Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3418, for Famous Mortimer, Virginia
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(3-1776)

SERVICE 
Continental (Va)

Mortimer, Famous
Fagan, Mary
former widow
Mar. Joseph Fagan

NUMBER
R. 3418

CONTENTS
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32647
Kentucky
Famous Mortimer
of Fleming Co, in the State of Ken.
who was a Private in the Compy commanded 
by Captain ___  of the Regt. commanded
by Col Armand in the Va
line for Revolution
----

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky 
at the rate of 20 Dollars  -- Cents per
annum,to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of
June, 1848, and sent to 
E. F. Brown 
Present

Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi=anl. allowance ending ____

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Th. Lumpkin, Clerk,
Book E 2, Vol. 7 Page 34.

Reported
Sent to Hon. J.C. Mason. 4th Feb, 1850
Hon J Whitcomb Apl 4 1850
copies sent to -- " 17 "
Letter to Hon G W Jones
April 30. 50
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress of the 7. June 1832

State of Kentucky, Fleming County, Sct
On this the 23rd day of June 1834 personally
appeared in open Court before the worshipful 
the Justices of the County Court for the County of Fleming in the State of Kentucky,  now setting
Famous Mortimer a resident of said County of
Fleming & State aforesaid, aged seventy one 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 7 - 1832 That  he enlisted in the choeir (corps?) or Legion in the service of the United States, called Armands Legion immediately after the siege of York and surrender of Cornwallis, That  he enlisted under Jonathan Burnside who was
a revolutionary officer or seargent in one of the horse companies of said Legion, he believes in the month of April but he is certain it was but a few months after the Siege of York - that he  enlisted for three years or during the war - and after the enlistment he applied to Capt Brefo
a Capt of the Infantry in said Legion, to take him or procure him to be added to his Company & accordingly he served not in the Company in which he had been enlisted by Bornside but in Brifo's  foot company - That he marched from Loudon County Virginia where he enlisted
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towards Winchester & joined the army near
Winchester - That they lay at Winchester
that summer, and in the month of December
1782 marched with the prisoners to Fredericktown Maryland -  and from thence to York Pennsylvania - At York the army continued
for some time - until the news of peace reached
us, and until after the rejoicings in consequence
of peace. That after it was found there was
no further service for the soldiers he applied
to Capt Brefo for a furlough to visit home - That while at home on furlough the army was disbanded - the he followed on to York in Pennsylvania, where had received his furlough - but when he arrived there, the officers and all had gone to Philadelphia & elsewhere, whereon he returned home, not having the means of going on to Philadelphia.  He states that his Capt name was  Brefo,  Lieut's  Riddle & Ensign
Shafner - that he recollects, Capt Sharp of the Grenadiers, Capt Brown,  Capt Bedkins & Le Bert of the Calvary -  He states that in consequence of his absense on furlough he received no discharge,  but that he followed on to York for that purpose - but could not proceed to  Philadelphia for the reason given above - He states that from about April 1782, he served until the war was completety terminated, and was ready to serve his County
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at all times during the war - He states that he has
no record of his age, but he verily believes he was born in the year 1763 & that he was about twenty years of age when he left the army - that when he entered the service he resided in Loudon County Virginia.  He also states that he is acquainted with Joseph Powers, and David Blue who can testify as to his respectabity & the rumor of the neighborhood as to his revolutionary service - he  says that there is no Clergyman convenient whose evidence he can procure in his behalf. He also states that he has no documentary evidence &  knows of no person
in this Country by whom he can prove his services, but states that he he enlisted for 3 years & was in actual service from Apl. 1782 to  Decr. 1783 - when he thinks the army was discharged
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present and  he 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 -

Famous Mortimore
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We Joseph Powers and David Blue residents of the County of Fleming state of Kentucky 
to hereby certify that we are acquainted with Famous Mortimer who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration, that we
believe him to be the age he represents himself
viz seventy one years; that he is reputed & believed in  the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion - they further state that upwards of  thirty years ago they have repeatedly conversed with Famous Mortimer on the subject of his revolutionary services & have
no doubt & never had any that said Mortimer was a revolutionary soldier in Armands Choir (corps?) or Legion  and served as he states -
Sworn & subscribed in open Court -
Joseph Powers
David Blue

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 & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Powers, and David
Blue who have signed the preceding certificate are persons of credibility and their statements are entitled to credit -
I Joshua Stockton Clerk of the Fleming County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Famus Mortimer for a pension -  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 23 day of June 1834 -
Joshua Stockton clk
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William T Dudley
April 3rd 1837
certificate
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Pension.
Act of Feby 3d, 1853.
Mary Fagan formerly
Widow of
Famous Mortimer.

Ky - 1832
and for
--- 1823

Revolutionary War
This case was sent
to me by Henry West Esq
of Le Roy Ills. -

AM / B /

Jno. Johnson
of
Washington D.C. atty
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State of Illinois
McLean County } ss:
On this 26th day of February A.D. Eighteen hundred and Fifty-Eight personally appeared before A. J. Merriman, County Judge of the McLean County Court of the State of Illinois, Mary Fagan formerly the widow of Famous Mortimer a Revolutionary pensioner, a resident of Old Town in the County of McLean and State aforesaid, aged 65 years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d of February, A.D. 1853. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War;
that she was formerly the widow of Famous
Mortimer, who was a Private in the Revolution
and on the pay rolls of the pay Agent at Louisville Ky. She further declares that she was married to the said Famous Mortimer, on the thirteenth day of October A.D. 1816 in Fleming County and state of Kentucky, by one Jonathan Wilson a Minister and that her name before her
said marriage was Mary Blue: That her said husband the said Famous Mortimer, died, at Fleming County Kentucky, on the fifteenth
day of May A.D. 1851, and that at the date of his decease he was a pensioner on the Revolutionary Rolls of Pensioners
That she was not married to him the said
Mortimer aforesaid, prior to the Second of January, Eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated.
She furthermore declares that she was married to Joseph Fagan at Park
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County. Indiana, on the 18th day of December
A.D. 1855. Jno. Johnson of Washington D.C. is hereby authorized to prosecute my claim.

