Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5860, for Peter Kendall, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Kendall, Peter Nancy
R. 5860
CONTENTS

10.726
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Kentucky Peter Van Dals
in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by colonel Wm. Lee of the Virginia ne, for the term of 2 Years
scribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 of September 1818
ertificate of Pension issued the 17 of May 1818 and sent to Adam Beatty Washington
arrears to 4th of Mar 1819  46 3 emi-anl. all ce ending 4 Sept 1818  48
5 12 1/2 30 33 57 49
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{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Discon d July 16. 1821, and sent to George W. Botten Esq., Flemingburg

Fleming County Kentucky S.C.
J. H. Kendall
of said County aged Twenty five years do make the following statement viz "I am one of the children of Peter Kendall and his wife Nancy Kendall both of whom are now deceased (viz) Said Peter Kendall died in this County from my best information in the month of March in the year 1825 (Eighteen Hundred and twenty five) leaving my mother the above named Mrs Nancy Kendall his widow, who never married again after his death but still remained his widow until she died.
Said Peter Kendall at the time of his death was a lawful pensioner of the United States resident of this County at the rate of $96 a year.
Said Mrs Nancy Kendall died in this County on the 17th day of May 1855 (Eighteen Hundred and fifty five)
The following named persons are the present and only present surviving children of the said Mrs Nancy Kendall, Payton Kendall, Harrison Kendall and Henry Kendall

I make this declaration as one of the above named surviving children of late Mrs Nancy Kendall and also as the administrator of her estate for the purpose of applying for and receiving the benefit of the 2nd Section of the Act of Congress of February 3rd 1853 and hereby with full power of substitution appoint C H Barkley of Louisville Kentucky as my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim therefor.
Witness my hand & seal this 22 d
day of June 1857
According to what I have always heard and believed and never heard disputed my parents above named were lawfully married in Fleming County Kentucky about forty years ago and that my mother's name before her marriage to my father was Nancy King
H O Kendall Seal

Fleming County Kentucky So I J William T. Dudley Clerk of the County Court in and for said County and keeper of the Records of Births Deaths and Marriages under recent Statute of the State requiring officers of Courts to cause return thereof to be made certifying that it appears from said Records that Mr. Fanny Kendall lived in this County at the residence of _____ on the 17th day of May 1855 (Eighteen hundred and fifty five) Witness my name and official seal at my office in Flemingsburg on this 11th day of June 1857 W T Dudley of S.C.

State of Kentucky Set.
On the sixteenth day of May 1821. Personally appeared in open court being a court of record expressly made so by the laws of the State establishing it for the County of Fleming. Peter Kendall aged about sixty or sixty one years residing in the said County of Fleming who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows towit in Capt. William Washington's company 3rd Regiment Virginia line under Continental establishment under the command of Col. Menden etc etc as more fully set forth in his original declaration dated about the 12th day of September 1818. on which a pension Certificate has issued to him No 10726. and now in his possession dated the 17th day of May 1819. and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time by gift or sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part

thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March in the year 1818. & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed & by me subscribed    2 old mares worth both together  $50.  1 old light waggon year $4.5.  $95.00    1 cow & yearling worth  $15.  1 hog worth  75 cents 15.75.    1 oven worth $2 in two pots one of them broke worth  $2   4.00    1 eight gallon kettle which is broke worth    1.50    cupboard ware consisting of 8 dish & plates some old cups & saucers, knives & forks worth    4.00    1 chest $2-5 chains worth  $12.5.  1 small hoe  50 cents 3.75.    1 Looking glass $1- four earthen crocks worth  1/2 each   1.67    1 flat iron worth  75 cents.  4 old barrels worth about  $2- 2.75.    29 geese estimated to be worth in the whole  30/   5.00    a debt due me from Andrew Mills payable in country linen to amount  3.46     $136.88  
That he is a common Labourer by occupation at times in good health, but through the cold part of the year very much afflicted in his

