Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,323, John Corlew, N.C.

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Service
N.C.

Corlew, John

Number
R. 2,323

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(Handwritten) No 37398
John Corlew
NC
A et 7 June 1832

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State of Missouri
County of Boone ⎬ss.

On this the 9th day of June 1846, personally
appeared
John Corlew,
before Alexander Persinger, one of the
Judges of the Boone County
Court, the said Corlew being unable, from bodily infirmity, to
appear in open Court  a resident
of the County and State aforesaid aged
eighty-five years, who being first
duly sworn according to law, doth
on his oath make the following
declaration, in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made
by the act of Congress, passed June
7th 1832. That he enlisted
in the Army of the United States in the
year 1777 (in the Spring and served
under the following named officers, and
served as herein stated.
That he volunteered, in the Spring
(precise month not remembered) of
the year 1777 under Captain
William Binkley, Col. Sowell
genl. Caswell and served under
these officers atour of six
months, that at the time he entered
the service he lived in Hallifax
County North Carolina, that the

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army whilst he was serving in it,
marched up as high as Salisbury, 
along down upon the Adkin
river- that he served as 
a private- that, at the end of the
6 months he served, he and the
whole company was discharged
at Hillsboro, N.C. some
time in the fall of the year 1777
That, in the year 1781 he again
entered the U. States Service as
a volunteer private; that he was
Still a resident of Halifax County
North Carolina, & there entered
the service this second time-
that he entered for a six months
tour in the Spring of the year
1781 that he served, in this second
tour, for six months, and was
discharged in Hallifax (Halifax) North Carolina,
 that, during this tour, he marched across the
Roanoke into Virginia; again
crossed back & returned to Hallifax, (Halifax)
 then scoured the country
round about, & finally again
returned to Hallifax (Halifax) and
was discharged; his captain
in the last tour was (hes not postive)
John Pitts, 1st Lt. (he thinks)
Phillips, Col. William
Linton, Genl. Allensones- that the
reason why the U.S. Army Crossed
the Roanoke was that the
British, under Cornwallas  (Cornwallis) &

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Tarlton (Tavington), moved them across, 
then had a
little skirmish-- thinks this was
in the month of may; that he has
no documentary evidence, and that
he knows of no person, whose
testimony he can procure, who
can testify to his service- that
he hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity,
 except the present, and decloses (discloses)
that his name is not on
the Pension Roll of the agency
of any state- that the reason
why he has not applied for a
pension before this, is, that
although poor, he felt too
independent & high spirted; but ┃
being now old, poor and
helpless he needs whatever
help the government, for his
twelve months service, will
give him. John Corlew
Writing/W. F. Switzler [Switzer]
Sworn and Subscribed the day &
year aforesaid.
Alexander Persinger
One of the Judges of the Boone County
Court.
I, Thomas P. Stephens, a Clergyman, residing in the
County of Callaway hereby certifies that I am
well acquainted with John Corlew who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that I believe him to be about eighty=five years
of age; that he is reputed and believes in

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the neighborhood where he resides, to have been
a soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur
 in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed {  Tho P. Stephens
the
19th August 1846.
And the said Alexander Persinger, one of the Judges
of the Boone County Court, does hereby declare
his 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 I further certify that Rev. Thomas P. Stephens, who
has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman,
resident in the County of Callaway, Mo, is a credible
person, and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Alexander Perringer J.B.C.C

Questions by the Court.

1. Where and in what year
were you born?
In Hallifax (Halifax)County North Carolina,
on the 20th February 1762
2. Have you any record of our
age, if so where is it?
Yes, in 
a family bible now in my house
3. Where were you living when called
into service, where have you
lived since the Revolutionary 
war, and where do you now live?
When called into service lived in
Hallifax (Halifax) County, Carolina

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since the war have lived along
time in N. Carolina, then moved to
Madison County Ky, lived in
Kentucky, but not in Madison
County all the time, about
22 years, and in 1818 moved 
to Boone County Missouri where
he has lived ever since, and now
lives
4. How were you called into
service; were you draughted (drafted),
did you volunteer, or were
you a substitute was a volunteer
in both tours.
5. State the names of some of the
Regular officers who were with
the troops where you served
such continental and militia
Regiment as you can 
recollect, and the general
circumstances of your service?
Recollects none
6. Thinks he received no discharge
& believes he was discharged the
last tour by Proclamation. After
the first tour received a discharge
but it is worn out & gone.
7. Abraham Davenport, Lemuel Sercey
& Moses Batterton
& many others, will testify
as to character for veracity
their belief of his services as a
soldier of the Revolution.