Mary (her X mark) Fagan  {Seal}

attest. A. J. Merriman

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
A.J. Merriman County Judge

State of Illinois }
McLean County } ⎬ ss 
I William C Hobbs clerk of the county court of the county and in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the Honorable A. J. Merriman whose
genuine signature appears to the above certificate was at the time of signing the same acting as County Judge of the county court of McLean County Illinois (which is a court of record) duly Elected commissioned and sworn. And that to all his act as such, full faith and credit are due
In Testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said county court at Bloomington this 26th day of February A.D. 1858
W. C. Hobbs clk
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State of Kentucky
Fleming County Sct:
I William T. Dudley Clerk of the Court for the Count aforesaid certify Famous Mortimore & Mary Blue, were joined together in marriage on
the 13th day of October 1816 by Jonathan Wilson, as appears from the record of marriages in my office
In Witness Whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of the Fleming County court this 3rd day of April 1857
Wm T. Dudley c.f.c.c.
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September 15, 1939

FAMOUS MORTIMER
R. 3418
BA-J/MLB

Hazel Mortimer
243 Kishwaukee Street
Rockford, Illinois

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters of recent date in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Famous (or Infamous ) Mortimer
or Mortimore who, you state, was born in 1763 in Loudoun County, his mother being named Sarah, served from Leesburg in that county in Armand's Legion, was pensioned while living in Fleming County, Kentucky, where he died. You state that he married Mary Blue who was born in 1793, and who later became Mary Fagan and that she died
in 1866, also that he had a brother William and a sister.

The record of Famous Mortimer (surname shown also as Mortemore ) follows as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, R. 3418, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Famous Mortimer was born in 1763 in Loudoun County, Virginia, where he was reared. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Loudoun County, Virginia, Famous Mortimer enlisted at Leesburg September 1, 1781, for the term of three years,
served as private in Captain Brefo's" (evidently meant for Briffault's) company, in Colonel Armand's Legion, served with him in the South, was then stationed at Winchester and in December, 1782, guarded prisoners to Fredericktown, Maryland; from there he went to Little York, Pennsylvania, thence to Philadelphia where he took up winter quarters. He was discharged in September, 1783.

After the Revolution, the soldier continued to live in Loudoun County, Virginia, for six years, then moved to Fleming County, Kentucky, and while living there, applied for pension June 23, 1834. His claim was allowed. In 1849, he was still living in Fleming County and died there May 15, 1851.
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Famous Mortimer married October 13, 1816, in Fleming County, Kentucky, Mary Blue. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents were not given. Their marriage was recorded in the County Clerk's Office of Fleming County, Kentucky.

Soldier's widow, Mary Mortimer, married December 18, 1855, in Parke County, Indiana, one Joseph Fagan; no details in regard to him
were stated.

In 1858, Famous Mortimer's former widow, Mary Fagan, was living in Old Town, McLean County, Illinois, aged sixty-five years.

No reference was made in the claims to children of the soldier, Famous Mortimer, and his wife, Mary, nor to any of their brothers or sisters.

In 1834, one David Blue, age not stated, was a resident of Fleming County, Kentucky; his relationship to Mary Blue whom soldier
married was not designated.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Pension Office, Oct. 3, 1859.
Sir,
In relation to the claim of Mary Fagan, who
was the wife of Famous Mortimer, ---a  revolution soldier for pension alleged to have accrued ----in virtue of the act of February 3 1853, from the date of said act to the date of her marriage with her present husband, I have to state that if she had presented her claim before her second marriage she would have entitled herself as is ------- correspondent to be placed on the pension roll; and would have received her pension until the date of the second marriage; but her marriage rendered her incapable of prosecuting such a claim  during the time she might remain a married woman.  The Act of Congress which  declares that the law of  February 3, 1853 "shall not be so construed as to deprive any widow from its benefits, though she may have married again," expressly provides that she must be a
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"widow at the time of making the claim" -

See I refer him to the 3d section of act of Congress, approved
August 5, 1854.

very respy

J Johnston Esqr
Washington, 
D.C.

J Johnston 
Oct 3
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37.662
Act 7. June 1832

Famous Mortimer
Fleming Co. Ky.

