Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. F. (S. Ctf 7292), Cornelius Van Arsdalen, New Jersey
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Service  -  New Jersey

Van Arsdalen or Van Arsdall, Cornelius 

Number:   (S. _?_ 7292)

Contents
born Somerset Co. N.J. July 5 1748
Ordly Sgt. & Lieut.
res. of Mercer Co. Ky in 1832
died Jan 5, 1840
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7292

KENTUCKY
Cornelius Vanarsdall

Of Mercer Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a Lieut. in the company commanded by Captain Vroorn of the Regt. commanded by Col. Freetenhurss in then 2d line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 320 Dollars ____Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of March 1833 and sent to R.B. McAfee Frankfort Kent.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33.    $640
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep $160
                                                            _______
                                                             $800

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book 8   Vol. 9   Page 31
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Dead

Letter sent to R.B. Mcafee and  3d Audi 10 March 1841

Pais at the Treasury under the 6 April 1838 from 4th Sept 1839 to 5 Jan 1840.    Agt. note died 15 April 1841
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Cornelius Vanarsdall

commission enclosed and Peter Darnutts former affidavit

from 1777  ("private" crossed out)
Lieutenant 2 years $320

(very faint) Vroom    Freedenhurs

March 6

Genl. R.B. McAfee
Frankfort, Ken.
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State of Kentucky
Mercer County viz