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State of Missouri{
County of Boone{
Sch.
I, Warren Woodson, Clerk of the
Boone County Court, do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of
Alexander Persinger, as Judge
of the said Court, in the matter
the application of John
or pension.
In testimony whereof,
I have hereunto set
my hand and seal
of officer, this the 19th
day of August 1846.
Warren Woodson
Clerk
[Circle cut out with pointed edges paper adhered to document with hand stamp in  middle]

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Act of June 7. 1832.
Suspended Claim
of
John Corlew.-
(Missouri)
Power of Attorney
to examine claim.
Chas C Tucker
Atty Present

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Know all men by these presents: That I Caroline
Corlew - One of the heirs and legal representatives
of John Corlew deceased, do hereby constitute and
appoint Charles C Tucker of Washington District
of Columbia, my true and lawful agent and attorney
to prosecute the claim of John Corlew dec? for any
amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension
that may be due under the provisions of the Act of
or any other Act of Resolution
of Congress, and I hereby authorize my said Attorney
to examine all 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, and 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 I personally
present.  Hereby ratifying and confirming all
that my said attorney may lawfully do in the
premises. Witness my hand and seal this the
6th day of April 1854.
Caroline Corlew (Hand drawn seal, saying seal in middle)
I presence of
Saml A. Young              {ss. (?)
Abraham Davenport

State of Missouri          {ss.  (?)
County of Boone
On this the 6th day of April 1854.
before me a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County
and State above mentioned, personally appeared
Caroline Corlew, and acknowledged the foregoing
hand of Attorney to be her act and deed for the
purpose therein mentioned
Francis T. Russell
Justice of the Peace

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State of Missouri ⎬ ss
County of Boone  }
On this the 6th day of April 1854.-
before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace,
in and for the County and State aforesaid,
personally appeared Caroline Corlew, a resident
of said County, and made oath according 
to law that she is the Identical Caroline Corlew,
who executed the foregoing power of Attorney
and that she is directly interested in the
claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed
with such additional evidence or arguments
as my said Attorney may use in prosecuting
said claim                                  Caroline Corlew
Sworn to and subscribed before
me the day and year above writen
Francis T. Russell
Justice of the Peace,

State of Missouri  } ss. (?)
County of Boone  }
I Warren Woodson Clerk
of the County Court for the County and State
aforesaid do hereby certify that Francis T Russell,
Esqr. before whom the foregoing affidavit and
acknowledgement were made and who has
thereunto signed his name, was at the time
of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the
County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn
and that all his official acts as such are entitled
to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said County
Court at office this 6th day
of April AD 1854
Warren Woodson clerk

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November 13, 1936
John Corlew-R.2323
BA-J/AWF
Miss Florence R. Cross
1525 Jackson Street, #6
San Francisco, California

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from pension claim, R. 2323, based upon the service of John Corlew in the Revolutionary War.

John Corlew was born February 20, 1762 in Halifax County, North Carolina, names of his parents not given. 

He was living in Halifax County, North Carolina during the Revolutionary War, and after the war moved to Madison County, Kentucky, and lived in the state of Kentucky for about twenty-two years, then moved to Boone County, Missouri. 

He applied for pension June 9, 1846, then a resident of Boone County, Missouri, and alleged that he enlisted in the spring of 1777, served six months as private in Captain William Brinkley's company, Colonel Sowell's North Carolina regiment, that he enlisted in the spring of 1781 and served in Captain John Pitts' company, Colonel William Linton's North Carolina regiment.

The claim was not allowed as proof of six months' service as required by the pension law was not furnished.

In 1854, Caroline Corlew was a resident of Boone County, Missouri, and stated that she was one of the

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heirs of the John Corlew referred to herein. She did not state her relationship to said John Corlew, the date of his death is not given, nor is there any further reference to family.