admitted
Pri Inf 6 mo $20
Act 7 June 1832
not on final settlement

E. F. Brown Atty.
Wash. D.C. 
22. Nov. 48.
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Commonwelth of Kentucky }
Fleming County } sct.
On this twenty fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight personally appeared in open court and before the court of Fleming County now sitting Famous Mortimer & resident of said State and County and is now in the eighty fifth year of his age 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 of the act of Congress pased June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated  That he was born in the State of Virginia Louden County and that he enlisted in the service of the United States in Leesburgh in said county for the term of three years and during the war in the first days of the month of September in the year 1781 when near
Eighteen years old he states he was enlisted by a corporal by the name of Lewis and Corporal Lewis marched him to mete the regiment or Legion And in going through the town of
Sharlettsville Virginia some more recruits were added to our number we continued our march and Joined Col Armund's Legion or regiment in Amelia County Virginia He further states he was ordered and put in Captain Bress's Company of Infantry and in Col Armonds Legion or regiment which regiment was was composed of Capt Browns Capt Laburts and Capt Beakeys companys of Cavalry and Capt Sharp of the Rangers and Capt Stuben of the Guardians and Capt Breford of the Infantry which companys composed Armand's Legion Armand's Legion
was mostly composed of Foreners French and Germans Col Armand Majr Shafner and Capt Brefoe were Frenchmen He further says that some time after joining his Legion Col Armand
took up the line of March for North and South Carolina after traveling hard marches we reached South Carolina and met a detachment of of Brittish troops in advance of the main body of troops which was commanded by Genl Tarlton on
meeting them Col Armand immediately formed in line for battle forming a right and left wing Capt Brefo on on the right after changing some shots Col. Armand
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gave back I think we did not loose a man we lay there that night and during the night there came to our Camp two Brittish deserters and gave information to Col Armand and Maj Shafner In our march we passed through Hillsborough in North Carolina Col. Armand then again took up
the line of march to go to a place there Tarleton town where we fully expected to mete Genl --- and his troops and to give them a severe flogging but on our arrival there they had decamped and left. We remained in North Carolina some time after which Col Armand took up the line of March Virginia going through Salsbury and other places names not now recollected When on our return coming to Stauton in Virginia there were added to our Legion some fresh troops we then marched
to Winchester Virginia where we remained some considerable time up to about the middle of December 1782 We then took the line of march from Winchester for Frederick Town in Maryland
taking with us five hundred Brittish prisoners marched to Shepardstown Virginia and crossed the Potomac River on the ice and continued to Fredericktown on our arrival there we lay there a short time and were marched onward taking the
prisoners with us to Little York in Pennsylvania on our arriving there and some short time after the five hundred prisoners were put under a strong gard which gard was a part of our regiment and marched to Philadelphia and after delivering them the gard returned and it was then that it
was made known that Col Armands Legion was to take up Winter Quarters which was the winter of 1782 and 1783 we remained there remander of the winter and the following spring and summer during the spring & summer we made
large burn fires at the news of Peace being made but we Armands Legion was not discharged untill about from the tenth to the fifteenth of September in 1783 And I do most truly in Justice to myself and for the love of my Country and before my God and my Goverment I served
my country a little more than two years from the first of September in 1781 up to the tenth or fifteenth of September 1783 He further states old and entirely unable to work or Labor for his subsistance being almost an entire
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cripple in his feet and ancles so much so that it is with much dificulty that he can even walk the floor He further states he knows of no person by whom he can prove his service as having been a soldier of the war of the revolutionary wars He also states he has always been told the proof of the service of all the old soldiers of the revolutionary war devolved on them to procure and if they failed to produce the proof of these services they could not obtain the justice of these claim under the pension laws And in belief of that statement he now states that he has been using every exertion in his power for more than fifteen years past to obtain the evidence
of his services from those of the old soldiers who were in the service He also states that some ten years since he herd of Johnathan Burnside a soldier who served in the same Armand's Legion living near Wheeling Virginia and he did 
immediately borrow from one of his Neighbors a small sum of money to bear his expences to go in serch of Burnside he went but before he reached there he was informed Burnside was dead only a short time before He also states he has been in serch of evidence in proof of his 
services in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky where he has herd of old revolutionary soldiers but has as often failed in obtaining the evidence of his services He further states he has no documentary evidence in his possession of any kind touching the facts of his services but wholely relys on the
Justice of this his declaration of facts for the the sum due him from the Goverment and proper accounting officers of Goverment under the act of June 7th 1832 and for the term of service performed being a little more than two years He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to
pension or anuity accept the present and declairs
that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any states or if any only on that of the agency of the State of _______
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid }

Famous Mortimer
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We Joseph D Farrow a Clergyman resident in the County of Fleming and State of Kentucky and [illegible] resident in the same state and County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Famous Mortimer who has subscribed and
Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of the age he states Eighty five years old that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a
soldier of the revolutionary war and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and Subscribed - }
the day and year aforesaid }
Joseph D. Farrow
Hiram Wallingford

And the said Court do hereby declare there 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 said Court further certify that it does appear to them that Joseph D Farrow who has signed the foregoing or proseding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Fleming and State of Kentucky and that
Hiram Wallingford is a credible person and that there statements are entitled to credit
Henry Webster J P
John P Metcalfe J.P.
Obed P Nute J P
Abram Gooding J.P.
Jeremiah Spurgin J P

Interrogatories prescribed by the and propounded in court
Where and in what year were you born Ans. I was born and raised in the State of Virginia Louden County in the year 1763
2d. have you any record of your age and if so where is it  Ans.  My Father Family Bibble in which my age was recorded was burned in his house in Virginia and in early life my age was recorded in my own family bible and that Bible become old and some Injured and I bought another since in which my age is again
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again --------  Qt.  where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live Ans. When called into service I lived in Louden County Virginia where I lived six years after peace I then moved to Kentucky Fleming County
where I now live and have lived within that space of time  Qt.  How were you called into service were you draughted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Ans. I was an enlisted Soldier for three years and during the war and served in Col. Armand's Legion  Qt.  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 service Ans I have in my application stated the names of the officers commanding the Legion or regiment I belongd
to and as was stated before the most of the Legion were French and Germans that I never could call the names correctly The names of the officers I have before stated in my application
Qt. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it Given and what has become of it  Ans. I never got a discharge owing to the fact as I have always supposed - that when Col. Armands Legion was discharged
I was an invalide laying on my back caused by a very severe chop of an axe in my foot I therefore ----- that as the reason why I did not get my Discharge - State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your charactors
for veracity and there belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution I will state the names of Simeon W Robison James Ross James Wallingsford Richard Wallingsford Thomas Bell Walter Warden and Joseph Alexander

State of Kentucky Fleming County Sct
July term 1848
I William T. Dudley Clerk of the Fleming County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter
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of the application of Famous Mortimer for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28th day of July
1848.
Wm T. Dudley c.f.c.c.
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State of Kentucky }
Fleming County } sct.
Personally appeared before me one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for State of Kentucky & Fleming County James Ross who is now in the Seventy one years of age and first being duly sworn according to Law he states that he has been acquainted with old Famous Mortimer for more than forty four years last past he states
he is now informed Mortimer is about applying for a pension and in obedience to the Justice of the Facts in relation to Mortimer I State that Mortimer has often told me of his services and having served in the Revolutionary war that statements and conversation took place very frequently and for many years ago I would state I have herd his statements about his services forty years ago and in continuation down to this time or date his statements on the subject of his services are generally known by those who know
him and by the generally I might say Universally believed so much so that it is universally believed in the neighborhood where he resides that he was a soldier and served in the war of the revolution I also state the old man was always and the last fifteen years hunting old soldiers of revolutionary War in order to get proof of his services I have known him to travel to Ohio and various other places in serch of Evidence but am informed he found no such evidence He is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to of been a soldier in the revolutionary war And I am fully convinced in that opinion He is very old and is a cripple and entirely unable to labor He has always sustained the reputation of an Honest truthfull worthy citizen I have always viewed him as such
James Ross

