Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8771, for William Sutherland, Maryland
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(3-1776)
SERVICE | | NUMBER
Md. | Sutherland, William | W.8771
 | Catharine | 
CONTENTS
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19571
William Sutherland
of Casey Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the  (illegible) commanded
by Captain Campbell of the regt commanded
by Col. Washington the Md
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Sept
1833 and Thomas
Allen Jr Harodsburgh
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 200.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 40.00 
$240.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book 6 Vol 7 Page 28
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See letter to the H. R.
Johnson and Kenty Agt
9th Feb 34 -- do to P. Agt.
19 June 1834 & 2d July 1834
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5443
Kentucky
Catharine Sutherland,
widow of William Sutherland
who was a Private
in the MD Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars ____
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 20th day of July 1843.
20 July
Certificate of Pension issued the
3 day of May 
and sent to 
Hon G A Calowell
H Reps
Vol.
Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 Page 113.
---

rep 3 May '44
(illegible) Jany 23 1845
No. 184
Certified was in Ft Reso:
of Jany 23 '45 $80
per annum comm on the
(illegible) & ending
on the 20th of July 1843.
Frankfort Ky
Apl 29 2845
Rep
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10322 
W  Act of 1843  5788 
Catharine Sutherland 
Ken:
Act 7. July 38 
M 88. L 43
admd.
2 yr   pri
$80. 
Act 3 March ‘43 from 20 July 43 the day 
of her husband death. 
Regr and under act 3 March 43, 

Hon. G. A. Caldwell
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State of Kentucky 
Boyle County SS 
On this the 9th day of November 1843 Personally 
appeared before me Abram Fulkerson an acting Justice of the Peace in 
and for the County and State aforesaid Mrs Catharine Sutherland a resident 
in Casey County and nearly immediately on it & the Boyle County line aged above 
seventy six (76) years and who after being first duly sworn according to law 
doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit 
of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 7 July 1838 Entitled an act 
granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows towit that she is the widow of William 
Sutherland deceased late of Casey County Kentucky and who was a soldier in 
the Army of Revolution and served in actual service several years and belonged 
to the troops of the State of Virginia and on account of his Said 
Service was granted a Pension under the act of Congress passed the 7 day 
of June 1832 at the rate of $80.00 per annum. She being unable to 
State the names of the officers under whom the said service in the said 
army of her said husband was performed will for their names as well
as the character of the service its duration, the period at which [?] 
refer to the evidence contained in the papers composing the matter of 
his application for the afsd pension granted him. She further declares
that her said husband may have served in other States or other troops as 
she did not become acquainted with him her said husband until after 
his service in the army had terminated. yet as she has before 
done will refer to the evidence upon which said pension was granted 
him for a full history of the Service, places whereat [?] she further 
declares that she has no documentary evidence in support of her 
claim. She further declares that she was married to the
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said William Sutherland about fifty seven years ago and which 
was in the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty nine, and that her said 
husband died on the 20th day of July 1843 and that she 
has never married since his his death but still remains his 
widow. she further saith that she lives Just in the edge of Casey 
County and nearly immediately on the Boyle County line and that she is 
actually unable to leave her room further than just to cross the line of Boyle County 
in which County her husband previous to his death attended to the preparation 
at all times of his papers for the drawing of his money since it was stricken 
off from Mercer County & previous thereto in Mercer County. 
Catharine Sutherland her X mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me on
 the day and year aforesaid 
A. Fulkerson J Peace }

And also came before me the just Subscribed magistrate Miss Nancy Sutherland 
a Lady “truly,” and who after being first duly sworn according 
to law deposeth and saith that she is the daughter of the foregoing 
declarant and her deceased husband William Sutherland and that 
her said Father William Sutherland departed this life the 20 July 
last (1843) and her said mother has never since married and her said 
Father was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of $80 per annum 
and always prepared his papers at the nearest town which is in Boyle 
County and is Perryville where Esqr Fulkerson lives and further that 
it is above 18 miles to the county seat of Casey and the entire way is 
through the Knobs and over them which at all times is most impassible.
and further that Said mother is actually unable to leave her room further 
to cross the line upon which they are nearly immediately living. She further 
saith that her Said Father and mother had two children over fifty
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years of age and the third child is about or near fifty years of 
age and further this deponent saith not 
Nancy Sutherland her X mark
Sworn and subscribed before me on }
the day and year afsd }
A Fulkerson 