neck, left shoulder and arm with the rheumatism, so as to be almost unable to help himself with that arm - That his wife Nancy is about 33 years of age very sickly & crippled from a fall from a horse - one son named Warder 18. years old last December an entire cripple from the loss of the use of his left hand & arm - and another son Henry aged 3 years old, the 14th of April last. That he is in such indigent circum- stances as to be unable to support himself with- out the assistance of his country
Peter Kendall
Gloucester County S.D.
Sworn to and declared in open court being a court of record made so by the laws of the State creating it on this 7th day of May 1821. before me Justice presiding of the peace for the County of Fleming - P. Foster.
I James Crawford Deputy for Joshua Stockton Clerk of the Fleming County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total

Amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule $1362 88. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 19 th day of May 18 th . E. Crawford Esq. for Joshua Stockton clerk

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Fleming Peter County ss On this 12 th day of Sept r 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the judges of the Circuit Court in and for the State of Kentucky personally appeared Peter Kendall age about fifty years who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on oath make the following Statement and Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Law of Congress entitled an act, to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary War, that he is a citizen of the State of Kentucky and resident in the County of Fleming and that he was enlisted for Two years in Stafford County Virginia in the State of Virginia on or about the day of March 1777 By one Capt o William Washington and served in the Company commanded by Captain Wm Washington - of the County of Stafford in the Third Virginia Regiment commanded by Col o Winton

That he continued to serve in the said battalion or in the service of the United States in the Continental Army against the common enemy until about the year 1779. When he was honorably discharged from service at Fredericksburg — in the State of Virginia by Augustus Wallace in the presence of Genl. Wood & Col. Manly & others. That he was in service two years and was in the Battles of the White Plains and in a great many skirmishes not recollected and at the time of the Battle of Brandywine was out on a scouting expedition with Lieut. Allen Munjoy and acted as recruiting sergeant.
and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has lost his discharge and has no evidence in his power of his services and discharge other than that which is here transmitted.
In witness whereof before me the day and year aforesaid A Beall.

December 22, 1939.
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BA-J/ady Peter Kendall R.5860
Mrs. Lida Dyer 327 North Alabama Street Butte, Montana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Peter Kendall, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.5860, based upon the military service in that war of Peter Kendall.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Peter Kendall are not shown.
did not use Allen as it was alvin
he said 1977 it was 76 if he was in 1777
Peter Kendall enlisted in Stafford County, Virginia, in March, served as private in Captain William Washington's Company, Colonel Weedon's Third Virginia Regiment and as recruiting sergeant under Lieutenant A. Mountjoy; was in the battle of White Plains and in many skirmishes and was discharged at the expiration of two years' service.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 12, 1818, at which time he was aged about fifty-seven years and a resident of Fleming County, Kentucky.
Soldier married October 9, 1817, in Fleming County, Kentucky, Nancy King. He died in March 1825, in Fleming County, Kentucky. Soldier's widow, Nancy Kendall, died May 17, 1855, in Fleming County, Kentucky, aged about sixty-seven years.
Soldier's son, Warder, was born in December 1802, the name of his mother is not shown.
from the original document
In 1857, the only surviving children of soldier and Nancy were - Harrison O. Kendall, aged thirty-five years, living in Fleming County, Kentucky, Peyton Kendall, and Henry Kendall, aged about thirty-nine years, their residences not given. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
did not give date of his birth as sol. may have been mistaken in his statement.

No 6,801.
Nancy Kendall, dec. widow of Peter Kendall
July
Lt. G. H. Barkley Aug 14, 1857
5860
Not July 3. 1853.

Witness my name and official seal at my office in Alex- -andria, on this 23 rd day of June 1857 M. J. Dudley of S.C.

Woodall Piers Statement
Private Col Winder's Virginia Regt 1777- 2 years 
215 1/2 no. 15 Adm
Washington K.

