Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5513, for John Perill, Virginia

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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Perill, John W.5513
or Perrill
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

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Order to pay 12 Sep. 1837. Ohio. 22,334.
John Perill. -
of Highland Co in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Co commanded
by Captain Gasney of the Regt. commanded
by Colo. Edmonds. - in the Virginia
line for One year.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of October, 1833 and sent to Saml.
Bell. Hillsburg H Co. Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833. - 100
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34.~ 20.
$120
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 8 Page 20
DOVE M

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6,552
Ohio Cincinnati
Elizabeth Perrill decd,
widow of John Perrill
Va
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
40 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848. & and
August 6th 1852.
Certificate of Pension issued the
24th day of Febry, 1855.
and sent to
J. McCalla
Present.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act
February 2, 1848, Page 357, Vol. 4

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Examined and
Countersigned.}
Geo. Wm. Crump
Acting Commissioner of Pensions.

Elizabeth Perril personally appeared in open Court and being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that her late Husband John Perrill departed this life on the fifth day of August One thousand eight hundred and Thirty seven in the County of [illegible] in the state of Ohio, that she is his relict & Widow, and that her late husband John Perril was a pensioner inscribed on the Pension roll of Ohio. And was the same individual named in the Attached Certificate signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War and dated the 16th day of October 1833. And that the said pension is due from the 4 of September 1836 to the 5 day of August 1837. subscribed and sworn to this 23d day of October 1837. Elizabeth x her mark Perrill
Witness
W Creighton Jun

And at the same time personally appeared John Perill who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that John Perril whose name is inscribed on the pension roll of Ohio as evidenced by the attached pension Certificate, that the said John Perrill departed this life on the fifth day of August 1837. that Elizabeth Perril whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit is his relict and widow. This deponent further states that the said John Perril has not drawn any portion of his pension since the fourth of September 1836. Subscribed and sworn to this 23d day of October 1837.
Sworn to & Subscribed in} John Perrill
Open Court Octr. 23d 1837.}
Hallam Hempstead Clerk}

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The State of Ohio
Pike County SS} I Hallam Hempstead Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that the within named Elizabeth Perrill and John Perrill personally appeared in open Court (said Court being in regular Session) and were severally sworn to the facts stated in the within affidavits by them respectively subscribed and that their testimony as within adduced is fully satisfactory to the Court aforesaid
In Testimony whereof I have here-
unto set my hand & affixed the 
seal of said Court at Piketon this
23d day of October 1837
Hallam Hempstead Clerk

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26,510.
John Perrill.

Samuel Bell Clk #612

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The State of Ohio} SS
Highland County
Personally appeared in open court before the Honl George J. Smith President, and Moses Patterson, John Mathus, and Hugh Smart his associates, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now Sitting John Perrill resident in the County of Highland and State of Ohio aged seventy three 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 7 1832, That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, in Captain Niswangers company, in Col Gibsons Regt, under the command of Genl Hand, entered the service at Winchester in Frederick county in the State of Virginia about the last of September or first of October in the year of the Battle of Brandywine, marched from Winchester through Hamsher County part of Maryland, and Pennsylvania, to Pittsburg, remained there untill the next Spring, then marched back to Winchester, and after the full expiration of Six months, was discharged by Capt Niswanger, served a second Tour under Captain Gamney, marched under his command to Fauquier Court house, or Fredericksburgh in Virginia there Joined Col Edmons Regt, from thence marched to York, and was at the taking of Lord Cornwallace, then was marched back to Winchester, Va under the command of Col Willis and was then Kept as a guard to guard the prisoners

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taken at york, and after the full expiration of six month was discharged by Capt Gausney, as he believes, he was born in Frederick County, in the state of Virginia, on the 11th day of February, in the year of our Lord 1760, resided in said County untill the year 1819, then moved to the county of Highland in the State of Ohio, and continues to reside in said county of Highland ever since.  the first tour he served as a volunteer under Capt Niswanger the Second tour he served under Capt Gausney as a drafted militia man, he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.  he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state   Sworn to and subscribed this seventeenth day of July, 1833.
John Perill
Sworn to in open court
July 17th 1833
Samuel Bell Clk

We Amos Grantham and GW Barrier residing in the county of Highland and State of Ohio do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Perrill, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years old  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.  Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforsd.
Amos Grantham
G.W. Barrier