Very truly yours 

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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On
Jan 30 '47
{Illegible} of
John Corlew
152                   (Post mark)
a (Colley?)

(Written down the front of the envelope)
Have {Illegible} of Pensions
Washington City
del

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John Corlew
Mr
(Crossed out possible address)
{Illegible}
28th 184{Illegible}
2323

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November 13, 1936

BA-J/AWF
Miss Florence R. Cross
1525 Jackson Street, #6
San Francisco, California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the War of 1812 record of James Martin, born 
in 1790 in Madison County, Kentucky, married Ann 
Corlew, died in 1835 in Boone County, Missouri,
leaving the said Ann a widow, the War of 1812 record 
of Kit Martin, brother of the above named James 
Martin, and the Revolutionary War record of Robert 
Edward Corlew or Corlieu, or the Revolutionary War 
record of any other soldier with that surname, who 
lived in Boone County, Missouri after that war. 

The War of 1812 records of  this office fail to
show claims for pension on file based upon the ser-
vice of a James Martin as described above, or of
any Kit Martin. The Revolutionary War records of
this office have been searched and no claim for 
pension found based upon the service of Robert Edward
Corlew or Robert E. Corlew (Corlieu).

The Revolutionary War record of John Corlew of
North Carolina and Boone County, Missouri, is fur-
nished herewith.
(Handwritten) R. 2323

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

( Handwritten down the side of letter)
One Edward Corlew Vermont
always so I did not mention him.

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( Hand Stamp circle inside says
Received
Oct 24 1936
Mail Sub-DIV
Vets ADM.
Reader No.      3

San Francisco, Calif,
Oct. 20,1936
1525 Jackson St. #6

Veteran Administration,
Washington, D.C.

File: Robert Corlew-S.C. 15401.
James Martin-S.C. 15982
BA-J/AWF

Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistnat. (Assistant)

I wish to thank you for your very kind letter of Oct. 5th, 1936.
I do desire that another search be made concerning
James Martin.
Was there any record of his military service in the
Battle of Tippecanoe, Nov. 7, 1811, under General Harrison?
At this time he was quite a young man. Perhaps he was born
in 1790. He died in Columbia, Boone Co., Mo. in 1835. I
do not know his enlistment residence. But as he was born in
Madison Co., Ky. he must have enlisted with the other recruits
from that section of the U. S.  His wife was Ann Corlew. They
were married June 22, 1820.

The early history of Boone Co., Mo. states that James
Martin went there in 1817.  He lived in Pike, Holt and Boone
Counties Mo.  He was a trader and was making arrangements to
move his family to Santa Fe, New Mexico, when he died suddenly
with an infected too.  His family was left almost destitute.
His wife Ann Courlieu ( Corlew ) was of French Huguenot decent.
She xxx in some miraculous way had acquired an education and
upon the advice of James Martin's brother, Kit Martin, moved
her family to Daviess Co., Mo. where she taught the first
school ever taught in that county.

Do you have any record of Kit Martin.  Perhaps it
would throw some light on the record of James Martin.
My grandmother, Emmaline Martin, told me that these
Martins and Corlews fought in every way that was fought since 1619.
It was the custom for the father to take his sons and go forth
to war.  And some of them kept up the fighting the rest of
their lives. They were preachers and fought the devil.
Do you have a record of the wars of the Revolution?
My grandmother always said that her grandfather fought in the
war of 1775. I think he was Robert Edward Corlew.
I trust I may have a letter with something definite,
but I realize how inadequate the information is. Another thing
my great uncle, Azariah Martin, refused a pension when he was 79
as he felt that he was too able bodied to accept it. There may
have been others in the family felt the same way.
Very truly yours
( Miss ) Florence R. Cross.
(Hand written here) no signiture

( Hand written vertical left side of paper)
James C Martin (Illegible) 20849 (Illegible) 20449 (?)

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(Left side of page)
1936 Nov 13 - ish to Miss Florance
R. Cross (Illegible)
Act of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
2323
-
(Right side of page)
(Lined out
Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 9, 1873.)
2323
o.
John Corlew
Service:
listed:       (Stamped) REJECTED   ,18
charged:                                            ,18
plication filed:                                    ,18
The printed list of 1852
shows reasons for 
ges: suspension-
"not
six months
enlisted: service proved"
torney:
0.
Recognized.     Contract
Cert. of Dis. Searched for                       ,18

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March 26, 1847
Rush to
John Corlew.         (Postal stamp)

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City,
D.C.