On this 3d day of December 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justice of the county court of Mercer county now sitting Cornelius Vanarsdall a resident citizen of said county and state aged 84 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 the 7th day of June 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - viz. I, Cornelius Vanarsdall do hereby solemnly declare being first interrogated by the Court that I am now eighty four years of age and that I was born in Sommersett county state of New Jersey on the 5th day of July 1748 (old style) and resided in said county when the revolutionary war commenced, that my first term of service commenced in the month of June 1775 - I volunteered in Capt. de Vrooms company of Col. Freelinghussins Regiment for one month in order to take some Tories at a place called Verngeraad (I believe was about the last of June as the wheat was turning yellow) we marched against them and captured a number of them viz. an old man by the name of Voucht and his his son another by the name of Grandiris and a man by the name of Lee and several others whose names I cannot recollect after we took them we marched then to New Brunswich when the assembly of New Jersey was sitting and delivered them up to that body who ordered them out of the country -  in this service I was the Orderly sergeant of my company - on our return the greater portion of the militia had been ordered out towards New York, the day before we got home when my company was ordered to march after some Blacks who had organized themselves to destroy the old man and woman who had been left at home we accordingly marched against them and we found that they had chosen their officers and were ready for action we took many and  _?_ them and disfound them having been employed in this service ten days - and again in the spring of 1776 I was drafted in Capt. Peter Vrooms company
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..,of Co. Quick's Regiment and marched to Amboy where we were stationed for nine weeks as a guard, at this place we were several times find (spied?) on by a British Brig and at the end of this time I was honorably discharged as I was from my previous tour, and at Amboy I was also Orderly sergeant , and soon after our return I was ordered with my company it being the command by Capt. Vroom on another draft for a month to march to Long Island we marched to Elizabethtown where we were stationed until our time expired one month.  The British having previously landed on that Island.  and again a short time before the Declaration of Independence I was again drafted and ordered according to our classification in Capt. Lotts company of Col. Quicks Regiment.  Benjamin (word smudged) was as our major.  Our tour as one month and previous to our marching I was elected by the company second Lieutenant and acted as such in every tour I was out.  Altho I did not receive my commission until next year.  During this last time we were stationed at Elizabethtown and a British Brig. annoyed us occasionally I very well recollect that I was at Elizabeth Town when the news of the Declaration of Independence was declared and we fined a salute of thunderous sound and Genl. Winder commanded at that time - immediately after this tour expired I was ordered unto service again as second Lieutenant in Capt. James Quick's company and this march I was stationed at Amboy, and then another month with Capt. (name smudged) and another month under Capt. Whelar  of Col. Van Dyke's Regiment then those last tours being with Col. Jandith, and from this time which was about the British took New York I was in constant service as a second Lieutenant  during the fall and winter of 1776-7 and was stationed at Hillstown under Capt. Beard of Col. VanDyke's regiment our camp was at Skarks Mill or Mill Stone, and during the time the British even in New Jersey I was continually engaged or.....
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...or in command of guards and in marching against or in retreating from the British who plundered Jersey, and we had frequent skirmishes I served with Capt. Wheeler,  Van Anddlesworth, and one or two others that I cannot recollect.  I lived in a part of New Jersey when I was compelled to be on duty continually for six months, then Gen. Washington had his battles at Trenton and at Princeton and was on my march to meet the army but did not arrive in time for the battles I aided in captaining a number of prisoners in the adjacent county as I was only about two miles distant with my company at that time commanded by Capt. Van Anddlesworth - Again in May 1777 I served a tour of one month at Elizabeth Town under Capt. James Wheeler as a guard and in July 1777 I received my commission as Second Lieutenant from Gen. Livingston of New Jersey and in this month I marched with Capt. John Brand and Peter D. Vroom was my colonel he being promoted and Gen. Heard was our General (as well I recollect) we marched to a place called Poursstown (sp?) in Bergen county where was build a fort - and I performed two months service, and as soon as I returned home I was ordered to Amboy with my company when I served another month, and in October of this year 1777 I was commissioned First Lieutenant, and this month I was stationed at Elizabeth Town under Capt. Wheeler who was taken sick and I commanded as Captain, during the time, these tours were performed in Col. Freelinghussins Regiment.  After this I served more tours of one month each at Elizabeth Town.  While we were at Elizabeth Town we were ordered against some Tories and while we were absent the British landed at Elizabeth Town from their _?_  ("Brig." crossed out) and we were ordered back and had a severe engagement with the British and several men were killed and the next day we were so informed and then drew the British and they reembarked at Hackensack.
In the year 1778 I performed seven months service, early in the year I was stationed two months at Princeton.....
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...and then one month at Maidenhead, and again on another tour where there British retreated from Philadelphia we followed them and had frequent skirmishes and I was in the Battle of Monmouth in June1778 while I was in Princeton I was and Capt. Vroom of Col. VanDyke's Regiment and at Maidenhead and Monmouth I was with Capt. Quick after this Battle Capt. Quick was _?_ and I acted one month as Captain in service  and after this Battle I was ordered on another tour to Succasunny Plains near Morristown where I was employed and at Morristown two months as a guard over some prisoners we could on some account get returned until we had served two tours - and again I performed another tour of one month at Millstone under Capt. Wheeler. And in the year 1779 I served eight months of active duty. Three months in the spring  of the tour I was stationed on Sourland mountain about twelve miles from Vonurwich and after this I was stationed two months at Millstone (Skanks Mill) at Sourland Mountain and Millstone.  Capt. Van Middlewatts was my Captain and VanDyke my Colonel , and after our tour expired I was marched upon another tour to Springfield about six miles from Elizabethtown where we had a severe battle with the British, Gen. Washington there the morning after the battle as well as I recollect,  and Colonel at Springfield Col. Boudinch and after this I performed two more tours in the fall of this year and was stationed at Second River not far from Hackensack under Capt. Brand, in the fall of this year we were employed as a guard the balance of the time.  In the year 1780.  The British army marched southern and I was in active service eight tours and was stationed at Princeton, Brunswick, and Millstone (smudged word) and my Capts. were Van Anddlesworth and Capt Lott and Wheeler and with Col. Freellunghissen
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...and in the fall of this year (1780) a party of British came to plunder Vandress Mills in Millstone and took a quantity of flour, we pursued them and had a severe conflict with the under Capt. Brand and Gen. Putnam having reinformed us we beat them off and we re_?_ the flour and killed a number of them - I  cannot recollect every place too which we marched this year but I solemnly declare that I served at least right months indeed I do not recollect of being at home any option of this year or the year before to stay any time - In the year 1781 I was out every other month, making six months of actual service all of which and from the time I was commissioned  First Lieutenant I acted as such and about two months as Captain during the tours of this year I was stationed at Elizabeth town and Amboy as a guard, my captains were the same that I have named before Capt. Beard, and Wheeler and Van Asiddeworth.  I was stationed at Elizabeth Town when the news of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis reached us and again in the spring of 1782 I served another tour of one month and Elizabeth Town, and was my last tour - I further state that by reason of old and and the loss of memory I cannot name all my officers or the precise length of time I served every year I have stated the lowest _?_  according to the best of my recollection and I solemnly declare that in the whole I served  nine months as orderly sergeant, twelve months as Second Lieutenant (__?___) before I received my commission, and four months after it was received - and two years and four months as first Lieutenant (two months of which I performed duty as a Captain all of which service I solemnly declare on my oath that I actually performed in the Revolutionary War - my commission of Second Lieutenant I have pursued which I send on with......
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...this declaration my commission of first Lieutenant I carried with me until it was now out so that I have no documentary evidence of my service as my discharge has been long since lost or mislaid but I solemnly  declare upon my oath that I was commissioned as First Lieutenant in the fall 1777 and that I served the times I have stated - one of my Witnesses Peter Dermitt is now deceased since I took his affidavit and I again declare it as he departed this life in October last.  I further declare that I am not now a pensioner of the United States or of any State and I hereby relinquish all claim to any pension or annuity except the present which I may have upon the United States -  Witness my hand this 3rd day of December 1832.
Cornelius Van Arsdall

