Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 346, Perrin Cardwell, Va.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Cardwell, Perrin W 346
Elizabeth BL Wt. 31,447-160-55
CONTENTS
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Died 2 Dec┃ 1854

13830
East Tennessee
Perrin Cardwell
of Knox Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Mumford of the commanded
by Col Goode in the Virginia
[unreadable] for 8 1/2 months

Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee
at the rate of 28 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of June
1833 and sent to James Wair Knoxville.

Arrears to the 4th of March 56.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 14.16
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 $70.82
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Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk
Book Vol. Page 39
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State of Tennessee
Knox County  SS
On the 25 day of August 1832 Personally appeared in open court before me Samuel Powel one of the Circuit Judges of law & Equity in and for the said state of Tennessee and for the first Judicial Circuit in the Circuit Court now sitting Perrin Cardwell a resident of the County and state aforesaid in the said County and state aged 68 years last July who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress Passed June 7th 1832  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated  He resided in Paveton[?]
County Virginia in the start of February in the year 1781 while living at said place he was caled into service under an order or call from the governor in case of an immergency by which call or order he thinks the one half of the county was caled into service and he went as one among the rest under Captain Edward Munford in Col William Mayho Regiment rendezvoused at Manchester in Chesterfield County Va  there we joined Col Robert Gendes regiment who took the command of both regiments by the order of Genl Lafayett as he was informed, we then marched down James River to the cross roads, or the wire bottom church continued there untill the battle at Petersburgh between Barun Steuban and the british  then we marched to Chesterfield court house thence back to Cal Carys  he was on guard when the british appeared in sight of Carys mills  we ware ordered to retreat and done so  retreated beond the river road to the Rock Springs in
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the wood the next day marched to a place caled Chitwoods and took up camp till night  we ware then caled on prade and told by Col. Guide that there was a british pickett guard three miles from Manchester and all that would volunteer and go and help to take that guard should be cleared of there tours of duty  72 turned out as volunteered and this applicant was one of that number under the command of Adgedent Thomas Hubbard and Lieut James Tailor  we marched all night about sunrise next morning marched through Manchester down to the river  The brittish had burnt the wearhouses which contained a quantity of tobacco and had marched down the river road before we got there;  thence back to the main army and pursued the british with our whole force the next day to the wire batom Church  we lay there a week or ten days ware then attacked by the british and had to retreat into the woods and by that means got clear of our pursuers   when the enemy turned back we pursued them till we understood they had taken water and left that part of the country  we then returned to the said Wire Bottom Church remained there till the british came on us again  we then retreated towards Chesterfield courthouse and then into the woods   The british then turned back  we then pursued them till we came to the said wire bottom church  lay there till we got word that the british had taken water and gone to Sedar Point  we lay there till about the middle of May  we ware then and there honourably but verbelly discharged by the said Col Gende  served at this time two month and a half
Again while living at the same place in said Paweton County Va. immediately after he returned home from the aforesaid tour he was drafted in the latter part of May 1781 for three months under Capt Edward Munford rendezvoused at Paweton Courthouse had no Col  we then marched through Chesterfield [illegible] the river at Richmond thence through Henerico County to the [illegible] bridges there we joined Lafeyettes army
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and was put under the command of Genl Robert Lawson & Col John John Holiame Maj Phillip Holiame  Marched to Baler Caxs [?] to head quarters  lay there about three weeks thence to battarns Bridge  lay there one or two days thence to Richmond camped at a place caled the Spout Spring thence to ground squerrell Bridge thence a cross the Chickahomany Swamp and camped in an old field for some time thence to New Castle thence up the river above [illegible] into the woods lay there some time and was reinforced by troops from Maryland and other places thence down the river by New Castle to Parks springs lay there some time which made it the latter end of August  Capt Munford then got a discharge for himself and all his men and he gave us verble discharges by telling us we might go home  he served at this time three months
Again while living in the said Poweton County Va. in about five days after he returned home from the tour last aforesaid he was drafted for a three months tour in the militia (which was in the first of September 1781) under Capt Robert Hughs Lieut Wm Pare and Ensign Henery Stratten  rendezvoused at Poweton Court house marched through Chesterfield a cros the Apomatox River at Petersburgh thence through Prince George and Surry Counties through Cabin point to Swans point  then crosed James River above old James town a short distance about the town thence to Jamestown Church  camped there which was a few days after the battle  the wounded was still in the church  thence to Williams Burgh then joined Genl Layfaettes army about two miles above the town   was put under the command of Genl Robert Lawson who was a Brgadear Genl & Col Beverly Randolph  lay there two or three weeks while there Maj Wood Jones was detached with a company of soldiers to the lines of the british at York town  this applicant was one of that company.  while we ware on the lines of the enemy
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Genl Washington with his troops joined the army at Williamsburgh  Maj Jones was ordered back to the main army at Williamsburgh and was ordered to stop two miles below Williamsburgh  he obeyed the order and camped there till the next day and when the American and French troops marched by we fell in the rear and marched as a read guard till we got within two miles of York town,  there we had our camp till the siege was over   The French formed on the left the American Regulars on the right and the Militia in the center during the seige  he was in the whole siege  helped to take Cornwallace and was there appointed to guard the prisoners to Winchester barrack  he had been sick for some time before the close of the siege but still done duty and after he started with the prisoners he was put upon the sick report and could not procede to Winchester  that was about the first of November, he remained sick and unable to work or do duty till the first of March 1782  he got to writen discharge   he served out his full time of three months.  at this time and if the government  [illegible] him in service till he was able to do duty or labour which he leaves for the sound descision of the Honourable Secretary of War  he served in the last tour five months which makes in the whole ten and a half months service
He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his actual service   He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in OpenCourt
Perrin Cardwell
Wm Swan Clk

