Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23743, for Jeremiah Kendall, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
Kendall, Jeremiah
NUMBER
S 23,743
CONTENTS

11.466 Pittsburg  Pennsylvania
Jeremiah Kindall
of Fayette Co., in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Washington of the Left commanded by Col. Mercur in the Virginia — line fr. —
2 1/2 Points — $ 80 —
Inserted on the Roll of — Pennsylvania at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 1th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d day of May and sent to Rev. J. P. Fleming , in Chas. 1833
  Arrears to the 1th of March 1833  160.00    Semi-annual allowance ending 1 Sept  40     $ 200.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. S. Sproule Clerk, Book 8 — Vol. 1 — Page 31 —
Transferred to P. H. Bang June 20 1833
Nothing is all the from T. P. ... kin ... ... kin ... the transfer of ... ... which ... as above — 20 th June 1833
See letters to Mr. Bid M c Breckenridge = dle, and W Fleming — kin same date ei: 20 th June 1833 — let. to pension 6 th M c as. 44,

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832 I, the undersigned of Fayette County State of Pennsylvania
On this 8 th day of October March 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of common pleas for the county of Fayette & state of Pennsylvania now sitting. Jeremiah Kendall a resident of Gesman Township county & state aforesaid aged 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 the 7 th day of June 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated
{ The following is a copy of his own statement written by himself }
In the fall of 1775 by virtue of an act of the Virginia convention, a Regiment called Minute Men, which I think were enrolled for one year to be in readiness to march into actual service in defence of the state at a minutes warning, were raised. The bounds of the Regt to the best of my recollection, was Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, Fauquier, Culpepper, Orange, Lou- =sa, Spotsylvania, & King George, one company from each county. William Washington being appointed Captain. William Mountjoy first & Allen Mountjoy second

1 Lieutenants & Allen Waller Ensign for the company raised in Stafford County. I then living with my Father who resided near the upper end of Stafford and within a few miles of the said Capt Washington I was enrolled in the above described company by consent of my father & in his presence joined Capt Washingtons Comp y . Shortly after the company were raised, the Reg t moved about five miles below Fredericksburg in Spotsylvania to perform company duty for the space of twenty days. This I think was in November 1775. Our Reg t was com- manded by Col Mercer, who afterwards fell at Princeton.
About the time of the foregoing rendezvous the Virginia Convention met at Williamsburg & passed an act or resolution that a certain number of Reg t s should be raised by Subscriptions for two years & called into immediate service for the defence of the state or colony as it was then called. The battalions I before described formed one of these Reg t s. The Officers that had raised the Minute Men, were generally appointed to raise men for this two years service, conditioned that each officer raising the number required, by a given time, was to be commissioned, with which I believe they easily complied. I think it was in January 1776 that I was enrolled a second time, under Capt William Washington for the term of two years. The first rendezvous was at Gunfrye, from thence we marched to Alexandria where the Reg t was organ- ized & called the third Virginia Reg t which was at first commanded by "Mercer" 1 st Col, Nelson 2 d & Marshall Major. In a short time after the organization of the Reg t , the two former were advanced. Mercer to a Major Genl & Nelson to a Brigadier, & Marshall commanded the Reg t

the remainder of the time while I was in it. Here it may be necessary to mention a circumstance that occurred in our company which may explain subsequent transactions. John Francis Mercer had been appointed Quarter Master of the Regt. he by some means contrived to change places with William Mountjoy our first Lieutenant, & so became first Lieutenant under Capt Washington. It was in this Regt that James Monroe the late President of the U.S. first entered the service as a cadet. In the early part of the year (1776) while laying at Alexandria a detachment was ordered to the rear of whom I will remember Lieut Mercer myself & several others from our company, to receive in charge a number of officers who had been taken prisoners by an army that was fighting under the King in South Carolina which was commanded by a Genl. Mc Donald. He was about seventy years of age and said he had been fifty years in the King's service. He received them at the Bowling Green & escorted them on to Alexandria, where we were relieved & I understood they were sent on to Philadelphia. I think there were about sixty or seventy in number. I suppose it to have been about the latter end of May or first of June the Regt was marched from Alexandria to Williamsburg and encamped & encamped a short distance before for a short time, & then marched on to the town where we were to on the memorable 4th of July 1776 I celebrated that day. From that time we were turned into continental troops. The regt then marched out of the state to Long Island where we got a little fighting to do. When the Regt left Long Island I was very ill with the Mumps & was ordered to the Hospital and I was