State of Kentucky }
Fleming County } sct.
I certify the foregoing deposition of James Ross
was this this day Sworn to and subscribed to before me And I further certify that James Ross is a highly respectable Citizen of Society in our County and is entitled to credit
Given under my hand this 26th day of July 1848
Obed P Nute J.P.
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State of Kentucky }
Fleming County } sct
Personally appeared before me one of the
acting Justices of the peace in and for the State of Kentucky and Fleming County John R Ringo who is in the fifty seventh of his age and first being duly sworn according to Law he states that he became acquainted with old Famous Mortimer who it does appear is now about to apply for a pension, twenty seven years ago or time past having lived within four miles of him during that length of time And State from my earliest acquaintance with old Famous Mortimer he has been riding and hunting for old soldiers of the revolutionary war in serch of and to procure the evidence of his services as having been in that war and as having served he
Mortimer has often and repeadly from my earliest acquaintance with him told me of his having served in the war of the revoluti It has reputed and believed in this neighborhood and by all who know him that he did serve and that his statements for many years past together with the correctness of the man for truth and veracity and his continued exertions in serch of evidence leave a general convinscing opinion of the facts of him having served in the war of the revolution
in this county Generally by those that know him and I am fully convinced in my mind and without a doubt that the Old Man Mortimer is Justly entitled to a pension for services rendered as a Soldier in the revolutionary war  He is an honest correct an respectable citizen in our county he is very old and he is an entire cripple and in all Justice deserving to be placed on the pension rolls and obtain that which is due him-
Sworn to and subscribed
John R. Ringo

State of Kentucky }
Fleming County } sct.
I certify the foregoing deposition of John R. Ringo was this day subscribed to and sworn before me And I further certify that John R Ringo is a highly respectable man and is entitled to full credit
Wm: S. Botts.  J.P.
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Commonwelth of Kentucky }
Fleming County - } sct.
Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County
Simeon W Robertson who is fifty years of age and first being duly sworn according to law states he has been acquainted with Famous Mortimer who it appears is now applying for a pension for the space of more than twenty six years past and that from the earliest acquaintance with him he stated to me and generally that he was a soldier in the
revolutionary war I have been living within one and a half miles of him during that time and can state I always viewed Old Famous Mortimer as an honest correct Citizen and from his repeated statements of and about his services in the war of the revolution and on one occasion I lent the
old man money to go in search of old soldiers to prove his services and on the old man Mortimer returning from that hunt I saw him and he told me the man he went to see had died but a very short time before he got there I further state
Old Man Mortimer has been trying and enquiring for some and all old soldiers for more than twenty years to get evidence of his services I State I have no more dont but that Famous Mortimer was in the service and served as a soldier in the revolutionary as stated by himself than any fact not positively to me known I further State he is Poor and is a cripple unable to do any Kind of Labor and further State he is a man of Honesty & Honor and his Statement I should at all times be entitled to credit
Sworn to and Subscribed
S. W. Robertson

State of Kentucky }
Fleming County }
I hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of
Simeon W Robertson personally known to me was deposed this day before me and after the same was read to said deponent subscribed by
him said deponant having been by me legally sworn. I further certify that said
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Robertson is of good moral character and
entitled to full credence when an oath
Given under my hand as a Justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid this 24th July 1848
Wm S Botts JP.

State of Kentucky }
Fleming County } sct.
Personally appeared before me one of the
acting Justices of the peace in and for Fleming County and State of Kentucky Thomas C Bell being now in the sixty eight year of his age and first being duly sworn according to Law he states he has lived within two miles of Old Famous Mortimer for more than thirty years last past and have been well acquainted with him during
that space of time and that from my earliest acquaintance with him he often told me of his having been a soldier of the war of the revolution and from his reped statements on the subject of his service and about his services I am clearly of the opinion and clearly of the opinion he did serve as a soldier in the revolutionary war he has been using exertions in hunting for old soldiers for the last fifteen years to prove his service as having served in the revolutionary war his often statements of his services were so confirmed in the belief of the friends of his Neighborhood that he was offered by gift Clothing and Money to go in serch of evidence in proof of that fact And I
Further state I have no kind of doubt nor can I believe any thing to the contrary but that Old Famous Mortimer did serve as a soldier in the revolutionary war the old man is an honest respectable citizen and stands so in this county he is very old and he is an entire cripple unable to labor for his living and I further state I do consider him one of the old soldiers of the revolution and a fit subject in adition for the clemency of his Government
Sworn to and subscribed
Thos C Bell
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State of Kentucky }
Fleming County ⎬
I do hereby certify the foregoing deposition of Thomas C. Bell was this day sworn to and subscribed before me And I further certify
that the deponent Thomas C Bell is a highly respectable man and is entitled to credit. -
Given under my hand this 26th day of July 1848 -
Obed P Nute  J. P.

State of Kentucky }
Fleming County } sct
Personally appeared before me one of the
acting Justices of the peace in the County of Fleming and State of Kentucky Alfrid Debell now in the forty sixth year of his age and first being duly sworn according to Law he states that he became acquainted with Old Famous Mortimer of this County and who it appears is about to apply for a pension for twenty years past and
has often herd the old man talking of his service as having been a Soldier in the war of the revolution and that he has told me often of his services in that war and that he ought to have or get a pension I further state the old man has
been trying for many years past to obtain evidence of his service from old soldiers of the revolution in support of his services in order to apply to the proper officers of Goverment for
his pension I further State it is generally believed in the neighborhood where he resides that he was a revolutionary soldier and served in the revolutionary as such I further state I live within three miles of him and have had business
transactions with him and have always found him an honorable honest and correct man And I have no doubt but am convinced in my own opinion of old Man Mortimer was a Solder and did
serve in the revolutionary war he is very old and almost an entire cripple unable to Labor in support of and make a subsistance
Sworn to and Subscribed
Alfred DeBell

State of Kentucky }
Fleming County } sct
I do hereby certify the foregoing deposition
of Alfred Debell was this day sworn to and subscribed to before me And I further certify that the deponant Alfred Debell is a very respectable Citizen of this county and is entitled to full
credit - Given under my hand this 25th day of July 1848
Obed P Nute J.P.
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Commonwelth of Kentucky }
Fleming County - } sct.
Personally appeared before me One of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for Fleming County and State of Kentucky Joseph Alexander now in the sixty fourth year of his age and first being duly sworn according to law he states that he became acquainted with old Famous Mortimer for more than forty last past And he further states that Old Mr. Mortimer has been looking and hunting to obtain evidence to prove his service as having been a Soldier in the revolutionary war he has for the last fifteen years
been hunting in various parts of the country and searching for old Soldiers of the and who served in the revolutionary war to prove his service He also went into the State of Ohio in serch of such
evidence but has as often failed I now understand he is about making application to Goverment for a pension and I can say public opinion which is generally believed by all who know him is that the old man did serve in the revolutionary war and long since should of be placed on the Pension rolls I can say in justice to old Man Mortimer and to myself that General
Public opinion in his neighborhood is that Mortimer was a Soldier and served in the war of the revolution and I concur in that opinion Mortimer is a very old man and has always sustained a fair honest and Honorable reputation and is a good citizen of Society His an entire cripple in his feet and ancles and he is thereby unable to labor for his support and is a very poor
man
Sworn to and subscribed
Joseph Alexander

