Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,484, for John Terrill, Pennsylvania
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Service                                                                 
Continental (Penna.)

Terrill, John

Number
S.37.484
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[left fold]
 Let to Tho’s P Smith Esq 21 April 1821 Paris, Ky
Let to Hon T I Henley
Dec 28 ‘47

[right fold]
12.373
Kentucky
John Terrill
of Bourbon County in the State of Kentucky
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Flowers of the Pennsylvania line
the term of two years & 6 months


Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 29 of August 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 2 of July 18,
and sent to Benjamin Mills Esq
Paris, Bourton County Kentucky

Arrears to 4th of March 1819   49.80
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819   48.00
6 7/31 [fraction]
$97.80 [total]

[Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
4 Sept 1819
Continental
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John Terrill
Private
Col. Flowers Regt Artillery
Pennsylvania Line
2  years & 6 months

further evidence of service required in support of this declaration.
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Commonwealth of Kentucky Sc.

Before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the General Court and presiding  Judges of this eleventh judicial District in and for the  State aforesaid, this day personally appeared John Terrill aged sixty six years, a citizen of Bourbon County in the State aforesaid and a citizen of the United States and being sworn according to law did depose and say that in the fall of the year as he thinks 177{space left] he was enlisted at Carlisle Pennsylvania under Capt. Henry Greer of the heavy artillery in the Continental army and was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Flowers of the Pennsylvania Line; that his enlistment was for three years [illegible] during the war, of which  he served about two years and six months and then was honorably discharged at Carlisle about a month or two or at farthest three months after Cornwallis's surrender in York, and by that circumstance alone he is unable to determine when he enlisted, as he is unlettered and cannot retain dates - that he received his discharge from Capt. Wiley, but has long since lost it and cannot produce it -- that he has no person near him except his oldest daughter who can prove anything of his services and she was then very young -- that he is now infirm and unable to labor, and that he is indigent & has scarcely anything besides his clothes.
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He owns one bed & no other property -- that he and his wife are through age and infirmity unable to support themselves at housekeeping  & are obliged to separate & live with their children apart, & thus they make out to exist, & he is truly in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to subsist without the contributions of  charity or the aid of his country as now provided by law. 

I Benjamin Mills Judge [illegible] as aforesaid do certify that the foregoing examination was taken and [subscribed crossed out] sworn before me the day of the date hereof, & that it does appear to my satisfaction that said applicant John Terrill did enlist & serve as a soldier in the Continental army as its said {illegible] is stated & that he is really in such indigent circumstances as to need the aid of his country as now provided by the Act of Congress.  Given under my hand this twenty ninth day of August 1818.

                               [Signature of B. Mills]
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Kentucky Set

   I Thomas Arnold clerk of the Bourbon Circuit Court, in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that the Honorable Benjamin Mills, before whom the foregoing statement appears to have been made and sworn to, is a circuit Judge for the State aforesaid, and presiding Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District; duly commissioned and sworn, and to all who official acts as such, full faith and credit is due, and ought to be given as well in courts of Justice as thereout
 
     In Testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and caused the seal of my office be affixed at Paris this thirty first day of August 1819.

 [Signature of Tho's Arnold]
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John Terrill
12373

Con
[Ktuck?] State
The County 
in which 
he lives
and appear'd 
before a Court
of Record in
said County
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State of Kentucky Set

Be it remembered that at a Court held for the County of Bourbon in the state of aforesaid being instituted a Court of Record by a Legislature and on Monday the 27th day of October 1820 . John Terrill  of this county at present a pensioner under the general government of the United States, exibited in Court a schedule of his Estate together with an affidavit in the words and figures following, to wit: Shedule of John Terrill's Estate, he being a Revolutionary soldier.  One cow and calf -- One  pot - three  small pewter plates -- one table -- his children have all left him, his wife is 72 years old she has none to [illegible] other, are both living on the charity of their friends.  He has nothing due to him.
 
