in the ear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and  thirty four  in the  42nd year of  the Common wealth . James R . Hughes ( signed / sealed ) Clk  Union County Court
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28.974 Edward Curry Ken.
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the deposition of Robert Cook taken before me on the 10th day of December 1833  to be read as evidence in support of the claim of Edward Curry  who is a petitioner for a pension for his Military  services  in the revolutionary war.  this deponent deposeth and  sayeth that he has  heard the declaration of Edward Curry  of Union County  in this State  and that from  having served with him  knows the principal  part og said declaration to be substantially true  ( to wit )  that in the year 1780  in  Mecklenburg County  North Carolina  about the first  of June he joined this deponent's company   with twenty bold  others , this deponent having been in the Continental service and as the tories were numerous there he voluntarily recruited  men as he could get to join also as volunteer light horse  men and continued to range night and day in  order to prevent the tories  from collecting and also to prevent them from  carrying provisions to the  British  at Camden and they continued  so closely on this  kind of duty  as came by to rest themselves and horses till  Col. Frederick  Kimbrel of  South Carolina  turned out  and they joined him  and were attached to the company  of  Capt. Nettles - that a few weeks after they started to join  Gates  received news of  his defeat  in  which   Col. Kimbrel  directed his men to separate and by riding in  small parties
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to keep the tories in check if possible  until this   , the said  Curry  was constantly  with this deponent and served faithfully and this was the day of  Gen. Gates's defeat - And this deponent  further sayeth that s few days or some short time after the said Curry having brought  his wife  to  James Cook's  this deponent being there the   Tories under the command of Wm.  Kimbrel who was  related to their big Col. came there  , took Curry  tied him and forced him off swearing  that they would kill him , but they were met close by and dispersed by Capt. Foster  who brought  Curry back to  James Cook's and he got his horse and arms  and went with Foster to join Col. Haggins of  North Carolina who was there  encamped at ta place called the  Warshaw , and this deponent  further states that he went shortly after to Haggins's camp  and  Curry was there in service , that he continued in service under Haggin and other  Whig officers, some times in camp , but  generally on  active duty  in those little  scouting parties that were  sent out for the purpose of  harassing the  Tories and in  harassing their movements, this deponent  states that he was not constantly but frequently with said Curry  after Gates's defeat, and constantly  before he was with him a the time of Sumpter's defeat on a scouting party and once or twice  with  Capt. Bob Walker so called who was a brave soldier - And this deponent further sayeth that
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from the time that the said Curry  joined  him which was in the first of  June  1780  or till the British and torie hostilities ceased in that part of the country  that he said Curry  finding his own horse and arms did serve in this manner  as he states in his declaration ., that  he did devote his whole time to the service so much that he did not during the whole time attend to any secular employment  whatever and this deponent states that the time he so served was at least two years and a half  to the best of his knowledge and belief. and further this deponent saith not. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of December 1833 . Robt. Cook ( signed ) George . Frazier ( signed ) J P Calloway  County [ State of Kentucky Calloway County ] I  William Curd clerk of the  Callaway  County Court do certify that George W. Frazier  whose signature appears to the foregoing  deposition is and was at the time of singing the same an acting Justice of the peace  in and for the County aforesaid & that the signature purporting to  be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 10th day of December 1833. Wm. Curd ( signed / sealed )  ( note at bottom of page ) ( see the certificate of  Col. Lyons on the other side )
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 I certify that I have been personally acquainted with Cap. Robert Cook  who  has sworn to  and signed the within deposition   for thirty  years  past  that he  has  always borne a fair character  & standing in society  &  that he is a credible witness and  his statement entitled to full faith  & credit & further  that he said Cook is now on  the pension list roll for the Kentucky agency . I further certify that  I have long been acquainted with  the  applicant  Edward Curry  and believe his statements correct. Chittn. Lyon ( signed ) House of Reps March 24, 1834
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[ State of Kentucky Union County Court ] May Term 1836 The last will and testament of  Edward Curry  was this day produced into  Court and in open Court  proven to be the last will and testament of the said Edward Curry  by the oath of Morris Moore and Fountain Welch  the subscribing witnesses thereto and was by the  Court ordered to be recorded. And on the  motion of Robert Curry  and Benjamin Curry  the executors therein named who made oath as  the law directs and with Stephen McGill , Richard Dodge, and  Benjamin Wallace, their securities executed and acknowledged bond in the penalty of fourteen thousand dollars condition al as the law directs a certificate is granted them to obtain a probate thereof  in due form of law. [ State of Kentucky Union County ] Set. I James R. Hughes clerk of the Court of said County certify that the foregoing is truly transcribed from the record in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name  this 22 day of July 1846 . James R. Hughes ( signed / sealed ) Clerk of the Court of Union County
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I, James R. Hughes  clerk of the Court of  Union County  in the  State of Kentucky  do hereby certify that at the May Term of the Union County Court  1833  , the foregoing  and annexed  proceedings of said Court  were ordered to be  certified as to original  proceedings of said Court in the  matter of the application of Edward Curry  for a pension. And that at the December  term of said Court 1833 , the deposition of  Robert Cook hereto annexed  was by said Court ordered to be  attached to the declaration  of the said Edward Curry . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18th day of December  1833  in the  42nd year of the  Commonwealth. James R. Hughes ( signed / sealed )