I Abram Fatherson the Magistrate before whom the preceding 
deposition and declaration was taken certify that the declarant 
Mrs Catharine Sutherland is personally known to me and 
is a Lady of respectability and is from actual bodily disability 
prevented from appearing in Open Court she  did make 
out to leave her room to cross the County line to make her 
declaration before me and that before me her deceased Husband 
would appear to prepare his papers for the reception of his money 
I also Certify that her place of residence is about 18 miles from 
the County seat of Casey and to which place it is difficult to go 
on account of the Knobs or mountains and her residence is 
about 18 miles from the County seat of Boyle the passage to 
which is rendered likewise difficult on account of the Knob and hills.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto, subscribe my name 
this the 9 day of November 1843 Abram Fulkerson J P
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State of Kentucky 
Boyle County ⎬ Sct 
I Duff Green Clerk of the County Court for the 
County aforesaid do hereby certify that Abram Fulkerson Esquire whose 
name is subscribed and attached to the foregoing Depositions and Certificate, 
now is and was at the time of affixing his signature thereto 
an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Boyle aforesaid, 
and that full faith and credit is due to all his official 
Acts as such, and that his said signatures are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and affixed my seal of Office at Office in 
the Town of Danville in the County of Boyle 
aforesaid this 15th day of November In the Year 
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty three 
Duff Green Clerk 
of Boyle County Court
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No 25112 
William Southerland 
Casey County Kentucky 
from 1776 private 
2 yr $80. 
can only allow as a private 
Thos. Allen Jr Clk Mercer County 
Kentucky
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.


A Statement, showing the Service of William Southerland Casey County Kentucky.
Period when the
service was 
rendered.
Extended
1776

Duration of the
Claimant's serive
Years Months Days
Regular soldier

Rank of 
the Claimant
_____

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Genrl Puterdan
Cap Campbell
Genl Washington

Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
85 years
Hagerstown 
Maryland

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary evidence certified
credible & Clergyman's certificate
paper correct

It is noted on the muster Rolls of the Maryland line to which
you belonged that you were missing, in July 1777, unless it can be
shown that your returned to the army, and served as set forth, 
a pension cannot be allowed.