Mercer County
 We the undersigned Jesse Head - clergyman residing in the said county of Mercer and Wharton Randall and Jesse Dunn and Daniel A. Brewer  residing in the same county to hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Cornelius Vanarsdall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe the he is of the age he has stated and that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Lieutenant and officer in the revolutionary war and in this opinion we can concur we further certify that we have long known him was a respectable citizen and member of the presbyterian Church as a man of Truth, given under our hand this 3rd day of December 1832.
Jesse Head
 Wharton Randall
Jesse Dunn
Daniel A. Brewer
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 15th, 1841.
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 Executors of Cornelius Vanarsdall, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at $320. the rate of Three hundred + Twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839 to the 5th of September 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Harris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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October 31, 1939
Cornelius Van Arsdalen
or Van Arsdall, S.C.7292, Rev. War
BA-J/MLB
Mrs. W. E. Young
Route #3
Clarksdale, Mississippi
Dear Madam:
The data which follow in regard to Cornelius Van Arsdall or Van Arsdalen were obtained from the papers in pension claim, S.C.7292, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Cornelius Van Arsdalen or Van Arsdall (he signed both ways) was born July 5, 1748 (Old Style), in Somerset County, New Jersey, where he was residing at the commencement of the Revolutionary War.
He volunteered in June, 1775, served nine months as orderly sergeant under Captain Peter D. Vroom and Colonel Frelinghuysen and Andrew Quick in the New Jersey troops, then served twelve months in the capacity of 2nd Lieutenant under Captains Lott, James Quick, James Wheeler, Baird, Van Middleworth and Colonels Quick and Vandike in said troops, and 
June 6, 1777, was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant and served four months in Captain John Baird's company, Colonel Peter D. Vroom's New Jersey regiment; in October, 1777, was commissioned 1st Lieutenant and served at various times until in the spring of 1782, about two years four months in all, under Captain Wheeler, Moore, Quick, Van Middleworth, Lott and Colonels Frelinghuysen, Vandike and Boudinot, in the New Jersey troops. He was in the battle of Millstone, Monmouth, Elizabethtown and Springfield.
Cornelius Van Arsdall or Van Arsdall [name repeated] was allowed pension on his application executed July 2, 1832, while a resident of Mercer County, Kentucky, He died January 5, 1840.
No reference was made in the claim of wife or children.
In 1841, Cornelius C. Vanarsdall and Alexander Vanarsdall, executors, of soldier's estate, gave as their address, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in care of Robert B. McAfee; their relationship to the officer is not stated.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Cornelius Van Arsdall
Certificate #7292
Issued March 25, 1833
Rate, $320 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[Certificate where it is written is faded & cut off on right side]
THE STATE OF [illegible]
TO Cornelius Van Arsdalen, Gentleman
WEREAS it hath been certified to [illegible]
Esquire, Governor and Commander in [illegible]
duly chosen by the [illegible] of a [illegible] [illegible] in the County of, [illegible]
Second Regiment [illegible] of the said [illegible] 
[illegible] Esquire, is Colonel) to be Second Lieutenant]?]
you are therefore to take the said Company of [illegible]
Second Lieutenant thereof, and [illegible]
of the said Company in Arms: And as they [illegible]
Second Lieutenant. [Illegible] you are likewise [illegible]
Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall[?] [illegible] you Superior Officer or Officers; and for your [illegible].
IN TESTIMONY whereof the Great Seal of [illegible] 
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Esquire, [illegible] Commander in Chief in and over the State of [illegible] 
belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the [illegible]
Day of July 6th in the Year of our Lord [illegible] 
Seventy Seven.
By His Excellency's Command,
Cha. [illegible]
Seal [Top left certificate illegible]
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Mr. Cornelius Van Arsdalen
Commission

Mr. Van Arsdalen is to have rank as 2nd Lt. from the 6th of June 1777.

Van Arsdalen, Cornelius
N.J. S.F. (S.Cft.7293)
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State of Kentucky
Mercer County
On this 16th day of November 1832 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and being first sworn according to law doth on his oath state the following :  I Daniel Covert do hereby state that I was well acquainted  with Cornelius Van Arsdall whose declaration is herewith annexed in the year 1775 in the state of New Jersey and during the whole of the revolutionary war I very well remember that he was part of the time a second Lieutenant and part of the time a first Lieutenant from the fall of 1777 until the end of the war, I served one tour under him when he was a first Lieutenant and altho I was not under him in actual service afterwards, yet I was often in the same Regiment,  the militia was called out every other month.  I know that the L. Vanarsdall was in actual service every call that was made and sometimes oftener as he willing commanded an action and rightout officer during the whole war. I was often with him at Millstone, Elizabethtown, Amboy, and also at the Battle of Monmouth and I knew him as an officing Lieutenant at all those places.  I have no doubt that he served upward of two years as a first Lieutenant. We  served under colonel Joseph Quick, Van Dyke, and Freilinghuysen.  I wish this statement to be evidence in addition to my former statements that...
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...Cornelius VanArsdall is now before me and I know him to be the same man - Witness my hand at 16 day of November 1832
Daniel Covart

Also Peter Huff came before me and personally made oath to the following Statement viz:
I was well acquainted with Peter Dermott who was a witness for Cornelius Van Arsdall to obtain a pension and the said Dermitt departed this life on the 15th day of October last, he was a man of Truth and was a respectable citizen.  I have command with Cornelius Van Arsdall and I have no doubt that he was an officer of Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War and the I was with him at Amboy and Elizabethtown, Springfield another places altho I was not there acquainted with him but have known him for many years past. Witness my hand this 16th day of November 1832
Peter Huff

