Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9266, James Cordery, Del.

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SERVICE
Del
Cordery, James
NUMBER
S. 9266
carded

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Ohio, 31,025
James Cordery
of Brown Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Walton of the regt. commanded by Col. Cholick in the Delaware [?] 'line'[lined out] for six months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars ~ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of March 1837 and sent to A. Liggett Riples. Brown Co.
Arrears to the 4th of March '37 $120.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 37 10.
$130
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm S Allison Clerk,
Book E. 2 Vol. 8 Page 10
Letter to S. F. Swope 2 Aug 1838. 
Duplicate certificate issued 19 Sept 1838 and sent to S. F Swope Falmouth, Kentucky

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33.880
James Cordery
Ohio.
admitted
for six months
$20.
To the Secretary of War
D. Columbia
Pension Claim}

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Ohio}
Brown County} ss On the 27th day of July in the year AD 1836 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Brown and State of Ohio now sitting James Cordery a resident ^[insert] of Huntington township of the county and State aforesaid aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th 1832 to wit; that I entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers and continued two years and three months and served as herein stated - that in Sussex County State of Delaware on the first of May in the year 1777 I was drafted in to the service to guard the coast from the Cape Henlopen to the mouth of the Indian River - distance 16 miles was in some skirmishes, but no battles I served in a company under the command of Capt William Walton - Lieutenant Robert Young - Ensign John Young - regiment commanded by Col. Simon Cholick - under the command of general Kirkwood - that during the two years and three months I think I am clearly safe in saying I was actually engaged in service one year my memory is so much impaired by age that I am not able to specify the particular periods of the two years three months I served, but all taken together do amount to one years service. I was discharged at the end of the two years & three months, the time of my service having expired, by Col. Simon Cholick, Capt William Walton and Genl

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Kirkwood whose first name I do not remember I was born 1754 the record of my age is at my house in Huntington township county aforesaid - was living in the State of Delaware Sussex County when called into service. Since the Revolution part of the time in Delaware, part in the State of Kentucky, & and the residue of the time (24, or 26 years) in the State of Ohio in Huntington township Brown County where I am now living My discharge is lost and I have no documentary evidence of my service and do not know any person whose testimony I can procure to establish the above services and Capt Wm Middleton and William Parker two of my present neighbors can vouch for my character & veracity and give their belief of my services as a soldier in the Revolution
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State the [illegible] day of July AD 1836 James his X mark Cordery
G W King Clerk.
We William Middleton & William Parker residing in the county of Brown and State of Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Cordery who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty two 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
Wm Parker
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court 
Wm Middleton
G. W. King Clerk

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And the court aforesaid do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matters and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the ware department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states And the court further certify that it appears to them that William Middleton and William Parker who have also signed the same are residents of the county of Brown and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit 

State of Ohio}
Brown County} ss
I G. W. King Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Brown and State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Cordery for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this 27 day of July AD 1836.
G. W. King Clerk

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[illegible]
Free
To the Honl the War Department
pension claim
D. C. 
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20 Feb
A. Ellison restg
James Cordery

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Febry 1837
To the Honorable the War Department
Dr Sir -
In pursuance of your instructions, enclosed I send you the affidavit of James Cordery the applicant for a pension
Permit me to urge respectfully the suggestion that his declaration comes within the [illegible] of the act of Congress granting pensions
If you should desire any further information, Senator Morris and Wm Hamer are both well acquainted with the attesting witnesses Messrs Middleton & Parker
Please direct any further communication which you may deem necessary, to -
A Liggett Esq - Ripley
Brown County Ohio
Yrs Resptfly A. Ellison
To the Honl. W Dptmt

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Commonwealth of Kentucky}
County of Mason, Mayors Office}
City of Maysville, To wit -}
On this 1st day of September 1838 before me Charles B. Williams Mayor of the city of Maysville, personally appeared William Parker, who on oath declares that James Cordy [sic] now a citisen [sic] of Pendleton, deposited with him his certificate of Pension shortly after he obtained the same from the War Department. That said certificate remained in his possession up to the time that his store was robbed, since which time he has seen nothing of it, not withstanding he has made search for it. He supposes the same to have been taken with his other papers when his store was robbed He further states that said James Cordy [sic] now of Pendleton County is the identical James Cordy [sic] named in said certificate of Pension, which has been lost as aforesaid 
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid}
William Parker
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 1st day September 1838
Chas B Williams

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State of Kentucky
Sct
Pendleton County}
Personally appeared before me Charles Martin a justice of the Peace in and for the county afsd. James Cordy now citizen of sd County and made oath that, that after the obtained a certificate of Pension from the war Department, He put the same in the hands of William Parker, of Maysville Ky, for safe keeping and only used it when it was necessary to procure a copy for the purpose of receiving his pay from the pension agent,  That he drew is pension under sd certificate, form the time he obtained it, up to the 4th day of Sept 1837. That in Nov in the same year, he moved to Pendleton County Ky from [illegible] County in the State of Phia, That he has resided in sd County of Pendleton ever since. That in March 1838 he applied to Sd Parker for his papers and certificate, with a [illegible] of drawing his pay on the 4th of March 1838, that Parker in informed him that he could not at that time lay his hands upon his papers but that he would search for them, He further states that he has recently recd a letter from sd Parker informing him that he could not find his certificate, but supposes it was taken with other papers when his store was robbed, He further states that his is the identical James Cordy [illegible lined out] named in the certificate alluded to. 
James his X mar Cordy

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State of Kentucky
Pendleton County sct
I certify that the within affidavit was subscribed and sworn to this 19th day of July 1838. And I also certify the sd James Cordy is a man of credibility. Given under my hand this 19th day of July 1838.
Charles Martin JPPC