and that place by boarding at my own expense I was then taken sick of the fever, and personally know not little that transferred until the next Spring when I found the Regt in camp in the Sewees, from that time the Regt was marched from place to place to different encampments for the health of the men, until we were mar- ched down towards the Head of Elk there beat- =ching the movements of the Enemy until the Memorable Battle of Brandywine in which I was engaged on the 11 th day of September 1777 which was the last battle I was ever in of any consequence. In this battle I received a flesh wound in the thigh which bled considerable but did not prevent me from walking off the ground, and as it is well known that our (the 3 d Va Regt) was in an advanced position on the right of the whole army, I was soon removed from the danger of the advancing army & taken care of by spectators who took me to a respectable house who removed me until about the next day out of the reach of the Enemy & treated me with great kindness until I was able to join the Regt which I did at White Marsh Camp. Above Philadelphia. Then I appeared as one rose from the clude, having been returned among the stain at the Battle of Brandywine. I was at the time appointed sergeant by Capt Mercer who had succeeded to the command of the company upon Washington being appointed to a Major's command in the horse, in the Spring of that year. It was at this camp that Major General Stephens was tried by a court martial for misconduct & was granted the honors of resigning his commission. which

so fortunately moved soon for the distant westward Mojave De. Co. Texas. It was at this camp also that Genl. Gates army found themselves low after the cap- ture of Brandywine. and taken while we lay at this Camp the British army moved out of Philadelphia as was supposed would give us little but finally a little backward in Joining Genl. Genl. Greene obtain- ed permission from Genl. Washington to select eight Regts six out of the army and make a night attack upon them. our regt. was one selected by Genl. Greene. The Battle was a very silent one. notwith- standing before we were moved from the Province ground. we received intelligence that they were led by the light of their own fires. we were then asleep.
From this Camp (White Marsh) we were moved into winter quarters at Valley Forge. This was the early part of December 1777. we were often near by Valley Forge engaged in building little huts for the accommodation of the army. and at this Camp I was discharged, about two weeks before the expiration of my time in company - hence I received a letter from home announcing the death of my father. which letter I shewed to the Genl. who did not hesitate a moment in discharging me. upon my returning up my arms. The whole period of his services being two years and six days. for which service he claims a pension. That he has no documentary of his services, nor any witness that he knows of, but one whom Officer accompanied this declaration. but he hopes from the care he has taken in extracting the circumstances, that it will be perfectly satisfactory to the department.

This deponent answers as follows to the Interrogatories of the deponent.
1 st He was born in Stafford County Virginia in the year 1758
2 d That he has a record of his age.
3 d That he lived at the time he entered the service in Stafford County Va and continued to live there a few years after he returned that he then removed to Fauquier County Pa. where he still resides.
4 th He was enter  went into the service by enlistment
5 th The names of his officers with whom he served, and with whom he was during his service are stated in his application
6 th He received a written discharge but lost by fire losing his house and effects about only a few years since.
7 th The Rev. Mr. Phillips and James Lindsay will testify as to his reputation etc.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to every pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state.
Jeremiah Kneall
Sworn Subscribed in Open Court 8 th March 1833
H. M. Beeson Prosh y
We John Phillips a clergyman resident of Union Town Fayette County Penn a and James Lindsay of the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Kneall who has known and subscribed the foregoing declaration. That we believe him to be seventy five years of age and that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn Subscribed in Open Court 8 th March 1833 John Phillips James Lindsay
H. M. Beeson Prosh y
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after hearing the interrogatories prescribed by the law before them that Jeremiah Kneall who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, was a revolutionary soldier and served at the battles. And the said Court do further certify that it appears to them that John Phillips who has signed the foregoing  above certificate is a clergyman resident of Union Town Penn a and that James Lindsay Esq r who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Franklin County Pennsylvania ss. To all to whom these presents shall come, I, J. H. H. Burke, Prothonotary of the court of common pleas in and for the said county do hereby certify. That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Annah Kendall for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 13 th day of April A.D. 1833.
Henry H. Burke Prothon.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
March 24, 1927.
Honorable Samuel A. Kendall, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Kendall:
In response to your telephone inquiry of this date, I have the honor to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 23743, it appears that Jeremiah Kendall was born in 1758, in Stafford County, Virginia.
While living in the upper end of that county, with his father, whose name is not stated, he enlisted in November 1775 and served twenty days as a private in Captain William Washington's Company, Colonel Hugh Mercer's Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted in January 1776, served as a private in Captains William Washington and John Francis Mercer's Company, Colonels Hugh Mercer, Weedon and Marshall's Third Virginia Regiment. He was in the battles on Long Island and at Brandywine, where he received a flesh wound of the thigh, he was then promoted to Sergeant and he was discharged at Valley Forge in December 1777, on account of receiving news of his father's death.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 8, 1865, while living in German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
There is no further information on file as to family.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
January 24, 1918.
Mrs. Loula K. Rogers, Tennille, Georgia.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the 17 th instant, you are advised that Jeremiah Kendall, a history of whose claim, Sur. File No. 23746, Rev. War, was furnished you on January 16, 1918, is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau. Said history comprises a statement of his services and residence, as sworn to by him in his application for pension.
In said application, he also states that he continued to live in Stafford County, Virginia, a few years after the Revolutionary War and then removed to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he still resided in 1833.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Sattzgeber,
Commissioner.