Which said affidavits of Daniel Covart and Peter Huff were this day subscribed and sworn to before me and I further certify that said Covart and said Huff are credible persons and respectable citizens, given under my ...
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hand this 16th Dec 1832

Geo. L. Maugh    _?_

State of Kentucky
Mercer County 

Decm. County Court 1832.  This day Cornelius Vanarsdall the petitioner herein together with Jesse Head a clergyman Wharton Randall Jesse Dunn and David L. Brewer came into Court and swore to the statements and certificates by them respectively  subscribed - and there upon the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them Jesse Head who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Mercer and that Wharton Randall Jesse Dunn and Daniel A. Brewer who has also signed the same are residents in the county of Mercer and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to _?_ (NOTE: the following 2 lines in VERY small print added between regular lines: I Thomas Allain (Allin) Clerk of the court of Mercer do hereby certify that the foregoing continues the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application (?) of Cornelius Vanarsdall  _?.. _?_) and I do _?__?_ that George L. Brand Esq. whose names affixed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same and still is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County  and duly commissioned and qualified as such Full Faith and Credit is and ought to be given to every  official act as such.
My Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office this 3rd day of December 1832.
Tho. Allain
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[Stamp] [illegible] DIVISION AUG 6 1906
[Letterhead] OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Washington, Aug. 3, 1906.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir: In reply to your letter of the 26th [illegible], in case of Cornelius Vanardsdall Certificate Rev. War, Kentucky Agency, Act 7 June 1832, Roll, you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, the records of this office show last payment to have been made at $320.44 per annum from Sept 4, 1839 to Jany 5, 1840 incl. date of death, to Cornelius C. Vanarsdall and Alexander Vanarsdall, Executors, care of Robert B. McAfee, Harrodsburg, Ky.
Payment made under the Act of April 6, 1838, No. 11010 - dated Mch. 12, 1841.
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,
G.P. Dunham
Acting Auditor.
By
Deputy Auditor.
REPLY SHOWING PAYMENTS.
Pension Division.-Form 3577.-Ed.  Nov. 26-04-3,000.
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Paid

On K's desk

3-397.
(Old No. 3-399.)

O.W. and N. Div. Division. | F.S.C. Ex'r.

Wid. File No. 2978 | Department of the Interior,
Cornelius Van Arsdale | BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Rev. War. | Washington, D.C., July 26th, 1906.

SIR:

For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of Cornelius Vanarsdall, Lieutenant of New Jersey Militia Revolutionary War pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832 by certificate No. 7292 issued, Mch. 26, 1833 at Kentucky Agency, showing date of death, date of last payment and to whom pension was paid.

Very respectfully,
s/ V. Warner, Commissioner

THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT, Treasury Department.
 
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October 31, 1939
BA-J/MCS
Cornelius Van Arsdalen
S.F. 7292, Rev. War
Mrs. W. E. Young
Clarksdale, Route 3
Mississippi
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of October 8, 1939, requesting information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, Cornelius A. Vanarsdel who served as lieutenant and one -- Burton of Mercer County, Kentucky, who had a daughter, Polly.
The record of Cornelius Van Arsdelan, S.C.7292, Rev. War, is furnished you herewith.
As means of identification of the record of a particular soldier of the Revolution with surname Burton, it is essential that you furnish the full name and as much as possible of the following data pertaining to this soldier: approximate date of birth and death, place of residence at enlistment and after service and first name of wife or widow.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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November 16, 1938
BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Mrs. O. L. Moore
305 Ridge Avenue
Winnetka, Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of November 3, in response to one from this office dated October 26, 1938, in regard to photostatic copies of papers on file in certain Revolutionary War pension claims.
Your cooperation in the matte of the preservation of these old records is very much appreciated, in view of the fact that you can use the official reports in your work instead of photostatic copies.
All papers in the claims for pensions based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the following given persons have been examined in your behalf and the data found have been incorporated in five separate reports herewith, that is, of -
Cornelius Van Arsdalen, No. 7292
Cornelius O. Van Arsdalen, No. 2978
Colonel Samuel Newell, R. 7617 [Colonel crossed out with a note written in pencil Colonel not on original]
William Owens W. 8493 (pensioner of Pulaski County, Kentucky), [crossed out in pencil with a note residence not on orig.
John Van Osdoll, S. 23462
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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Put next time --> Rev. War

November 16, 1938

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Cornelius Van Arsdalen
or Van Arsdall, S.C. 7292
BA-J/ MLB

Mrs. O.L. Moore
305 Ridge Avenue
Winnetka, Illinois

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.C. 7292, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Cornelius Van Arsdall or Van Arsdalen; he signed both ways.

Cornelius Van Arsdalen or Van Arsdall was born July 5, 1748 (Old Style), in Somerset County, New Jersey, where he was residing at the commencement of the Revolutionary War.

He volunteered in June, 1775, served nine months as orderly sergeant under Captain Peter D. Vroom and Colonels Frelinghuysen and Abraham Quick in the New Jersey troops, then served twelve months in the capacity of 2nd Lieutenant under Captains Lott, James Quick, James Wheeler, Baird, Van Middleworth and Colonels Quick and Vandike in said troops, and on June 6, 1777, was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant and served four months in Captain John Baird's company, Colonel Peter D. Vroom's New Jersey regiment; in October, 1777, was commissioned 1st Lieutenant and served at various times until in the spring of 1782, about two years four months in all, under Captains Wheeler, Moore, Quick, Van Middleworth, Lott and Colonels Frelinghuysen, Vandike and Boudinot, in the New Jersey troops. He was in the battles of Millstone, Monmouth, Elizabethtown and Springfield.

Cornelius Van Arsdalen or Van Arsdall was allowed pension on his application executed July 2, 1832, while a resident of Mercer County, Kentucky. He died January 5, 1840.

No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.

In 1841, Cornelius C. Vanarsdall and Alexander Vanarsdall, executors of soldier's estate, gave as their address, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in...
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...care of Robert B. McAfee; their relationship to the soldier was not stated.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, and name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Cornelius Vanarsdall, certificate #7202, issued March 25, 1833, rate, $320 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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November 24, 1937

Cornelius Van Arsdalan
S. Ctf. 7292
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Earl K. Smith
114 Callender Avenue
Peoria, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Cornelius Van Arsdale, an officer during that war, who died in Mercer County, Kentucky.

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. Ctf. 7292, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Cornelius Van Arsdalen or Van Arsdall (he signed both ways in the claim).

Cornelius Van Arsdalen (Van Arsdall) was born July 5, 1748 (old style) in Somerset County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of said Somerset County, he volunteered sometime in June, 1775, served nine months as orderly sergeant in Captain Peter D. Vroom's company in Colonels Frelinghuysen's and Abraham quick's New Jersey Regiments; he was elected second lieutenant by his company, served twelve months under Captains Lott, James Quick, James Wheeler, Baird, Van Middleworth, Colonels Quick & Vandyke. He received his commission on June 6, 1777, and served as second lieutenant four months longer in Captains John Baird's company, Colonel Peter D. Vroom's New Jersey Regiment; he was commissioned sometime in October, 1777, first lieutenant and served at various times until in the spring of 1782, under Captains Wheeler, Moore, Quick, Van Middleworth, Lott,...
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...Colonels Frelinghuysen, Vandike, and Boudinot, his service as first lieutenant amounted to two years and four months, two months of which he acted as captain. During his service he was in the battles of Millstone, Monmouth, Elizabethtown, and Springfield.

Cornelius Van Arsdall (as he was pensioned) was allowed pension on his application executed July 2, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Mercer County, Kentucky. He died January 5, 1840.

It was not stated whether Cornelius Van Arsdall was ever married.

On March 12, 1841, Cornelius C. Vanarsdall and Alexander Vanarsdall, executors of the estate of the above noted pensioner, gave their address, Harrodsburg, Kentucky; it was not stated that they were related to the pensioner, or were related to each other.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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May 14, 1934
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Cornelius VanArsdalen-
S. Ctf. 7292
BA-J/AWF

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Cornelius Van Arsdall, who died January 5, 1840 in Mercer County, Kentucky.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. Ctf. 7292, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Cornelius Van Arsdalen or Van Arsdall; he signed both ways in the claim.

He was born July 5, 1748 (old style) in Somerset County, New Jersey; names of his parents not given.

While residing in said Somerset County, he served in the New Jersey troops, as follows:

He volunteered in June, 1775, served nine months as orderly sergeant under Captain Peter D. Vroom and Colonels Frelinghuysen and Abraham Quick, then served twelve months in the capacity of second lieutenant under Captains Lott, James Quick, James Wheeler, Baird, Van Middleworth and Colonels Quick and Vandike; June 6, 1777, he was commissioned second lieutenant and served four months in Captain John Baird's company, Colonel Peter D. Vroom's regiment; in October, 1777 he was commissioned first lieutenant and served at various times until in the spring of 1782, about two years and four months in all, under Captains Wheeler, Moore, Quick, Van Middleworth, Lott and Colonels Frelinghuysen, Vandike and Boudinot; he was in the battles of Millstone, Monmouth,...
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...Elizabethtown and Springfield.

Cornelius VanArsdalen (Van Arsdall ) was allowed pension on his application executed July 2, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Mercer County, Kentucky. He died January 5, 1840.

No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.

In 1841, Cornelius C. Vanarsdall and Alexander Vanarsdall, executors of the soldier's estate, gave as their address, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in care of Robert B. McAfee; their relationship to the soldier was not stated.