Battle of Flat Bush, White
plains prince Town, Brandywine
German Town.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons
us who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [sic] or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of } ss. 
On this day of in the county of personally appeared (a) before
 A.B. a resident (b) of in this county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the (e) regiment of the , with
line, under the following named officers:
and Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of
&c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
G. To a Soldier, Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given. and what has become of it?
To an Officer, Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. 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 of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the person or persons of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot Every clamant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. 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 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-year-months, and days , I served as a-
For months and - days, I served as a- months, and -and for such service I claim a pension."
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 that 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 shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the service was performed that the applicant served while 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's 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.
[graphic of pointing finger] The notes from [a] - [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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William Southerland [William Sutherland]
Revolutionary Claim 
25112
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State of Kentucky 
Casey County } Sct
On this 19th day of April 1833 personally appeared before 
me Andrew Sinkhorn a Justice of the peace and one of the 
Judges of the Casey County Court in the State afsd William 
Sutherland  aged about eighty five years who being first 
duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the 
of following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of 
[an act] of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 
That he enlisted as a regular soldier under Captain 
Campbell at Hagerstown in the State Maryland in the 
year 1776 he can not recollect the day or month, and marched 
without delay to the North and Joined the army commanded by Generals
Putnam and Sullivan, and in a very short time afterwards 
they engaged the enemy at a place called Flatbush, as well 
as this deponent can recollect, the conflict here was very 
severe, we were forced to give way, but not without thinning 
ranks of the enemy. This was my first introduction to the red coats as they were then called, we afterwards joined 
the army under the command of Genl Washington at 
or near the white plains when we come together again 
the ground here was severely contested the British claimed the 
Victory but it was believed by all of us that we got the best 
of the fight. In this battle we were directly commanded 
by Genl McDougall, he thinks Washington was commander 
in chief. we afterwards crossed North River 
and took a post He cant recollect the name of it. We then retreated into Pennsylvania across the Delaware 
and through Jersey State during this retreat we suffered 
severely It was bitter cold weather and the great Body of the Militia & volunteers left the army, but 
shortly afterwards recd reinforcements and recrossed the delaware overtook the Hessians at Trenton 
and nearly took all of them prisoners. we then
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marched to Princetown and came up with a body 
of the enemy defeated them and took several hundred 
prisoners we the then went into winter quarters at Morriston [Morristown]
during which time we suffered for want of provisions 
and Clothing , as well as this deponent recollects after 
this  winter broke we march for Brandywine and 
had another Battle it was hot weather and we 
had a hot time in this Battle he was wounded in 
the left leg a little below the knee the ball entered 
the left side of the leg and lodged next to the skin on 
on the inside, they were forced to retreat, and the
next morning the surgeon cut out the ball
and he was able to keep his place in the ranks. This Depnt
was afterwards in the Battle of Germantown and 
other skirmishes this year & went into winter quarters
at a place called Valey [Valley] Forge, he thinks it unnessary [unnecessary] 
for him to farther enumerate his services he was one of the 
first to enlist and one of the last to quit the 
army he has no doubt but that his name will be found 
on the Rolls of the Continental army from Maryland 
he has recd nothing but the bounty at the time of his 
enlistment he was promised land also which he has 
never recd and which he now wishes to get. he hereby 
relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or 
annuity except the present and he declares that his  
name is not on the pension Roll of any agency 
in any State. Sworn and subscribed the day and 
year aforesaid, and he furthermore swears that he 
knows of no persons living by whom he can prove 
his services except from Reputation that he has 
long since lost or mislaid his discharges and for proff 
he refers to the old rolls and to those who know him best 
and longest and that he is unable to attend Court which is 15 miles of
Andrew Sinkhorn J.P. 
William Sutherland his X mak [handwritten seal]
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We John Rogers a Clergyman residing in Casey County 
and Ezekiel Sinkhorn residing in the same County & State do 
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Sutherland who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration; 
that we believe him to be about the age he states himself 
to be in his declaration; that that he is reputed and believed, in the 
neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Regular soldier 
of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and the 
the sd William Southerland is a credible witness and that he is [un]able 
to attend the Casey County Court without great inconvenience and bodily pain
John Rogers [handwritten] seal
Ezekiel Sinkhorn [handwritten] seal
Sworn to and subscribed before 
me the day and year afsd⎬ 
Andrew Sinkhorn J.P.

Co An the Con And An a 
Justice of the peace and 
one of the Judges of the Casey County Court do hereby 
declare my opinion, after the the investigation of the mat 
and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the 
war department, that the above name applicant was a Regular soldier of Revolution and served 
as he states. And that John Rogers who has signed the 
ceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in 
the County and Ezekiel Sinkhorn who has also signed the 
the same is a resident of sd County and a credit person and witness 
Given under my hand & seal this the day of April, A.D. 1833 Andrew Sinkhorn ℗ 
Joel Rooney Clerk of the County of Casey in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that 
drew Tinkhorn whose name is to the foregoing affidavits 
tificate is an acting justice of the peace for the said 
Court duly commissioned and qualified as such 
that the signature purporting to be his is genuine 
that full faith & credit is due & ought to be given his official acts 
In Testimony whereof
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I have hereunto subscribed my name 
and affixed the seal of my office 
this Twentieth day of April One 
Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty 
Three 
Joel Sweeney Clk
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9195.
Kentucky
Catherine Netherland
widow of Wm Sutherland
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 20th July 1843
of Casey Co. in the State of Kentucky
who was a Private in the Camp
commanded by Captain Campbell of the 
Regt commanded by Washington in 
the Md Line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Louisville
at the rate of 80 Dollars ____
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of
April 1845 and sent to L. F. J. Trabue
Frankfort, Kentucky
Total Amount, $400.00