I, Peter Bentley, Judge P.C. do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Peter Bentley (who having produced no other evidence) that he did swear the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months and upwards, on the contin- ental establishment, and I now certify the proceedings and testimony taken and read before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the provisions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
And it further appears To my satisfac- tion by the oath of Isaiah G. Gillespie that said Applicant is in such indigent and reduced circumstances as to require the aid of for a support his Country. Pursuant to the above recited act Given under my hand this 17 th of Septm. 1848. A. Beatty

State of Kentucky Fleming Circuit Court James Crawford Deputy Clerk of the Court of the Circuit aforesaid certify that Adair Beatty who has signed the foregoing certificate is the sole Judge of said circuit That his certificate is in due form of law entitled to full faith and credit as well in court of Justice as thereout In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 18 th day of September 1818
J. C. Crawford

Flemingsburg, Ky. Sept 3 rd
Free
Number
John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City
Recd 215 Sept 10 1844
with Co

Hanningsburg N.Y. Sept. 1. 1821.
Sir
I had some time ago the Honor of receiving your envelope enclosing a communication from James D. Edward Esq. of the Pension Office to Peter Hendal, in which he is pleased to say "You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property consider you entitled to a pension" &c. &c. - I was much surprised on receiving this communication, from having knowledge of Hendal's helpless and distressed situation as well as from the amount of the property contained in his schedule having made out the same, And knowing that many had been continued on the Pension Roll, who was really much abler to make a support for themselves and family, than he was, and had reported in their schedule, property to a greater Am t and to a greater Value, Hendal's property being estimated to be worth but $136. 88. have presumed to address you in his favor, (The opinion of the Com ee Jan y 19. Feby. last notwithstanding) believing that he has been stricken from the Roll, some how or other through mistake, - either in the Clerk's copying the schedule, or from a slight view of it by the examining Officer, And supposing

that if he has been stricken off through mistake or error that the opinion of the Atty Genl would be no bar to his being reinstated. - The Original Schedule on file in the Office for Fleming County Court as well as the Order of Court shew the Value of his property to be but $136.88. if the Copy transmitted by me to the War office shew a different sum it has been with the Clerk here. If that be the sum reported I presume it will be found to be a mistake with the examining Officer, and in either case an error, which may be rectified by yourself. - If there be other causes for striking him from the Roll than the amount or Value of his property, Mr. Edwards letter does not state them, but on the contrary seems to rest if alone on that particular. - To afford satisfaction to General and show that all are adjudged alike I have to ask, the favor of a further information on this case and if it be an error, whether it is not in the power of the Secretary of War to reinstate him on the Pension Roll

If the Schedule in the War Office, be different from $136.88. I will obtain another Copy properly authenticated and forward the same. But that I will not do unless I am honored with your Ans r &c.
With respect I remain
Yr. Am: Serv t
Geo. M. Dotts
Genl. S. B. Calhoun Secy. of War.

Administer of Mrs. Nancy Rendall Widow of Peter Rendall Revolutionary Claim 2nd Section Vol. 11, page 316 1855
Harrison C. Rendall Administrator
Attorney C. H. Bratton Louisville Kentucky

Vine Kendall 2nd section N.E. corner of 1800.
Supplemental
C. H. Buckley Louisville Kentucky

Butte, Montana Dec-7-1939
U.S. Pension Bureau. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs;
Do your records show data about Peter Kendall of Fleming Co. Kentucky. who served in the Revolutionary War from Virginia. He was living in Fleming Co. Ky in 1818 then 58 years old. Awaiting an early rep.y, I am
Yours
Lida Dyer Mrs Lida Dyer 327 N. Alabama, St. Butte, Montana.
DEC 12 1939 RECEIVED PENSION BUREAU

1939 Dec 22 Hist. to Mrs. Lida Dyer A.D.F.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
5860
P. O.
Nancy L. Lendall
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Flemingsburg, Ky.
May 24th 3
RECEIVED
Honble John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War Washington City
May 24th 3
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Flemingburg May 21. 1821.
Sir
I have the Honor of enclosing a Copy of a Schedule of property made by Peter Kendall to enable the department to decide whether he may be a proper subject for to be continued as a pensioner
Respectfully
Geo. M. Dotts