The application for headstone for Cornelius Van Arsdall is returned herewith; there was no correspondence enclosed.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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May 2, 1933
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CORNELIUS VAN ARSDALEN or VAN ARSDALL
S.C. 7292
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. John Mullendree
949 East Jefferson Street
Franklin, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Cornelius Vanarsdall, a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.C. 7292, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Cornelius Van Arsdall, or Van Arsdalen; he signed both ways.

He was born July 5, 1748 (Old Style), in Somerset County, New Jersey, where he was residing at the commencement of the Revolutionary War.

He volunteered in June, 1775, served nine months as orderly sergeant under Captain Peter D. Vroom and Colonels Frelinghuysen and Abraham Quick in the New Jersey troops, then served twelve months in the capacity of second lieutenant under Captains Lott, James Quick, James Wheeler, Baird, Van Middleworth and Colonels Quick and Vandike in said troops, and on June 6, 1777, was commissioned second lieutenant and served four months in Captain John Baird's company, Colonel Peter D. Vroom's New Jersey regiment; in October, 1777, was commissioned first lieutenant and served at various times until in the spring of 1782, about two years four months in all, under Captains Wheeler, Moore, Quick, Van Middleworth, Lott and Colonels Frelinghuysen, Vandike and Boudinot, in the New Jersey troops. He was in the battles of Millstone, Monmouth, Elizabethtown and Springfield.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 2, 1832, while a resident of Mercer County, Kentucky...
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...Cornelius Van Arsdall or VanArsdalen died January 5, 1840.

No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.

In 1841, Cornelius C. Vanarsdall and Alexander Vanarsdall, executors of soldier's estate, gave as their address, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in care of Robert B. McAfee; their relationship to soldier was not stated.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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MMHJ

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

March 16, 1927

Dr. C.B. Van Arsdall
Harrodsburg, Ky.

Sir:

I have to advise you that the pensioner whose name appears on the Report of the Secretary of War, printed in 1835, as Cornelius C. Vanardall, Mercer County, Kentucky, private, New Jersey Militia, annual pension $51.66, placed on pension roll June 17, 1834, pension commenced March 4, 1831, age given as eighty-six years, is the same man referred to in the last paragraph of your letter of January 17, 1927, as Cornelius O. Van Arsdall, New Jersey Regiments as private, spy and wagoner, who enlisted in 1776 and was allowed pension on his application executed April 17, 1834 while a resident of Mercer County, Kentucky aged seventy-four years, whose record you state you already have access to, and do not now desire.

His name as shown on above cited list is a typographical error. He is pensioned as Cornelius O. Vanarsdall, and his name so appears in the original papers on file in this Bureau, and in 1834 he stated that he was aged seventy-four years. 

The second pensioner, Cornelius Van Arsdall, named in your...
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...letter as of Mercer County, Kentucky, Lieutenant in the Virginia Troops, annual pension $320, placed on pension roll November 28, 1833, pension commenced March 4, 1831, age given as eighty-six years, reported on printed list of 1835 as Cornelius Vanardall, is also erroneously reported. He was a Lieutenant in the New Jersey Troops and was placed on the pension roll March 26, 1833 and signed his name Cornelius VanArsdalen, and also Vanarsdall.

You are herewith furnished the history of the last named pensioner.

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Cornelius Van Arsdalen, or VanArsdall, it appears that he was born July 5, 1748 (Old Style), in Somerset County, New Jersey, in which county he was living at the commencement of the Revolution.

He enlisted in June 1775 and served nine months as Orderly Sergeant under Captain Peter D. Vroom and Colonels Frelinghuysen and Abraham Quick in the New Jersey Troops, then served twelve months in the capacity of Second Lieutenant under Captain Lott, James Quick, James Wheeler, Baird, Van Middleworth, and Colonels Quick and Vandike in said troops, and on June 6, 1777 was commissioned Second Lieutenant and served four months in Captain John Baird's Company, Colonel Peter D. Vroom's New...

He stated that 12 mos. was before he was com(missioned) & 4 mos. after.
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...Jersey Militia, in October 1777 was commissioned First Lieutenant and served at various times until in the spring of 1782, about two years and four months in all, under Captains Wheeler, Moore, Quick, Van Middleworth, Lott, and Colonels Frelinghuysen, Vandike, and Boudinot, all in the New Jersey Troops. He was in the battles of Millstone, Monmouth, Elizabethtown and Springfield.

He was allowed pension on his application executed on July 2, 1832 while a resident of Mercer County, Kentucky. He died January 5, 1840. His executors were Cornelius C. Vanarsdall and Alexander Vanarsdall, their relationship to soldier not stated. There is no data on file as to family.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Division. 3-525 | Rec'd Nov. 13. 1922.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C.

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Cornelius C. Van Arsdalen or Van Arsdall, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) | STATE.
June 1775 | 9 mos. | Orderly Ser(geant) | Peter D. Vroom | Jul. {Frelinghuysen, Abraham Quick | N.J.
June 6, 1777 | 16 mos. | 2nd Lieut. | { Lott, James Quick, Van Middleworth, Wheeler & Baird | { Quick, Vandike * Peter D. Vroom | N.J.
From fall 1778 to Sep. 1782 | 2 yrs. & 4 mos. | 1st Lieut. | { Wheeler, Moore, Quick, Baird, Van Middleworth & Lott | { Frelinghuysen, Vandike & Boudinot | N.J.

