Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17527, for Cornelius King, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
King, Cornelius
NUMBER
S 17527
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Indiana 9314
Cornelius King
Morgan Co in the State of Ind a who was a Sgt t in the Co commanded by Captain Lewis of the 1st Reg t commanded by Col Wilson in the Va time for 3 1/2 mos s Private 2 " Sergeant
order to pay Nov. 15: 1836 order to pay Ap r 4, 1837.
Dead
Letter to W. Hendricks 15 July 1840
Death date not on Q.R.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ind a the rate of 28 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Aug t 1833 and William & Asst Martinsville
Arrears to the 14th of March 56 66 Pension allowance ending Sept 14 16 $70.82
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 118

No 2052 Cornelius King Morgan County Indiana
from 1779 private A. Supt. Ypsemt Private 5 p.m. 18.33 Supt 2 mo 10  $28.33 100
William O. Ross Martinsville (Indiana)

County of Morgan
BRIEF in the case of
Cornelius King  in the State of Indiana  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Justice of the Peace  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes -  3. How old is he? 79  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.     In 1774 Sept - Went home about new years about 2 or 3 - As a Private Lieut White, Capt Lewis Col   Vol 1779 May Ensign Col Wilson - Capt Hunt   Vol Private Col Bowman   2 P. Sergeant Capt Line   about 2 - Genl Clark Capt Brown   She different times made about 12 yrs of it  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmishes with the Indians  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Figurs Valley W. Va.  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? Not connected as the regulations require 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.

Cornelius King
20327

State of Louisiana Morgan County } Be it known } that on this 13 th day } of November A.D. 1880 personally appeared before Grant Stafford an acting Justice of the peace within & for this County Commission being a Resident of the County of Morgan being also being duly Sworn according to law then in his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 10 th 1880
That he entered the Service of the United States in the year 1774 in the month of September or October in said year that he lived in Fugers Valley in the State of Virginia at the time he entered the Service the object of the expedition was to go out into the Indian Country near the Ohio River on to the waters of the Sciota River which is now in the State of Ohio where he started from here he says he went to a place called Greenbrier to Pendergrass's at said place and from there the Regiment marched in the month of the Panhandle along the mouth of said River where it empties into the Ohio River at which place he says they camped crossed over the said Ohio River into the Indian Country and from there they marched on almost to the said Sciota River and they encamped and the Governor of Virginia came to their Camp

accompanied by an Indian the Gilemons name was in other words Drummore this Belcher says as well as he can recollect the two armies were to meet in the Indian Country some where and unite in Seddovig the Indians but when the army to which he belonged got to the place before mentioned as stated above Governor Drummore had been in to the Indians and the said Indians had been for peace with the said Governor Drum more and had returned to the mouth of the Can he lays at the time they first came to the mouth of said Rappahannock River when going out into the Indian Country they had an engagement with the Indians at a near said River which he had forgotten to mention before at which Battle he says he thinks the Indians killed about eighty or ninety of the American army and perhaps as many more were wounded from thence he says they went on home and he says there was one man by the name of Thomas Price who was wounded and not able to travel as fast as the balance of the men and this dear says the Lieutenant who was he that if he would stay with the said Thomas Price who was wounded and take care of him that he Lieutenant White would send him a horse when he got home to get in said Price but he did not do as he agreed to & at the end of about one month the said Price was able to travel & so they went on home ward

which was about some years he says the men who went out with him were attached to a com- -pany commanded by Captain John Lewis. he says two men by the name of Andrew and Charles Lewis acted as Colonels in said Expedition the Major's name not recalled the length of said Expedition was about four months as well as he can recollect
This declarant says that sometime after the perhaps two or three years (at any rate) after the Revolution had commenced Colonel Benjamin Wilson called on him to go to a place called Buchanan in order to assist in building a fort at said place at which place he says he served as Ensign and continued there until the fort was almost finished he says he does not recollect what time in the year it was when he went there but he says it was warm weather when he went and it was very cold when he was home he says he thinks he was out in the service at that time about two or three months and then he returned home
That sometime in the month of May in the year 1779 he volunteered and went out against the Indians which were called Shawnees at a place called Old Fort Towns in what is now called the State of Ohio at that time he lived in the western part of Virginia which is now called Kentucky at a station called Thoroughfare from said station he says he