{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by Tho Lumpkin, Clerk
Book D Vol 1 Page 377

Joint Ress. Jany 23. '43
No 104 Rep:
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Office of the Bank U.S. 
Lexington June 26 1834 
Sir,
I have received your Letter of the 19th inst. instructing 
me to pay the amount due William Sutherland on the production of the 
Proper voucher and in the latter claim, refer to a printed Sheet of instructions 
enclosed. The sheet referred to did not accompany the Letter. 
So soon as they are received, they will be followed.
Very Respy.
Yr. Ob. St.
M. T. Scott Clark 
for Jno Telford Prest 

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commr. of Pensions 
Washington
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Revolutionary Claims.
2117.
Treasury Department,
7 June 1834
William Sutherland of
in the County of
Casey
in the State of Kentucky has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury
for the benefits of the act entitled An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldier of the Revolution, approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination at which period he
was a Private in Captain [blank] company, in the Col Washington's regiment of the Virginia line and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided
by the resolve of the 15th of May 1775, and further, that he was not on the 15th of May 1828, on the Revolutionary pension list of the United States, and that he has receive as a pensioner since the 5 March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary
Francis A. Dickins
Treasury Department,
Third Auditors office
9th June 1834
Exd Rej
Ud Inv. File no [05.863- crossed out]
[It appears by the records in the office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been assessed to in the - crossed out - Invaid]
It further appears that William Southerland, a private, is now on the pension list of the
Kentucky agency, and has been paid a the rate of at the rate of $2.66 2/3 wo
dollars per month to the 4th of September 1829-
The name of William Sutherland does not appear among those of the Virginia line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued 
[Illegible] Hagner [illegible]
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Dept of War, Bounty Land Office 
June 11. 1834 
On an official list showing the names of the soldiers of 
the Virga. Continental line, who enlisted for, and Served to 
the close of the War, which list was furnished this Dept.
by the Governor of Virginia in 1811, the name of William 
Southerland, is returned as a Corporal of Artillery, and as such is 
entitled to bounty land from the U. States. 
No man by the name of William Sutherland, is returned 
in the Records of the 3d Regt of Dragoons Virga. line, comd. 
by Col. Wm Washington. 
Wm Gordon
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Frankfort Ky 
Decr 4 1843 
Sir
I herewith enclose you the Declaration of Mrs Catharine 
Sutherland under the act of Congress passed 7 July 1838 making application 
for a pension under the said act. I also enclose herewith a certificate 
from the Clerk of the Court of Rockbridge County shewing that the 
said widow and her deceased husband were lawfully married. The mentioned 
proceedings have been submitted to the County Court and approved thereby a 
Copy of which order is likewise enclosed herewith. 
Please enclose to me at Frankfort Kentucky 
the Certificate of allowance 
I am Sir very respectfully 
Your Obt Servt
S. F. J. Trabue 

Hon J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City.
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[stamp] LEXINGTON NOV 22 [?]