We David Flemming a clergyman residing in the said County of Knox
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every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in OpenCourt
Perrin Cardwell
Wm Swan Clk

We David Flemming a clergyman residing in the said County of Knox and state of Tennessee and James Browning residing in the said County and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Perrin Cardwell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration  that we believe him to be 68 years of age  that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion   that he is now a clergyman an of good standing and that we never heard the report of his having been a soldier of the revolution contradicted or its truth questioned  Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court
David Fleming
James Browning
Wm Swan Clk

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 him that David Flemming who has signed the preceding  certificate is a clergyman resident in the said County of Knox and State of Tennessee and that James Browning who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and State and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
S. Powel Judge of the Circuit Court of the State of Tennessee

I William Swan Clerk of the Circuit Court of the said County of Knox in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Perrin Cardwell for a pension and that the said Court is a Court of Record  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal haveing no seal of office at office in Knoxville this 25th day of August 1832
Will: Swan
[handwritten seal]
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[illegible] of [illegible] regiments by the order of Genl Lafayett [sic] as he was informed, we then marched down James River to the cross Road, at the wire bottom Church continued there untill [sic] the battle at Petersburgh between Barren [sic] Steuban [sic] and the british. Then we marched to Chesterfield court house thence back to Cal Carys. He was on guard when the british appeared in sight of Carys Mills we ware ordered to retreat and done so retreated beond [beyond] the river road to the Rock Springs in 

I Hugh L. White a senator in Congress from the state of Tennessee do hereby certify that William Swan is clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the [marked out: State of Tennessee]  said county of Knox and state of Tennessee and that the signatures annexed to the Pension declaration of Perrin Cardwell which purports to be his [illegible] are his genuine signatures.
Hu L White
April 3rd 1833

5984
Pension Application
Perrin Cardwell

Sent to James Hair
Knoxville [illegible]
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5984
Perrin Cardwell
Knox
from 1781 private
8 1/2 months
$28.33

return

10.16 - Int 1.2.7

p. 292

Munford
Goude
Va

12 March
James Hain
Knoxville
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5984

BRIEF in the case of Perrin Cardwell
County of Knox in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disable by bodily infirmity? --

3. How old is he?  68

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

Period.   |   Duration of service.   |   Rank.   |   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
In 1781 Feb.   |  2 1/2 Months   |  As a private   |   Capt. E. Munford, Coln. W Mayho
1781 May   |   3 Months   |  "   |   Col Bo. Geude; Adjutant L. Hubbard, St. J. Tailor
1781 1st Sept  |   3 Months   |   "   |   Capt. E. Mumford; Gen. Robert Lawson, Col. S. Holiame Major P. Holiame-- Capt. R. Hughs, Gen. R. Lawson, Col. B. Randolph, Major W. Jones