Samuel Bell Clerk

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Questions by the court
1st Where and in what year were you born
Answer I was born in the county of Frederick in the state of Virginia on the eleventh day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty
2nd Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it
Answer I have not.
3rd  Where were you living when calld in to service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live.
Answer I lived in the county of Frederick in the State of Virginia, when calld in to service, and lived in said county untill the year 1819.  Since 1819 and at this time, reside in the county of Highland in the state of Ohio
4th How were you calld into service, were you drafted  did you volunteer or were you a substitute
Answer the first tour I entered the service as a volunteer served under Captain Niswanger, in Col Gibson's Regt, under the command of General Hand;  the second tour i entered the service as a drafted militia man, under Captain Gausney, in Col Eamon's regt, was in the battle at York, when Lord Cornwallace was taken afterwards was stationed at Winchester in Virginia as a guard under Col Willis, 
question did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so what has become of it
Answer I received a discharge from Capt Niswanger for the first tour as a volunteer, and I believe I received a discharge from Capt Gausney for the second tour as a drafted militia man;  both of said discharges are not lost [illegible]

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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 also certify that Amos Grantham and George W. Barrier who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents of said County are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Samuel Bell Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said County of Highland do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Perrell 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17th day of July AD 1833
Samuel Bell Clk HCP

26.510
John Perrill

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26:510  22.334
John Perill
Ohio
Adm. 1 year $40

Samuel Bell
Hillsboro
Highland County Ohio

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June 11, 1940

John Perill
W. 5513
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Charles P. Land
1626 - 8th Street
Portsmouth, Ohio

Dear Madam:
The data which follow in regard to John Perill (surname shown also as Perrill) were obtained from the papers in the claims for pension under File No. 5513, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Perill (as soldier signed) was born February 11, 1760, in Frederick County, Virginia.  The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Frederick County, Virginia, John Perill volunteered in September or October of the year in which the battle of Brandywine was fought, marched from Winchester and served six months as private in Captain Niswanger's company, Colonel Gibson's Virginia Regiment.  He enlisted and served as private in Captain "Gausney's or Gasney's " company, Colonel Edmunds' Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Yorktown and at the surrender of Cornwallis, after which he guarded prisoners at Winchester, Virginia, under Colonel Willis, and was discharged by Captain "Gausney" after having served on this tour six months.
The soldier resided in Frederick County, Virginia, until 1819, then moved to Highland County, Ohio, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed July 17, 1833.  He died August 5 or 6, 1837, in Pike County, Ohio.
John Perill married sometime in the 1780's, in Frederick County, Virginia, Elizabeth Price who was born in Frederick County,  The date of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.

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While a resident of Pike County, Ohio, Elizabeth Perrill applied October 23, 1837, for a pension on account of the Revolutionary War service of her husband, John.  Her claim was allowed.  In 1850, she was a resident of Perry Township, Pike County, Ohio, aged seventy-nine years.  She died August 6, 1852, in Pike County.
The following names of children of John Perill and his wife Elizabeth, are shown in the claims:

George Perrill (as he signed), the oldest child, born June 4, 1786. and in 1854 living in Cynthiana, Pike Co., Ohio.
John Perrill
Rebecca Perrill
Elizabeth McNight or McHight
Margaret Bennett
all of whom were living in 1854.

John  Stipe married a half sister of Elizabeth Price (her name not stated) and in 1854 was living in Frederick County, Virginia, aged seventy-five years.  John Stipe stated that he had a son twelve years younger than George Perrill, oldest child of the soldier.
In 1854, Eli Beall, a first cousin of the soldier, John Perill, was aged sixty-five years and a resident of Hampshire County, Virginia.
There are no further family data shown in the claim.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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State of Virginia.  County of Hampshire
On this 26th day of January 1855, personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, John Stipes a resident of the County of Frederick, and state of Virginia, who being duly sworn according to law Deposes and says, in addition to his affidavit heretofore made in relation to the marriage of John Perrill, decd., late of the County of Pike and state of Ohio, and who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and which said affidavit is said to be at this time in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington City D.C.  He further - 
Deposes and says that he is enabled to state that said John Perrill was married to one Elizabeth Price in about the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Five, for the following reasons, To wit,  This affiant before he had attained majority married a half sister to the wife of said Perrill.  This affiant and his wife immediately upon their marriage settled on the same farm upon which Perrill and his wife then lived and continued to reside on the farm with Perrill