August 11, 1904.
Madam:
In reply to your recent inquiry, you are advised that the records of this Bureau fail to show any service in the above-noted claim of Jeremiah Wendall in addition to that furnished you under date of February 18, 1904; and there is no record of any claim filed for the services of Jeremiah Wendall in the years 1793 and 1794.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Ella M. Overturn,
289 West 7th Avenue,
Columbus, Ohio.

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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Oct 29 1927
Chief R. T. 812 Division.
I have this day received from Kate S. Curry each in the amount of $ \frac{90}{100} requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.
Photostat copy to Finance Dept. Oct 31 1927 J. T. ...
Chief, Finance Division.
(Handwritten notes and scribbles)

October 29, 1927
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I desire photostatic copies of six pages from Rev. War claim for pension of Jeremiah Kendall, Virginia Troops, S. 23743, for genealogical purposes. Not to be certified.
Miss Kate S. Curry 1420 Girard St. N.W. Washington, D.C.
Received payment $.90 October 29, 1927
Margaret M. H. Litch Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

Kind record of Frances H. Kendall 6/23/43
To Mrs. Samuel W. Kendall M.P.
Telephone inquiry of Mar 24 1957

UNITED STATES VETERANS BUREAU
January 22, 1924.
DISTRICT No. _____
IN REPLY REFER TO:
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I should like to have you send me the war record of Jeremiah Kendall who fought in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted from the State of Virginia, but I do not know the name of his company or regiment, or his post office address at time of enlistment, but presumably it was somewhere in Virginia.
I shall appreciate it very much if you will send me all the information obtainable on this case.
Respectfully,
Wm. E. KENDALL, M. D.
Home Address: 228 South Ridgeland Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois.

July 13, 1922
47 East Berkeley St. Johnstown Pa
To Bureau of Pensions Rev War Section
I write to ask if you will kindly let me know if you have out your records. Any  Revolutionary History pertaining Jeremiah  Kendall , who was born in Virginia and married there Rhoda  McKee . The history of Fayette County Pa. of which he states later became a citizen, that Jeremiah  Kendall served in the war of the Revolution. Said he drew a Pension . Any  Revolutionary  History that you can give me will be very

Thankfully Appreciated by his descendants,
Yours Sincerely — Elijah B. Lymn.
Regent of the Col Andrew Lymn Chapter D. A. R. Lewisburg, Pa.

Reproduction
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feb. 14, 1904, His to Ella Kendall and Columbus Ohio
Aug. 11, 1904 To above - see copy within
Jan. 24, '08. Hist to John W. Anstey.
Feb. 3, '09. Hist to T. J. Anstey, Bu falo. For.
Dec. 17, 1914. History to Mrs. Henry Reiser. For.
1916 Jan. 13. History to Mrs. Lula K. Rogers.
1916 Jan. 24. To above - see soldier of that name re. See carbon. For.
1922 Aug. 29. Hist. to E. B. Dym.
1924 Feb. 25 - Hist to Wm. E. Kendall -
1927 Mar. 24. Hist to Hon Saml. A. Kendall. cu
1927 - Nov. 8 - Photo to Miss Kate Curry - MMVI

From R.P. Fleenck Union Town Pa June 14. 1833
June 20. 1833
Ans d -
Asking for the transfer of certain Pensioners therein no- -med — to Washington City on influence of Pensions E. M. Vance Esq.
FREE