State of Kentucky }
Fleming County ⎬ sct.
I certify the foregoing deposition of Joseph Alexander was this day taken sworn to and Subscribed to before me And I further certify that Joseph Alexander is a man of respectability and is entitled to credit-
Given under my hand this 26th day of July 1848
Obed P. Nute J.P.
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certain it is believed by those who know that he was a soldier of the revolution he is very old a cripple he has always ------------ for truth and honesty And I have no doubt in my mind but
that he did serve his country in the war of the revolution
Sworn to and subscribed
Walter F Warder

State of Kentucky }
Fleming County } sct
I certify the foregoing deposition of Walter F Warder was this day sworn to and subscribed before me And I further certify that he is a respectable man and is entitled to credit I certify the word serve in the seventh line was improperly inserted and is meant to be left out
Given under my hand this 26th day of July 1848
Obed P. Nute J.P.

State of Kentucky }
Fleming County } sct
Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Fleming County and State of Kentucky James Walingford and is
fifty five years of age and first being duly duly sworn according to law he states that he has been acquainted with old Famous Mortimer for forty years past and I state Old Man Mortimer is generally believed and reputed to of been a soldier and served in the war of the revolutionary war and that he has for the last twelve or fifteen years been trying to get evidence of and from
old soldiers of the revolution of his services I do of my own knowledge know he has been two trips into the State of Ohio in such of evidence of his services as a revolutionary Soldier and General opinion is by all who know him so far as I am in possession of public opinion are convinced in that opinion that the old man was a Soldier in and did serve in the revolutionary war and I concur in that gen'l opinion Old Man Mortimer is a cripple and is unable to Labor for his subsistance-
Sworn to and subscribed 
James Wallingford

State of Kentucky }
Fleming County - } sct.
I certify the foregoing deposition of of James Wallingford was this day subscribed and sworn to before me And I further certify that James Wallingford is a highly respectable man and is entitled to credit
Obed P. Nute J.P.
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State of Kentucky ⎬ 
Fleming County } sct.
Personally appeared before me one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the County of
Fleming and State of Kentuck Richard Wallingford and is now in the seventy third year of his age and first being duly sworn according to Law he states that he has been acquainted with Famous Mortimer who it does appear is now applying for a pension forty nine years ago and it is Generally known and believed in the neighborhood that he Mortimer was a Soldier in the revolutionary War and such is general public
opinion and I am clearly of the opinion that he did serve in the revolutionary struggle for the liberty we now enjoy he is a very old man and is an entire cripple unable to work for his subsistence I have hird the old man often say that he has been for many years past trying and hunting for old Solders to prove his service as having served in the war of the revolution and I am convinced his statements are correct as I know him to be an honest correct and truthfull man
Sworn to and Subscribed Richard Wallingford

State of Kentucky } 
Fleming County - }
I do hereby certify the foregoing deposition of Richard Wallingford was this day sworn to and
subscribed before me And I further certify the he is a man who is entitled to Credit -
Obed P Nute J. P.

State of Kentucky }
Fleming County } sct.
Personally appeared before me one of the
acting Justices of the Peace in and for Fleming County and State of Kentucky Walter Warder now in the seventy fifth year of his age and first
being duly sworn according to law he states he became acquainted with Old Famous Mortimer Eighteen years ago and have lived his neighbor
within one and a half miles of him up to this time I have been intimately acquainted with Mortimer during that space of time and have often herd the old man state that that he served as a soldier in the war of the revolution and that he did serve some several years ago search of old soldiers to obtain evidence of his services that he did use his exertions to obtain the evidence of his services is very
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State of Kentucky }
Fleming County } sct.
Personally appeared before me one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for said State and County Thomas R Tebbs and being now in the fortieth year of his age and being first duly sworn according to law he states that he has been intimately acquainted with old Famous Mortimer who it appears is about applying for a pension
for upwards of Seventeen years and that he has always been reputed and believed to of been a soldier of the revolutionary War I have lived within four miles of him for upwards of Eighteen years and state that public opinion in his neighborhood was that he did serve as a
Soldier in the revolutionary war he has often stated to me and others in my hereing of services and he has been hunting for proof of his services for more than fifteen years past and the old man stated to me he was always unable to procure the evidence of his services having found no old soldier, who was in the same regiment in which he served and who knew him in the service from General opinion in his Neighborhood and from my own opinion and belief I have not the slightest doubt but what the old man Famous Mortimer did serve and was a soldier in the war of the Revolution he is very old and is an entire cripple unable to Labor for a Support. he is an honest and respectable citizen of this county and a man of Truthfull character
Subscribed and sworn to
Thomas R Tebbs

I certify the foregoing deposition of Thomas R Tebbs was this day sworn to and subscribed before me And I further certify that Thomas R Tebbs is a respectable citizen of this county and is entitled to credit
Given under my hand this 25th day of July 1848 - 
Obed P Nute J. P.
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State of Kentucky }
Fleming County } sct.
Personally appeared before me one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for Fleming County and State of Kentucky John D Harn and is In the fifty fourth year of his age and first being duly sworn according to law he states that he became acquainted with Old Famous Mortimer who resides in this County and who it does appear is now applying for a pension for thirty years past and very intimately acquainted with him for twenty years past and I state he has often told me of and about his services in the revolutionary war having served as a soldier in that war and he is reputed and generally believed by those who know him to off been a soldier in the war of the revolution and concur fully in that opinion I have lived his neighbor within two four miles of Old Mr. Mortimer during the whole of my acquaintance with him and from my long acquaintance and general knowledge of him I have no doubt whatever but what he did serve in the revolution Old Mr. Mortimer has always been considered an honest correct truthfull good citizen of Society And I further State the old man is a cripple in his feet and ancles which aside
from old age renders him unable to labor and obtain his living by industry,