5. In what battles was he engaged:  Yorktown

5.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Powhatan Cty, Va

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

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  The Clerk's public Seal of Office is not affixed nor is his certificate attached to the declaration as required.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

F. Waugh  Examining Clerk.
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State of Tennessee}
Knox County }

Personally appeared before me Joseph A Mabry an acting Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for said County Perrin Cardwell a resident of the said County and State in the said County and state who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following amendment to his declaration for a pension which declaration was made in the Circuit Court for said County and bears date August 25th 1832 and was numbered in the War department 805984 and sent back for amendment He was born in Cumberland County Virginia in that part that is now Powaton [sic] on the 12th day July 1764.  He has a record of his age at home in a Book of his family record as kept as a family record book.  He is known in his present neighbourhood to Samuel Crawford  Joseph Jackson Luke Hanks James McCampbell Issac McCampbell John Clayborn and Solomon McCampbell Genl John Cocke all of whom he believes would testify that they believe him to be a man of veracity and that they believe he served as a Soldier of the Revolution Sworn to and and [sic] subscribed before me the 4th day of April 1833.
Perrin Cardwell

J A Mabry
Justice of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter sessions of Knox County
Tenne

State of Tennessee}
Knox County }
I Charles McClung Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the said County of Knox and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Joseph A Mabry before whome [sic] the foregoing amended declaration of Perin Cardwell was made is an acting Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn as such and that the foregoing.
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Signatures which purports to be his are his genuine signatures and that William Swan who is Deputy Clerk of the Court is Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County and State and that the original declaration which is refered to in this amended one is genuine and that the half sheet of paper attached to it by wafers but now by a ribon on which is the certificate of the witness and of the Court and of the Clerk were attached before it was proved in Court and in the whole of it and now stands a bone fide transaction In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office at office in Knoxville this 12th day April 1833
Chas McClung
By his Dep
Wm Swan
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Tennessee Knox
Elizabeth well S5361
widow of
5361
who served Revolutionary
Va
war, as a Private 
6401
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 2d December 1854
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of August 1857 and sent to
Kain & Jones
Knoxville,
Ten.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 241 Vol. H
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55,361
application for Pension
by 
Widow of Revolutionary
Pensioner
Applicant [illegible] that her husband served three years - but - she is unable to state the service. After husband was on the pension list of Knoxville Agency
Address
Kain & Jones.
Knoxville
Tennessee
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Application for Pension by Mrs. Elizabeth Cardwell widow of Perrin Cardwell a revolutionary Pensioner paid at the Knoxville Tennessee Agency, and to whom a certificate was issued under act of June 7th 1832, dated June 26th 1833, Recorded Book E. Vol. 7. Page 39. She applies under act of Feb 3d 1853
State of Tennessee Beit remembered that on this
Knox County 2d day of April 1855 Elizabeth Cardwell aged about Eighty four years, and a credible witness appeared before the Worshipful County Court of and for said County and state, the same being a Court of Record having a seal and of general jurisdiction and made oath in due form of law as follows. She is the widow of Perrin Cardwell, deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States under act of June 7th 1832, at the rate of Twenty Eight Dollars and Thirty three cents per annum. That her said husband is dead that he died in Knox County Tennessee December 2d 1854 that she was married to him in Amelia County Virginia by one - Bromebile, a minister on Sept 4th 1784, Maiden Name E. Wor[illegible] and that she is now a widow, she has no private and knows of no public record of her marriage
Elizabeth Cardwell x her mark

