Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,619, James Blackburn, Continental. Md. Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                    NUMBER
Continental  Blackburn, James   S 42,619
Md.
Va
CONTENTS
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1903 Ohio
James Blackburn,
Capt Hinds, private
Virginia line, 1 Year.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of  - 8- Dollars per month, to commence on
the 14th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 294h of July, 1818.
and sent to John McClean, Esqr.
Ridgeville, Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
3mos. 18/31  4/30  2970
{Revolutionary claim
Act of 18th March, 1818. }
Duplicate pension certificate 
June / Dec 1823, and sent to Pensioner,
Care of  Geo. Kesling, Esqr. Lebanon
Ridgeville Ohio

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Discard

July 26. 1821 and 
Sent to
Mathias Cormin Jr.
Lebanon, ohio
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Hon Secretary of War
Washington City
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The State of Ohio,
Personally appeared before the
superior Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio
James Blackburn who being duly sworn states that 
he enlisted in the continental army in July
seventeen hundred and seventy six under 
Captain Haines and was attached to the regiment 
commanded by Col _____ who commanded 
a regiment under General Bell, who commanded
a brigade of the flying camp.   That he continued
in the above service near five months, at which
time his tour of service expired.  The said
James Blackburn further states, that he was
draughted as stated in the letter of the Honorable Timothy Pickering hereto attached, to   which he refers, as also to the discharge contained on the same
he further state, that in the fall of the year
seventeen hundred and seventy nine, that
he was elected a  Lieutenant of a company
which was stationed frequently on the frontier
and appointed to range the country as a guard 
against the Indian tribes that he continued
in this service until the peace of 1783 sometime
before which, he was elected a captain.
His company was of the militia.  The said
James Blackburn  further states, that while
engaged in the public armory, he received
thirty dollars per month.  His circumstances
were extremely reduced, and  he applies to 
his government for assistance of where
assistance is pretty in need.  He is now
near sixty six years old.
Sworn and subscribed
before me this 14th May 1818 }
John McClean                 James Blackburn
I am acquainted with Mr. Blackburn
and have full confidence in him as a man of strict veracity.
John McClean
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Pleas held at Lebanon in the County of Warren in the
State of Ohio on the seventh day of August in the year of
our Lord Eighteen hundred & twenty Before the Honorable
Joshua Collett Esquire President Judge of the Courts
of Common Pleas for the Seventh Circuit & Ignatius
Brown, Jacob D Some & Matthias Cormin
Associate Judges
Be it remembered that on the 24th
day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred
& twenty personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court
of Record instituted pursuant to the Constitution and
laws of the State of Ohio) having unlimited concurrent
Original Jurisdiction in civil & criminal cases) James
Blackburn aged sixty eight years, resident in said County
of Warren Seventh Circuit who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath declare, that he served
in the revolutionary war as follows viz, Enlisted some
time about the Spring of 1776. in the company commanded 
by Capt. Hinds in the Corps called the flying camp
Commanded by General Bell. At the time of his
Enlistment he resided in the State of Virginia, but 
enlisted in the Maryland line, & served in the said Company
& line for the space of five or six months when
he was discharged at Philadelphia. In the following
year he was drafted at Romney in the State of Virginia
to serve one year to fill up the broken Regiments at
which time he received a bounty of twenty dollars if
correctly recollected, that he was marched to Yorktown
Pa. when he was ordered by the board of war to repair
to Carlisle to Join Col Flowers Corps of Artillery Artificers
as will more fully appear by a letter from Col 
 T. Pickering
(who presided) on which his discharge was written which
he
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He supposes is now on file in the War office. That he continued
to serve in said Corps, for the full term for which he engaged
when he was discharged by Major Lukins. That he originally
declared to these facts some time in May 1818. & has received
a pension certificate (numbered 1903) I do solemnly swear