Sworn to and subscribed - 
John D (his X mark) Harn

State of Kentucky }
Fleming County ⎬ sct
I certify the foregoing deposition of John D Harn was this day sworn to and subscribed to before me I certify also the word four in the instruction in the thirteenth line was inserted before signing the Deposition
And I further certify that John D Harn is a man of good repute and is entitled to credit Given under my Hand this 25th day of July 1848
Obed P Nute J. P
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monwelth of Kentucky

State of Kentucky }
Fleming County ⎬ Sct -
Personally appeared before me one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for Fleming County and State of Kentucky Daniel O Neal who is now 
in the seventyeth year of his age and first being duly Sworn according to Law he states that he became acquainted with Famous Mortimer in this Fleming County in the year 1796 and have known him ever since I mustered with him in Capt Abraham Plummers Company with Mortimer for a number of years and Mortimer was was picked out to act as fugleman by the Captain from
the fact that he was so will versed in the military
exercise which then spoken of that Mortimer was an old soldier of the revolutionary war and fully understood the the exercise And from my earliest acquaintance which was about that date Mortimer has always been reputed and believed to of been a soldier and served in the war of the revolution Mortimer has for more than twenty years past been hunting for old Soldiers of the
revolutionary war to prove his services but as I am informed he has always found serving the very long and intimate acquaintance with Famous Mortimer he has often and repeatedly told me of his services his toils and fatigues in hard marches and general duties he performed in the service when a Soldier in the revolutionary war and I am as well convinced that Mortimer was a soldier in the revolutionary war as I am of any fact not positively by me known to be a fact. And such is the General opinion of all who are acquainted with him Old Man Mortimer is a very old man I would believe him to be from Eighty five to Eighty eight I further state he is entirely unable to Labor for his support he being an entire cripple he is an honest correct citizen and he is at all times entitled to credit
Sworn to subscribed
Daniel O Neal
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State of Kentucky } 
Fleming County } Sct
I do hereby certify the foregoing deposition of Daniel Oneal was this day sworn to and subscribed to before me and I further certify
that the deponant Daniel Oneal is a respectable
Citizen of _______ an entitle to full Credit Given under my hand this 27th day of July 1848
John Porter J.P. F.C.

State of Kentucky Fleming County Set
I William T. Dudley Clerk of the Fleming County Court do hereby certify that Wm. S. Botts, Obed P. Nute, & John Porter Esqrs  whose names severally appear to the foregoing official certificates, are acting Justices of the Peace for said County duly
commissioned & qualified as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office this 28th day of July 1848
Wm. T. Dudley cf.c.c.
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Payment to be made
at Louisville,
by Newton Lane, Esqr.,
Agent for paying pensioners
in the Agency of Kentucky

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book E Volume 7 Page 34 by 
Th. Lumpkin, Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832 Famous Mortimer of Kentucky, who was a Private in the
Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension role at the rate of Twenty dollars per Annum, commencing
on the 4th March, 1831, and to continue during
his natural life.

Given at the Department of the Interior, this 7th day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and }
Countersigned. }

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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46

Pension Office
Feby. 4th 1850

Sir
I have the honor to return herewith  Mr Whites Letter and in reply to his enquiry respecting the case of Famous Mortimer to state that upon a careful review of all the testimony in connexion with the circumstances which attend this claim the allowance granted is believed to be a very liberal one.
In his declaration Mortimer alleges that he entered the service in Virginia in 1781 and was attached to Armands Corps in which he served 3 years. But his statement was not sustained by the
Rolls of Armands Corps or of the Virginia
Continental or State Line, His name was not found upon any one of them which would not have been the case had he ----- the service as alleged. No testimony from witness who had a personal knowledge of Mortimers Service has been introduced, under such circumstances had the rules been strictly observed his claim must have rejected altogether but as all the witness agreed as to his --- character and concur
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in their opinion as to his having been engaged in
the Service, during the war of the Revolution, how long, however, none of them could say, in order to ---- him within the limits of the pension laws, the rules were not as ----- enforced as they were on other circumstances would have been, and a pension at the rate of $20- per ann  ------ service was allowed. The allowance cannot
be enlarged upon the proof now filed. It would afford us pleasure to comply with your request to transmet to you the papers in this case could we do so consistently with the Rules, But in no case when the claim has been allowed and payment made thereon are we permitted under the rules to allow the papers to be withdrawn from our files - If you desire certif---  copies will be
furnished for the use of the Committee of the House of Representatives

Hon J.. C. Mason
House of Reps

Hon J. C. Mason
4 Feb. 1850
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[Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.]
(words in the brackets are crossed out)

REJECTED
3418
P.O.________
Mary Fagan
Service: _______
Enlisted: _______ , 18____ .
Discharged: _______ , 18___ . 
REJECTED
Application filed: _______ , 18____ .
Alleges: _________
Re-enlisted: __________
Attorney: ________
P. O. __________
________Recognized. _________ Contract.
______Cert. of Dis. Searched for _______, 18 ___ .

1939. Sept. 15 - Hist. to  Hazel Mortimer - MLB.
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Suspended
[let 30 Apl 36
N.D. Coleman ]
(words in the brackets are crossed out)

Mortimer
78144
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No 6975
Mary Fagan
formerly widow of
Famous Mortimer.
Kentucky

[--- John Johnston Mch 20 / 58 ]
[ Jane, Oct 3 / 59]  
(words in brackets were crossed out)

3418

Act February 3 / 53
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Famous Mortimer
Kentucky

Suspended
E.F. Brown atty (words crossed out)
[illegible]

Act 7 June 1832
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[Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.]
(the words in the brackets are crossed out.)

REJECTED

7,444
P.O.  _______
Famus Mortimer
Service: _______
Enlisted: _________, 18____ .
Discharged: _______. 18 _____ .
Application filed: ________, 18 ____ .
Alleges: ___________
Re-enlisted: _____________
Attorney: __________
P. O. __________
__________Recognized.   _______ Contract.
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3d Auditor's Office
March 20. 1858.

Sir:
Famous Mortimer,
appears to have been
paid to March 4, 1851.

