Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 5936, for John King, Virginia
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VA ?            King, John                          R5936
                            Catharine
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To Kentucky
from
Pennsylvania
John King
Private
Capt Cunningham  Colo. Cook the Army of the U. States
Ratio of disability, one half & total.
Date of discharge,
Time of closing the testimony, Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 October 1806.

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at four Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 October 1806.

New certificate of Pension issued the 21 of April 1820 and sent to Hon. T. Metcalf 
Hse Reps.

Arrests to 4th of _____
Semi-anl. all'ce ending_____

Act of the
Rec. Book D. Vol. 9 Pge: 10.

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Pension increase to $8 com. 26 July 1832 and new certificate 31 Aug 1832 and sent to Pension, Augusta, Ken.

                             Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March to the 8 April 1837 the day of his death. Agent notified 15 Sept 1837.
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Increase to $8 per mo. from 28 July 1832

Pensioner
Augusta, Ken
Act 9 Aug. 1832
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To the Honorable Secretary of War 
     The undersigned respectfully states that he is the identical John King to whom was granted the original Certificate of which the following is a copy viz. 
                   War Department 
                    Invalid Pension 
     I certify that in conformity with the laws of the United States of the 3rd of March 1807 
John King late a private in the Army of the United States is inscribed on the pension list Rolls of the Pennsylvania agency at the rate of $4 per month to commence on the 18th day of October 1806, the payment to commence at the rate of $6.40 per month to which the allowance of this Pension was increased by the law of the 24th April 1816 from the time to which this pension or was last paid by the Agent in Philadelphia.  Given at the War Office of the United States this 21st day of 
April 1820. 
                          J. C Calhoun 
                          Secretary of War
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That the pension was granted him in consequence of a wound received in the left hip near the joint from a musket ball, in the battle of Guilford Courthouse during the Revolutionary War vz. on the 15th day of March 1781, that the disability is very much increased with age so that he can with difficulty walk, sit or ride on horseback. Your petitioner therefore prays an increase of his pension, and for this purpose on the 17th Inst. procured Doctors Davis & Johnson to examine his wound, their certificate is herewith inclosed and that he is now on the roll of the Kentucky agency and was paid up to the 4th of March last.
                                  John King

Sworn to before me a Justice of the Peace for Bracken County July 18th 1832 and I certify that I have for a long time known the petitioner personally & that I believe him to be the person named in the above Pension Certificate.

                       A.O. Powell J.P.
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Bracken County Sct.
     I John Payne clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Alfred O. Powell Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and who affixed his signature to the foregoing certificate in my presence now is and was at the date of said affidavit and certificate an acting Justice of the Peace in and foresaid county duly commissioned therein and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such.

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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 18th day of July 1832.
                              John Payne
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4351
Catharine King
John
of Kentucky
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"

State of Kentucky Sct.
     On this twenty third day of July 1839 personally appeared before the Bracken County Court Catharine King a widow of said county, aged seventy nine years the _____day of November next, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, that she is the widow of John King who was a private in the army of the revolution, under the command of Capt Nathaniel Cunningham of the line of infantry, and was wounded about the 15th of March 1781 at a place called Guilford Courthouse in the  State of North Carolina for which wound and consequent disability he for many years enjoyed a pension from the General Government up to the time of his death, and upon drawing the balance due him his certificate was sent on to the pension agent for Kentucky, and by him sent to the pension office in Washington City (as she has been informed and verily believes) where she presumes it can now be found on file.
     She further declares that she was married to the said John King on the 27th day of April 1786 as will further appear by a reference to a leaf of the old family bible of the said John King cut from the book and attached to this declar-
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ation, on which is written in the handwriting of the said King among other things the following.  "John King & Catharine his wife was married April 27th 1786" at the top of the leaf;  that her husband the aforesaid John King died on the eighth day of April 1837, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four;  at the time stated.  That the said Bible or (illegible) has been in the possession of her husband & herself about fifty years up to the day of his death and since that time in her possession.
              Subscribed & sworn to
                          Catharine X King
                            (X her mark)
which declaration being made, subscribed and swornto in open court, is ordered to be certified.  The Court further directs it to be stated, that the said John King deceased and Catharine King, the above applicant resided in the county of Bracken for many years, and known to the members of the Court, and that in their opinion the said Catharine is entitled to credit.