that I was a resident Citizen of the United on the 18th day
of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift
sale or in any other manner disposed of my property there
by to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provision
of the act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the land & naval service of the
United States passed on the 18th day of March 1818. And
that I have not, nor any person for me, any property,
security, contracts or debts due to me, nor have
I any income whatever, other than what is contained in
the Schedule hereunto annexed & by me subscribed-
1 Cow &  Calf   $16.00
7 Sheep            14.00
2 Hogs               4.00
1 ten gallon Kettle   3.00
1, 17 Gallon Kettle much broken 3.25.
1  Pot    2.00
1 Tea Kettle  2.00
1 Old oven & pot  1..50
1 [illegible]  12.00
Cupboard ware  5.00
2 old tubs  2.00
1/2 Doz Chairs  4.00
2 Pot Trammels  2.00
1  Usre & two Spinning wheels  6.50.
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$77.25.
A claim to a tract of land of about eighty four acres
for which I have no title, the legal title having passed
out of Judge Symmes the patentee to one John Vance
after my purchase by a mortgage on which there is
yet due about five hundred dollars. There is also in
this
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This County a bill in Chancery, the object of which is to
sell said land, to pay said Mortgage & any ballance
that may accrue to be applied to the payment of a Judgment
of about two thousand dollars against me as the security of
or for my son William on a contract for some goods, after
which my said son died & the goods being improperly
managed by the Administrator, that of assets accrued
my claim to the land under these circumstances & law
bel only for the time I yet can occupy the premises
which may perhaps be one year, I consider of no value
the occupancy may be worth $40
James Blackburn
My trade is that of a gun Smith, which I have for many
years been unable to pursue in consequence of my advanced
age & bodily infirmity, which indeed renders me
unable to do any thing of consiquence toward contributing
toward the support of a sickly & helpless family. I have a
wife (Martha) & two children living with me, my wife
is fifty five years of age has long been troubled with
the dropsy, able to do but little, James Blackburn (Son
19 years of age, no trade now on his death bed (in the
Rebecca Blackburn daughter aged 16 years laboring under a consumption
opinion of Physicians & all others) with consumption of
which disease two of our children have died in
about one year
James Blackburn
Sworn & subscribed to in
open Court this 24th day of
August A.D. 1820
Matthias Corwin Jnr Clk. }
The State of Ohio Warren County ss.
I Matthias Cormin Jnr Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in the County of Warren aforesaid
do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, & the Schedule
thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of
said Court: And I do further certify that it is the
opinion
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Opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in
value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule
is one hundred & seventeen dollars twenty five cents
& that the incumbrances on the land in the opinion of
the Court are greater than they are worth, & that the
land unincumbered is worth sixteen hundred dollars
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of said
Court at Lebanon this eighth day of
September A.D. 1820
Matthias Cormin Jnr
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of James Blackburn, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 
you will find below the desired information as contained in his
own application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S.42,619
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. |  RANK. |  OFFICERS UNDER WHO SERVICE WAS RENDERED  
CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. |  STATE
Spring 1776 |  5 or 6 Mar | Pri. |  Andrew Hines' Co of the Flying Camp, |  |  Md.
March 17 1778  |  Feb 24 1779  |  Artificer |  Major Charles Lukens, | Flowers [illegible] Cot |  Continental
Fall 1779  | 1783  | Lt and Capt | Company of Militia  |  - |  Va.
Battles engaged in, None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Virginia
Date of application for pension, May 14 1818 his claim was allowed
Age at date of application, 68 years in 1820
  Remarks: in 1820 soldiers' wife Martha, aged 55 years, and his children
James ae 19 and Rebecca ae 16 are referred to.  William died prior to 1820.
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THE SPACE ABOVE IS RESERVED FOR POSTMARK
POSTAL CARD
THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY
Commissioner Pensions
Washington DC

342,619
[seal} UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
[postmark] O. W. & N. DIV. FILES APR 7 1906
[postmark] WASHINGTON.D.C.REC'D 1906  APR 6 8 AM
[postmark] 4  R  
[postmark] [illegible} APR 5
[seal] POSTAGE ONE CENT  1843 McKINLEY - 1901
[postmark] U.S. PENSIONS OFFICE  A APRI 6 1906
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Harrison Ohio
Apl 5/1906
Dear Sir
Will you kindly
inform me whether
or not James Blackburn
of Contintal line Infantry
Enlisted from the state of
Virginia was a pensioner
on account of Revolution
War service
Respectfully
Geo.B. Tebbs
Crindly Ave 
Harrison, Ohio
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Tebbs. M,B.H.

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INVALID
File No. 42,619
James Blackburn
Pvt Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 49
[Arrangement of 1870]

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1906 Apr 11 History to Ser. B
1912 Mar 4.  Hist. LT
W. C. Blackburn.
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Lebanon May 31st 1823
Dear Sir
The undersigned, citizens of
of the County of Warren, being personally
acquainted with Mr James Blackman who
is about to apply to be reinstated on the list
of Revolutionary pensioners; and being desirous
that the patronage of the Government should
be extended to him, feel no hesitancy
in subscribing to the following facts to wit
That from the uniform good chance
ter he has supported in this County for
many years we believe the most implicit
confidence may be placed in his statements whether under oath or otherwise
That the little property contained in his schedule
exhibited to the Court, is held by him
at the mercy on charity of those who have
claims against him we believe him to be
insolvent to a considerable amount.
That his family have been visited by
full
for several years past
more distress by sickness for several years past than usually
falls to the lot of families in this
healthy section of the Country.
From our knowledge of your truely
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Disposition to aid the worthy in distress
and from your personal acquaintance
with the Honl. J. C. Calhoun Secty of War
we have no doubt but you may and
will promote the interest of the
venerable veteran in whos behalf this
statement is
Respectfully Submitted
Geo. Kesling
Thomas Corwin
J.C. Miller
Jacob Adallack
J. K. Wilds
T. Hopkins
G. J. Smith
C. D. Morris
A. H. Dunlevy
S. Huron
Ichabod Courwin
Richard Parcell Jr.
John Randall
Charles Frye
J. Van Harlingen
The Honl Lehessam
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%  Hon John McClean
Washington
City
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The correction
has been made as
required, Mr Kesling
informs me
John McClean
Recd 12 July 1823
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State of Ohio
Warren County
Be it remembered that on this Twenty Eighth day of June in the
year 1823 before the undersigned President of the Corporation
of the town of Lebanon, having the powers as a justice of the peace within the
limits of said corporation, Anthony H Dunlevy, who being sworn saith
that the said mentioned and recovered in the aforesaid Judg't, as far as respects James Blackburn an applicant for a pension are the same lands
referred to by this said James Blackburn in his declaration and
exhibit a schedule of property and forwarded to the war office for
the purpose of obtaining a pension.  This deponent further states that he
has been long acquainted with the said James and his property and deponent
never knew of any other claim of the said James to other
lands than a part of the South half of sec. 7 Lower 2 (or 3) and
Range 4 on which the said James has for some years
resided and further this deponent saith not.
Anthony H. Dunlevy
I certify that Anthony H. Dunlevy Esquire
sworn to and subscribed the
foregoing affidavit before me this
day & date above writen -
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the Corporation
this 28th day of June in the
year of our Lord 1823 -
Geo. Kesling  Pny
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Court of Common pleas within said for the County of
Warren and State of Ohio of the tenth of August A.D. 1821
John Doe Ex Dern Stephen Stewart & Martha
Stewart late Mathias Vance  Elisha Baker
and Sarah said wife late Sarah Vance
Cornelius Humble said Ann his wife
late Ann Vance  John Vance  Ejenge Phebe
Vance Virginia Vance & Lydia Vance 
heirs at Law of John Vance Deceased
Richard Roe  }
Richmond  
And now at this day, to wit, the seventh day of
August in the year of out Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty one comes into the court of
Common pleas here the said John Doe Lessee as
aforesaid by his attorney aforesaid.  Whereupon the said John Doe Lessee and as
aforesaid by his attorney
aforesaid prays that the said Richard Roe the Defendant
the said Francis Dunlavy, John Hart, Zephemiah Hart
James Blackburn and Benjamin Blackburn tenants
in the possession of the premises aforesaid or those under where
They claim to this declaration aforesaid may appear & answer
but the said Richard Roe nor the said Francis Dunlavy
John Hart  Zephemiah Hart, James Blackburn and Benjamin Blackburn and any other person whatsoever appears to the
declaration aforesaid according to the notice aforesaid but
makes Default Therefore it is Considered by the Court here
that the said John Doe Lessee as aforesaid recover against the
 Said Richard Roe his term aforesaid yet to come V[illegible]
of in and with all that certain parcel of Land in the declarations
of the said John Doe Lessee as aforesaid mentioned being
the South half of the seventh section in the second Township
in the fourth Range of Townships in the Miami purchase
and County of Warren and the rights members and 
appurtenances thereunto belonging and that he have
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thereof his possession against the said Richard Roe SC
I, Jonathan H Wilds Clerk of the Court of Comon
pleas within and for the County of Warren & State of
Ohio do hereby certify that the aforegoing is a copy of
the Judgement in the above case truly taken from the
records of the Court aforesaid 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
the Court aforesaid at Lebanon the 28th
day of June A.D. 1823-
J. H. Wilds Clerk.

the correction
has been made as 
required, Mr Kesling
informs me
John Mclean

Recd 12 July 1823
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For ne[illegible] certificate
Recd. 28 Mar; 1823
Free
[postmark] LEBANON, O.  17 Nov.
The Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Secty of War
Washington
City
Mail
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The State of Ohio
Warren County
Corporation of Lebanon } ss
Be remembered there on the
17th day of November in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty three, before me
George Kesling Resident of the
Corporation of the Town of Lebanon
aforesaid came personally Mr
James Blackburn who after being
Solemnly Sworn according
to Lane Smith.  That he is the
identical James Blackburn named
in an original Certificate issued from the
War Department of which the annexed
piece of paper is reported that
the balance here within been lost or
mislaid.  That the recoupment has
lately been misstated on the
pension Roll; and is informed 
that the [illegible] Department requires
accepted copies of the said
original certificate to be procured
before payment will be made
at the U.S. Branch Bank.  He therefore
solicits the Honorable Wm. Say
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GIVEN at the War Office of the United States,
this twentyninth day of July
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
[illegible]

Corporation of Lebanon}
Be remembered there on the
17th day of November in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty three, before me
George Kesling Resident of the
Corporation of the Town of Lebanon
aforesaid came personally Mr
James Blackburn who after being
Solemnly Sworn according
to Lane Smith. That he is the
identical James Blackburn named
in an original Certificate issued from the
War Department of which the annexed
piece of paper is reported that
the balance here within been lost or
mislaid. That the recoupment has
lately been misstated on the
pension Roll; and is informed
that the [illegible] Department requires
accepted copies of the said
original certificate to be procured
before payment will be made
at the U.S. Branch Bank. He therefore
solicits the Honorable Wm. Say
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Secretary of War to have the 
[illegible] to cause or Duplicate
to be forwarded to the deponent
directed to the case of George
Kesling in Lebanon Ohio -
and further deponent saith
not
James Blackburn

I certify that the foregoing deposition
was sworn to & subscribed
before me the day & year above
written.
In testimony whereof I 
have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the Corporation
Geo. Kesling Prist
C. of the Town of
Lebanon
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James Blackburn -134
1903 Edward
Sept 1818
Rec. 21 Sep 1903
efo & 1820
1818
James Blackburne
Suspended,
29 July, 1818
Hanen
Corenly
Notenhtled
Deccease ? July 26. 1821
and sent to 
Mathias Cormin, June 
Lebanon, Ohio.

John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City in the District of Columbia
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I enclose a certified copy of
Blackburn application for a
pension.
Respectfully yours
Hon Secretary of War obl Seal
4 Sep 1823
John McClean
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1 Mar 1823
Ohio
James Blackburn,
Recd 4 June 1823
Hon Secretary of War
[illegible] Edward
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I enclose the application of Mr 
Blackburn for a pension.
Respectfully
Hon Secretary of War
John McClean
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War Office March 27. 1778
Sir,
The Bearer James Blackburn,
a Soldier draughted in Virginia
for the continental Service, for the year
is he says by trade a gunsmith then [illegible]
is desirous of serving out his time at the
business.  You will receive him into the public
then, and if you find him capable
of working to advantage, retain him
during the year for which he is draughted.
If he is not sufficiently acquainted with
the gunsmith business, yet he may be
with that of a simple blacksmith, and in the 
latter case you may retain him if you 
want him.  Let the board know
whether after time you retain him
or not
V. h'ble Servant
Tim Pickering jnr.
by order of the board
Major Lukens.
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If he inlists in any of the Companys, to receive the Same pay as 
the other Artificers, by verbal order of the board of War - Apr. 15th. 1778

The withing Mentions James Blackburn, who faithfully Served in the Continental Armoury near this place from the Date of this
letter to the 22d day of this Instant, and is Hereby Discharged
Given at Carlisle this 24th day of February 1779. -
Cha. Lukens Major
Col. Flowers Regt. arty.  FC
to Whom it may concern
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[illegible]
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Declaration in order to be restored to the
Pension Roll under the act of first March
1823
The State of Ohio
Warren County
On this 29th day of May 1823 
personally appeared in open Court Building a Court
of Record for the County of Warren and of 
the Counties conferring  the seventh Circuit
of the Court of Common Pleas in the State of Ohio, James Blackburn a resident of said
County of Warren aged seventy years the 
12th of November last who being first
duly sworn according to Law doth on is oath
declare as follows in order to obtain the provisions
made by the acts of the 18th  March 1818 the 1st May 1820 and this first March 1823.  That he the
said James Blackburn enlisted for the Term
of six months some time in the year 1776
in the State of Maryland in the Company
Commanded by Captain Andrew Hines (the number of the regiment not recollected) in the Brigade Commanded by Col. Hall commonly called
the "Flying Camp": in the line of the State of 
Maryland on the Continental Establishment
that he continued to serve in the Corps until (time
not recollected) when he was discharged from
said service in Philadelphia in the State of
Pennsylvania  And afterwards by about the year
1777 or 78 he was drafted at Romney in the State of 
Virginia for one year to fill after the Broken regiments
 of the continental establishment (as this Deponent
then understood).  That he read sent by the direction of Cols. 
High of War to report himself to a board of War
then at Little York in the State of Pennsylvania
at which time Timothy Pickering presided to to the best of his knowledge:  That he was sent from York to Carlisle in Pa. with a a letter from T. Pickering
to Major Lukins of the latter place to receive this Company into the Continental Corps of 
Artillery
Artificers commanded by Col. Flowers, At The
end of the year he was discharged by the said Lukins
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which discharge not signed was written on the
back of the original letter sent by the said Timothy
Pickering which letter and discharge were sent
by this Deponent to the war office of the United
States with his original application for pension
under the act of March 1818.
I do solemnly swear that I was a resident 
citizen of the United States on the 18th March
1818 and that I have not since that time
by gift sale or in any manner disposed of
my property with intent thereby to diminish it
as to bring myself within the provisions of
an act of Congress entitled an act to provide
for certain persons engaged in this Land and
Naval Service of the United States in the 
Revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March
1818 and that I have not from that time by gift
nor any person for me any property or Securities
Certificates or debts due to me nor have I any 
income other than what is contained in the schedule
hereunto annexed and by me inscribed by
1 Heifer worth  $3.00 |                $11.70 
3 Sheep and a pig 3.70  | lot of 2 old chains  1.50
1 Kettle               1.25  | 1 old Pot Trammel .50
1 Large Kettle & Cooker 1.00 | 1 pr Tongs .75
1 Pot                     .70 | 1 old  [illegible]     .50
1 old Tea Kettle     .75 | 1  collection of Needles    20.00
  Cupboard Ware  .75  | 1 "      "  A  [ illegible]  8.50
1 old Table            .50  |         Totals      43.05
   carried   11.70
James Blackburn
That the following changes here within placed
been made in my property since the exhibition
of my first scheduling.
Articles |  Names of Persons to whom sold |  Time of sale, | Amt of money or other property in [illegible]
1 [illegible] |Chas J.  Van Harlingen | Spring of 1821 | $10 payt of Physician
1 Gun | McMahon | Spring of 1821 | $12 In properties which was said Chas J Van Harlingen for Medical aid.
11 Sheep with some increase of the flock have been sullied 
by the days or died
1 Calf killed for the use of my Family
[illegible]
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1 table worn out and broken
1 Wheel d[illegible] do
I do given my only daughter
My land has passed from me by an action
of Ejectment and Judgment of the county
toward an apparent contradiction it may be proper
to state that property of almost every discription
except provisions & can be bought for half the 
money As would have cost commanded in the
circulating medium of 1820 in this part of 
the country.
My occupation was that of a Gun Smith
which I am entirely unable to pursue
after a long and tedious Illness my wife
died since my last application for continuance 
of the Pension.
Rebecca about 17 years of age who yet lives
with me though very unhealthy
Sworn in open Court May
29th 1823
J. K. Wilds  Clerk P. T.
It is the opinion of the court that the value
of the Property contained in the Schedule or
declaration is forty three Dollars forty five 
cents by order   Joshua Collett Prest
The State of Ohio
Warren County}    I Jonathan K Wilds, Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas within and for the County & State aforesaid do
hereby certify that the aforegoing affidavit Schedule & opinion
of the Court as to the value of the properties in said schedule
contained is truly taken from the records of said  Court 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand & affixed the seal the 25th day
of August A.D.  1823
J.K. Wilds Clerk
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Ohio.
James Blackburn, private.
served 1 year in 1778.
1st schedule date 24 Augt. 1820
Cow & calf  $16.00
Sheep $14, 2 hogs $4    18.00
articles of household and 
kitchen furniture and 
[illegible]rming utensils       43.25
77.25
States that he has a claim to about 
4 acres of land, for which he has 
a title, the legal title having
passed from Judge Symmes, then passed, 
to John Vance, after claimant's
purchase by a mortgage
of which there is yet due $500.
There is also a bill in chancery
the object of which is to sell
the land to pay said mortgage,
and to apply any balance that
may decrese to the payment of 
judgment for about $2,000 against
claimant, as security for his  son [illegible]
on account of a contract for some
[illegible] were improperly managed by
the administration.  He cannot occupy
the land more than one year, for
which time it is not worth more than [illegible]

[right side of paper]
Schedule under act March 1823,
dated 29th May 1823,
heifer $3, - 3 sheep #3 75/100   $6.75
household furniture    7.75
2 notes for      28.50
Accounts for decrease of property,
[illegible] 11 sheep with some increase being 
killed by dogs, or otherwise lost,
1 calf & 2 hogs killed for use of his
family, 1 table worn out and broken
1 wheel lo and 1 wheel given to
his only daughter.  The land mentioned 
in first schedule passed from
him by an action of ejectment and
judgment of the Court artificed
copy of judgment is enbibed
and evidence of his not having 
owned any other land than that 
on which he was ejected.
Claimant aged 70 - by occupation,
formerly a gun-smith, but
now entirely unable to pursue it.
1 daughter only in family, and she
very unhealthy.
John McLean, Esqr
P.M. General
Present
Sept: '18- Res Rest . Oct 21. 1821
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S. TUDOR,    AUSTIN JAY,    W. N. TURNER,
PRESIDENT & TREASURER, VICE-PRESIDENT.  SECRETARY & MANAGER
The Citizens Telephone Co.
EXCHANGE
SECOND FLOOR KENNEDY BLOCK
OFFICE 123 W. MULBERRY ST.
Kokomo, Ind., 2/23/12 191

Mr J. L. Davenport
Acting Com'mr of Pensions
Dept of Interior
Washington D.C.
Sear Sir:-
I am desirous of securing a certificate of the service rendered his country by Captain James Blackburn
during the Revolutionary War and have been instructed
to write you for same.  So far as I have been
able to learn his services in the Revolutionary War were
as follows:-
Spring of 1776 - 6 0r 6 mo as private in Andrew Hines
Co., Flying Camp  Md:
Mar 27 1778 to Feb 1779 - Artificer, Chas Lukens C
Flowers Reg of Artillery Continental
Fall of 1779 to 1783 - Lieutenant and Captain, Company
of Militia - Va.
the forgoing information was given to Mr Geo B Goodhart
of Harrison O by the Pension Dept on April 11 1906
together with a certificate of services and I am
desirous of securing same.  He states the certificate he has
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S. TUDOR, AUSTIN JAY, W. N. TURNER,
PRESIDENT & TREASURER, VICE-PRESIDENT. SECRETARY & MANAGER
The Citizens Telephone Co.
EXCHANGE
SECOND FLOOR KENNEDY BLOCK
OFFICE 123 W. MULBERRY ST.
Kokomo, Ind.,    191

is headed as follows:-
" P.W. & M Division"
"M. B. N."
"Ser File 4-2619"
"Rev War"
Please furnish me this information and instruct
me if there be any expense in connection with
same and I will be glad to look after what
ever it may be.
Yours Resp
W. C. Blackburn
Kokomo Indiana
823 E Sycamore St.
[stamp} FEB 26 1912
[Postmark] U.S. PENSIONS OFFICE H FEB 26 1912