went to the mouth of Licking River near to where is now a town called Cincinnati in the State of Ohio and from there he marched on to the Chillicothe towns and when we got there a little before night daylight the Regiment parted into two Companies in order to take the advan- -tage of the Indians but before we could do any thing the Dogs barked and we were discovered by the Indians and about eight o- -'clock in the morning we fired on the Indians and killed but one of them and we retreated and the two parties aforementioned met together and consulted what to do and the conclusion was as we were weak and but few in number to get from the Indians as many horses as we could and return home and we done so the number of horses we got was about one hundred and sixty young and old and we made a safe retreat and were commanded by Colonels John Bowman and Benjamin Logan the Captain who commanded the Company to which he belonged was by the name of Josiah Kenland the other officers names not recalled at this time I am sure must have been one or more of the
This old man says at an other time he says he thinks in the winter of 1782 following he was and went out under the command of Captain Benjamin Logan and Lieutenants Hugh McGary

he says he acted as orderly sergeant in the company to which he belonged. He says they marched on to the falls of the Ohio River and perhaps stayed there about five days and from there the army marched on to a place called Vincennes on the Wabash River and there joined General Clarke's army. The object of this Expedition was to go to Detroit but the officers failed to get provisions and we were obliged to give out going the said trip and we staid there about five or six weeks and then we returned home he thinks they staid in the vicinity of here for some time and returned back home in the month of August following which term of service after two months or more.
This Declan says at an other time but does not recollect exactly when he was drafted and went out under the command of General Clarke he says the object of the Expedition was to go out against a tribe of Indians called the Wabams. He says he joined said army at the falls of the Ohio River which was commanded by General Clarke and from there the army marched to a place called Vincennes and from there they marched up the Wabash River about forty miles off he staid in the army about one or two weeks about three hundred of men were there and the officers enrolled

to go on board to return back and put things back about the same and march out and we went back by Cincinnati and from there to the falls of the Ohio River and from there on board about five miles from Newburgh in Ohio County, the name of the Captain who commanded us was Patrick Brown and the other officers names not recalled at this time he says he thinks he started out on this expedition about the first of September and returned about the first of November following which made about two months service he says he got one written discharge only and was signed by Captain Patrick Brown he thinks said discharge at the time can not be found he thinks it is lost by some means he says all the different terms added together make about twelve months service
and the said declarant in answer to the questions submitted by the Court in virtue of the power as regu- lated by the instructions from the War Department says that to the best of knowledge and belief he was born in Newcastle County in the State of Delaware in the year 1753 in December in said year on the 21st day of said month he says he has a record of his age at this time on a leaf which was sewed in a Bible but it is now lost that he was living in the State of Virginia in Fugate's Valley in what is now called Hardy County

at the time he entered the Service and continued to live there while he was engaged in the two great Expeditions and in the year 1779 since he went into the western part of Virginia to a place called Glencastle Station in what is now called the State of Kentucky and continued there about one year and from there he removed down into Nelson County in said State and lived there until about the year Seventeen years ago and then he moved in to Orange County in the State of Indiana and lived there about ten years and from there he moved into Monroe County in said State where he now lives and has since lived.
That his declaration above details the manner in which he was called into the Service the answers to the fifth and sixth inquiries are contained in his declaration above so far as this declaration can recite that he is known to William Williams George A. Phelps William H. Craig and Grant Stephenson who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution that he can prove said small part of the above services by a woman by the name of Sarah Westfall but he will so far from here that he can not procure his testimony at this time that he knows of no other person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services and that he has no documentary evidence thereof.
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 or Territory
Connelius big King mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
We John Battenfeld Morgan and William Williams residing in the county of hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Connelius King who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy nine 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
Simon Battenfeld William Williams mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
And the said Court or portion of the same do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as far as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Battenfeld who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Morgan and that William Williams who has also signed the same is a resident in the same county and is a credible person and that their statements are entitled to credit

The foregoing applicant is old and very infirm and unable to appear in court in consequence of which the foregoing application has been made before me a justice of the peace within and for said county of Morgan and state of Indiana signed by me the undersigned justice of the peace this 15 th day of December A.D. 1832
Grant Stafford Justice of the peace
State of Indiana Morgan County
I George A. Phelps clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said county of Morgan do hereby certify that the above named Grant Stafford is and was an acting justice of the peace within and for said county at the time the foregoing election and acknowledgment was made and acknowledged that he was duly commissioned and sworn into office as such and that full faith and credit ought and must be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto at my hand and office seal the adopted seal of said court of Morgan done at Martinsville this 15 th day of December in the year of our Lord 1832
Geo. A. Phelps clerk