Battles engaged in, (2) Monmouth, (4) Springfield, (3) Elizabethtown, (1) Millstone.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, N.J. (Somerset Co.)
Date of application for pension, July 6, 1832: allowed.
Residence at date of application, Mercer County, Ky.
Age at date of application, B(orn) Somerset Co., N.J. Jily 5, 1748 O.S.
Remarks: Soldier died Jan. 5, 1840 and his executors were Cornelius C. and Alexander Van Arsdall. Their relationship to soldier is not stated. There is no data on file as to family.

Commissioner.

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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE. | 1-681 | PHONE Branch 476

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 34919.

Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON

CHIEF, Division of Publications,
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Please furnish work specified below.

August 23, 192 9.

Bureau ordering Pension. Deliver to Room No. 5033

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)

Title and description of job photostatic copies of 14 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Cornelius Van Arsdalen, N.J.Trps.S.C.7292.

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Clarksdale Mississippi, Rt. 3
October, 8 1939.

Mr A.D. Hiller
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Hiller:

Thank you for your letter of September 20 inst. 1939, relative to the war record of Cornelius O. Vanarsdel. In your letter you mentioned Cornelius A. Vanarsdel, Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, but failed to give his record and names of wife and children. I feel that Cornelius A. and not Cornelius O. is my ancestor, since the data you sent does not tie in with my record. I shall appreciate it very much if you will send me any information you can, regarding this Cornelius A. Vanarsdel. My record lists one uncle, Ahasarus Vanarsdel Mercer Co. Ky. and I feel that the A. in the Soldiers name might be the same, consequently, my uncle Ahasarus Vanarsdel may be the son of the Rev. Soldier, Cornelius A. Vanarsdel.

The latest date that I have lists Cornelius Vanarsdel married Polly Burton Nov. 25, 1806. Mercer Co. Ky. Therefore you can see, that he was too young,
and must have been a son of Cornelius A. Vanarsdel Rev. Soldier. Does your record give the name of a Rev. soldier, Mercer Co. Ky. with the name Burton,
who lists his children as one, Polly Burton?...
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...Thank you for any information you can give me.
Yours very truly,
s/ Mrs. W.E. Young
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Peoria, Illinois.
Nov. 9th, 1937

U. S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Will you please advise if you have a record of Cornelius VanArsdale who served as an officer during the Revolution. He enlisted from Pennsylvania or Virginia and died in Mercer County, Kentucky.

Respectfully,
s/ Gladys V. Smith

Mrs. Earl K. Smith,
114 Callender Ave.,
Peoria, Ill.
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Franklin Indiana
Feb. 24th, 1933

Mr Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Department
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
Will you please send. me what information you have concerning Cornelius Vanardall a lieutenant in the War of the Revolution.
He was a pensioner and lived in Mercer County Kentucky after the war
Thanking you,
I am vert Respt.
Mrs. John Mullendrer
949 E. Jefferson St.
Franklin, Indiana
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
5-7-34 [crossed out: 1933]

Memorandum for:
The Surgeon General,
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department,
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department,
The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building,
General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W.

1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations.

2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.
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Request for REv. War record of Cornelius Vanarsdall N.J. service and died Jan 5 - 1840Mercer Co. KY
Furnished May 14 - 34 - no correspondence

(signature)
May 14 - 34
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Dr. Condit B. Yan Arsdall
Harrodsburg, Ky.

January 19, 1927.

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

Gentlemen:

In the indexed list of Revolutionary Pensioners as supplied to Congress in the year 1835 there appear two names designated as follows:-

1. Cornelius C. VanArsdall of Mercer County, Kentucky, Private, New Jersey Militia, annual pension $51.66. Placed on pension roll June 17, 1834; pension commenced March 4, 1831. Age given as 86 years.

2. Cornelius VanArsdall, of Mercer County, Kentucky, Lieutenant in the Virginia Line, Annual Pension $320.; sum received $960.; placed on the pension roll November 26, 1833; pension commenced March 4, 1831; age given as 86 years.

Will you please supply me with data relative to place of birth, date of birth, various places of residence, date of death, services rendered, names of wives and children of these two pensioners, as far as such data appear in their applications and other papers connected with their applications.

It seems that there was another Cornelius Vanarsdall who received a [crossed out: pens] pension from Mercer County, Kentucky; but his name is given as Cornelius O. Van Arsdall; served in New Jersey regiments, as private, spy, and waggoner; enlisted in 1776; allowed a pension on his application executed April 17, 1834, while a resident of Mercer County, Kentucky, aged 74 years. I already have access to the record of this Cornelius O.'s service, so do not want it.