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court day and year first above written, I know the affiant to be entitled to credit under oath and have no doubt whatever but that she is the person she represents herself to be, I have no interest in this claim.
Thomas Rodgers
Pres'd'g Justice Co. Cot: Knox Co: Tenn
Came also into open Court as aforesaid on the day and year as aforesaid A. G. Jackson and R D Jourolman Esq who are both to me well and personally known and credible witnesses who being sworn in due form of law on their oath say They have heard the above statement read they
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well know the applicant, she is the person she represents herself to be, said Perrin Cardwell is dead they both of them saw him after he was dead. They knew him and applicant in his lifetime, for a good number of years - they lived together as man and wife, raised a large family of Children, were universally respected reputed and considered as man and wife, and affiant verily believes them to have been so in fact - nor has the fact of their marriage been to the knowledge of affiants questioned disputed or doubted and applicant is a widow at this time.
A, G, Jackson
R D Jourolmon
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court day and year first above written and I have no interest in this claim
Thomas Rodgers
Presdg Justice Co
Court Knox Co Tenn
State of Tennessee 
Knox County
I Geo W. C. Cox Clerk of the County Court of and for County & state Certify That Thos Rodgers whose genuine official signature is appended to the above certificate is the presiding Justice of said Court - that the same is a Court of Record of General Jurisdiction having a seal and that the above mentioned proceedings were held in and for Court as stated & I have no interest in this claim
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my official seal of office in Knoxville this 2nd day of April 1855
Geo W. C. Cox
Clk. Co. Cot: Knox Co: Tenn;
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I, Isaac Lewis, pension Agent at Knoxville, Tennessee, do hereby testify, that I am personally acquainted with all the parties named and officiating in the foregoing statements, and can say that they are good citizens and of the highest respectability. And I further state that I think the applicant, Elizabeth Cardwell, widow of Perrin Cardwell, a late pensioner, entitled to at least fifty dollars per annum instead of $28.33 as paid to said Cardwell. The old woman is quite frail and has to be lead by the hand.
Isaac Lewis
Pension Agent

three per
Rev. Perrin Cardwell, a soldier of the revolution, died at his residence in Knox county, Tenn., on the 2d inst.
Several buildings lost at Westminster, Md., were sold on Saturday last at prices ranging from $80 to $105 each.
Secretary Guthrie is again in good health and attending to his duties.
There were 11 feet of water in the Ohio
on Thursday.
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36876  Act March 3/55
April 3/55

Elizabeth Cardwell, Widow of
Perrin Cardwell

Pensioner
Act June 7. 1832
Tenn-13830 Ad
Private
Col. Grude
Va Mila.

Rev. War.

Boynton
Ad. 160 acs July 3d/56
Dodge
3

Kain & Jones
Knoxville
Tenn

Tenn
Cin Kain Jones Aug 24/55
June 32-No 13830

Vol. C. - 18

No 31447 from July 11st [?]
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36876
Widow's Claim
Act 1855.

Send warrant to
Kain & Jones
Knoxville, Tenn.
Kinsloe, Printer, Knoxville.
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36876
Widow's Claim
Act 1855.

Send warrant to
Kain & Jones
Knoxville, Tenn.
Kinsloe, Printer, Knoxville.
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State of Tennessee.
County of Knox
On this 30th day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Cardwell aged Eighty five (about) years, a resident of Knox County, in the State of Tennessee, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Perrin Cardwell, deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolution and pensioner, on the Knoxville Tennessee agency see records of Pension Office Book E. Vol 7. page 39-where his certificate is recorded, she is unable to state his service, but refers to the proof filed by her husband in obtaining his said pension.  She says that her husband claimed to have served a much greater period, than that for which he was allowed a pension as above [illegible], his said certificate bears date June 26th 1833, under act of June 7th 1832.
She further states that she was married to the said Perrin Cardwell in Amelia Co Va on the 4th day of September, A.D. 1784, by one Mr. Bromskill, a Clergyman, and that here name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Worsnam;  that her said husband died at Knoxville Tenn, on the second day of December, A.D. 1834, and that she is now a widow.  She has no private and knows of no public record of her marriage.
She further declares that she has not heretofore made application for bounty land under any act, nor has she obtained a land warrant for any number of acres.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which
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Worsnam; that her said husband died at Knoxville Tenn, on the second day of December, A.D. 1834, and that she is now a widow. She has no private and knows of no public record of her marriage.
She further declares that she has not heretofore made application for bounty land under any act, nor has she obtained a land warrant for any number of acres.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855," and requests that her Warrant may be send to Kain & Jones, Knoxville, Tenn.
Elizabeth Cardwell x her mark

We Abner G Jackson and Jas H Jourolmon, residents of Knox County, in the State of Tennessee, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Cardwell, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.  We both of us saw said Perrin Cardwell after he was dead.  We have know the applicant and said Perrin Cardwell for a great number of years, they lived together as man & wife, they were so considered and reputed  and raised a large and respectable family of childen.
A.G. Jackson
J.H. Jourolmon

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written;  and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons;  that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
R.D. Jourolmon J.P.
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State of Tennessee.
Knox County.
I certify that R.D. Jourolmon Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidabvit were sworn to, and whose genuine official signature is thereto attached, was, at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace of and for said county and State, and I have no interest in this claim.
Witness my hand and official Seal at Office in Knoxville this thirtieth day of March, 1855.
Geo. W.C. Cox
Clerk County Court of said County
[SEAL]

36876
Widow's Claim
Act 1855.

Send Warrant to
Kain & Jones,
Knoxville, Tenn.
Kinsloe, Printer, Knoxville.
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M.C.S.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
January 12, 1926
Mrs. N. H. Rankin
Box 513
Cleveland, Tenn.