     I John Payne Clerk of the Bracken County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration is the original as made in said court, that the said Court is a court of record authorised to administer oaths, possessing original jurisdiction and a seal, and the order of the Court is truly copied from the record of said Court where the original declaration is duly entered of Record
     In testimony whereof I have
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hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 23rd day of July 1839.

(seal)                    John Payne
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July 23rd 1839
John Payne Clk
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John King & Caty his wife was Married April 27, 1786 
Philip King son of John King & Caty his wife was born February 13, 1787 
John King's son of John King & Caty his wife was born August 15, 1790 
Elizabeth King Daughter of John King & Caty his wife was born March 5th, 1793 
Mary King daughter of John & Caty his wife was born June 5th 1796 
William King son of John & Caty his wife was born January 16, 1798 
Anne King daughter of John King & Catharine his wife was born August 2nd, 1800 
Lucinda King daughter of John King & Catharine his wife was born January 15th, 1802
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Chap. iv.

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Before
CHRIST
cir. 397.

Luke 1 78

Judgment on the wicked, and blessing on
CHAP. IV.
I God's judgment on the wicked, 2 and his bles-
sing [blessing] on the good. 4 He exhorteth to the study 
of the law, 5 and telleth of Elijah's coming and 
office.
FOR behold, the day cometh, that shall burn 
as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and 
all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the 
day that cometh shall burn them up, faith the 
LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither 
root nor branch.
	2 ¶ But unto you that fear my name, shall 
the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in 
his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up 
as calves of the stall.

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servant, which I commanded [page folded] 
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judgments.
	5 ¶ Behold, I will send you [superscript "c"] Elija [page folded]
phet before the coming of the great an [page folded]
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THE END OF THE PROPHETS.
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                       February 11, 1935

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                       BA-J/EEL
                       John King-S.30521
                       John King-R.5936

Mr. Oren E. Frazes
405 S. 11th Street
LaCrosse, Wisconsin

Dear Sir:
     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John King, who served in the Pennsylvania Militia, settle in Bracken County, Kentucky, was granted a pension August 21, 1833, and died in that county.
     The Revolutionary War record of the John King, described above, has been found, also, the record of another John King, of Bracken County, Kentucky.
     These two records are given herein as found in the respective claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.  These two records may aid you in your research.

John King
S.30521
     John King was born November 25, 16761, in Loudoun County, Virginia.  The names of his parents are not shown.
     While residing in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered and served as a private with the Pennsylvania Troops, as follows:  from sometime in 1778, six months in Captain Levi Moore's Company, Colonel Piper's Regiment and was stationed at Moore's Station in Bedford County:  from sometime early in the spring of 1779, six months in Captain William Phillips' Company, and served in defense of the frontier settlements on the Juniata River in Bedford County, and was in an engagement with the Indians in which his captain and his captain's son were taken prisoners and held for several years, after which the company was commanded by Lieutenant William Shearley or Shirley;  in 1780, he was called out on tours of two, three and four weeks each to prevent attacks from the Indians;  names of officers and exact length of service not shown;  in 1782, in Captain William Enslow's Company, Colonel Martin's Regiment and was discharged September 18, 1782, having served two months.
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    After the Revolution, John King lived in Mason and Bracken Counties, Kentucky.
     He was allowed pension on his applicated executed September 17, 1832, while residing in said Bracken County.
     There are no data as to wife and children.
     In 1832, one Richard King lived in Nicholas County, Kentucky:  no relationship to the soldier was shown.
     In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John King (S.30621), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and cite the following data:
     John King
     Certificate No. 19267
     Issued August 21, 1833
     Rate, $45.66 per annum
     Commenced March 4, 1831
     Act of June 7, 1832
     Kentucky Agency.