Thanking you for the courtesy of an early reply, I am,
Very truly yours,
s/ C.B. Van Arsdall,
P.O. Box 56,
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New Jersey Van Arsdalen, Cornelius. S.F. (S. Cif. 7292)

This for endorsements

1922 Nov 13.  History to Mrs. M.C. Ryan 2266 N Meridian St. Indianapolis Ind.  (See her letter in Cornelius O. Vanarsdalen - wid. Elizabeth.  N.J.  W2978
1927 Mch. 16 - Information rel. to _?_ of 2 pensions (initials) to O.B. Vanarsdall
1929 Sept 3 - Photos to Dr; C. B. Van Arsdall + 25 cents to be refunded.  See I. H. 2978 Cornelius O. Van-  (same initials)Arsdaall, wid. Eliz. for correspondence -
1934 May 14 - list to Memorial Br. Aug.
1937 Nov. 24 - list to Mrs. Earl K. Smith
1938 Oct. 26 correspondence with Mrs O. L. Moore in re. this case. See John Van Arsdall S23462 - ( initials MLB)
1 O939ct 31 - Hist to Mrs. W.E. Young (initials MLB)
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Frankfurt(KY) - Dec 14 18__ (paper torn)

Dear Sir,
   I enclose you the claims of Cornelius VanArsdall, John Moore,  John Bohan, John Gritton, John Polter, and James Galloway - all of which except the last were among the first cases sent on by me and were returned by Mr Edwards for new proceedings. I have now prepared them with great care, I know all the men personally and they _?_ are most respectable old soldiers.  Your early (underlined) attention to these cases will greatly oblige them as they have been thrown behind and are anxiously waiting for their portion (pension?) of the County and this Country. The case of Mr. Galloway deposed in tradition but it is peculiar his house was burnt and he lost all, he was as brave as Casar during that war - so is the tradition - your friend
Robt. B. Mcafee

(PS your answer to Harrodsburg KY)
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Revolutionary Claims R.B. McAfee 

John Bohan
John Gritton
John Moore
John Polter
James Galloway
Cornelius Vanarsdall

Honorable Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City

(smudged postmark below)
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(Sworn to)
Cornelius Vanarsdalen
1st Lieutenant 
Revolutionary War
No. 5017

July 17 1843

Pension Office
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State of Kentucky
Mercer County

This day Cornelius Vanarsdalen personally appeared in open court (it being a court of record) for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the late act of Congress approved June of 1832 and made oath that in the spring of 1775 he entered into the militia service in the state of New Jersey and served one year as a soldier of the revolutionary army, and in June 1777 he was commissioned second Lieutenant by his Excellency William Livingston Gorman (?) of New Jersey in the second New Jersey regiment of this state line to take rank from the 6th day of June 177 - which said commission in a mutilated condition he yet has in his possession and refers to as part of this his affidavit , that in the year 1778 he was promoted to first Lieutenant in his said regiment it being the second N. Jersey regiment which said commission he carried with him until it was much worn and is now lost or mislaid so that he has not been able to find it.  He further states that he continued in service of his country from the time he received his commission of 2d Lieutenant and afterwards as 1st Lieutenant until after the capture of Lord Cornwallis of Little York. That he participated in several engagements and performed service as a faithful officer as aforesaid from June 1777 to the spring of the year 1782. That  he is now in the 84th year of his age and stands in great need of assistance from  his country for support that he has not been _?_ is he now a pensioner of the _?_ states and relinquishing all other claims to a pension.    Witness  his hand and seal this 2nd day of July 1832.
Cornelius Van Arsdalen
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State of Kentucky
Mercer  County

This day Cornelius Van Arsdalen came into open court and signed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit he being an aged officer of the revolutionary army.

State of Kentucky
Mercer County. viz:
This day Daniel Coovert and Peter Dermott (the said Coovert and Dermott bing each in their seventy fifth year of age) came into open court and made oath to the following statement viz. _?_ the said Coovert and Dermott state on oath that we are well acquainted with Cornelius VanArsdalen whose name is subscribed  to the __ing affidavit,  and we know that he was a Lieutenant in the New Jersey state line troops and that he served as an officer in the revolutionary war from the year 1777 until after Lord Cornwallis was taken. The said Peter Dermott states that he was a soldier under the said Vanarsdalen for some time and knows that he is the same man that was then a 1st Lieutenant at the time.  He served with him and they further state that they have been well acquainted with the said Van Arsdalen from that time to the present day and we have always believed that he acted as a faithful officer during the time aforesaid. Witness our hands and seals this 2d day of July 1832
Peter Dermott
Daniel Covart
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State of Kentucky
Mercer County July  Term 1832

I Philip L.   Allen clerk of the Court aforesaid do certify that the William _?_ statement signed by Cornelius VanArsdalen and also the statement and signed by Peter Dermott andDaniel Covert were personally sworn to in open court by said Van Arsdalen Dermott and Covert on the snd day of July instant and I do further that said Dermot and Covert are credible Witnesses.

In Testimony whereof I have herewith set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at my office in Harrodsburg this 6 Day of July 1832 and the 41st year of the Commonwealth.
Phil. L. Allen