February 1, 1938
Cornelius King S. 17527 BA-J/AWF
Mr. Robert M. Duke 489 East Jackson Street Martinsville, Indiana
Dear Sir:
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 17527, based upon the military service of Cornelius King in the Revolutionary War.
Cornelius King was born November 21, 1753 in New Castle County, Delaware. The names of his parents were not stated.
While residing in Tygart's Valley, Randolph County, Virginia, Cornelius King served from sometime in September or October, 1774, four months as private under Captain John Lewis and Colonels Andrew and Charles Lewis, in an expedition against the Indians, they crossed the Ohio River, and went on to the Scioto River, had an engagement with the Indians, in which eighty or ninety Americans were killed and about that number injured.
Two or three years after the beginning of the Revolution, no specific date given, Cornelius King served two months and fifteen days as ensign under Colonel Benjamin Wilson, and assisted in building Fort Buchanan. He moved in 1779 to Western Virginia, the part later Kentucky, and served in the spring of 1779, one month as private under Captain Josiah Howland, and Colonels John Bowman and Benjamin Logan, marched to the Chillicothe Towns against the Shawnee Indians, in their attempt to surprise the Indians about eight o'clock one morning the dogs barked and roused the Indians, the

Americans fired and only one Indian was killed, the Americans being few in number, it was decided to capture as many horses as possible and return home; they captured about sixty horses and made a safe retreat. He served again in 1779, two months as orderly sergeant under Captain Benjamin Linn or Line, marched to the Fall of the Ohio and on to Vincennes. He served two months as private in Captain Patrick Brown's company in General Clark's expedition against the Indians and marched to The Wabash River. All of his service was with the Virginia troops.
The soldier, Cornelius King, moved after the Revolution to Nelson County, Kentucky, then to Orange County, Indiana, thence to Morgan County, Indiana. He was allowed pension on his application executed November 15, 1832, then a resident of said Morgan County.
His surviving children were referred to on January 15, 1840; their names were not given, nor are there any data relative to his wife.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-
Cornelius King Certificate # 19314 Issued August 26, 1833 Rate $28.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Indiana Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

17527 INVALID.
File No. 17527
Benjamin King
Bi Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 208
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1928-Nov. 22-Hist. by N. A. Davel Co. J. 1931-July 13- " " Mr. D. A. King asst. 1934-Aug. 31- " " Mrs. W. D. King asst. 1938-Sept. 4- " " Robert M. Dugre- Hasletter sent over to Air Bldg An reply to Civil War- 1938-May 13-Ad. Robt M. Dugre, no further info. than for Feb. 1/38- E.E.

15 Jan'y 1840 W. Hendrichs G. L.
Recora 174 page 174

War Department Pension Office
15 Jany 1840
Sir
The papers of Cornelius King dec d , are herewith returned. The amount due at the period of his decease, is, the joint property of all his surviving children, and can only be received by them in their several proportions agreeably to the regulations of this Department.
I am H
W. Hendricks Esq Madison Indiana

Branch Bank
Indianapolis 7 March 1837
Hon J L Edwards
Com. Pensions
I send you the accompanying claim for pension with a request for permission to pay it.
Respectfully Yours
B H Morris Clerk

Indiana Madison Decr. 31. 1839
Enclosed find previous papers forwarded for order of payment
Yours &c.
W. Dandridge Jr

176 25
William Jones Cornelius King
Mr O. Wood

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Cornelius King 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? 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? No 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.

an of Indiana Morgan county Personally appeared before me undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Morgan aforesaid Cornelius King who being duly sworn deponeth 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 periods below, and in the following grades As wit In 1874 he served not less than 4 months as a private soldier In his second tour he served 2 months & 15 days as Ensign. In his third tour he served one month as a private soldier In his fourth tour he served two months as orderly sergeant. In his fifth tour he served two months as a private soldier The deponent further saith for answer to the Eleventh and twelfth Inter- rogatories in the brief of objections forwarded from the war department, that John Butter- field who subscribed and swore to the certificate (before the said Stafford) whereby traditional proof of the deponent's service was made, is and was at the time date thereof a respectable Clergyman residing in the county of Morgan aforesaid, and that he was of the impression that his declaration did so express and he presumes the omission in this respect is owing to a mistake of the individual who drew the