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John King
R.5936

     The date and place of birth and names of the parents of John King are not shown.
     John King served in Captain Nathaniel Cunningham's Company, Colonel Nathaniel's Coke's or Cook's Regiment.  He was in the battle of Guilford Court House, March 15, 1781, in which battle he received a wound in the left thigh from a musket ball which entered the thigh near the hip join.  The place of his enlistments, state from which he served and his rank are not shown.
     He was allowed pension from October 18, 1806, on account of disability resulting from the above noted would, and was placed on the pension rolls of the Philadelphia Penson Agency.  His place of residence at that time is not shown.
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This officers not in (illegible).
Found a John King in Pa Archives.  See VOL 4 - 3rd series - pages 13, 98, 118, 144 & 202.  It may be this man.
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     In 1820, John King had moved to Bracken County, Kentucky, where he died April 8, 1837.  His age is not given.  He was referred to as the Reverend John King.
     The soldier married April 27, 1786, Catharine or Caty, widow of Philemon Hawkins.  She is the daughter of Lewis Craig who had moved to Kentucky in the fall of 1781 and resided in Fayette County, that state, for many years.  They were married at the home of the bride in Fayette County.  There are no further data in regard to Philemon Hawkins.  in 1839, Catharine King was aged seventy-nine years and resided in Bracken County, Kentucky.
     The names of the following children of the Reverent John King and his wife Catharine or Caty are shown:
Philip King            born February 13, 1787, in 
                             1839 living in Augusta, 
                              Bracken County, Kentucky.  
                              He stated that he served in 
                              the War of 1812.
John King               " August 15, 1790.
Elizabeth King        " March 5, 1793.
Mary King              " June 5, 1796.
William King           " January 26, 1798.
Anne King               " August 2, 1800.
Lucinda King           " January 15, 1802.
     
     In 1838, the widow's brother, Lewis Craig, resided in Mason County, Kentucky.  He stated that he was aged about sixty years, was born in Orange County Virginia, and moved to Kentucky with his father, Lewis Craig.  The brother was referred to as Major Lewis Craig.  No explanation for the title was given.
     There are no further family data.

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                         Very truly yours


                         A.D. HILLER
                         Executive Assistant to the 
                         Administrator.


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V4351
Catharine King
Kentucky



Hon. Jno Chambers
HR
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State of Kentucky
Bracken County Sct.

     Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County this day personally appeared Philip King, and being duly sworn saith that he is fifty one years of age in February last - that he has always been taught to consider John King deceased and Catharine King formerly Catharine of Caty Craig his father and mother, that he was raised with them ever since his birth, except when in the army during the last war (and then he considered the house of his father his home) & now resides with his mother in the county aforesaid, and that in the old family bible used in the family ever since his first recollection, the hand writing of his father, he finds an ancient record as follows viz.  "John King and Caty his wife was married April 27, 186" and that immediately below also in the hand writing of his deceased father is the birth of this deponent and his brothers and sisters - that this deponent is the same Philip King who is now in the receipt of a pension from the United States, and the said John King dec. was the same John King who was also until his death in the receipt of a pension, and his mother Catharine King is the same who is now makeing application for a pension, and whose marriage was proven by Lewis Craig the 17th of December 1838.
     Sworn to and subscribed this 2nd day of January 1839.
                                Philip King

And I do certify that the said Philip King has been known to me for many years, that he has long resided in the County aforesaid and generally considered a man of truth and veracity, and that in my opinion his statement is entitled to credit.  I do further certify that I have examined the book above referred to and believe the record above copied of the marriage of John King & Caty his wife to be the ancient family record.  The Book has a very ancient appearance,
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and the record appears also to have been anciently made.
Given under my hand this 2nd day of January 1839.
                            J.T. McKibben   J.P.

State of Kentucky
Bracken County Sct.
     I John Payne clerk of the County for the county aforesaid do certify that Joseph T McKibbin Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been made was at the date of the said certificate an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that said certificate is genuine.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 2nd day of January 1839.
                                         John Payne
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Free
Genl Thomas Metcalf
Member Congress
Washington City.

depd. Apl. 8, 1820.
M. Hickey.
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See letter to Hon. R. M. Johnson
H.R. Dec 23, 1831

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To Kentucky
Pennsylvania

John King
for:
In the Army U. States

Inscribed on the roll of Pa at $4per an commg 18th Oct. 1806 under Law of 3rd of March, 1807.

Certificate issued 21st April 1820 and sent to Hon. Thomas Metcalf House of Representatives U. States

Transferred to Kentucky 24 July 1820
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We Basil Duke and John Johnston practising physicians in Washington, Mason County in the State of Kentucky, do Certify and State to the treasury department of the United States, that we have examined the case of John King, of the county & State aforesaid, and are, upon such examination, of opinion, that the wound or disability under which the said John King labours at present (which he states was received whilst in the service of the united States in the revolutionary war by the then common enemy of this Country) is a permanent and lasting disability from which he never can recover, being a shot from a musket in the left thigh near the hip.
     Given under our hand the 28th day of March 1820.
                B. Duke M.D.
                John Johnston