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 346, it appears that PERRIN CARDWELL was born July 12, 1764, in Cumberland County, Virginia.
While a resident of Powhatan County, Virginia, he enlisted in February, 1781, and served two and one half months as private in Captain Edward Munford's and Thomas Hubbard's Companies, Colonels William Mayho's and Robert Geude's Virginia Regiments. He enlisted in May, 1781, and served three months as private in Captain Edward Munford's Company, Colonel John Holcombe's Virginia Regiment. He enlisted in September, 1781, and served until March 1, 1782, in Captain Robert Hughs' Company, Colonel Beverly Randolph's Virginia Regiment; he was at the siege and surrender of Yorktown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 25, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Knox County, Tennessee. He died there December 2, 1854.
He married in Amelia County, Virginia, September 4, 1785, Elizabeth Worsnom or Worsham. She was allowed pension on her appli-
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cution executed April 2, 1855, at which time she was a resident of Knox County, Tennessee, aged eighty-four years.
The only children whose names are stated are Thomas G. who was born in 1794 and Daniel who was born about 1789. Said Daniel was dead in 1857 but his son, Perrin H., born April 17, 1820, was then living.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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346 
Revy Widow, &c.
File No. 346
Elisabeth Cardwell
widow
Perrin Cardwell.
Priv. Rev. War.

Act:  Feb 2, 1848.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 112
Arrangement of 1870.

Apr. 23/93 Mil. Hist. to Leon Jourolmon. Knoxville, Tenn M.E.C.
1911 Jan. 13 To Miss Bessie C. Mallicote ¢
1916 July 19. Hist to Mrs. J.W. Cardwell
1922, Feb. 1 Hist to Alvis Cardwell
1926 Jan 12 hist. to Mrs. N.H. Rankin (See letter in case of Daniel Easly S.6810)
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Elizabeth Cardwell
widow of Perrin
Tennessee, Knox Co
Act 2d Feby 1848
Admitted
Private. at $28 33/100 from
Decr. 2d, 1854, when Perrin
Cardwell died.

Payable to Claimant

Atty:
Kain & Jones
Knoxville
Tennessee
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31447
Rev [illegible]
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March 31/55 No 36876 Suspended 24 August 1855
April 4/55  No 55361  Rejected 2 December 1855
Boynton Sept. 10/55
Application of Elizabeth Cardwell widow of late Perrin Cardwell for bounty land and pension
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No 162
Elizabeth Cardwell
widow or Perrin
Tenn
Kain & Jones Sep 21 1855
Hon WH Snead July 18/55
Kain & Jones Feby 25, 1857
Let same May 25/57


Feby 2 1848
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55361 Act 3 Mch/55
April 9/55

Elizabeth Cadwell
widow
Perrin Cadwell
Tennessee
Revolutionary War

Pensioner - June 26, 1833
B.E.-Vol. 7-P. 39.
Tenn June 32-No 13836

Ad: 160 Feby 3d & sent to
Address of
Kain & Jones
Knoxville
Tenn.
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Elizabeth Cardwell
Widow of Perrin Cardwell
claim for
Pension

No 55,361 or 36,876

Additional evidence or proff
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Elizabeth Cardwell
Widow of Perrin Cardwell
claim for
Pension