Signed, John Terrill his mark

State of Kentucky,
Bourbon County
I John Terrill do solemly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States of America on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent therby so to diminish it as to bring myself
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myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled and Act to provide for certain persons  engaged in the Land and Naval review of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the eighteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in  trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed -- I also swear I am  sixty nine years old in August last, that I am the John Terrill whose name is inscribed in the pension role  of the Kentucky Agency  at the rate of eight dollars per month, for which I hold a Certificate dated on the twenty ninth day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 

                                                        his
                            [Signature John  X  Terrill ]
                                                       mark


And the Court do assess the value of the property contained in the Schedule aforesaid at fourteen dollars and seventy five cents.

I Thomas P. Smith Clerk of the said County Court of Bourbon do certify the forgoing Schedule and affidavit of John Terrill was produced in open court and swore to and subscribed before the
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said Court by the said Terrill & being admitted
to Record filed in my office, the foregoing
is truly copied from the Record together
with the valuation as filed by said Court.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & affixed my seal of Office this 3d day of
October 1820 in the 29th year of the Commonwealth.
Tho. P Smith

Kentucky Set
At a Court held for the County of
Bourbon in the State aforesaid on the fourth
day of December 1820.
John Terrill, a resident of this County, in whose
 favour the above orders are made, came 
into Court and motioned to insert in
the first page of this writing & in the
fifth line from the top the words
“of this County,” which is accordingly done
in open Court.
Attest Tho. P Smith Clk
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Mrs. W. C. Glenn
2204 Berteau Ave.
Chicago, Ill.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, 8.37484, it appears that John Terrill or Terril  enlisted at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, served two years and six months as a private in Captain Henry Greer's Company, Colonel Flowers' Regiment of Artillery, and was discharged shortly after the surrender of Cornwallis.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 31, 1818, while residing in Bourbon County, Kentucky, aged 66 y ears. 

In 1820 he referred to his wife aged 72 years and his children. He had daughters but their names and that of his wife are not stated. 

                                    Respectfully, 


                                   Commissioner
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37  484

Revy INVALID

File No.  27,484

John Terrill
Pri.   Rev. War

Act: 18 March 18

Index: -- Vol.  2 , Page  415

(Arrangement of 1870.]

  [Written from bottom to top on right edge of right side page ]

1921 May 10 Hist.  to Mrs. J. E. Knight aw
1924 May 27, Hist. to Mrs. W. C. Glenn III C.S.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.
S 37484
In reply to your request of ____, received ___, for
a statement of the military history of John Terrill or Terril, a
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. [check mark]

LENGTH OF SERVICE. - 2 yrs 6  mos. & discharged shortly after surrender of Cornwallis

RANK. - Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. - Henry Greer
COLONEL. - Flowers Regiment of Art[illery] 

STATE. [blank]


Battles engaged in, [check mark]

Residence of soldier at enlistment, He enl. at Carlisle, Pa.
Date of application for pension, Aug 3. 1818 His cl was al.
Residence at date of application, Bourbon Co. Ky
Age at date of application, 66

deceased
Remarks: In 1838, he referred to his wife aged 72 yrs and his children. He had daughters, but no names are stated. (In order to  make a proper search of the Rev. War records, in addition to the full name of the soldier, some of the following data is essential, as - dates of b & d, place of res. at enl. & after service, [every block] of a clerical [??] available for the purpose. No more than 2 reports are made for each inquirer.)

 (for letter of April 9, 1912 vwy)

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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PENSION OFFICE U S
APR 18 1921