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for several years, that at the time this affiant was married and settled on Perrill's farm the eldest child of Perrill and his wife was about Eleven years old, he is enabled to state this latter fact from the fact that the eldest child of this affiant is now aged Fifty seven years past, that from the intimate acquaintance of this affiant with said Perrill, long before this affiant was married down to the year Eighteen Hundred and Nineteen, when Perrill removed to the state of Ohio, he is enabled to say that both he and Perrill always considered Perill's eldest child Twelve years older than the eldest child of this affiant.
He further deposes and says, that from the intimate social relations, and proximity of residence, which so long existed between him and Perrill that he cannot be mistaken in the facts stated above.
He further deposes and says that he is not interested in the Pension claim to which his testimony relates, and does not expect to be benefited by the result thereof.
John Stipe

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that said Stipe is a credible witness.

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and that I am not concerned as agent in the prosecution of the claim and do not expect to be benefited by the results thereof.
Wm. Nixon J.P

Virginia Hampshire County to wit
I John B. White clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that William Nixon Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and whose genuine signature appears thereto was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said County Court this the 30th day of January 1855.
John B. White
Clerk
[SEAL]

fee 37 cents

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Perrill
George Perrill
Revolu. Pension Claim
Elizabeth Perrill
Ken  Ohio sus 1838
Declaration
[illegible]

Refer to arrears of pension claim, for proof of death of widow & heirship.

[illegible]

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State of Ohio
County of Pike SS
Be it known that on this third day of July AD Eighteen Hundred and fifty four before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared George Perrill a resident of said County and made oath according to law that he is the son of Elizabeth Perrill deceased who was an applicant for a Pension as the Widow of John Perrill deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of 40$ per annum;  that he application now remains suspended upon the files of the Pension office.  that he has been informed that the said Pension ought to be allowed  that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my agent may use in prosecuting said claim
George Perrill [handwritten seal]

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I do hereby certify that George Perrill who executed the foregoing paper is a highly respectable resident of this County, and I verily believe directly interested in said claim as set forth therein
Joseph Pearce JP

Know all men by these presents that I George Perrill hereby constitute and appoint Jno. M McCalla my true and lawful agent and attorney to prosecute the claim of the heirs of Elizabeth Perrill for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due and I hereby authorize my said agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere;  to file additional evidence or arguments and to receive the certificate which may be issued for said claim [illegible] to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed and to do all things that I might or could do were

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I personally present.  Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney and agent shall lawfully do in the premises witness my hand and seal this third day of July 1854
George Perrill  [handwritten seal]
Signed and seal in the presence of 
witnesses
Joseph Pearce
Erastus Wickerham

State of Ohio  County of Pike Ss
On this third day of July AD 1854 Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared George Perrill and acknowledge the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above mentioned
Joseph Pearce
Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio  County of Pike
I George Corwine Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that Joseph Pearce Esqr before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was at the date of the same and acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths and that the name thereto subscribed is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Piketon Ohio this 20th day of November 1854
George Corwine  Clerk
[SEAL]

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State of Virginia  County of Hampshire
On this 29th day of May 1854 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and state aforesaid John Stipes who resides in the County of Frederick in the State of Virginia and immediately upon the Eastern borders of the said County of Hampshire, who being duly sworn according to law in answer to interrogatories
Deposes and says that he is aged seventy five years past, that he resides as above stated, that he married a half sister to one Elizabeth Price who married one John Perrill who was a Revolutionary Pensions, and who died some years ago in the County of Pike in the State of Ohio;  that he was not at the marriage of the said John Perrell and Elizabeth Price, but that he recollects whell when it occurred, which said marriage took place about the year 1785 or 1786, that he verily believes they were legally married from the fat that they were persons of high respectability  that they were received and treated as married persons, that he was well acquainted with them,  that they lived together as husband and wife, and were universally respected as such by all who knew them,  that he never heard a doubt expressed of their legal marriage but on the contrary their standing in society was such as to produce the most perfect conviction that they were legally married.
He further deposes and says that they had children born in wedlock who now reside in the State of Ohio  that he is [illegible] to say they were born in wedlock from his long acquaintances with the said John and Elizabeth Perrill and from a perfect conviction that they were legally married.  He further deposes and says that he has no interest in the Pension Claim to which his testimony relates, that he does not expect to be benefited in any manner thereby and further he sayeth not
John Stipe
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and