Very Respy
Robt J Atkinson
Auditor

Geo: C. Whiting Esqr } 
Commr. of Pensions }
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Pension Office, March 19. 1858.
The Third and it will please certify the date to which within named pensioner was paid
Very respy
S. Cole
Chief Clerk
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N. D. Coleman
Apl 30. 1836

Record Vol 28. Pg 59.
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War Dept. Pen: Office
April 30. 1836

Sir,
The declaration of Famous Mortimer has been ex & filed. The proof of his alleged service under Col Armond as hereto required should be exhibited in order to a favorable decision.


N. D. Coleman Esq
Maysville,
Ken:
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Add'l Evidence
Mrs Mary Fagan
formerly of
Famous Mortimer
Pensioner.
Ky sus - 1853

Revolutionary War

Jno. Johnson
of
Washington D.C.
Atty
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Leroy McLean Co. Ill. Sept 8th 1859
Mr J. Johnson
Dear Sir
I had intend to have replyed to your last some time since But through neglect and a press of Business have not done so till now
I must confess that I am at a loss to know By what process of Reasoning the Commisioner of Pensions or the Secretary of Interior have come to the conclusion that a widows marrige deprives her of what she was justly entitled to Before that marriage  The law I think is clear on the subject and leaves no doubt on the case whatever. She is entitled by the law granting pensions to widows to Receive eight dollars a month from and after the 3rd day of Febuary 1853 to the day of her death unless she should again marry In that event she is not entitled after the date of such marriage
We do not claim that Mrs Fagan is entitled to
any thing after the date of her second marriage
but we do claim from the passage of the act
to that time and if the department decides against us I wish it Refered to Gen. Cass as it is the opinion of Best jurist I have conversed with
on the subject that she is entitled
I cant help thinking the Department is labouring

Rec'd Sept 15 / 59
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under some mistake. They must think we are claiming after her marriage which we are not But we do claim previous to that marriag and the proofs are all in Regular form to entitle her to her pension
I remain Sir most obedient Servant
Henry West


K B. I have another case precisely like Mrs
Fagans in hand But will wait the decision on hers before I will proceed farther
H.W.
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John Johnson
Mch. 20.
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Pension Office, March 20, 1858.

Sir,
I have received, and filed under act of
February 3, 1853, the application of Mary Fagan
for pension as formerly the widow of Famous
Mortimer, who was a pensioner of the United States on the Kentucky Rolls
This application is not accompanied with evidence of her marriage with said pensioner, her identity as his widow or of the death of her second husband. The claim is consequently suspended for further proof
Very respectfully
JC (?)

John Johnson Esqr
Washington, D.C.
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afft. Leonard Bean,
for claim of
Famous Mortimer
for Revy. Pension,
Act 7. June 1832.

claim filed 22. Nov. 1848.

refd to comr and
may be allowed for 6
months.  

E. F. Brown
Atty.

23. May 49.
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Leonard Bean, page 48,
Ky. printed Pension Roll -
$96 - Md. Line.

State of Kentucky }
Mason County } sct"

Personally appeared before me one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said State and
County Leonard Bean who is a revolutionary Pensioner and is Eighty eight years of age and first being duly sworn according to law - He states that he well knows one Famous Mortimer who it appears now resides in Fleming County Kentucky and who he is told is now applying
to Government for a pension Deponent States he become acquainted with Famous Mortimer who was a soldier in the revolutionary war when he this deponent was in the service and in the line of his duty And Mortimer was a Soldier in Armands Legion deponent states his first acquaintance was caused by seeing Mortimer jumping with his neck and breast naked and
exposed and that he had the most hair on him
that he deponent ever saw on a man deponent says I called out and asked who is that any man
jumping he came up to me and said my name
is Famous Mortimer I belong to Armands Legion
my acquaintance took place with Mortimer at
that time when soldiers in the service together
and in the revolutionary War He further states
that he has late seen and conversed with Mortimer about his services and applying for a pension and Identifys him to be the same man that he saw and knew in the service and in Armands Legion and in the revolutionary war with Great Bretten called the war of 1776 And further say not
Sworn to and subscribed this 18th day of May 1849 - }
Leonard Bean

State of Kentucky }
Mason County } sct.
I do hereby certify the foregoing deposition of Leonard Bean was this day
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subscribed and sworn to before me And I further
certify that the deponant Leonard Bean is respectable Honorable man and is entitled to undoubted credit in all statement by him made-
Given under my hand this 18th day of May
1849-
Saml. W. Wood J.P.

Stat of Kentucky Mason County Sct:
I John James Key Clerk of the County Court
of said County do certify that Samuel W. Wood
Esqr. Whose name is signed to the above and
foregoing certificate is and was at the date of
Signing the same an acting Justice of the peace
within and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such, that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court at office in the City of Maysville this 18th day of May 1849 and in the 57th year of the Commonwealth
Jno. Jas. Key Clk
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To the Commissioner
of Pensions,

Sir,
As the name of Famous Mortimer does not appears on the Rolls in your office, and as he is probably near the grave, I respectfully ask for him, that you allow him a Pension at the lowest rate, viz: for six months service.
Very Respy
Edm. F. Brown
Agt for F. Mortimer
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903
Pension Office
Appril 30, 1850

Sir
In reference to the claim of Famous Mortimer, a revolutionary Pensioner, I have the honor to state
that on the 7 June 1848, he was placed on the pension list at the rate of $20 per annum it commences from the 4th March 1831. The enclosed, copy of a letter from the office to the Hon J. C. Mason under date of Feby 4, 1850
will in connection with the papers herewith
returned, present all the information upon our files relating to the case. I respectfully submit that it rests with the Committee to decide whether his claim to further admittance shall be
allowed and the same be provided for by a special act -
J L --- &c

Hon G W Jones } 
Chairman of the } 
Committee on Pensions }
U.S. Senate }
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Washington, 26. May 1849.