Rev  MH
Willows, Glenn Co., Calif.
April 9, 1921.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: -- I am writing for information in regard to one
John Terrill, who served in the Revolution and was pensioned in 1818
for services in the Penn line. He is buried in Bourbon Co, Kentucky.
I am seeking knowledge of my Terrill ancestry,
If you can ascertain from his application for pension any facts that
would lead you to think he was the grand father or father or uncle of one
Margaret Terrill, born in Virginia about 1785, married Allen Poage and moved to
Kentucky, then later to Vermilion County near Homer, Illinois, I
would greatly appreciate such information.
Margaret Terrill ( Poage) was my great-grandmother, and had three
brothers of whom I have knowledge, all natives of Virginia I believe.
Dr. Joshua Terrill of Armstrong Mo., James Terrill of Fayette, Mo. and 
Fountain Terrill of St. Louis not positive, Mo.
If you have Terrills or Poages of Virginia or Kentucky whom you can
connect with this line, and whose names appear in the Pension Bureau
records would you kindly advise me?
Not knowing the given names of her parents, but knowing they lived in
Virginia during the War, I feel it is more than likely they were
participants, and hope to find record of their service in your department. I am writing advisedly, knowing that you do not give information
to other than descendants, but trust you can give such information as you
may deem applicable to my ancestral line.
Thanking you for an early reply, I beg to remain,
Yours very respectfully,
(Mrs. J. E.) Edw. L. Knight
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Chicago
April 23d 1924
Pension Commissioner
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
In the Rev. Records can you find
John Terrell who served from Pa - probably
Lancaster Co. but moved to Ky and drew
a pension in Bourbon Co.
I very much wish to get the
name of wife and any information contained
 in his application, and hope you can
give it to me, at as early a date as possible.
for which I will be very grateful.
Respectfully
Mrs W.  C. Glenn
2204 Bertean Ave.
Chicago, Ill.
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Paris, Kent’y 8th div
Kty 
old case
194
Rec’d 19 Dec’r 1820


Free
War Department.
Washington City
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Paris, Kentucky 1st June

Free
Secretary at War
Washington City

old case
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Washington City
Decr 14.47
Comm. of Pensions
Sir  - John Terrell was
was a private in the war of the revolution,
drew a pension under the act 1818, at the
 Ky agency. He is now dead and his widow to whom he was 
married before the expiration of the service
is also dead. His son desires to know
if the heirs of the widow have a right
to the amount of pension to which she
was entitled at the time of her death and
whether an administration, upon her
estate is the proper person to apply for the same.
He desires also to be furnished
with all the necessary forms and
instructions on the subject. 
Yours &c
Tho’s Hinley

Hon J L Edwards
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Mrs Jane Hibber being by me first duly sworn
did depose and say that she perfectly recollects
of the distress of the wife of John Teril on his enlistment
during the revolutionary war, and it was
understood & well known that he had enlisted
for three years or during the war, & that he staid
from his family shortly after his enlistment in the
town of Carlisle Penna as a soldier. She also well
remembers his coming home during his term of
service on furlough & of the joy of the family on
meeting. She also well remembers the name of Capt
Greer as his officer, and of Colo. Flowers, and that
he was commanded by them. That she was then
Young & unable at this time to speak with certainty
as to the time of his service, but knows of
the time appearing long and it was for more than
one year. She also remembers of the rejoicing
at the close of the war, and of the wife of said
John being much elated at the prospect of his return
 on that event, which satisfied her that he was still
absent & did not leave the army till the close
of the war, after which she well remembers of
his return home. She thinks that after his return she saw his discharge, but cannot speak with certainty on that subject.

Also John Hamilton aged about seventy three
years being first duly sworn, deposeth says
that at the time the said applicant John Terril
enlisted this deponent lived in the same neighborhood
and was acquainted with him. That he well re-
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remembers the enlistment of Teril, & that he made
considerable sacrifices when he went to the army;
but he cannot recollect the date of his enlistment
tho’ from facts & circumstances it must have
been about three years or more before the close
of the war. That this deponent did not see him
during his service nor for some time after his 
discharge; but his enlistment & his leaving home
to the injury of his family & against the opinion
 of his neighbors, he perfectly remembers. & he
knows him to be very poor without any estate now.

I, Benjamin Mills Judge as aforesaid 
do certify that the additional evidence of
Jane Hibber and John Hamilton relative to the
claim of the aforenamed John Teril was this day
taken & sworn to before me, and is added to the
original statement of the applicant. & that it
appears fully to my satisfaction that the said
Teril was enlisted and did serve in the continental
 army as in his own detail & these additional
statements is declared. & that he is really
in such indigent circumstances as to require
the aid of his country.  Given under my
hand this 28 day of May 1819-
B. Mills