25
S F J Trabue Esqr 
Frankfort 
Kentucky
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State of Virginia 
Rockbridge County, SC:
I Samuel McDowell Reid, Clerk 
of the County Court of said County of Rockbridge 
in the State of Virginia aforesaid, do hereby 
certify, that it appears from the record of 
Marriages made according to Law in my office 
that William Sutherland was married to Katharine 
Ensminger on the 6th day of August 1789. 
by the Reverend John Brown - 
Given under my hand this 21st day of 
November 1843. 
Sam. McD. Reid Clk
(fee 36 cts) 


Lexington Virginia 2st Nov 1843 
Dr Sir
Yours of the 10th inst was recd by the last 
mail and above you have the answer.
To send such a copy so authenticated as to avail 
at the department at Washington. will cost in addition to 
above fee $1.73. one dollar of it being a state tax. [1.73 + .36] Send $2.09 and the proper copy shall be forwarded 
to your order 
Very respectfully 
your obt st
Sam McD. Reid
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William Sutherland, Ky - act 7 June 32. last pd?
GMC
2 May 44 
Died 20th July 1843, but only paid to 4th March 1843
B L B[?]
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Hon. R. B. Taney
Sec of Treasury

Claim for benefit of act of May 18, 1828
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Recd 2 June 1834
Accomack Cty Va. May 26 1834
Sir I enclose you the application of
Wm Sutherland of the Va line for the
benefit of the act of the act of May
15. 1828. On its allowance you may if
you please forward the draft payable
to me as atty, at Philadelphia
your obt sent
Jes. Ellis

Hon. R B Taney
Sec of the Treasury

 #8771 - Wils
No record of Ser
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Ho. of Reps 
Apl 20th 1844 
Dear Sir 
I am advised that the declaration 
and evidence in support of the claim 
of the widow of William Sutherland 
decd late of Casey County Kenty 
to a pension under the act of 
Congress passed 7th July 1838 was 
about the month of Nov. last 
transmitted to you by S F J Trabue 
Esq. of Frankfort Ky. I am advised 
that the claim perhaps presents no 
difficulty and I hope you will 
allow me to urge, in behalf of 
the applicant who is one of my 
most worthy and needy constituents, 
your earliest possible attention 
to this claim 
Yours Respectfully 
Geo A Caldwell 

Hon. J.L. Edwards
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Cath Sutherland 
Ken under late Re’d

S F J. Trabue
Feb 22d  45 

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Catharine Sutherland 
under joint resolution of 23d 
Jany: 1845 and act 
7 July, 1838 
Admd: @ $80 per ann:
from 4 March 1836 to 
4 March, 1841. and 
also under act 3 Mar ‘43
from 4 March 1843 to 20 July, 1843.

S. F. J. Trabue Esq 
Frankfort, 
Kentucky
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State of Kentucky 
Boyle County Sct 
On this the 4 day of Febuary 1845 Personally 
appeared before me Abram Fulkerson an acting Justice of the Peace 
in and for the County and State aforesaid Mrs Catharine Sutherland 
resident in and for the County aforesaid aged supposed to be about Sunty sure 
years who after being first duly sworn according to law doth on her on 
the make the following declaration in order that an allowance as a pension 
be granter her according to the times of the act of Congress passed 7th 
July 1858, and which would have been granted ere this lot for the passage of the 
act of Congress of 20th April 1844 which prevent said allowance and which 
she holes now to obtain by virtue of a resolution touching this matter passed 
the House of Representations on 30th December 
1844 having previously passed the Senate 
Towit that she is the widow of William Sutherland deceased late 
of Casey County Ky who was a soldier of the Maryland line in the 
my of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States on the Kentucky 
agency under the act 7th June 1832. That she applin for a pension under the 
act 7th July 1838 which was not allowed her because of the passage 
of the act of 30 April 1864 which prevented the allowance. That she was 
allow a Pension for the part of a year under the act of 3d of 
March 1843. That she now respectfully asks that an allowance 
may be granted her for the amount due under the respecture 
3 acts and that the certificates convincing the same may be one
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[enc]losed or delivered to her attorney S F J Tratin of Frankfort
Kentucky, and with him alone to the exclusion 
of all others whomsoever does she wish Correspondence held in reference to her claim as 
he alone  is her attorney authorized to act in 
the 
matter of the afsd pensions that are due and this 
is to revoke all authority hitherto given to anyone 
or assumed by anyone in her behalf 
and to request of the Commissioner of Pensions 
& all other officers in the War Department connected 
with the business, that all correspondence in 
reference to her claim be restricted to her said 
attorney, and particularly that Christopher Chin 
shall not be permitted to appear in her behalf 
or be corresponded with at all, or countenanced
as her attorney in these claims. 
Catherine Sutherland her X mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me on 
on the day and year aforesaid }
Abram Fulkerson JP