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Columbia, Mo, March 9. 1847.

Sir:
I presume that before this
you have received, from the Comptroller
of N. Carolina, in the Pension
case of John Corlew, the record evidence
you desired. I hope you will at an 
early day write me on the subject, in
order if the evidence  be not sufficient
I can supply that which is
wanting.
Please write immediately.
Your's
W. F. Switzler

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Raleigh N.C
Compt Office
I William F Collins Comptroller of Public
Accounts in and for the State of North 
Carolina do hereby certify that the name
of John Corlew appears of Record in
this office as having had a payment
made to his of Fifteen Pounds (L15)
for military Service See Bank book
page 112.  I further certify that a payment
of Fifty Two pounds Nine Shillings (52.9)
was made to J Colley for Military Service
as will appear in Book G. No 18 page 23-
given under my hand and seal
this 25th day January A.D. 1847 (or 1867)
Wm Collins Compt

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Raleigh N C
January 25 1847
Hon J.L Edwards
Sir
At the request of W. F. Switzler
of Mo. I enclose you the accompanying
certificate to be filed with the applicants 
papers, you will see from
the certificate that mr J. Colley has
drawn pay, and it is alledged
that the name of Corlew is sometimes
Called Colley, of this I know nothing
Mr Switzler desires you to apprise him
of receipt of my certificate
at Columbia Mo as soon as you
examine the matter.
Very Respectfully
Your Off Clerk
Wm F. Collins

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[Envelope has postal stamp upper left corner and following is hand written vertically on left side]
Aug 31, 1846
re John Corlew
June 7,1832.

30 [Hand written right corner of paper]
[Addressed]
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City,
D.C.

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Columbia, Mo., Aug. 19th 46.
Sir:
Enclosed are pension papers
in the case of John Corlew of this
(Boone) County.
Please examine them and
write me at as early a day as
possible
Your's
Wm. F. Switzler

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[The reverse side of document.  You can see writing on the other side of paper]
Wm. F. Switzler [Or Switzer]
March 5. 1847

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131
Pension Office
March 5, 1847
Sir
The certificate of the Completion afirms [affirms]
North Carolina transmitted to this office by him
Exhibiting a payment to John Carlew of $15-
and one to J. Colley for $52.9. to be used as evidence
in the case of John Carlew of Missouri has been
received.
The amount paid to J. Colly cannot
be admitted as proof of claimants service, If there
was no discrepancy in the name, it would cover a
much longer time of service that applicant claimed
to have rendered.  The balance of that certificate
would not show a service of 4 months.

┃ William F. Switzer (Switzler) Esq.
Columbia
Mo.

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John Corlew
Hopless

[Smeared black ink on paper]

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John Corlew, Mo

Pension Office to Wm F. Switzer, Columbia, Mo
March 5, 1847
The $15-paid in N.C. will not
amount to six months service.
Claimed 2 tours 6 mo: each
not proven
Hopeless
Case
7 Aug. 54

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535
Pension Office

September 28th, 1846
Sir
The application of John Corlew for a
pension under the act of 7 June 1852 now
for the first time presented has been examined
and pled. [filed]
Claimant alleged that he served two
 terms of 6 months each in the milita of North Carolina. Satisfactory evdince [evidence] from the record
in the comptrollers office of that state must
be produced to sustain this allegation before
he can be granted a pension. Agreeably to
his own statement his first service was rendered
when he was but 15 years old when he was neither
subject to be called out with the Militia, nor
capable of performing the service. And in 1781
there were no tours of 6 months duration- three
months was the limit of the terms, in that service
no proof whatever has been produced to establish his
service-
Some satisfactory reason should be assigned
for delaying to apply for the benefit of the pension
laws until this late day when the means of [Illegible]

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AI / Machine-Generated
(1 month ago)
his claim by the testimony of comrades were so
rapidly deminishing.

[written on the right side of document]
Wm F. Switzler  [Switzer] 
Sept 28. 46

[Bottom of document]
Wm. F. Switzler [Switzer] Esq
Columbia
Mo.