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year above written, and I certify that I have known the said John Stipes for a great many years, that he is a credible witness, that he resides as stated in his foregoing deposition, that I verily believe he is of the age above mentioned, that I have no interest in the issue
Wm. Nixon J.P

State of Virginia
County of Hampshire Sct:
I John B. White clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that William Nixon Esqr. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the time of taking and subscribing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the said County Court at Romney this the 21st day of September A.D. 1854.
John B. White
Clerk of the County Court of Hampshire Va.
by JB White Jr Dpty

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Mrs Perrills case
addl proof
Revolu pension case

Refer to no in
this case
J.W.W.

Elizabeth Perrill
Ohio   Act 1838

Jno M McCalla
Present.

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State of Ohio
County of Pike
On this 4th day of January Eighteen Hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Pike and state of Ohio George Perrill a resident of the Town of Cynthiania in the said County of Pike and state aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is a son of John Perrill decd late of the aforesaid County who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Forty dollars per annum and of Elizabeth Perrill decd who was his wife.
He further deposes and says that he know of no public or private record of the marriage of his Father and mother the aforesaid John and Elizabeth Perrill but he recollects well that his Fathers Bible containing the record of his father's family was so injured in his Father's removal from Virginia to Ohio in the year Eighteen Hundred and Nineteen that the record of marriage and births was destroyed and no other record of the family was ever made to the knowledge of this affiant.
He further deposes and says that he is the eldest child of the aforesaid John and Elizabeth Perrill, that he

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was born on the fourth of June Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Six, that he remembers well of frequently seeing his age so recorded in his Father's family bible which was injured and lost in the manner aforesaid, that his Father and Mother frequently and always spoke of the fourth of June Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Six as the birth day of this affiant, and this affiant feels confident and verily believes his birth day is as above stated
He further deposes and says that he lived with his Father and Mother all his life down to the times of their deaths, and thinks we can not be mistaken as to the age of this affiant, that his father the aforesaid John Perrill died in the  County of Pike and state of Ohio on the fifth dayof August Eighteen Hundred and thirty seven and his mother the aforesaid Elizabeth Perrill also died in the said County of Pike and state of Ohio on the sixth day of August Eighteen Hundred and fifty two

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He further deposes and says that he himself Margaret Bennett formerly Margaret Perrill Elizabeth McNight formerly Elizabeth Perrill Rebecca Perrill and John Perrill are the only surviving children of the aforesaid John and Elizabeth Perrill decd
George Perrill

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I believe the said George Perrell to be of the age above stated, that he is a gentlemen of the most undoubted character for truth and veracity, that I am not concerned in any manner in the prosecution of the claim to which his testimony relates and do not expect to be benefited by the result and I further certify that I was personally acquainted with the aforesaid John and Elizabeth Perrill, that they lived together as man and wife and were reputed as such by all who knew them, and I verily believe they were legally married, and that the claim to a Pension is a just one.  Given under my hand and seal the day above written
Joseph Pearce [handwritten seal]
Justice of the Peace

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State of Ohio
County of Pike
On this (4th) fourth day of January 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and state aforesaid John Cove, John H Finneaugh and Robert Irons residents of the vicinity of the Village of Cynthiania in the County of Pike & State of Ohio aged severally sixty six sixty seven and sixty years past.
who being duly sworn according to law depose and say each of them, that they were well and intimately acquainted with John and Elizabeth Perrill decd late of the County of Pike and State of Ohio from about the year Eighteen Hundred and Nineteen or Twenty down to the times of their deaths which occurred as follow that is to say the said John Perrill died on or about the fifth day of August in the year Eighteen Hundred and Thirty seven and his widow Elizabeth died on

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or about the tenth day of August in the year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty two, both in the County of Pike and state of Ohio
They further depose and say that the John Perrill to whom they allude was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United states , that the said John Perrill and Elizabeth Perrill lived together as man and wife and were universally reputed and believed to be man and wife by all who knew them, that they were persons of the highest respectability, that George Perrill, Margaret Bennett late Margaret Perrill, Elizabeth McHight late Elizabeth Perrill, Rebecca Perrill and John Perrill who are claiming a Pension as coming to the aforesaid Elizabeth Perrill at the time of her death are the children and the only surviving children of the aforesaid John and Elizabeth Perrill, and
They further depose and say from their knowledge and acquaintance of the aforesaid John and Elizabeth Perrill that