Supplemental
State of Kentucky } Fleming County } ss
Be it known that on this 22 nd day of June 1857 before the Court and in and for said County in open Court now sitting the annexed certificate was submitted to the Court, and the Clerk thereof having again examined the therein named records in presence of the Court said Certificate and examination in connection with the evidence in the case certified by said Court on the 22 nd day of June 1857 were considered full and satisfactory evidence to the Court both in regard to general and exact dates of the death of Mrs. Nancy Rendall late of said County, and that she died on the 17 th day of May in the year 1855 (Eighteen Hundred and fifty five) and at the time of her death was the widow of Benjamin  Peter Rendall a deceased revolutionary pensioner of the United States as is more fully set forth in

the above named Certificate to which this is a Supplement
And I further certify that it appears from the records of marriage on file in my office that Peter xxxxxx Kendall was married to Nancy King By Benjamin Northcutt a preacher of the Gospel on the 4th day of October 1817

Fleming County Kentucky Set Be it known that on this 22 nd day of June 1857 before me a justice of the peace in and for said county personally came John T. Walker and Joseph Story both residents of said county and persons of credibility and credibility whom I believe to be of the respective ages that they have themselves and to be disinterested and they did swear and swear to the foregoing joint affidavit of this date — And I certify that I am a disinterested given under my hand the date above written Hiram Wallingford J.P.F.C. 
State of Kentucky Fleming County Set I William J. Luddle Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do hereby certify that Hiram Wallingford Esq. whose genuine signature appears to the above certificate was at the date thereof an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified.

And I further certify that on this 22 nd day of June 1857 before the aforesaid County Court in New Castle then sitting personally came N. O. Kendall who is well known to me and he did sign and swear to the foregoing annexed declara- -tion — And I further certify that the foregoing statements are satisfactory evidence to the Court aforesaid that Peter Kendall a revolutionary pensioner of the United States resident of this County died in this County in the year 1825 (Eighteen Hundred and twenty five) leaving Mrs. Mary Kendall his widow and that she survived him and remain- -ed his widow until her death and that her death took place in this County on the 17 th day of May 1855 (Eighteen Hundred and fifty five) and that the following named persons are the present and only present surviving children of the said Mr.
(Viz) Payton Kendall, Harrison O. Kendall & Henry Kendall

And I further certify that it appears from the records of my office that on the 22 nd day of June 1857 Harrison C. Standall
was duly appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of the late George Townsend Harrison Standall and that he has not resigned or been removed or been suspended as administrator aforesaid but still continues to act in that capacity.
Witness my hand and seal this 22 nd day of June 1857
W. J. Middlesex

We John Sprague and Joseph Strong both residents of Fleming County Kentucky aged respectively 56 and 55 years do make the following Statement (viz)
We were well and intimately acquainted with Peter Kendall, a resident of this county, who at the time of his death was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States and who died in this county according to our general rec- ollection in the year 1825 (Eighteen Hundred and twenty five)
We were also well acquainted with Mrs Nancy Kendall the wife of said Peter Kendall, and during the lifetime of said Peter Kendall and up to the time of his death they lived together as husband and wife and were reputed to be among their neighbors and acquaintances
— We were also well acquainted with said Mrs Nancy Kendall during the balance of her life — She never married again after the death of said Peter Kendall but remained his widow up to the time of her death, which took place according to our general

recollection in the month of May in the year 1855 (Eighteen Hundred and fifty five)
The following named and described person is the present and the only present surviving children of the above named Mr. & Mrs. Nancy Kendall (Mrs.)
Reuben Kendall, Warren O. Kendall & Nancy, Kendall
Three large curly braces drawn vertically, likely indicating a list of names that is missing or illegible.
And we are disinterested witnesses this 22 nd day of Jan y 1857
John Marshall Seal Joseph Stone
Seal

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Kendall, Reuben GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4527 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Feb. 25, 1791
to Samuel Whiting
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.