Union Town 14th June 1883
Les 2 Curators Lige compt of Pensions
Esq
The Pension certificates arrived to be made payable at Pittsburgh as as follows viz
   1 Leviath Kindall 80.00   2 Abraham Wortman 80.00   3 Mayah McElain " "   4 Gideon Long " "   5 Joseph Fox " "   6 Phineas Moore " "   7 Peter Roupf " "   8 Benjamin Freeman 40.00   9 John Hayden 40.00   10 Simon Gladden 30.00   11 Samuel Cole 23. \frac{32}{100}   12 William Robinson 43. \frac{53}{100}   13 Isaac Young 60.00   14 Sarah G. Propane 29. \frac{72}{100}   15 Sarah Temple 30.00   16 Benjamin Lyon 35. \frac{66}{100}   17 Thomas Kent 30.00  
I hope my dear Sir you will have the goodness to let me know as soon as possible when these may be paid at Pittsburgh, as they are getting urgent, and many of them indeed are very needy. I have the honor to be Sir your friend & Servt.
J. R. Henderson

W. Allans town Pa May 3
Mr. John Jeremiah Kendall
free J. S. Adams Washington City
1

Sir,
April 30 th 1861
I perceive by yours of the 23 d inst you have not understood my request of the 19 th which was to know if there was any grade or rate of function between a commissioned officer and a private soldier or now to make the question more plain whether or not a noncommissioned officer is entitled to a higher rate of function than a private soldier under the act of 7 th of June 1832.
is the reason of my being so troublesome. is that I was a sergeant in the revolutionary war and now draw a pension as a private soldier. please answer my letter so as to meet that case and oblige your very Hum ble Serv t Jeremiah Rudolph
Hon.
J. L. Edards Washington City

Free
James L. Edwards Esq. War Department Washington City D.C.
8:00 pm am
Public Papers

Union March 15 th April 1833
Franklin County Penn a
W th Edward Egle
My
In closed are the papers of Isaac T. Smith, whose application has been before the Department since your last visit to us last winter. As his former declaration could not be found in the records I have the pleasure to copy it and hope it will be found satisfactory in every particular.
I hope from the very satisfactory & detailed account he has given of his services, together with the official order placing his declaration you will have no difficulty. This applicant is one of us with standing as any in the country.
As his application has already been before you, I hope it will now get your immediate attention and that I will shortly receive his certificate.
I have the honor to be yours for a short
W th Edward Egle last before
Rob t P. [unclear] P. [unclear]

Fayette county Pa. Personally appeared before Hugh Gilmore one of our Justices of the peace in and of said county (Abraham Vernon who deposeth and saith that Jeremiah Kendell Esq. of said county and state of Penns ly who is now an applicant for the benefit of the Pension law prop d the 9th day of June 1832 is the same Jeremiah Kendell who was wounded at the battle of Brandywine and was afterwards at his father's in the year 1777. and this deponent with the above statement is true to the best of his knowledge & belief
Subscribed & sworn to this 27th day Sept 1832 Hugh Gilmore Abraham Vernon
State of Pennsylvania Fayette County ss. I Henry W Brown Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county do hereby certify that Hugh Gilmore Esq. before whom the above affidavit was made was at the date of signing the same Justice of the peace in & for said county duly commissioned & qualified to all whose official acts full faith & credit are due. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court at Union town the 27th day of October A.D. 1832 Henry W Brown Prothonotary
I do hereby certify that Abraham Vernon who has made the above affidavit is a disinterested and credible witness and his statement is untrue to wit March 14th 1833 Hugh Gilmore

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jeremiah Kirtland which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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 ? 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 shown 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.

TENNILLE, GEORGIA
January 17, 1916
Department Of The Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Commissioner D. M. Beltzhoover, Dear Sir,
Many thanks for your kindness in sending me the information con- cerning the Revolutionary Soldier, Jeremiah Fendell, whom I am confident, is the ancestor I am seeking. But I can find nothing of his record after his removal and marriage in Georgia, later than 1795, and cannot understand about his pension being granted in 1833 unless

it was drawn by his widow, Mrs. Brantingham, in his name, and I think she married again before 1830 - So it must have been 1823 instead of 1833 - or 1793 for he was living here in Washington County 1795, and in the Secretary of State's Books, he Martha owned different plots of land amounting to 5000 acres.
I cannot understand his residence being at Hermanntown, Fayette Co., Pa. though he may have only gone there to draw a pension, and the figures may be a mistake.
These things are very puzzling sometimes, and there is not a soul living who can tell me. but am sure he and his brother Henry were in the battle of Brandywine. If you can find out anything else concerning him, do please let me know and oblige
Yours Very Respectfully,
Mrs. Dora Randall Rogers
Historian. General Grand Chapter D.A.R.