decreants declaration - And the said deponent further saith that in the above tours, exclusive of the one performed in 1774 which was previous to the commencement of the Revolution He served in U.S. Army at least seven months and fifteen days, for which service he claims a pension -
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3 rd day of June 1833
Grant Stafford Justice of the peace
State of Indiana Morgan County
I Grant Stafford one of the Justices of the peace in and for the county of Morgan aforesaid and State of Indiana hereby certify that the Reverend John Butterfield who subscribed and swore to the certificate of the traditional evidence of service of the within named Cornelius King is and was at the date thereof a respectable Clergyman and a resident in the neighborhood of the said King as stated in the foregoing affidavit
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3 rd day of June 1833
Grant Stafford (Seal) Justice of the peace

State of Indiana Morgan county } I Hannibal R Stevens Clerk of the Circuit and Probate court of the county of Morgan hereby certify that Grant Stafford Esquire before whom the orig- inal declaration of Cornelius King was made for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 is and was at the date of said declaration an Acting Justice of the peace in and for the county of Morgan, and that the said Stafford being the same above named, before the preceding affidavit was made and when the preceding certificate was made, and at all times of the signing of the foregoing papers and is yet an Acting Justice of the peace as aforesaid and that the signatures purporting to be his are his genuine signatures
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Martinsville this 11 th day
1833
Hannibal R Stevens
Clerk of Circuit & Probate Court

January 31, 1938
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Mr. Robert M. Duke 489 East Jackson Street Martinsville, Indiana
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your great-grandfather of Virginia whose surname was Glassburn, that of Cornelius King, the War of 1812 record of Peter King and the Civil War record of James Monroe Fletcher whose widow, Mary Ann (Nosler), you state, received a pension.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of any soldier with the surname Glassburn, or other spelling. The record of the only soldier with the name Cornelius King found in the Revolutionary War pension records is furnished you herewith.
In order to identify the War of 1812 record of a Peter King, as much as possible of the following data are essential: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Your letter has been referred to the proper official for reply in regard to the Civil War soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Letter sent to Mr. Murdock Ad. Bldg. Feb-1-1938 Dug

May 13, 1938
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BA-7/REL
Mr. Robert M. Duke Martinsville Indiana
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Cornelius King, John Sevier and of a soldier of that war with the surname Brunnemer, also, the War of 1812 record of Peter King.
The records of this office show that February 1, 1938, you were furnished the record of the only Cornelius King, borne on the Revolutionary War pension records of this office and that you were requested at that time to furnish further information in regard to Peter King, of the War of 1812, in order to identify his record, that is, approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at time of enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon the service in the Revolutionary War of any soldier with the surname Brunnemer. The record of John Sevier is furnished you herewith. Upon receipt of the required information in regard to Peter King, soldier of the War of 1812 in whom you are interested, a further search of the records will be made and a report furnished you.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

May 31, 1934
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Cornelius King-S.17527 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. W. L. King 4105 Wisconsin Avenue, Apt. 311 Washington, D. C.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Cornelius King.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.17527, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Cornelius King.
He was born November 21, 1753 in New Castle County, Delaware; names of his parents not given.
While residing in Tygart's Valley, Randolph County, Virginia, Cornelius King served from September or October, 1774, four months as private under Captain John Lewis and Colonels Andrew and Charles Lewis, in an expedition against the Indians, crossed the Ohio River and went on to the Scioto River, had an engagement with the Indians, in which eighty or ninety Americans were killed and about that number injured.
Two or three years after the beginning of the Revolution, no specific date given, he served two months and fifteen days as ensign under Colonel Benjamin Wilson, and assisted in building Fort Buchanan. He moved in 1779 to western Virginia, later Kentucky, and served from in May, 1779 one month as private under Captain Josiah Howland and Colonels John Bowman and Benjamin Logan, marched to the Chillicothe Towns against the Shawnee Indians, in their attempt to surprise the Indians about eight o'clock one morning the dogs barked and roused the Indians, the Americans fired and only one Indian was killed; the Americans being few in number, it was decided to capture as

many horses as possible and return home; they captured about sixty horses and made a safe retreat. He served again in 1779, two months as orderly sergeant under Captain Benjamin Linn or Line, marched to the Falls of the Ohio and on to Vincennes. He served two months as private in Captain Patrick Brown's company in General Clark's expedition against the Indians and marched to the Wabash River. All of his service was with the Virginia troops.
The soldier, Cornelius King, moved after the Revolution to Nelson County, Kentucky, then to Orange County, Indiana, thence to Morgan County, Indiana. He was allowed pension on his application executed, November 15, 1832, then living in said Morgan County.
His surviving children were referred to on January 15, 1840, no names given, nor is the name of his wife shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing the following data-
Cornelius King Certificate # 19314 Issued August 26, 1833 Rate $38.33 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Indiana Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