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they verily believe the claim a just one.
They further depose and say that they have no interest in the case and do not expect in any manner to be benefited in any manner by the result.
They further depose and say that they verily believe George Perrill son of the aforesaid John and Elizabeth Perrill is about sixty nine years of age
John Cove
John H Farrow
Robert Irons

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that said Cove Fanneau and Irons are gentlemen of the most undoubted character for truth and veracity, that they reside as above stated and that I believe they are of the ages above

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stated  that I am not concerned as agent or otherwise in prosecuting the claim and do not expected to be benefited by the result  Given under my hand and seal the day and year above written
Joseph Pearce [handwritten seal]
Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio
County of Pike
On this 5th day of January 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and state Rev James Everhard a resident of the village of Cynthiana Pike County Ohio and a minister of the Gospel who being duly sworn according to law deposes and that he is well acquainted with George Perrill who has made the foregoing affidavit with his name attached thereto, and that he is a gentleman whose affidavit is entitled to the fullest confidence, he being a man of the most undoubted character for truth and veracity

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He further deposes and says that he has no interest in the matters to which this affidavit relates and does not expect to be benefited in any manner thereby
James Everhart

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify that said Everhart is a minister of the Gospel in high standing.  given under my hand and seal the day above
Joseph Pearce [handwritten seal]
Justice of the Peace

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The state of Ohio
County of Pike
I George Corwine Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Pike and state of Ohio do hereby certify that Joseph Pearce Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavits were made was at the dates thereof and now is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly elected qualified and commissioned,  that the signature purporting to be his is his true and genuine signature and that full faith and credit are due and given to all his official acts as such Justice of the Peace without as well as within Judication, and I further certify that the above named affiants who have severally subscribed thier names are credible witnesses, and that I am not interested in the claim to which these affidavits relate
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Piketon Ohio on this 17th day of January 1855
George Corwine Clerk
By JJ Green Dpty.

[SEAL]

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No
Elizabeth Perril
widow of John
Ohio
July 7. 1838.

Messrs
Anthony & Goode
Springfield,
Ohio

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Declaration of Elizabeth Perill Perry Township of the County of Pike in the State of Ohio in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July A.D. 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, and the amendatory & additional acts of Congress

The State of Ohio Pike County Ss
On this seventeenth day of August A.D. 1850 personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for said County, Elizabeth Perill a resident of Perry Township in said County of Pike aged seventy-nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act ofCongress passed July 7th A.D. 1838- entitled an act granting pensions and half pay to certain widows and and the supplementary and additional acts of  Congress on the same subject.  that she is the widow of John Perill who was a private during the Revolutionary war and who drew a pension for service in said war as will appeared by the annexed certificate of pension. 
 She further declares that her maiden name was Elizabeth Price, that she is a native of Frederick County, State of Virginia.  That on the     day of      in the year seventeen hundred Eighty seven she was married to the said John Perill
She further declares that she was not married to the said John Perill prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January in the year seventeen hundred and ninety four to wit. at the time above stated.  This declarent further states that her said husband John Perill died on the fifty day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and that since his death she has not again married but remains his widow
Elizabeth Perill x her mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this seventeenth day of August One thousand Eight hundred and fifty
Chas. McCollister  associate Judge

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The State of Ohio Pike County SS
Personally came before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas said County of Pike in the state of Ohio John J Core and Christian Core persons to me well know who being sworn say that they were personally acquainted with the within named named John Perill and know that he died on the fifth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven  that we were present at his Burial
And they are also personally acquainted with the within named Elizabeth Perill his widow and know she is the person that she represents herself to be, That is the widow of the said John Perill still unmarried and that she is as they believe by reason of bodily infirmity and age unable to appear in open Court.  And that the within named John Perill is the identical person named in the annexed pension certificate
John J Core
Christian Core
Sworn and subscribed before me this 17th day of August 1850
Chas. McCollister
Associate Judge