and I the just subscribed magistrate certify 
that the foregoing declarant is personally known 
to me, and this day appeared before me and 
made oath to the statements contained in the 
foregoing declaration, and acknowledged
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that the investing of S F J Graber with all authority 
to act in her behalf, in reference to the Pensions due her 
and revoking all authority given to assumed hitherto 
by anyone to act for her is done of her own Voluntary will 
I certify that she is still the 
widow of Wm Sutherland late of Casey Co Ky who 
was a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States 
and is a lady of respectibility unto all of whose statements the fullest confidence is due In testimony 
whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this the 
4 day of Febuary 1845 
Abram Fulkerson J P 

State of Kentucky 
County of Boyle⎬ Sct
I, Thomas B. Nichols, Clerk of 
Boyle County Court, do certify that Abram Fulkerson 
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate 
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County 
and State aforesaid, regularly commissioned and qualified, 
and that as such full faith and credit are due and 
of right ought to be given to all his official acts, 
and I further certify that the signature purporting 
to be the signature of said Justice to the 
foregoing
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certificate, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have 
hereunto affixed the Seal of said 
Court, and subscribed my name 
at Danville, this the 6 day of 
February A.D. 1845 
Tho B. Nichols Clk
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State of Kentucky Boyle County Court 
Boyle County Court November Term 1843
At a County Court duly organized begun and holden at the town of 
Danville in and for the County of Boyle State of Kentucky on
the 13th day of November 1843. It is ordered by the Court 
to be certified and recorded that the proceedings in the 
matter of the application of Mrs Catharine Sutherland 
for a pension had on the 9th day of November 1843 
before Abram Fulkerson Esq. be and the same are now 
submitted to the Court and are now sanctioned by the 
Court and further that the said proceedings are entitled 
to as full faith and credit as though they had been made in open Court 
I Duff Green Clerk of the County 
Court of Boyle County State of Kentucky certify 
that the above order is truly transcribed from the 
records in my office 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
affixed my seal of Office and subscribed 
my name this the 15th November 1843 
Duff Green Clerk 
Of Boyle County Court
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8771
Catharine Sutherland
Wid of William Sutherland
Pvt Md line
Act: Mach 3
Index: --V
Mch. 3 of (illegible)
Index: - Vol M, Page 254
{Arrangement of 1870}
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Sutherland 
To } Power of Atty.
Vespasian Ellis


[?]
File 8771
Page 38

Know all men by these presents that I William 
Sutherland of Casey County Kentucky, Do hereby constitute 
and appoint Vespasian Ellis, my true and Lawful 
Attorney with a power of substitution, For me, and in 
my name to recieve from the United States the amount 
of pay now due to me under the act entitled "An act 
for the relief of Certain Surviving Officers and soldiers 
of the revolution" Approved 15th May 1828. as a private of 
Cavalry in Colonel William Washingtons Regiment of the 
Virginia Continental or State line of the Army of the Revolution 
Sealed & delivered in the presence of 
Isaac Pearson 
Witness my hand and seal this 14th 
day of March A.D. 1834 
William Sutherland [handwritten mark & seal] X Seal

State of Kentucky 
Mercer County   } SS
Before me Isaac Pearson a Justice of the peace in the County and 
State aforesaid personally appeared this day William Sutherland whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing power of Attorney and 
acknowledged the same to be his act and deed and also declared 
that the same was not given by reason of any transfer 
or of any attachment, levy or seizure by any legal process whatever 
of the pay therein authorized to be recieved , but that said 
pay is intended to [?] wholly to his personal benefit.
Given under my hand & seal this 14th day of March A.D. 1834. 
Isaac Pearson J. P. [handwritten] seal

