Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4705, Cornelius Vanasdall, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Vanasdall, Cornelius
S. 4705
CONTENTS
Carded.
born in Somerset Co. N.J. in 1759 - res of Knox Co. Ohio in 1832 -

7203 Ohio
Cornelius Vanadall  Vanadall of Knox Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Baumeister of the Regt commanded by Col Pendleton in the Virginia line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of March 1833 and sent to Insley J Johnston Knox Co Ohio
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 80.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept 20.00 $100 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Damer Boyd Clerk, Book E Vol. 8 Page 27
Paid at the Treasury under the act April 6 th 1838 from Sept 4 th 1839, to March 4 th 1841 Agent notified May 7 th 1842
Paid as above from 4 th March to Sept 4 th 1841. As notified July 9 th 1842.
Paid as above from 4 th Sep 1841 to 4 th March 1842. Agt notified 4 th Decr 1842

Cornelius Vannasdall
Declaration
15021
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State of Ohio Knox County SS
On this twenty fifth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Knox
now sitting Cornelius Vannasdall a resident of Morgan Township in the County of Knox 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 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit, Col. Pendleton, Capt. John Vanmetre Lieut. Henry Vanmetre entered the service in the month of April 1779 as a volunteer resided when he entered the service within five miles of Shepherdstown Barkly County Virginia Marched to Fort Pitt, and then down the Ohio river to Wheeling where he was stationed during the summer until fall and marched back to Fort Pitt where he was discharged in the month of October the same year having served six months, — and again about the first of May 1781 he was drafted into the service under the following officers to wit Capt Henry Vanmetre, and he thinks he was under Col. Dark when he entered the service in Barkly County County, Virginia Marched from Withertown Marsh to Falmouth then to Fredericksburg then to Williamsburg then to Little York and was there during the siege and at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and then marched with a body of the prisoners to Winchester and was there discharged about the first of November the same year. He states he knew Genl. Washington & Lafayette. He also states he was born in Somerset

in the State of New Jersey in the year 1759 He has the record of his age at home in his bible He received a discharge but has since lost it by whom it was signed he does not recollect He also states that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person that has any knowledge of his service except William Beam he has lived since the revolutionary war part of the time in Virginia and then moved to Green County Pennsylvania and then to Ohio where he now lives
He also states that he is known in his present neighborhood to Wm Beam, James Bell & Benjamin Bell who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution and there is no clergyman in my neighborhood
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an 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
Cornelius his Vanarsdall mark
Alex. Elliott Clerk
We Nathanael Davis and John Beam hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Cornelius Vanarsdall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed Nathanael Davis the day and year aforesaid John Beam
Alex. Elliott Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies

that it appears to them that Nathaniel Davis and John Beam who has signed the foregoing certificate are residents in the county of Knox and State of Ohio and are credible persons and their Statement is entitled to credit —
I Alexander Elliott Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for said County of Knox do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Cornelius Vanassdall for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8 th
day of October September A. D. 1832.
Alex. Elliott Clerk

In the Matter of Cornelius Vannardall's application for a pension the following questions were by the order of the court propounded to him the said Cornelius Vannardall and the answers hereinafter mentioned given thereto by the said Cornelius Vannardall under oath as follows -
1 st Where and in what year were you born Answer I Summersett County in the State of New Jersey in the year 1759
2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it Answer I have, in my family Bible at home
3 rd Where were you living when called into service, where were you living since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer when first called into the service I lived within five miles of Shepherdstown Berkle County Virginia where I continued to live until about the year 1788 when I moved with my family to Green County in the State of Pennsylvania where I lived until about twenty two years ago when I moved to Knox County Ohio where I now live
4 th How were you called into the service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
Answer in my first tour I was a volunteer for six months and again I was drafted and served six months
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served, and such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Answer General Washington and Lafayette were with the troops when I served part of the time the number of the regiments with which I served I do not now recollect the general circumstances of my service are set forth in my declaration

6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? —
Answer I did receive a Discharge, by whom it was signed I do not now recollect, but I have lost it
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution —
Answer William Beam James Bell and Benjamin Bell
Cornelius his Barnardall mark
Sworn to (and) subscribed in open court this 25 th day of September A.D. 1832
Genl. Elliott Clerk

No 15021-
Cornelius Vannasdall
St. Clair County
Ohio
from 1779 private 12 months, $40.
Isley D. Johnston
St. Clair County
Ohio

BRIEF in the case of  Cornelius Vanmetsdall  of Knox County in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  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.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Vol - In 1779- 6- Private Capt Vanmetre Col Pendleton   Drafted 1781- About 6- " " " Dark  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Barkly Co. O.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Pornelius Wannusdull which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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?  No
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?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† 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 authenticates 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 ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ 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 accompany the papers.

Rev. M. J.
4705
INVALID.
Rev.
File No. 4705
Cornelius Van ★ dall
Br. Va. Soc.
Act: June 7, '32
Index: —Vol. A , Page 387
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Cornelius Van ★ dall Records corrected. Apr. 25, 1904.

Cornelius Vanardall
Power of 3 1/2 Attorney }
J. D. Johnston

Know all men by these presents That I Cornelius Vanassdall of the county of Knox and State of Ohio have made constituted and appointed and by these presents do make constitute appoint in my place and stead put and depute Indys Johnston my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name and for my use to ask demand and receive all such sum or sums of money or other demands whatsoever which is or shall be due, owing, payable and belonging to me, by any manner or means whatsoever especially any money or pension I may be entitled to receive from the government of the United States under the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832 for services as a revolutionary soldier — Giving and granting unto my said Attorney by these presents my full and whole power strength and authority in and about the premises to have, use, and take all lawful ways and means in my name for the purposes aforesaid and upon the receipt of any sum or sums of money or pension as aforesaid acquittances or other sufficient discharges for me and in my name to make seal and deliver —
Whereby ratifying, allowing and holding for firm and effectual all and whatsoever my said Attorney shall lawfully do in and about the premises by virtue hereof — In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty eighth day of September AD one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Sealed and delivered in the presence of us
Wm McCreary
Thomas McCreary
Cornelius Vanassdall his mark

That the State of Ohio Knox County ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county Barnabas Varnsdall who executed the within power of Attorney and acknowledged the signing and sealing thereof to be his act and deed for the purposes therein expressed.
Given under my hand Officially this 28 th day of Sept. A.D. 1832 Gym M c Cluskey J.P.
The State of Ohio Knox County ss:
I Alexander Elliott Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that W m M c Cluskey Esq. before whom the above acknowledgment, appears to have been made, was at the time of taking the said acknowledgment, & yet is an acting Justice of the peace, for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and full faith is due to all his official acts as such as well in courts of justice as thereon. And I further certify that the above signature purporting to be his signature is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Mount Vernon this 28 th day of September A. D. 1832.
Alex r Elliott Clerk