And I do hereby certify that by reason of old age and infirmity of body the above named declarent is unable to travel or appear in open court.  And I further certify that satisfactory evidence has been adduced before me that the above named John Perill died on the fifth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and that the above named declarent has not again married but remains his widow.  Given under my hand this 17th day of August 1850
Chas. McCollister Associate Judge

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The state of Ohio Pike County SS
I George Corwine Clerk of the Court of common Pleas of Pike County in the State of Ohio the same being a Court of Record expressly so made by the Constitution and laws of said State do hereby certify that Charles McCollister above named is a Judge of the Court of common Pleas aforesaid and was such Judge at the time of the aforegoing attestations duly commissioned and qualified  That hir term of office commenced on the 8th day of March AD [illegible] and will expire on the 8th day of March AD 1856
[remainder of this section obscured]

State of Ohio
Higland County
Jackson Township SS
On this Eighteenth day of November One thousand Eight hundred and fifty personall appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in said Township of Jackson and County and State aforesaid Jacob Weaver and Jonas Likins who first being duly sworn according to law deposeth and say that they are now and have been acquainted with Mrs. Elizabeth Perill the widow of John Perill (who was a pensioner of the revolutionary war) for forty years and know that she is the same person that she represents herself to be;  that is the wife of John Perrill decased.  Jacob Weaver is now 80 years old and say that he has known the said Mrs Perill and family for the last sixty years
Jacob Weaver x his mark
Jonas Likins
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written
John Siders J.P.

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The State of Ohio Highland County SS
I Samuel Bell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county, do hereby certify that John Siders before whom the within affidavits were made is and was at the time of taking said affidavits an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Highland, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due and given both in and our of Judicature, to all of his official acts as such Justice of the peace, and that the signature purporting to be his is true and genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 18th day of November AD 1850
Samuel Bell Clk H.C.P
[SEAL]

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The State of Ohio  Pike County SS
I George Corwine Clerk of the Court of common Pleas of Pike County in the State of Ohio the same being a Court of Record expressly so made by the Constitution and laws of said State do hereby certify that Charles McCollister above named is a Judge of the Court of common Pleas aforesaid and was such Judge at the time of the aforegoing attestations duly commissioned and qualified  That his term of office commenced on the 8th day of March AD 1849 and will expire on the 8th day of March AD 1856 and that his signature within written is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 18th day of August AD 1851
George Corwine Clerk
[SEAL]

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11740
Ohio Cincinnati
Elizabeth Perrill decd.
widow of John
who died on the 5. Augt 1837
of   in the State of 
who was a pr. in the      commanded
by Captain        of the        commanded
by     in the Revolution
line for 1 year

Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati
at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents
per annum, to commence on the
 5 August 1837

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of
Febry. 1855. and sent to 
M. McCalla
Present

Recorded by G.F. Getty Clerk
Book D vol. 1 Page 395

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No. 15242
Elizabeth Perrill
wid of John
Ohio

Let Anthony & [illegible] Feb 17/51
Genl. J McCalla Dec 1 1851
D.H. Wood Jan 15/55.
J McCalla Jany 25 1855

July 7. 1838.

Pike Co Ohio

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[STAMP]
[illegible] Field

[STAMP]
FREE

Honl. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

Nov 26/50
Decl
Elizabeth Perrill
Capt [illegible]
Ohio
Act 7 July 1838

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9592
Ohio
Cinc:

Elizabeth Perrill, decd.
widow of John
who was a private 
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued
the 24 day of Febry 1855
and sent to J. McCalla
Present

Acts of March 3, 184, and June 17, 1844.

Recorded in Book a
Vol. 2.  Page 208.

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Payments to be made
Cincinnati
1st US. Br. Bank:
Agent for paying Pension
in the Agency of Ohio

Recorded in the Pension Office 
in Book E. vol. 8
Page 20. by Wm. R. Palmer
Clerk.

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Virginia Hampshire County Sct
I John B. White Clerk of the County Court of the said County do hereby certify that I can find no evidence upon the records of said court of the marriage of John Perrill & Elizabeth Price
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 21 day of September 1854
John B. White
[SEAL]

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Personally appeared before me Geo. W. Ward a Justice of the peace in and for Frederick County Virginia Henry Severs of said County now, as he states in his 87th year of his age, who made solemn affidavit that he knew John Perrill & Mrs. Elizabeth Perrill his wife & that to the best of his recollection they were married sometime between the years 1784 & 1786 in the said County & that he was present at the marriage of said parties
Given under my hand this 27th day of December 1854
Geo. W. Ward J.P.