State of Kentucky
Mason County Sct.
     I James Ellis a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid, do certify that Basil Duke & John Johnston practising physicians in the town of Washington & County aforesaid this day came before me and made oath that the above certificate concerning the disability of
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of John King therein named is true;  and that they are gentlemen of credibility.
     Given under my hand and seal the 28th day of March 1820.
              James Ellis   (seal)

State of Kentucky
Mason County Sct.
     John King, the person named in the foregoing certificate of Doctors Basil Duke and John Johnston, this day came before me James Ellis a Justice of the Peace in and for the Conty aforesaid, and being duly sworn states that in or about the year 1806 he was placed upon the list of pensioners of the Pennsylvania line, in consideration for a wound he received in his person, during the late revolutionary war, and has hitherto received his pension from the pension office in Pennsylvania, that he has as yet never received from the war or treasury department, a certificate of his title to a pension.  He now (illegible) to be transferred to Kentucky list of Pensioners.

                                John King
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     Subscribed & sworn to before me a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid the 28th day of March 1820.
     Given under my hand and seal.
                  Jas. Ellis (seal)

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Mason County, to wit:
     I Marshall Key Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid, do certify that James Ellis, Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Doctors Basil Duke and John Johnston, and John King were made and who has (smudge) certificate thereof, is now and was at the time of doing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and fore the County aforesaid, duly qualified, and acting as such, under and by virtue of a commission, received from the proper authority of the commonwealth and that to all his official acts as such, due faith and credit ought to be given.

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      In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 
      my hand & affixed the seal of my office at 
      Washington, the 28th day of March 1820.
                      Marshall Key
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Feby 15 1839
DC
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                War Dept. Pen Office
                Feb 15, 1839

Sir
     The papers in the case of Mrs. Catharine King widow of John King dec have been examined and filed with suspended cases.  She should make a declaration as required in the enclosed printed sheet, and so identify her husband as a pensioner as to enable the Dept. to refer to his papers in this office.  The original family record referred to in the affidavit of Philip King should be sent to this office with her declaration.
    
Hon John Chambers
H. Rep.

4351 Act of July 38
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Catharine King
Kentucky
Suspended

Hon J. Chambers

5936

Act of July 1838
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office
September 11, 1838

Sir:  Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, "The widow of John King deceased a Pensioner of the Invalid Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of eight Dollars and _____ Cents per month - has been paid at this Department, from the fourth of March 1837 to the eighth of April 1837, the day of his death --
                    Respectfully, yours,
                    Albion K. Parris
                              Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
                  Present.
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Payable semi-annually -- the first payment of this certificate will be made at the Bank U.S. Philadelphia, Pa.


Recorded
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
INVALID PENSION.

I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 3rd of March, 1807, John King, late a private in the Army of the U. States, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency, at the rate of four dollars per month, to commence on the eighteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and six/  The payments to commence at the rate of six dollars and forty cents per month to which the allowance of this Pensioners was increased by the Law of the 24th April 1816, from the time to which this Pensioner was last paid by the Agent in Philadelphia.
         GIVEN at the War Office

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               Augusta July 24th 1839
               J.L. Edwards Esquire

     Dear Sir,  inclosed I send you my Mothers declaration & also the leaf of the old Family Bible containing among other things the record of my mothers marriage to my Father
     If my mothers claim is allowed you will please send me a certificate & have her placed on the Kentucky agency.  Very respectfully yours &c
                          Philip King
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.

County of Bracken ss.
     On this eleventh day of July 1829 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Bracken personally appeared John King who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the commanded by Captain Nathaniel Cunningham in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nathaniel Cooke in the service of the United States;  that his name was placed on the pension roll in the state of Pennsylvania that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of Kentucky where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.
                        John King

Sworn and subscribed to, before me the day and year aforesaid.
                         James Armstrong  J.P.B.C.

NOTE. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
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Kentucky
     Bracken County Sct.
     I John Payne Clerk of the court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that James Armstrong before whom the within declaration was made, signed sworn to now is & was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned sworn and to all his official acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in courts of Justice as thereout.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 11th day of July 1820.
                              John Payne

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                       COPY
                                      War Dept., Pen. Office
                                      Jan. 28, 1840


Sir:

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     In reply to that part of your letter in the case of Mrs. Catharine King widow of John King, dec'd., I have to state that a pension cannot be allowed unless the tours of service performed by her husband shall be set forth in her declaration and proved by witnesses from personal knowledge.

Hon. Garrett David
H.R.                               
                                   4351
                                   Act 7 July/38
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                   House of Representatives
                         24th Jany 1840

Jas L. Edwards Esqr
         Dear Sir
     I enclose to you the papers connected with the application of Mary Ann Shepherd for a pension.  I respectfully ask from you their consideration at a period as early as your engagements will allow.
    May I ask of you this favor to enclose to me a copy of your printed directions, how to proceed in application of this (illegible) Mr. Philip King of Kentucky insists that I shall mention to you again his mothers application.  He writes to and he knows you are a just man & will decide in favor of his mothers application if you can consistently with duty & desires me to request you to have so much sympathy for an old woman as to examine that papers & to suggest to me the points in which her application & proofs are defective.
     Pardon me for troubling you so much.
                   Very respectfully
                        Your friend & obt
                               Sevt.

                                  Garrett Davis
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State of Kentucky
Bracken County Sct
August Court 1838

Satisfactory proof was this day made in open court by the oaths of Philip King & William Schoolfield that John King late a pensioner of the United States departed this life on the eighth day of April 1837 and that the said John King was the identical person named in an original certificate now here shown to the Court bearing date the 31st day of August 1832 and signed by John Robb acting Secretary of War granting to the said John King a pension of eight dollars per month and numbered and it was further proven to the satisfaction of the Court that Catharine King is the Widow of the said John King and that she is now living.
     I John Payne Clerk of the Bracken County Court do certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of said Court.
     In testimony whereof I have thereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at the court house thereof in Augusta this 22nd day of November 1838 and in the forty seventh year of the Commonwealth.
                               John Payne

Kentucky
Bracken County Sct
I Wm B. Lusty presiding Justice of the Bracken County Court do certify that John Payne is clerk of said court and that his foregoing attestation is in due form of Law.  Given under my hand & seal this 26th Nov. 1838.
                        Wm. B. Lusty JP
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State of Kentucky
Bracken County Sct.
     Before Joseph T. McKibbin a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, this 17th day of December 1838 personally appeared Lewis Craig and being sworn states that he is a resident of the county of Mason and State aforesaid, that he is about sixty years of age, that he was born (from the best information he has) in the county of Orange and State of Virginia, that he removed with his father Lewis Craig to Kentucky in the fall 1781 and resided in Fayette for many years & that while his father resided in Fayette County, he thinks in the year 1786 his sister Catharine was married to the Revd. John King, the same who did for many years previous to his death receive a pension from the United States for wounds received during the revolutionary war and the same whose death was proven before the Bracken County Court at the August Term 1838 and certified in the annexed certificate.  That they were married at his own house in the county of Fayette, (she being at the time the widow of Mr. Philemon Hawkins decd) and he believes he was present, if not he was in the immediate neighbourhood, and recollects the circumstance well, and can say positively that the marriage took place between the end of the year 1784 and the 1st of January 1790.  That he has ever since resided in the neighbourhood of his sister Catharine King, and that she is now alive and unmarried, the widow of the said John King deceased.
                       Sworn & subscribed the date above
                                 Lewis Craig
and I the said Joseph T. McKibbin do state that I
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have known the said Lewis Craig for many years that I believe he is of the age he states himself to be about sixty years of age, that he resides in the county of Mason, is a respectable man and his statement entitled to credit.  He also states that he was for many years acquainted with the Revd. John King deceased, a pensioner of the United States, and that Catharine King, his widow yet resides in the State of Kentucky & County of Bracken.
     Given under my hand and date above - 
                     J T McKibbin JP

State of Kentucky
Bracken County Sct.
     I John Payne Clerk of the Court for the Coury aforesaid, do hereby certify that Joseph T. McKibbin Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been made and whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate now is and was at the date of said certificate and signature an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and a member of the Court for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned & sworn & that his signature above is genuine.
     In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 17th day of December 1838.
                                    John Payne
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                  House of Representatives
                     7th Feby 1839

          I state that the Clerks office of Fayette County in Kentucky was some years ago consumer by fire together with the books & papers belonging to it, that by the laws of Kentucky the record of marriages were required to be kept in the county court clerks office and that the Register of marriages of the period at which John King dec. is probed by Major Lewis Craig to have been married to Mr. Hawkins was among the papers destroyed as I have recently had occasion to ascertain.
                             John Chambers
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Increase of Pension