No 55,361 or 36,876

Additional evidence or proff

State of Tennessee
Knox County
On this 24th day of March 1857 personally appeared before me (the undersigned Justice of the Peace of said County and State) Perrin H Cardwell a credible witness known to me as such who having been first by me sworn in dur form of law makes the following statement;  He is thirty seven years old on the 17th of next month (Apl 1857)  - and is the son of Daniel Cardwell deceased, his father was the son of Perrin Cardwell deceased, a revolutionary pensioner on the roll of the Knoxville Tennessee Agency and of Elizabeth Cardwell wife of said deceased pensioner who is now applying for a pension;  affiant had two 2 brothers and one sister older than himself - the eldest of whom would if he were now living would be about five years older than affiant.  that is about forty -two years old.  Affiant thinks that his father was married at about twenty five years of age so that calculating the age of affiants father if he were now living from this date it would be about sixty eight years old.  so that he was probably born about the year 1789.  Again affiant says that his father had brothers and a sister older than himself so that from this circumstance affiant is lead to the conclusion that his grandfather Perrin Cardwell and his grandmother Elizabeth the present applicant must
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have been married about the year seventeen hundred and eighty five.  Affiant has known his grandfather and grandmother from his infancy - and they have ever been considered, treated and believed by all who knew them as man and wife.  Affiant knows that his grand father Perrin Cardwell is dead - he saw him after he was dead. and his grandmother is still a widow and has been ever since the death of her said husband.
Perrin H Cardwell
Sworn to & subscribed before me date above written
RD Jourolmon J.O.

On this 26th day of April 1856 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for Knox County and State of Tennessee Thos. G. Cardwell a credible witness known to me as such who having been by me sworn according to law makes the following statement   that he is the son of Perrin Cardwell deceased a revolutionary pensioner on the roll of the Knoxville Ten. agency and of Elizabeth his wife, who is now applying for a pension.  Affiant states that he was born in the year 1794 and is now in his 63rd year, that he had three brothers and one sister older than himself, that there was about two years difference between the ages of his brothers and sister and hence he concludes that his father and mother were married about the year 1785.  Affiant knows that his father Perrin Cardwell is dead  he saw him after he was dead and was at his burial and his mother is still a widow and has been ever since the death of his said father
Thos. G. Cardwell
Sworn to and subscribed before the date above written
RD Jourolmon J.P.
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State of Tennessee
Knox County
this day personally appeared befor me, an acting Justice of the peace, for Knox County and state aforesaid E.M. Plumlee and Isaac Lewis credible witnesses whose evidence would be taken in any court of Justice in the state aforesaid who being. duly sworn according to law, declare and say that they are well acquainted Perrin H. Cardwell and Thos. G. Cardwell and well know the fact that they are credible witnesses whose evidences would be taken in any court of Justice in the state of Tennessee
Given under my hand and seal this 24th April 1857
E.M. Plumlee
Isaac Lewis
RD Journomon JP

Knowville Ten. April 24/57
I Isaac Lewis pension agent in Knoxville Tennessee, do hereby certify that there can be no doubt of the facts stated in the foregoing additional evidence;  I am personally acquainted with all the persons above named except Daniel Cardwell, & know that they are correct persons in the transaction of business;  I have been acquainted with the family of Perin Cardwell, the deceased pensioner, since the year 1827, and I believe any thing they will tell me or state in relation to the claim of Mrs. Cardwell as founded upon that of her husband, Perin, aforesaid.
Isaac Lewis 
Pension agent
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State of Tennessee
Knox County
I Wm. Craig Clerk of the County Court of Knox County do certify that RD Jourolman Esq. before whom the within affidavits were made and whose genuine official signature is subscribed thereto was at the date thereof & still is an acting justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified, and that his official acts as such justice are entitled to full faith and credit.
Witness Wm Craig Clerk of said Court & official seal at office in Knoxville this 24th day of April 1857.
Wm Craig Clerk

State of Tennessee
Knox County
I, C.W. Jones Judge of the County Court of Knox in the state of Tennessee, do hereby certify that Wm Craig whose genuine signature is attached to the foregoing certificate was at the time of signing the same and still is Clerk of the County Court of Knox and state aforesaid duly authorized by law to make such certificates.  and I further certify that Perrin H Cardwell and Thos. H Cardwell the makers of the foregoing affidavits are credible persons, and have been known to me as such for fifteen or twenty years
Given under my hand this 24th day of April 1857
C.W. Jones  County Judge
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Amded Declaration
of Perrin Cardwell
for a Pension


Sent to
James Hair
Knoxville
Tennessee
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House of Representatives
July 9th 1856

Sir
I will be obliged to you for the information desired by the enclosed letter and memorandum and for their return to me at the earliest practciable day
Respectfully
N N Sneed