Col. J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir,
Yours of this date is received, stating that the service of Famous Mortimer must be established by witnesses who had a personal knowledge of his service. -
On 23d inst. I placed in your hands the deposition of Leonard Bean, a Pensioner, who swears he had a personal knowledge of the service of Mortimer, and gives his reasons
for remembering the man
This, with the good character established by claimant, in the papers, will, I trust, induce you to allow the claim.
Very Respectfully
Yr. obt. Servt.
Edm. F. Brown

P. S.  I presume Bean's deposition has been
overlooked.  E. F. B.
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Washington Jan 18 - 1850

Hon J - L - Edwards

The within enclosure relating to raising the pension of Famous Mortimer a revolutionary soldier - induces me to ask a review of your department -  of the paper of said Mortimer- It must -- from an almost universal belief of those acquainted with him of the Justice of his claim - & the delay in getting a ---- bill passed -  Please give it a review & in case of an unfavorable conclusion please send me the papers-- yours respectfully
J - C Mason
H - R

I unite with Major Mason in the request that you
will review the case of Mr Mortimer, and if the
additional allowance can be made that you will do so.
With much respect,
R. H. Stanton

Hon J L. Edwards.
R. H. Stanton
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Washington City April 4th 1850.

Dear Sir:
I have been requested by an early friend &
acquaintance, to present for action by Congress, the application for a Revolutionary Pension for Famous Mortimer, & as preliminary thereto to obtain from your office, copies of the papers, understood to be on file in relation to it.
I shall be much obliged if you can furnish me with the copies at an early day
I am, very respectfully,
Jas. Whitcomb

James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City.
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E. F. Brown May
26, 49,
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Pension Office
May 26, 1849

Sir,
The declaration and testimony in the case of Famous Mortimer under act 7th June 1832
have been examined and filed with suspended case. He alleges that he enlisted in September 1781 in Armand's Corps, and served until
September 1783, being a resident of Virginia at the time this enlistment.  His name is not found
on the list of final settlement certificates of those who belonged to that corps, nor is his name found among those whose names were returned
by General Armand to the Executive of Virginia as having enlisted in his corps from that state.
It is therefore requisite that the service should be
established by the testimony of witnesses who
had a personal knowledge of the service alleged,
Edmund F. Brown Esq
Washington City.
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Washington City 24. March 1849.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commr of Pensions.

Sir:
By a letter received last night from Caleb White Esq. Maysville, Ky. - I am informed that Mr. Famous Mortimer, whose Revy. Pension Claim I filed with you on 22. Novr. last, will have his property sold for debt on the 20th of next month, unless relieved; and I am requested to urge on this account an immediate examination and allowance of his claim, especially as his papers would have been filed several months sooner, but were lost by being enclosed to a member of Congress.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
Edm. F. Brown
Atty.

P.S. He claims to have belonged to Armand's
Corps, and applies under Act 7. June 1832.
We hope your Rolls will prove his service.
E.F.B.
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Nov 22/48
Act of 7. June 1832.

CLAIM OF
Famous Mortimer
of Fleming Co. Ky.

For Revolutionary Pension.

These papers were lost for several months by being sent to a Member of Congress when
he was absent. -

E. F. BROWN,
Attorney

Washington City, }
22. Novr. 1848. }
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U. S. Agency, Notarial and Commissioner's Office, } Established in 1843

Washington City 22. Novr. 1848.

To the
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City.

SIR:
I have the honor to enclose herewith, the requisite papers in relation to the Claim of Famous Mortimer of Fleming County, Kentucky, for Revolutionary Pension under Act of 7th June 1832. -
These papers were sent last summer to a Member of Congress for D. D.  Addison Esq.
and lost - they have just come to hand.
Trusting that the papers will prove satisfactory, I solicit your favorable consideration at as early a moment as practicable; and remain
Very respectfully, your ob't servant,
EDMUND F. BROWN,
Attorney for the Claimant.
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1.
943 Kishwaukee Street,
Rockford, Illinois
August 15, 1939.

Veteran's Administration,
Attention: Ex. Asst. to the Administrator,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I wish information concerning Famous Mortimer to be used in joining the D.A.R. I will greatly
appreciate any assistance you may offer.
Famous Mortimer (1763-1850) enlisted in 1781 for 3 years service in Armand's Legion in the South and returned with it to Virginia. He was born in Loudoun County, Va., and died in Fleming County, Kentucky. It is family tradition that he drew a pension from the government.
Mrs. Elvira Laton Layne, D.A.R #5316, a daughter of Famous Mortimer, Jr., joined  the D.A.R. on the record of Famous Mortimer in about the year 1905. (Vol. 54 D.A.R. Lineage)  Famous Mortimer, Jr., was a brother to my

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grandfather, Emanuel Mortimer.
Thank you in advance for any aid you may give in this very important matter.
Yours truly,
Hazel Mortimer

P. S.
The name is sometimes spelled Mortimore. A variation was found in tracing birth and marriage records. It is the same family.
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2nd letter

943 Kishwaukee St.
Rockford, Illinois

Sept. 9, 1939.

Veteran's Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
In regard to my request for a record of the pension of Famous Mortimer (or Infamous Mortimore) who served in the Revolutionary War,
I can give additional information which may aid in finding the record
Proofs of Famous Mortimer's claim to a pension were made in 1848 (2 years before his death, 1850) largely through a Mr. Bean, who had been a fellow soldier. The pension was paid at Flemingsbury, Ky.
He enlisted at Leesburg Loudoun Co., Va., Sept. 1, 1781 under Captain Brefor in Armand's Legion. 
He served with the Legion in the South and
returned to camp at Winchester, Va., in Dec. 1782. He was one of a company guarding prisoners. He was discharged in Sept. 1783.

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2.
He lived in Loudoun Co., Va., six years and after peace was declared he moved to Ky. In 1848
he was still living in Ky.
Mary Fagan, former widow of Mortimer, applied for pension in 1858, age 65, a resident of Old Town McLean Co., Ill. Pension was not granted because of re-marriage.
The above information was used by Mrs Elvira Laton Layne, D.A.R. # 53163 who joined Dorothy Q Chapter, Crawfordsville, Indiana, on the record of Famous Mortimer, 1905. Surely there is a pension record in your division that I may use
in my application to join D.A.R.
Famous Mortimer was born in Loudoun Co., Va. in 1763 and died in Fleming Co., Ky, on April 10, 1850. Mary Blue, his wife, was born in 1793 and died in 1866. They were married Oct. 13, 1816 Fleming Co., Ky. He had a brother William and a sister. His mother's name was Sarah Mortimer,
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3.
I shall sincerely appreciate any aid that your department may be able to offer. Thank you in advance for any help you may give.
Yours truly,
Hazel Mortimer