July 13, 1931.
Mr. D. A. King Greencup, Illinois.
RAV& 1812 Wars Section AWF:ILL
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17527, that Cornelius King was born November 21, 1753 in New Castle County, Delaware.
While residing in Tygart's Valley, Randolph County, Virginia, he served from September or October, 1774, four months as private under Captain John Lewis and Colonels Andrew and Charles Lewis, crossed the Ohio River to the Scioto River and had an engagement with the Indians.
Two or three years after the beginning of the Revolution, no specific date stated, he served with the Virginia troops as follows: two months and fifteen days as ensign under Colonel Benjamin Wilson and helped to build Fort Buchanan; in 1779, when he moved to western Virginia, later Kentucky, from in May, one month as private under Captain Joshua Howland and Colonels John Bowman and Benjamin Logan and was out against the Shawnee Indians; later in 1779, two months as orderly sergeant under Captain Benjamin Linn or Line, and marched to the Falls of the Ohio and on to Vincennes; and from September, two months as private in Captain Patrick Brown's Company in General Clark's expedition against the Indians and marched to the Wabash River.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 15, 1832, at which time he was living in Morgan County, Indiana, having moved there from Orange County, Indiana.
There are no data relative to his family.
Very truly yours,
A.D.HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.
see client referred
h to 1840 Jan 15-

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section AWF/col
November 22, 1923
H.A. Daves Murphy Collegiate Institute Sevierville, Tennessee
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.17527, it appears that Cornelius King was born, November 21, 1753, in New Castle County, Delaware.
He served with the Virginia Troops as follows:
While residing in Tygart's Valley, Randolph County, Virginia, he served from September or October, 1774, four months as private under Captain John Lewis and Colonels Andrew and Charles Lewis, crossed the Ohio River to the Scioto River and had an engagement with the Indians.
Two or three years after the beginning of the Revolution, no specific date stated, he served two months and fifteen days as ensign under Colonel Benjamin Wilson and helped to build Fort Buchanan. In 1779, he moved to western Virginia, which was later Kentucky, and served from in May, 1779, one month as private under Captain Joshua Howland and Colonels John Bowman and Benjamin Logan and was out

against the Shawnee Indians. Later in 1779, he served two months as orderly sergeant under Captain Benjamin Linn or Line, and marched to the Falls of the Ohio, and on to Vincennes, and from September, served two months as private in Captain Patrick Brown's Company in General Clark's expedition against the Indians and marched to the Wabash River.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 15, 1832, at which time he was living in Morgan County, Indiana, having moved there from Orange County, Indiana.
There are no data as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Add to your list that he est- ated a certain no. of americans killed.
Also, something about a dog barking -
Special request
Mrs A. L. King
4105 Wisconsin Ave apt 311 -
after June 20 th - Washington D.C. Veterans Adm. Home Danville, Ill.

Murphy Collegiate Institute
Established 1890 to Promote Christian Education
"Without vision the people perish"
Sevierville, Tennessee
H. A. DAVEE, President
2/25 '28
Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Please send me a copy of the "pension papers" of Cornelius King. A member of the Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War - I find his name listed in the
"Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War" by J.T. McAlister -
He died in Morgan County Indiana & draw a Revolutionary Pension - while residing there.
Thanking you, I am, Very truly,
H A Davee
Cornelius King is my great great grandfather

GERALDINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
H. A. DAVEE. SUPERINTENDENT.
GERALDINE, MONT.
June 5, 1931
Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Commissioner;
Please send to,
→ Mr. D. A. King, Greenup, Illinois
A copy of the letter addressed to
H. A. Davee, Murphy Collegiate Institute Sevierville, Tennessee
and dated November 22, 1928.
This has reference to the record of Cornelius King as a Soldier of the American Revolution.
Very truly,
H. A. Davee
H. A. Davee