Mercer County Sct
I Thomas Allin Clerk of the Court of the County of Mercer in the State 
of Kentucky Do hereby Certify that Isaac Pearson Esqr before whom this 
foregoing power of Attorney was acknowledged is a Justice of the Peace and 
that the signature purporting to be his is genuine 
In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my 
hand & affixed the seal of sd Court this 14th day March AD 1834. Tho Allin
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Wm. Sutherland 
Revolutionary 
Claim
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The farther Declaration of William Southerland made in 
order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress allowing 
pensions to the surviving soldiers of the army of the 
Revolution. On this 10th day September AD 1833 personally 
appeared before me Jaqueline A Lewis a Justice of the peace 
and one of the Judges of the Mercer County Court the said 
William Southerland who being duly sworn according to 
Law, states that in the fall of the year 1776 he enlisted 
as a Regular soldier for during the war under Capt 
Campbell then at Hagerstown in Maryland and served 
faithfully upwards of six years during four years of 
the time he acted and served as duty sergeant and during 
which service he was attached to different Regiments and 
in diferent Brigades but the most of the time he served 
in the Maryland line. he cant recollect the names of all the 
Captains and Colonels under whom he served, Captain Campbell 
was one and Colonel Green was another he was well 
acquainted with General Morgan and was attached to 
his Brigade at the Battle of the Cow Pens  [Cowpens] as one of 
his Riflemen. He is informed that it is noted on the 
Rolls of the Maryland line that he was missing in 
July 1779, he solemnly swear that he has no recollection 
of being missing at the time spoken off or unfit for 
duty. In the Battle of Brandywine he received a severe 
wound in the leg and was then reported unfit for duty 
for several weeks. It is also true that on a hard force 
March his leg would fail him and it is now almost 
entirely useless which is produced wholly by the wound 
he recd at Brandywine, It may be possible that he was 
missing at the time spoken off but it must have 
been for a short time, for in the year 1780 he was 
in the Battle of Camden in South Carolina and 
in 1781 he was in the Battle with Morgan at the Cow Pens [Cowpens] and the same year in the Battle of Guilford 
Courthouse & Utaw [Eutaw] Springs in all the afsd Battles he served as a Regular 
and was discharged some time after the war closed.
he received a discharge which is lost. he was dis-[charged]
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[dis]charged somewhere to the North the name of the place 
he cannot now recollect. He is now upwards of Eighty 
five years of age and his recollection has greatly failed 
him, but he will here state, that if long service and 
hard fighting will entitle one to a pension he thinks 
his claim will not be overlooked.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year afsd.
William Sutherland his X mark

State of Kentucky 
Mercer County   } SS
The Deposition of Jacob Coffman a Revolutionary pensioner 
aged seventy years this deponent being of Lawful 
age and first duly sworn according to Law States that 
he lives a near neighbour to the said William Southerland 
in the County of Casey & State of Kentucky that he is fully 
satisfied that sd Southerland served as a Regular soldier 
that he has been in many Battles with him and the last 
was that of the Utaw [Eutaw] Springs he has no hesitation in 
saying that said Southerland served as set forth in 
his Declaration, and that said Southerland is a credible 
person and that he believes him to be 85 years of age 
and farther sayeth not. Sworn to and subscribed the 
day and year afsd.
Jacob Coffman 

State of Kentucky 
Mercer County ⎬ SS 
I Jaqueline A Lewis a Justice of the peace and 
one of the Judges of the Mercer County Court. Do 
hereby Certify that William Southerland and 
Jacob Coffman came before me and made oath 
to the statements by them respectively subscribed and 
I Do further certify that the said William Southerland and Jacob Coffman are credible persons 
Given under my hand this 10th day 
of September 1833
J A Lewis
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State of Kentucky 
Mercer County } Sct
I Thomas Allen Clerk of 
the County Court afd do certify that Jaqueline A Lewis 
Esq whose name is affixed to the foregoing last Certificate 
is an acting Justice of the peace for Mercer County duly 
Commissioned & qualified & that full faith & Credit is
 due & should be given to all his official acts as such 
& further that sd. Lewis is one of the Judges of the Mercer County Court 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my name & affixed the Seal of Said
County Court at the Clerk's office in Harrodsburg
the 12th day of September 1833 and in the 
42nd year of the Commonwealth 
Tho. Allen
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William Sutherland 
Revolutionary 
Claim