Bloomington, Ill.
Dec 10, 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: -
Will you kindly send me the Rev. war record of Jeremiah Kendall (1758-1843) Private in Va. militia. I think he was on the pension roll of 1831. He died in Fayette Co Penna.
Yours truly.
Mrs. Henry Keiser 509 E. Mulberry St Bloomington, Ill
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Gurney & Overturn Real Estate Department 19-21 South Division St. Ellicott Square
Bell Telephone Seneca No 594 & 595. Frontier Telephone No 719.
Buffalo, N.Y. January 26--- 1909
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish me with a copy of the pension papers of Jeremiah Kendall, Revolutionary War? If there are any charges for this copy, kindly advise me of the amount and I shall be pleased to remit.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness in the matter, I am,
Yours truly,
T. J. Overturn
TJO-M.

JAN 30 1904
Columbus O. Jan 26 th 1904.
No 289. West 7 th Avenue
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you kindly tell me whether Jeremiah Kendall , of Virginia drew a pension for services in the Revolutionary war. He served five years in this war. I have his record for two years in Col Thomas Marshalls 3 rd Va Regt. - from 1776 to Jan. 1778. He was wounded at battle Brandywine promoted Sargeant + dismissed 1778. After this date I cannot find record of his services. If there is any mention of further service in your possession please send copy of same. Please tell me also if there is a roster of the troops under Gen. Anthony Wayne in Ohio - 1791-93 - + if so how I can find the record of services of Jeremiah Kendall in this campaign. He was wounded in battle of Fallen Timbers, was at treaty of Greenville + with Gen Wayne when he died at Ft Erie. The Waynes + Kendalls were related.
Yours Respectfully
Ella Kendall Overton 289. West 7 th Ave Columbus - Ohio -

Columbus O. July 30 th 1904 No 289 West 7 th Ave.
Commissioner of Pensions
Dr Sir
I write you to ask if there is, on your records, a roster of the troops under Gen'l Anthony Wayne in Ohio in 1793 + 4. If so please give me the date of service, and rank of Jeremiah Kerdall of Layette Co. Pa.
Yours Sincerely
(Mrs) Ella Kerdall Overton 289. West 7 th Ave Columbus - Ohio
P.S.
If you have a record of service in Revolutionary war of Jeremiah Kerdall , then of Stafford Co. Va., after 1778 . please send stat also . He served from 1776 to 1778. in 3 rd Va Reg't Col. Thos. Marshall, but for since  your service after  1778 - I have no record + will be glad to find it. E.K.O.

John T. Roberts Cashier
Incorporated 1851.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Springfield, Mass.
J. H. Overton, General Agent,
1003 Colbeck Building
Columbus, Ohio, Jan'y 16", 1908
Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.,
Gentlemen-
Senate Document, Pension Roll, 1st Session 23rd Congress Vol. 2 Page 155, Fayette County, Pa., states that Jeremiah Kendall Private, Annual Allowance $80, Sum Received $240; Virginia Militia. Placed on Roll May 2nd, 1833. Pension commenced May 4th, 1831. Age not given.
Can you give me his full service in the army, giving regiment, company, etc., and for what he was pensioned?
I think he served under Capt. Wm. Washington in the South after 1778. Have you any record of this service and how long did he serve there? If not where can I secure this information?
The same book Page 200, Stafford County, Va., states Aaron Kendall Private, Virginia Militia. Allowance $20.44. Sum received $61.32. Placed on Pension Roll Feby 25th, 1834. Commencement of pension Mch.4th, 1831, Age 69.
I would like to have this party's full service in the army with his regiment, company, etc., and for what he was pensioned?
Yours very truly,
John W. Overton

Pensylvania Ave. Jan 7 11/6
JAN 10 1810
OFFICE
Rev. Sec A
Special Commissioner Washington D.C.
Will you please be so kind as to send me some information relative to George Washington , a soldier of the Revolution , originally from Virginia , where and when he was born, what company & regiment he served in, and where he was buried? He was my grandfather, and I have found that he was in 1875 estate of land, and owned in Washington City, some years. I used to know where my father died in 1863 to remember my history of his family, I am trying

2 to find his grave with other Revolutionary soldiers, so as to have them buried. I have just now found that there was a grave of a soldier in the 3rd Va. Inf., War Dept. 582, War Dept. 791.
Please give me all the information you can find of his first visit to Wilmington, Wilkes County, Va. settled near Washington County, Virginia, and married Deborah Duke. Can you find where David Duke, my great grandfather was in the Revolution? He was one of the first settlers of Baldwin County, Va. I think he was in advance.
Yours Respectfully, Rev. E. B. Kendall Rorer. Historian, 1st Baptist Church D. A. R.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Kendall, John GRADE Sergeant LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6067 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 25, 1789
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*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.