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Pendleton County Sct.
I Reuben McCarty Clerk of this county court for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Charles Martin Whose name is officially Subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the above certificate is now and was at the time of subscribing the same a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Pendleton duly commissioned and qualified.
fIn testimony of which I have hereunto affixed the seal of the aforesaid county court and subscribed my name as clerk thereof this 24th day of July A D 1838.
R. McCarty CPCC

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To the War Department
Pension Claim

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The State of Ohio Brown County} ss
Before me one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Personally came James Cordery who first being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that the reason why he did not apply sooner for a Pension for services done in the United States service is when able to labor for a livelihood he concluded he would try and do without resorting to such measures but recently his wife and himself has become ancient and infirm his wife entirely helpless and himself not able to do much and in indigent circumstances, then being necesseated [sic] he concluded he would make application for a Pension, this deponent further states he was in the actual service in the United States as near as he can recollect Two years and three months in the time of the revolutionary war towards the latter part of the war
Sworn and Subscribed to before me this 25th day of October 1836
James his X mark Cordery
Thomas Shelton J. P

The State of Ohio}
Brown County} ss
I GW King Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said County of Brown do hereby certify that Thomas Shelton Esqr. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and whose name is subscribed thereto was at the time of taking and signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified & that as such full faith and credit is due to all his official acts.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this seventh day of January AD 1837.
GW. King Clerk

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Application for a new Certificate
State of Ky}
Pendleton County ss} On this 16th day of August 1838, before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace, for the said County of Pendleton, personally appeared, James Cordy, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain William Walton, in the regiment commanded he think by Col Simon Caulick, in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War which certificate he put into the hands of William Parker shortly after he claimed it for safe keeping that it remained with him until his store was broken open and robbed That sd certificate as Parker informed him was taken with his other papers That sd Parker resided and now resides in the City of Maysville and that the Certificate was taken out of is posession [sic] some time in March 1838. That when he first received his certificate he resided in the State of Ohio nearly oposite [sic] the City of Maysville Ky, but had since removed to the County of Pendleton Kentucky where he now resides &c further states that he is the identical James Cordy named in the original certificate of pension above alluded to. 
Sworn & subscribed to before me the day & year afrsd} James his X mark Cordy
Charles Martin J.P.P.C

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Also appeared Sam F Swope of sd County and made oath that James Cordy whose name is subscribed to the within Declaration is the same James Cordy mentioned and alluded to in sd Declaration,
Sam F. Swope
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforsd
Charles Martin JPPC

I certify that James Cordy and Saml F Swope are men of credibility. and Given under my hand this 16th day of August 1838.
Charles Martin JPPC

State of Kentucky Pendleton County Sct
I Reuben McCarty Clerk of the county Court for the County aforesaid do certify; that Charles Martin Esqr. Whose name (in his own proper hand writing) is subscribed to the above certificate: is and was at the time of subscribing the same, one of the acting Justices: of, in, and for the aforesaid County of Pendleton, duly commissioned and qualified as a Justice of the peace. I [in] testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County Court this 7th day of September AD. 1838
R. McCarty Clk HC

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Georgetown, Ohio Septr. 3rd [hand circled]
Free
To the Honl the Secty of War
Washington City
C. Columbia
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Pension Claim
Sept 9
Ohio

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Georgetown Brown Cty Ohio
To the Honl. the Scty of War
Sir - please direct the result of the application to the care of Andrew Ellison 
Georgetown Brown Cty Ohio
Yr obt. Servant
Andrew Ellison

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Falmouth}
9 Sept
Free
Honl JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Sept 17
[?]

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Falmouth Ky Sept the 4th 1838
Dr Sir
Enclosed are the papers of James Cordy for a certificate of pension. They have been made out and authenticated agreeably to the regulations of the Department, and Mr Cordy will be favoured if he can get his certificate, reserved and forwarded shortly as his is quite needy, and almost wholly dependant [sic] upon the small pittance; From His statements to me, I think x[insert] he is entitled to full pay, will you do me the favour to inform me why it is, that the pension allowed him is so much below the amount allowed to privates, in the revolution, perhaps the Department could be furnished with such additional testimony as would justify an additional allowance. Please to inform x[insert] me whether the papers in the case of Gillis Hitch were returned to the Department. 
Respectfully your Obt Svt
Saml. F. Swope

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Falmouth}
4 July
Free
Honl JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC

Aug 1
[?] Evans

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Falmouth Ky July the 24th 1838
Sir
Enclosed is the affidavit of James Cordy. It will be seen from it, and the letter of Mr Parker that he x[insert] has lost his certificate of Pension, and wishes the same renewed, I do not know whether the rules of the Department require any thing more than the statements of the applicant made upon oath, of the loss of his certificate, if so you will do me the kindness to inform me of the steps necessary to be taken, in order to procure his certificate.
Respectfully your Obnt Svt
Saml. F. Swope

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James Cordey
Ohio
Suspended
Let. 19 Sept. 1836
A. Ellison

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9266
Rev War
INVALID.
owr
File No. 9266
James Cordery
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 76
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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10
Mr James Cordey [illegible]
Falmouth
Kentucky

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Maysville July 4 1838
Mr James Cordry
Dear Sir I have Tryed [sic] every way in my Power to know what come of your papers and think that at the time my store was Robbed last fall and all the money that was in my desk taken [illegible lined out] your papers taken and some others that was with them are missing also Enclosed I send you five Dollars I think you can get your papers Renewed as to what I have stated I will be Qualified to at any time and will give you any assistance I can 
Yours Friend in Late
Wm Parker