We hereby certify that John King formerly a private of Captain Nathaniel Cunninghams company in the Regiment of infantry who it appears by the accompanying certificates was placed on the pension roll at the rate of six dollars & forty cents per month on account as he states of having received a gunshot wound in the upper part of the left thigh near the hip joint involving the bone in the injury which has frequently exfoliated since the reception of the wound also in wasting of some of the principal muscles in the movements of the thigh while in the line of his duty for the said service on or about the 15th March in the year 1781 at a place called Guilford Court house in the state of North Carolina is not only still disabled in consequence of the said injury but in my opinion is intitled to one fifth more than he now is receiving more than he already receives amounting to our opinion to a total disability as a pension being disabled to a degree amounting to a total disability.
             F.A.W. Davis
             J.J. Bradford            Surgeons
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The above certificate was sworn to before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for Bracken County by Dr. F.A.W. Davis & Dr. J.J. Bradford who are respectable surgeons & practitioners of Medicine in Augusta Bracken County this 19th July 1832.
                A.O. Powell    J.P.

Bracken County Sct.
     I John Payne clerk of the Court for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Alfred O. Power Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made in my presence, and whose signatures was also affixed to the above certificate in my presence was at the date of the same and time of affixing said signature and administering said oaths an acting justice of the peace in said County duly commissioned and sworn, and to all his official acts as such full faith and credit is due.

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                In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 18th day of July 1832.
                                 John Payne
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                Office Bank U States
                Lexington July 20 1832

     I certify that the Surgeons who have signed the foregoing certificate are men of respectability and reputable in their profession.

                                 Jos Sowler
                                  (illegible)
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Hon. G. Davis
Jany 2, 1840
O.C.
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           War Dept Pen Office
           Jany 2, 1840

Sir
     I herewith return the letter of Mr. Philip King respecting the claim of his mother Mrs. Catharine King widow of John King, decd to a pension under act of July 1838, and I have to state that the original papers transmitted to this office in support of her claim consisted of several affidavits relative to her marriage, but without any declaration of the claimant herself, by which a proper reference could be made to her husband's papers on file in this office.  She subsequently made a declaration and upon an examination of the papers in this office in her husband's case it was found that they related only to his having been wounded at the battle of Guilford in March 1781, and it would appear that at
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that time he was serving as a militia man.  The militia served in terms of short duration, and there is no testimony on file showing that he ever served excepting during the term in which he was wounded.  The Act of June 1832 requires at least six months actual service and unless it can be clearly proved that the claimants' husband served in other terms besides that during the period at which he was wounded she cannot obtain a pension under Act 7 July 1838 which provides for those widows whose husband served as required under Act 7 June 3 1832.  The claimant was accordingly required to prove the term in my letter to Mr. Philip King, of the 6th November last to prove her husbands term of service and to set them forth in her declaration.  Until the regulations are complied with in this respect
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a pension cannot be allowed in Mrs. King's case.






Hon. Garret Davis
H.R.


4351
Act of July 1838
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Philip King
Nov 6, 1839

O.C.
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       War Dept:  Pen: Office
       Nov. 6, 1839

Sir,
     The declaration and record proof in the case of Mrs. Catharine King, widow of John King, decd, who was an Invalid Pensioner, have been examined and filed with suspended cases.  It would appear that her husband served as a militia man.  The Invalid papers in this office do not show the terms of service performed by him.  It is therefore (illegible) necessary in order to obtain a pension that the service should be set forth by the claimant and proved by witnesses from personal knowledge who should also specify each term, showing the period of each term, their duration and under what officers he served.

Mr. Philip King
Augusta
Ken

4351 Act of July 38
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(Typed form with handwritten responses)

(stamp)
REJECTED

5936
P.O.
Catharine King
Service:  widow of John
Enlisted:_____, 18
Discharged:_____, 18
Printed list of 1852 shows cause of suspension:  "For further proof and specifications:
Application filed:_____, 18
Alleges:_____
Re-enlisted:_____
Attorney:_____
P.O._____
_____Recognized.  _____Contract.
_____Cert. of Dis.  Searched for _____,18


(written vertically)
1920 (illegible) 29 Photo copies of 4 papers sent to Mrs. Florence E. Young
57th 38 St. N.Y. City
See receipt for payment in Charles Balfoley (?)
S.12349
1935 Feb 11 Hist to Oren E. Frazee EReb