Virginia
Frederick County Sct
I, Thomas Allen Tidball, Clerk of the County Court of Frederick, in the State of Virginia, do certify that George W. Ward, whose genuine signature is to the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned & sworn.  In Testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court this 27th day of December 1854.
T.A. Tidball
[SEAL]

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Washn. City
Dec. 29/54

To Genl. McCalla
Dear Sir:-
Enclosed is the affidavit of Henry Seevers, Esq. one of the oldest most respectable residents of Fredk. County.  I have known him from boyhood, & Mr. Waldo can rely confidently upon his statements.
Your Friend
D.H. Wood

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State of Virginia County of Hampshire
On this 17th day of June 1843 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Eli Beall who being duly sworn according to law in answer to interrogatories
Deposes and says that he is aged sixty five years past  that he is a resident of the County of Hampshire in the state of Virginia  that he was intimately acquainted for a grate many years with John Perrill and Elizabeth Perrill his wife both of whome are now dead and he believes they died in the County of Pike and State of Ohio,  that he has refference to the John Perrill who many years ago resided in Frederick County in the State of Virginia and who after his removal from Virginia to the state of Ohio became a Revolutionary Pensioner as this affiant understands and verily believes
He further deposes and says that the said  John and Elizabeth Perrill were persons of high respectability and lived together as husband and wife and wer universaly respected as husband and wife by all who knew them.  that they had children born in wedlock who now resid in the State of Ohio  that he is inabled to state and believe they were born in wedlock from the fact that he knew the said John and Elizabeth Perrill from his earliest recollection and their high standing reputation and character as Husband and Wife was such that this affiant never doubted or heard doubted their leagel marriage and this affiant verly and solemnly believes they wer leagally married, this affiants Mother being first cousin and blood relation
To the said John Perrill and from his intimat and personal knowledg of the relatives of Perrill on the Perrill side of the connection he feels quite confident if the said John and Elizabeth had not been leagally Husband and wife this affiant would have heard it spoken of.  He further deposes and says that he is in o wise interested in the Pension claim to which his testimony relates and does not

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expect in any manner to be benefited thereby and further this deponent sayeth not
Eli Beall

Sworn to and subscribed before met he day and yeare above written an I certify that I have known the said Eli Beall a grate many years   that he is a resident as above stated  that I believe he is of the age above stated.  that he is a credible witness and that I have no interest in the result of the case
Wm Nixon J.P

Virginia Hampshire County Sct.
I certify that William Nixon Esqr. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and whose genuine signature appears thereto was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the County Court at Romney this 21st of September 1854.
John B. White
Clerk of the County Court of Hampshire Co. Va.
[SEAL]

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Elizabeth Perrills heirs
REvolu Pension
Ohio
Kentucky - sus 1838

widow of Geo. Perrill a Pensioner

Jno. M McCalla

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The State of Ohio County of Pike
I Charles McCollister Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the said County of Pike and state aforesaid do hereby certify, that the records of said Court shew that John Perrill who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Forty dollars per Annum died in the said County of Pike and state of Ohio on or about the fifth day of August in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty-seven and I do further certify that the records of said Court also shew that Elizabeth Perrill who was the widow of the aforesaid John Perrill died on or about the sixth day of August in the year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty two in the said County of Pike
and I do further certify that the following named children are the only children of the aforesaid John and Elizabeth Perrill who now survive them To wit George Perrill, John Perrill, Rebecca Perrill, Elizabeth McNight late Elizabeth Perrill, and Margaret Bennett late Margaret Perrill.
And I further certify that the records of said Court also shew that the aforesaid George Perrill is the Executor of the aforesaid Elizabeth Perrill decd and that he has given bond as such Executor with sureties of the most undoubted solemncy.  and I further certify from my personal knowledge of the aforesaid John and Elizabeth Perrill decd that I verily believe, the claim of the said Elizabeth Perrill decd to a pension was a just and valid one, and now is to her children above named.  
And I certify that I am not concerned in any way in prosecuting said claim and do not expect to be benefited in any manner by the result

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of the claim
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Piketown Ohio on this 15th dayof Decr 1854
Chas. McCollister Judge of Probate Court
[SEAL]