Hon J Minot
Commissioner &c
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Perrin Cardwell
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Perrin Cardwell which require further proof or explanation.
I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ?  yes
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes
III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? -------
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  yes
V.  *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades is which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amou[n]t of pension he is entitled?  yes
VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  yes
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes
VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  yes
IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes
X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  No
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  yes
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  -----
XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  yes
XIV.  †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  -----
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  -----
XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  -----
XVI.  ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  No **
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered:  12   7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For _____ year __________months and _____ days, I served as a ______________.  For ________months and ______ days, I served as a _______________; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
†QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
**"In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public Seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers:
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Knoxville January 30th 1857

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington city D.C

Sir
Sometime in the month of July or August last, we sent to your department the affidavits of Joseph Jackson and Isace Lewis in the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Cardwell for Pension.  Since which time we have not receive any thing from said Claim, and should therefore be glad to hear from the claim
Your Obt Servt
Kain & Jones
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Amelia Co Ho Va
17th June 1857
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you a certified copy of the marriage license bond executed by Perin Cardwell- At the time he was married no record of marriages was kept in Court of this County.  The copy of the bond I presume will answer your purpose-
Respectfully
Wm M Eldridge DC
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Elizabeth Cardwell
Brief
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Cardwell, widow of Perrin
Knox County and State of Tennessee
act Feby 2d 1848
Claim, ("original")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioned under act of June 7th, 1832, died December 2d, 1854
Marriage in 1785 proved by County record and parol
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Kain & Jones
Knoxville Tenn'ee
S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.
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Mrs Elizabeth Cardwell Widow of
Perrin Cardwill Decd
For Pension
No 55361
Suspended for lack of this proof Sept 21st 1855
Boynton
Sept 10/55
Send papers to Kain & Jones
Knoxville
Tenn
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State of Tennessee
Knox County
Joseph Jackson and Isaac Lewis credible witnesses whose evidence would be taken in any court of Justice in state aforesaid who being by me sworn in due form of law, affiant Joseph Jackson declares and say that he was well and personally acquainted with Perrin Cardwell deceased and his wife Elizabeth Cardwell and well know that the said Perrin Cardwell and his wife Elizabeth Cardwell lived together as husband and wife for upwards of fifty years to his own knowledge he himself having been married fifty years and the aforesaid Perrin & Elizabeth Cardwell were living together as husband & wife as and before that time & that they were so regarded & esteamed by all who new them & the matter of thier being husband and wife he never heard questioned by any person and that they raised a large and respectable familey of children  
Affiant Jackson further states that he knows of know privat or publice record of the said Perrin & Elizabeth Cardwell marriage.  and he further states the said Perrin Cardwell deceased was a pensioner of Knox County in the state of Tennessee;  affiant Isaac Lewis declares & says that he was well acquainted with Perrin Cardwell deceased & his wife Elizabeth Cardwell and well knows that they lived together as husband and wife for upwards of twenty eight years and that they raised a large and respectable family of children and that they were so regarded & esteamed by all who new them & that he never heared the fact of their being husband & wife questioned by any person.  and that he dos not know of any privat or publice record of their said marriage  affiant Lewis further states that the said Perrin Cardwell deceased was a pensioner of Knox County in the state of Tennessee   Affiants Jackson & Lewis further state that the aforesaid Elizabeth Cardwell is at this
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the widow of the aforesaid Perrin Cardwell deceased she never having married since the death of her husband the aforesaid Perrin Cardwell deceased
Joseph Jackson
Isaac Lewis
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of August 1856
R. D. Jourolmen
Justice of the Peace for Knox City Tenn
State of Tennessee}
Knox County}