1938 Aug 29 hist. to Sophia Ann Harbison relatives in War 1812
clm Philip King A.W.W.
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Wid. decla. July 22 1839 = 3 page
af. Philip King-                    1    "
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(Typed form with handwritten entries)
Date  March 28, 1920
Name John King No. R.D.S.-936
Rev. war
Photographic copies wanted to   2
pieces, consisting of 4 pages.
Remarks:
Exr.   Chief   Div.
T.F. Dennis
   Law Clerk.
Serial No. 1131

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                               August 29, 1938
                               xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                               BA-J/MCS
                               Philip King, O.W.W.R.R.15661
                               John King, R.5936

Sophia Ann Harbison
Pueblo
Colorado

Dear Madam:
     Reference is made to your request for information relative to Philip King who served in the War of 1812 as Lieutenant in the 17th Regiment of United States Infantry.
     The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the Pension claim, O.W.W.R.F., based on disability incurred by Philip King during service in the War of 1812.
     The date and place of birth of Philip king and the names of his parents were not given in the papers of this pension claim.
     He served as Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant in the 17th Regiment of United States infantry under Captains Creghan (note in margin:  see Hutman p. 339) and James Hunter and Colonel Samuel Wells, having been promoted to First Lieutenant in 1813;  during Major General William H. Harrison's invasion of Canada in 1813, Philip King was much exposed to the weather and became ill with cold and fever and because of disability cased by his exposure while in service he resigned July 16, 1814, having served about two years.
     He was a resident of Augusta, Bracken County, Kentucky, as early as 1807.
     Because of disability resulting from hardships endured while in service, Philip King was pensioned from January 30, 1830.  in this year he referred to his father as an invalid pensioner of the Revolution but did not give his name.
     Philip King married December 4, 1841, Margaret Kendall, and the marriage was recorded in Bracken County, Kentucky.
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     In 1850, Philip King was living in Bracken County, Kentucky, aged sixty-three years.
     He died July 26, 1862.
     His widow, Margaret King, was living in Dever, Mason County, Kentucky, in 1866 and she was then sixty-five years of age.
     The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of Philip King.
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     The record has been found of one John King who received an invalid pension for service in the Revolution and he died in Bracken County, Kentucky.  As this record may be of interest to you, it is furnished herein.
     The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R.5936, based on disability incurred by John King during his service in the Revolutionary War.
     The date and place of birth of John King and the names of his parents were not given.
      John King served in Captain National Cunningham's Company, Colonel Nathaniel Cooke's (the records of this office show that Colonel Cook was from Halifax County, Virginia) Regiment, John King was in the battle of Guilford Court House, March 15, 1781, and in this battle he received a musket ball wound in the left thigh near the hip joint.  The Residence of John King at enlistment and the length of his service were not given.
     Because of the disability resulting from his wound, John King was pensioned from October 18, 1805, and was placed on the pension rolls of the Philadelphia Pension Agency.  His place of residence at this time is not shown.
     In 1820, John King was living in Bracken County, Kentucky, and he died there on April 8, 1837.  His age is not given.  He was referred to as the Reverend John King.


(written in margin, referring to Colonel Cooke)
"see Rev. Clam R. 13415 - Nathaniel Cooke, wid, (illegible)"
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     John King married April 27, 1766, Catharine or Caty, the widow of Philomen Hawkins.  She was the daughter of Lewis Craig who had moved to Kentucky in the fall of 1781 and resided in Fayette County, Kentucky, for many years.  They were married at the home of the bride in Fayette County.  There are no further data in regard to Philemon Hawkins.  In 1839, Catharine King was seventy-nine years of age and was living in Bracken County, Kentucky.
     The names of the following children of the Reverend John King and his wife, Catharine or Caty, are shown:

Philip King born February 13, 1787, in
1839 living in Augusta,
Bracken County, Kentucky.
He stated that he served in
the War of 1812.
John King " August 15, 1790.
Elizabeth King " March 5, 1793.
Mary King " June 5, 1796.
William King " January 26, 1798.
Anne King " August 2, 1800.
Lucinda King " January 15, 1802.

     In 1838, the widow's brother, Lewis Craig, resided in Mason County, Kentucky.  He stated that he was about sixty years of age and was born in Orange County, Virginia, and moved to Kentucky with this father, Lewis Craig.  The brother was referred to as Major Lewis Craig, no explanation given for this rank.
     There are no further data relative to the family of John King.
                Very truly yours

                 A.D. HILLER
                 Executive Assistant
                 to the Administrator