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Elizabeth Perrill decd
widow of John
Ohio
Admd July 7 1838 &c
1 year pri $40
per annum from
Aug 5 1837, when her 
husband died to Aug 6
1852, when she died
Pay to George Perrill Exr.
fr himself & Margaret
Bennett 2 & Elizabeth McNight 3 &
Rebecca Perrill4  & John Perrill 5
only children

Cert to
J McCalla Esq
Present

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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Perrill decd widow of John
County and State of Ohio
Acts July 7 1838 &c

Claim, ("original,")

Proof exhibited, (if original,)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance
Her husband was pensioned under the act of 1832 at $40 per year, - (service shown in his papers)
Marriage is proved by John Stipe, an eye witness, John Core, Christian Core, Jacob Weaver, Jonas Likens & others, properly certified, death and heirship, proven agreeably to our regulations.

Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent
J McCalla Esq
Present

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John Perril died 5 Aug 1837 paid in full
Robt J Stevinson
Auditor

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Pen Off Feby 19 1853

Sir
Jno Perrill, Ohio Roll, Act 1832, $40 a year.  Please state to what time paid
Very Respectfully
S Cole
Chf Clk Pen Off
Triplett

RJ Atkinson Esq
Third Auditor

5 Aug 37

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Mrs. Elizth. Perrill
Evidence on marriage
Clerk's certificate Fredk. Co. Va.

Ohio   sus 1838


Jno M McCalla

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Virginia
I Thomas Allen Tidball, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Frederick, do hereby certify that I have examined the returns of marriage recorded in the Office of the said Court and do not find any return of the marriage of John and Elizabeth Perrill between the years 1782 the commencement of the returns as required by law and the year 1792.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court the 12th day of February 1855 and in the 79th year of the Commonwealth.

T.A. Tidball
[SEAL]

Winchester
July 12 1855
Dear Sir
Finding no return of the marriage of John & Elizabeth Perrill within the time mentioned in the above certificate I send it according to your request.  your letter was [illegible] when I was engaged with the business of the last court and overlooked until this morning or it would have been answered sooner.  My fees for the search, certificate and affixing the seal are sixty seven cents which you can remit in post office stamps
Your Obt
T.A. Tidball

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Hillsboro
July 31st

free

Honl. Lewis Cass sety at war
Washington City

Pension claim

Ohio
   Aug 5
26.510

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Hillsborough Ohio July 31st 1833

Dr. Sir
Enclosed you have the Declaration of John Perrill-an applicant for a pension 
When the department have pas'd upon it - 
be good enough to direct the result to George W. Barrier post master at Newmarket Highland County Ohio who is the agent for Perrell
Very respectfully yours &c
Saml. Bell

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Revy Widow, &c
File No. 5513
Elizth. Perril
Wid.
John Perrill
Pvt. Rev: W
Act Feby 2d/48
Index:-Vol. M, Page 12[?]
Arrangement of 1870.

1940 June 11-Hist to Mrs. Charles P. Lang [illegible]

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[STAMP]
Received May 2 1940
Mail Sub-Div.
Vets. Adm.
Reader #319

Portsmouth, Ohio
May 1, 1940

Mr. A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I should like the record of John Peril (Perriel, Perril etc) who served in the Virginia Militia and was granted pension in 1833.  At that time he was located in Highland Co I believe.  Also Ebenezer Maddox (N. 719) of Cuyahoga Co. (1812) 3rd reg. U.S. Inf.  He was transferred from Michigan to Ohio 1830.  Thank you very much for present and past favors.
Yours truly
Esther Lang

Mrs. Charles P. Lang
1626-8th Street
Portsmouth, Ohio

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June 11, 1940
John Perill, W. 5513
Ebenezer Maddox, O.W.I.26719
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Charles P. Lang
1626-8th Street
Portsmouth, Ohio

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Peril (Perril, Perrill, etc.) who served from Virginia, and was granted pension in 1833 while a resident of Highland County, Ohio, also the record of Ebenezer Maddox, of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, who served in the 3" U.S. Infantry, was transferred from Michigan to Ohio in 1830.
The Revolutionary War record of John Perill or Perrill (W.5513) and the record of Ebenezer Maddox (O.W.I. File 26719) who served in the War of 1812, also rendered service subsequent to that war, are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator