Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,950, Caleb Cox, N.C.
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SERVICE 
N.C.

*Cox, Caleb

NUMBER
S.30.950

Born in N.C.

CONTENTS
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30950
Revy
INVALID.
File No. (faded)
Caleb Cox
Pri. Rev War

Act:  June 7 32

Index: - Vol. 2  Page (faded)

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1935 Apr 25 Hist to Wm. Welch
See his letter in Solomon Cox S.15383
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13.652
Kentucky
Caleb Cox
of Livingston Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Larue of the regt. commanded by Col. Dozier in the N. Carolina Ma line for 6 months from 1775

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 30 day of May 1833 and sent to Thomas Haynes Princeton

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833        $40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "      10

$50--

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. S. Allison Clerk
Book E. Vol. 7 Page 5
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Caleb Cox
(Livingston County Ky.)

from 1775 private
6 months
$20.

Thomas Haynes 
Princeton 
Ken
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State of Kentucky, Livingston County: SS 
     On this 4th day of February 1833 personally appeared in open Court before Vinson B. 
Simpson, William Stewart, John Barry & Isham Clement Esquires justices of the County Court 
in and for said County and State now sitting, Caleb Cox, resident in said County, aged seventy nine years the 15th of January 1832, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and 
served as herein stated to wit: That in the fall of the year 1775 in the County of Currituck State of North Carolina I was drafted in the militia of that state as a private and served in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Larue or Lurra, and in the militia 
commanded by Colonel Peter Dozier, in the Brigade was commanded by General Isaac Gregory – William Ferity was Major in this Regiment, and Griffin Dozier  was adjutant, and one Andrew Duke was Lieutenant of the 
company, and Thomas Cox Ensign.  The draft was for three months, and we rendezvoused at the North West landing on North West River, and marched from thence through Norfolk County, Virginia to the great bridge across said River, and there encamped.  Shortly afterwards the British under Captain Fordyce, from there fort, met us at this place, and attacked us.  After a severe engagement the enemy retreated back to their fort, and after setting it on fire, retired to their shipping.  It was said that Governor Dunmore commanded on this occasion but whether he did, I am not certain; but I distinctly remember that Captain Fordyce  was killed on the ground.  After serving in this campaign for three months I was regularly discharge.  In the fall or winter of the same year (as well as I now remembered) I was again drafted from the same County, and under the same officers except the captain, who was now George Powers.  After rendezvousing at the same place (North West landing) we proceeded to the Great Swamp, where 
we made a strong breast-work of Juniper logs, as the British were hourly expected.  They lay 
within about four miles of us, and shortly afterwards attacked us at this place, but they were repulsed with considerable loss, and we took two four pounders, which had been spiked.  None of our force was killed, as the works thrown up, was a good defense.  After this battle we remained in that quarter until the expiration of the three months, and were then regularly discharge.  After this I served several expeditions against the Tories in North Carolina, but I cannot remember the time so distinctly as to enable me to describe them and I will therefore let them pass; and claim only for the two tours of three months each that I have mentioned.  I further declare that I know of no person living in this Country who served with me, and who can prove the service I have mentioned, nor have I any documentary evidence in my possession or knowledge which would do so, as my discharges have long ago been lost or destroyed; and I 
hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State whatever.  And the said court propounded to the said Cox the following interrogatories as prescribed by the war Department, to which he made the following answers to wit:
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Question 1st Where and in what year were you born? 
Answer: I was born in Currituck County, State of North Carolina on the 15th day of January 1754. 
Question 2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? 
Answer: I have at home in a family Bible 
Question 3rd Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live? 
Answer: I was living in said County of Currituck when I was drafted and lived there a 
good many years after the War, and then moved to this County where I have lived about 12 years last past. 
Question 4th How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if in substitute, for whom? 
Answer.  I was drafted. 
Question 5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general 
circumstances of your service. 
Answer: The troops in the first expedition were commanded by Colonel Woodford if I am 
not mistaken.  Said Regiment of regulars was with the militia but the circumstances I do not 
remember.  Colonel Stevens commanded a body of minute men in the battle. 
Question 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
Answer: I received written discharges from both terms of service given, I think, by my 
Captains Larue and Powers, as before named, but I am not positive whether they were given by my captains or colonels as both of them have been worn out and lost a good many years. 
Question 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief in your services as a soldier in the revolution. 
Answer: I am acquainted with the Reverend John Farris, Timothy of Neill, William 
Hughes, Joseph Hughes, Arthur Travis, James Wheeler, William Stewart Esquire and many 
others. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
                    Caleb X Cox, Senior
                         (X his mark)

Mr. James Johnson a clergyman residing in the county of Livingston and State of Kentucky, and Timothy Oniel & Varion B. Simpson residing in the same, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Caleb Cox, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration;  that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age;  that he is reported and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
                                 James Johnson
                                 Timothy Oneal
                                  VB Simpson

And the said court hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it
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appears to them that James Johnson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said County and that Timothy Oneal & Varion B. Simpson who have also signed the same, are residents of the same county, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
                 VB Simpson JP
                 WR Willmar JP
                 John Berry
                 Isham Clement

     I Jesse Patterson, clerk (pro tem) of the said county court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Caleb Cox Senr. for a pension.

(seal)
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, and Seal of office, this 4th day of February 1833.
                   Jesse Patterson Clk pro tem
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                         April 25, 1933.
                         xxxxxxxxxx
                         BA-J/ADY
                         Solomon Cox
                         S.15383
                          and
                         Caleb Cox
                         S.30950

                                        OWN

Mr. William Welch,
"Touraine"
East Lansing, Michigan.

Dear Sir:
     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William, Celeb (Caleb), Solomon and Phineas Cox, Robert McKinney, George Pettit and James Pettit.
     The demand for Revolutionary War data is very great and the clerical force available for furnishing such data is limited, therefore, it has not been possible to comply with each request which requires a great amount of time and research.  The records of two soldiers are given below as found in their respective claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.

            Solomon Cox
            S.15383
  
     Solomon Cox was born in Currituck County, North Carolina, date not stated.
     While a resident of Currituck County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served at various times amounting to eighteen months in all and to the close of the war as a private in Captains Andrew Dukes', George Powers', Caleb Powers' and Thomas Cox's (no relationship shown) Companies, Colonels Gideon Lamb's and Peter Dozier's North Carolina Regiments;  was in some skirmishes and in the battles of Great Bridge and at the Great Swamp.
     In 1818 he moved from North Carolina, to Kentucky.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed October 1, 1832 while a resident of Simpson County, Kentucky, aged eighty years.

Date of death not on AB
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There are no family data.

Caleb Cox
S.30950

     Caleb Cox was born January 15, 1754 in Currituck County, North Carolina.
     While a resident of Currituck County, North Carolina, he enlisted in the fall of 1775, served two tours of three months each, first as a private in Captain Thomas Larue or Lurra's Company, Colonel Peter Dozier's North Carolina Regiment and then in Captain George powers' Company, Colonel Peter Dozier's North Carolina Regiment and was in the battles of Great Bridge and at the Great Swamp.  After this service he was in several expeditions against the Tories in North Carolina, no details of this service given.
     About 1821 he moved from Currituck County, North Carolina, to Livingston County, Kentucky.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed February 4, 1833 while a resident of Livingston County, Kentucky.
     There are no family data.
                     Very truly yours,

                     A.D. HILLER
                     Assistant to Administrator.

Date of death not on AB
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans Administration

NAME  Cox, Charles
GRADE Private
LINE New York

WARRANT NUMBER 6918

ACREAGE 100

ISSUED Aug. 15, 1790
to John S. Hobart et al, assignees
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SERVICE
Va.

Cox, Curd

NUMBER
S.3169

carded
CONTENTS
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19002
East Tennessee
Curd Cox
of Knox Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain McDaniel of the regiment commanded by Col. Cocke in the Virginia line for 9 months private

Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 30 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of July 1833 and Sent to James Hair Knoxville

Arrears to the 4th of March               60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep     15.00

 $75.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7  Page 39

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Dead & paid to Sept. 4 1853 AB
& de'd Use this as it is the date 
of the quarterly pension payment - (illegible)
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State of Tennessee Knox County 
On this 23rd day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before me Edward 
Scott one of the Circuit Judges of law and equity in and for the said State of Tennessee and for the Second Judicial Circuit in the Circuit Court now sitting Curd Cox – a resident of the County and State aforesaid in the said County and State aged Seventy -- 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  He lived in Halifax County Virginia.  There was a call for men to resist the Army of Corn wallace who was close on the Virginia line in the fall of 1780 and a request for volunteers and in the said fall of 1780 he volunteered for eighteen months under Captain William McDaniel and Colonel 
Cockes Regiment and in General Stephens  Brigade.  Rendezvoused at Halifax old Courthouse and joined General Greene’s Army there.  Marched across Dann River in the North Carolina in pursuit of Corn wallace followed him till we came to Gilford.  There we had a battle.  The British kept the ground.  General Stephens got wounded.  Wallace left Gilford the night after the battle we followed him till he took shipping and went to Yorktown.  The next day after the battle of Gilford we were marched to a place 
called troublesome old iron works.  We lay there three days making cartridges and then marched in
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pursuit of Corn wallace as above stated.  About the time Corn wallace took shipping or shortly 
after he was honorably discharged which discharge was signed by said Captain McDaniel as he believes which discharge was handed into the hands of Commissary Adubrus [?] Madison and offered to him but he requested said Madison to keep it which he did and he does not know where it is.  He did not serve the full 18 months but to the best of his knowledge he served over nine months. 
He thinks it was in the month of November 1780 that he entered the service and in the 
month of September 1781 that he was discharged.  The dates he cannot [several indecipherable words] to be certain of their correctness.  He thinks it is probable he was one of the Virginia state troops and if so his name may be found in the department.  He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.  He hereby 
relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court. 
 Wm Swan, Clk    
                                  Curd X Cox
                                  (X his mark)

We Samuel Love clergyman residing in the said County of Knox and State of Tennessee and Thomas Bell residing in said County and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Curd Cox who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is reported and believed
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in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion and that we never heard said report deputed as its truth questions.
      Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court.
                 Samuel Love
                 Thomas Bell

William Swan Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and at Court further certifies that it appears to him that Samuel Love who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident is the said County of Knox and State of Tennessee and that Thomas Bell who has also signed the same is a resident of the said County and is a credable person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
                M. Porrey Justice of the
                Circuit Courts of the State
                of Tennessee

I William Swan Clerk of the Circuit court of said Knox County and State if Tennessee it being a court of Record do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Curd Cox.
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for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private Seal having no seal of office at office in Knoxville this 21st day of August 1832.
(seal)
                           Will Swan

I Hugh L White a Senator in Congress from the state of Tennessee do hereby certify that William Swan is Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the County of Knox and State of Tennessee and the foregoing signatures annexed to the pension declaration of Curd Cox which purports to be his said (illegible) are his genuine signatures.
                     Hugh L White
                     April 3rd 1833       

Pension Application
Curd Cox 5983
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Curd Cox's
Amended pension
Declaration

Direct to
James Hair Esq.
Knoxville East Ten.
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State of Tennessee Knox County: SS
Personally appeared on the 24 day of May 1835 before me Michael Davis an acting Justice of the Court of Please and Quarter Sessions in and for said County and State Curd Cox a resident of said County and State in the said County of Knox and State of Tennessee who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following amendment to his declaration for a pension which declaration was made in the Circuit Court for said County and bears date August 23rd 1832 and was numbered in the War Department No. 5983 and sent back for amendment.  That he was born in Charlotte County Virginia on Little Roanoke River in the year 1762 as he was informed by his parents the month or day of the month not recollected.  He has no record of his age.  He is known in his present 
neighborhood to Stephen Holbert, William Davis, William Conner, John Gitt & Jonathan 
Williams all of whom he believes would testify that he is a man of veracity and that they believe he served as a soldier in the Revolution.  Sworn to and subscribed this 24th day of May 1833 before me.       
                                Curd X Cox
                                 (X his mark)
Michael Davis Justice of
the Court of Please quarter Sessions

State of Tennessee
Knox County
     i Charles McClung Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter sessions in and for said County do hereby certify that Michael Davis before whom the foregoing amended pentian (sic) Declaration of Curd Cox was made in an acting Justice of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn as such and that the above signatures which purports to be his are his genuine signatures.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Knoxville this 28th day of May 1833.
                      Chas. McClung
                      by his Dep. Wm. Swan
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5983
Curd Cox
from 1780

$30

10.16. 1.2.7
E        P. 29212 March
James Hair
Knoxville Tenn
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2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he?  70

4.  State his service, as directed  in the form annexed.

Period.
In 1780 Fall

Duration of Service.
Years.  Months. Days.
over 9 months

Rank. 
As a
private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt. Wm McDaniel, Col. Cocke, Gen. Stephenson, Gen. Green

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Guilford N.C.

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Halifax Cty Va

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  The Clerks public seal of office is not affixed.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
 
                          F. Waugh
                          Examining clerk
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                   January 20, 1936

                   Curd Cox           OWN
                   BA-J/AWF

Lucile Deaderick
Lawson McGhee Library
Knoxville, Tennessee

Dear Madam:
      Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Curd Cox of Knox County, Tennessee, James Jack of Greene County, Tennessee, Jacob Lawson of Hawkins County, Tennessee, and John Price of Green County, Tennessee.

     Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request for Revolutionary War data.
  
     The record of Curd Cox is furnished herein as found in papers on file in pension claim, S.3169, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.

     Curd Cox was born in the yar 1732 in Charlotte County, Virginia, on the Little Roanoke River;  the names of his parents are not given.
 
     While residing in Halifax County, Virginia, Curd Cox volunteered sometime in November, 1780, served as private in Captain William McDaniel's Company, Colonel Cocke's Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Guilford Court House, and was discharged sometime in September, 1781.

      He was allowed pension on his application executed August 23, 1832, at which time he was a resident
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of Knox County, Tennessee. 

     There are no data in this claim concerning the family of Curd Cox.
 
     If you desire information relative to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and cite the following:

Curd Cox
Certificate #19002
Issued July 26, 1833
Rate $30.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of July 7, 1832
East Tennessee Agency.

          Very truly yours

           A.D. HILLER
           Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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                         January 16, 1935
                         xxxxxxxx
                         Benjamin Colvin - S.16727
                         Curd Cox-S.3169
                         BA-J/AWF

    Letter in Benjamin Colvin S.16727

Mr. John W. Welch
12 Spencer Street
E. Braintree, Massachusetts

Dear Sir:
     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of the Revolutionary War pensioners, Benjamin Colvin, Reuben Proctor, Joseph Proctor, Nicholas Proctor, Curd Cox, and Daniel Welch.
     Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has not been possible to comply with each request in full, which requires such an amount of time and research.
      The records of Benjamin Colvin and Curd Cox are furnished you herein, as found in their respective claims for pension, cased upon service in the War of the Revolution.

Benjamin Colvin -S.16727
     the date and place of birth of Benjamin Colvin are not shown in the claim, nor are the names of his parents given; his father was of Culpeper County, Virginia.
     While residing in said Culpeper County, Benjamin Colvin enlisted April 20, served as a private in Captains Elijah Kirtley's and Samuel Ferguson's companies,
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            2-

Colonel John Willis' Virginia regiment; he was in the battles of Hotwater and Jamestown and frequent skirmishes, length of service nine months and ten days.
     The soldier, Benjamin Colvin was allowed pension on his application executed June 26, 1832, at which time he was seventy-four years of age and living in Boone County, Missouri.
    There are no data in this claim relative to the family of Benjamin Colvin, other than the reference to his father, as given herein.
                        ***************

Curd Cox-S.3169

     Curd Cox was born in the year 1762 in Charlotte County, Virginia, on the Little Roanoke River, names of his parents not given.
     While residing in Halifax County, Virginia, Curd Cox volunteered in November, 1780, was a private in Captain William McDaniel's company, Colonel Cocke's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Guilford Court House, and served until in September, 1781.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed August 23, 1832, then a resident of Knox County, Tennessee.
     There are no data in this claim concerning the family of Curd Cox.
                 Very truly yours

                 A.D. HILLER
                 Executive Assistant to the 
                 Administrator
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                     April 30, 1934
                     xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

                      Curd Cox-S.3169
                      BA-J/AWF

Miss Kate K. White
1718 W. Cumberland Avenue
Knoxville, Tennessee

Dear Madam:
       Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Curd Cox.
      The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.3169, based based (sic) upon his service in the War of the REvolution.
     Curd Cox was born in the year 1762 in Charlotte County, Virginia, on the Little Roanoke River.
     While residing in Halifax County, Virginia, Curd Cox volunteered in November, 1780, was a private in Captain William McDaniel's company, Colonel Cocke's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Guilford Court house, and served until in September, 1781.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed, August 23, 1832, then a resident of Knox County, Tennessee.
    There are no data in this claim concerning the family of Curd Cox.
                  Very truly yours

                  A.D. HILLER
                  Assistant to Administrator
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Alice V.D. Pierrepont
"Violet Bank"
Petersburg
Virginia.

Dear Madam:
     I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.3169, it appears that Curd Cox was born in 1762 in Charlotte County, Virginia, on the Little Roanoke River.
     While residing in Halifax County, Virginia, he enlisted in November 1780 and served as a private in Captain William McDaniels' Company, Colonel Cocke's Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Guilford and served until in September 1781.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed August 23, 1832, at which time he was living in Knox County, Tennessee.
     There are no data as to family.

               Very truly yours,

                 EARL D. CHURCH
                 Commissioner.
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             November 16, 1923
Mrs. Wilton D. Johnson
Skiatook
Oklahoma


Dear Madam:
     I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.3169, it appears that Curd Cox was born in 1762 in Charlotte County, Virginia, on the Little Roanoke River.
     While residing in Halifax County, Virginia, he enlisted in November 1780 and served as a private in Captain William McDaniels' Company, Colonel Cocke's Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Guilford and served until in September 1781.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed August 23, 1832, at which time he was living in Knox County, Tennessee.
     There are no data as to family.

Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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LAWSON MCGHEE LIBRARY
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

HELEN M. HARRIS
Librarian                      November 16, 1935

Mr. A.D. Hiller,
Assistant Administrator,
Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D.C.

My dear sir:
     Please send me the pension and family record, with dates, of Curd Cox, of Knox County, Tennessee.
     Thanking you for this favor.
           
                     Sincerely yours,
                     Lucile Deaderick

(stamp)
RECEIVED
NOV 19 1935
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LAWSON MCGHEE LIBRARY
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

HELEN M. HARRIS
Librarian November 16, 1935

Mr. A.D. Hiller,
Assistant Administrator,
Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D.C.

My dear sir:
     Please send the pension and family record, including dates, of James Jack of Greene County, Tennessee.
     Thanking you for your aid.
       
                          Very truly yours,

                          Lucile Deaderick

(stamp)
RECEIVED
NOV. 19 1935
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LAWSON MCGHEE LIBRARY
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

HELEN M. HARRIS
Librarian November 16, 1935

Mr. A.D. Hiller,
Assistant Administrator,
Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D.C.

My dear sir:
     Please send the pension and family record, including dates, of Jacob Lawson, of Hawkins County, Tennessee.
     Thanking you for your aid.

Very truly yours,

Lucile Deaderick

(stamp)
RECEIVED
NOV. 19 1935
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LAWSON MCGHEE LIBRARY
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

HELEN M. HARRIS
Librarian November 16, 1935

Mr. A.D. Hiller,
Assistant Administrator,
Veterans' Administration,
Washington, D.C.

My dear sir:
     Please send the pension and family record, including dates, of John Price, of Greene County, Tennessee.
     Thanking you for your aid.

Very truly yours,

Lucile Deaderick

(stamp)
RECEIVED
NOV. 19 1935
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Tennessee Women's Press and Author's Club
(list of officers)

Pension Bureau, Rev Section, Washington DC

Dear Sir, Please send me the Pension statement of Curd Cox, Va. Line Pension, May 13, 1833, age 82.  Pension in Knox Co. List, Tenn.  I thank you for the courtesy.
                       Sincerely
                       Kate White
                        Organizing Regent

(stamp)
RECEIVED
APR 11 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM
READER #17
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                   "Violet Bank"
Petersburg Va
Marc. 31, 1930

Dear Sir:
     I should appreciate greatly if you would send me the complete record of Charles Duncan (Giles) Co. Pensioner S or W.1838. Pen. 2.61.7.  Also the record of Curd Cox S or W. 1835 Pen 30. Tenn. 75.
     Thanking you very much
                  Sincerely yours
                  Alice VD Pierrepont

I am exceedingly anxious for these two records as I am a desc. of a Duncan & a Cox & can't definitely place or find
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these ancestors of mine by those names.
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SKIATOOK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
W.D. JOHNSON, SUPERINTENDENT
SKIATOOK, OKLAHOMA

11 February, 1928

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Rev. & War of 1812 Section,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
     As Registrar of our D.A.R. chapter here I am writing to obtain the Revolutionary War record of one Curd Cox.  The only data we have at present is the fact that he did serve in the Revolution, and that he enlisted from Virginia.  Nothing is known as to his rank, or extent of services.  It will help us greatly to secure whatever information you may have on your files concerning this soldier.
                      Very truly yours,
                      Mrs. Wilton D. Johnson,
                      Registrar D.A.R. Chapter,
                      Skiatook, Oklahoma
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3169
INVALID.
Rev War

File No. 3169
Curd Cox
Pri. Va. Line

Act:  June 7 1832

Index:--Vol A (?), Page 73

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1923 Nov 16 Hist to Mrs. Wilton D. Johnson
193? Mch Hist. to Alice VD Pierrepont
1934 April Hist to Kate White
1935 June 16 Hist to John W Welch
see this letter in Benjamin Colvin S.___
1936 Jan. letter Lucile Deaderick
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Curd Cox
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Curd Cox which require further proof or explanation

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
Yes

V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled?
Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
No
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 12 7

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words.
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, A Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ___ yes ___ months, and ___ days, I served as a ___ For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed, that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he just prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

     "In every case where the Clerk of the Court or other certifying officer has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer should be sent with the papers."