[?] Ellis
Page 44

2117

State of Kentucky 
Mercer County ⎬ Sct 
Before me Isaac Pearson a Justice 
of the peace and one of the Judges of the Mercer County Court in the 
State afsd personally appeared William Sutherland a resident of 
Casey County Kentucky, known to me as a person of good repute 
and aged about Eighty Six Years who being duly Sworn 
according to Law, does on his Oath Say that in the year 1776 
he enlisted in the Maryland line of the Army of the Revolution 
for three or four years he is not certain which and served out his 
time faithfully his first Battle was at a place called Flatbush 
Genl Sullivan Commanded our line in this battle he continued 
to serve in the foot service untill after the Battle of Germantown.
In 1776 & 7. he was in Several hard fought Battles, and was wounded 
in the leg in the battle of Brandywine, his first enlistment 
was under Capt. Campbell then at Hagerstown in Maryland 
he does not recollect all the officers that commanded him 
during his foot service, he was with Genl Washing when crossing 
and recrossing the Delaware River, he knows he served out his 
time faithfully and was honorably discharged he does not now 
recollect the date of his discharge or what has become of it; he 
knows that it was within a few days after he regularly 
enlisted as a private of Cavalry in Colonel William
Washington? Regiment of horse for during the war in the Virginia 
Continental or State line he does not now recollect which 
and served with him faithfully untill the war ended during his 
service in the Cavalry he was with his Colonel in the Battle of the 
Cowpens and was close by him when he made a dash at Tarlton, and was with Colonel Washington 
in the Battle of the Eutaw Springs when he was taken prisoner, he further states that he recd his bounty of 
$80. at the close of this war, he farther states that 
he is a pensioner under the act of June the 7, 
1832 and has 
drawn his pension down to the 4th of March 1834 he further
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States that in his declaration for a pension under the act June 
1832 he did not name all the service and as well as he 
now recollects did not note his 2d enlistment as he was 
informed it was only necessary for him to show that he 
served two years. he farther states that he has no documentary 
evidence to establish his service having long since lost 
his discharge; farther he knows of no person by whom 
he can prove all his service, and in conclusion he will 
say this with a clear concience before his God, that he served
faithfully as set forth in his declaration: And in testimony 
whereof he has hereunto annexed his signature or mark 
Witness my hand this 14 of March 1834. 
William Sutherland his X mark

State of Kentucky 
Mercer County ⎬ Sct
Before me Isaac Pearson
a Justice of the peace & one of the Judges of the said County 
Court in the State afsd Personally appeared Wm Vanover & Smalwood Maddox
of the sd County persons known to me as credible witness 
who did severally make Oath  that they believe William 
Sutherland by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed 
is the Identical William Sutherland who served 
in the war of the Revolution in the manner as therein stated, 
Sworn & subscribed 
before me this 14th March 1834 }
Isaac Pearson JP MC
William Vanover [handwritten] seal
Smallwood Maddox [handwritten] seal

State of Kentucky 
Mercer County Sct ⎬ 
I Thomas Allin Clerk of the 
Court for the County afsd do Certify that Isaac 
Pearson Esq whose name is subscribed to the foregoing 
Certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the 
County afd duly commissioned and qualified 
and as such full faith and credit 
is and ought to be given to every 
of his official acts as such & I do 
further certify that William Sutherland 
is a man of respectability and truth
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In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and Seal of Office this 
14th day of March 1834. 
Tho Allen