I certify that R. D. Jourolmen Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to and whose genuine official signature is thereto attached, was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace of and for said county and State and I have no interest in this Claim
Witness my hand and official sent at office in Knoxville this day of August 1856
Wm Craig
Clerk of the County Court of Knox and 
State of Tennessee
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additional evidence for Pension for
Elizabeth Cardwell of Knox County Tenn
Kain & Jones
Knoxville
Tenn
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Know all men by these presents that we Perin Cardwell and William Fleming are held and firmly bound unto Patrick Henry Esq governor of Virginia in the Sum of Fifty Pounds current money, to which payment well and truly to be made to the said Governor and his successors.  We do bind ourselves our heirs exec. and admrs jointly and severally firmly by these presents
Sealed with our seal and dated this 27th Day of August 1785.  Whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be solemnized between the above bound Perin Cardwell and Betsy Worshamn.  Now the condition of the above obligation is that if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the said obligation to be void..  Otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Perin Cardwell {Seal}
Will. Fleming {Seal}
State of Virginia}
Amelia County} to wit
I, Edward H Coleman Clerk of the County Court of Amelia in the State of Virginia do certify that the foregoing is a true transcript from the records of my office.
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of the said Court at the Courthouse this 17th Day of June AD 1857
Edward H Coleman Clerk
of Amelia County Court
Va
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CHEVY CHASE SEMINARY
WASHINGTON, D. C.
January 9, 1911.
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me the pension of Perrin Cardwell, of Knox Co., Tennessee, who served in the Revolutionary War as private in the Virginia Line.  I wish to secure all the data possible from the records there in order to fill out application papers for membership in the Daughters of the Revolution.
Thanking you in advance for this, I am,
Yours very truly,
(Miss) Bessie C. Mallicote
Chevy Chase Seminary, 
Drawer 841,
Washington, D. C.
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Stamped:
O. W. & N. DIV.
APR 3 1895
CHIEF'S DESK.
REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. DIV. 
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the [stamped over.]
Full name of soldier:  Perrin Cardwell
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Virginia
Place of Residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Knox Co. Tenn.
Date of death (as near as possible):
1854
Christian name of widow:
Elizabeth W.
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Both
Remarks:
I wish history of military service, & place of marriage.
Your name and address:
Leon Jourolmon
Knoxville,
Tenn.
6-870
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Answered Jan. 12, 1926.
Cleveland Tennessee,
Dec. 30th 1925.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
The War Department referred me to you, for the record of my Revolutionary Ancestor Perrin Cardwell, Private - Virginia Line, Pension June 26 - 1833 - Age 70 years.  He was a resident of Knox County Tennessee at the time his pension started.  If you will give me
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his record and the name of wife if given, will certainly appreciate it.
Sincerely yours,
Rozina Rankin
Address
Mrs. N. H. Rankin,
Box 513
Cleveland Tennessee.
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Kansas City, Kan.
Jan 6th 1922
War Dept.
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Can you send me the Revolutionary War Record of Perrin Cardwell ^of Va. (afterward a Methodist Minister) and who received a pension at Knoxville (or McMillen Sta.) Tenn.
Yours truly,
Alvis Cardwell
2312 North 12th St
Kansas City, Kansas
Stamped:
PENSION OFFICE
U. S.
D
JAN 12 1922
Stamped:
RECORDS DIVISION
JAN 12 1922
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Rev. Sec Johnson City, Tenn
CH  July 6 - 1916
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Gentlemen-
Please advise me if the name Perren Henry Cardwell appears on the War records of either the Mexican or Rev. wars- Also there were two brother named Lewark in a war which I do not know.  Can you inform me if any of these names can be found.  Do you furnish lists of soldiers in Rev. War. 
Very truly
Mrs. J. W. Cardwell
Johnson City, Tenn.
200 E. Market St.
Note:  written in margin  "negation files."
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In reply to your request of _____________, received______________ for a statement of the military history of Perrin Cardwell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (& his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  
Wid. File 346
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
Feby. 1781  2½ mos.
May 1781  3 mos.
Sept. 1781 to Mch. 1, 1782
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
{Edward Munford
{Thomas Hubbard
Edward Munford
Robert Hughs
COLONEL.
Willaim Mayho
Robert Gende
John Holcombe
Beverly Randolph
STATE.
Va.
Battles engaged in, siege & surrender Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Powhatan Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 25, 1832.  Alld.
Residence at date of application, Knox Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application, b. July 12, 1764.  Cumberland Co., Va.
Remarks:  Sol. mar Amelia Co. Va., Sept. 4 1784 or 1785, Elizabeth Worsnam or Worsham.  he died Dec, 1854 Knox Co., Tenn. & she was alld. pens. on her appln exec. Apl. 2, 1855 while 84 yrs. of age & a res. of Knox Co., Tenn  Daniel b. abt 1789 & Thos G. b. 1794 are only ch. whose names are stated.
Very respectfully