Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,430, for Presley Terril, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Nav
Terril, Presley or Terrill
S 38,430
CONTENTS

Application sent Nov 2, 1820 to Sester Combs, Insurgency Died Aug 23 1825
6993
Kentucky.
Presley Terrill
Terrill (Agency Book)
of Woodford Col. in the state of Kentucky. who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel W m Washington of the Virginia line, for the term of two Years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of June, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of February 1819 and sent to Hon. H. Clay, Speaker of H. of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1818. $ 23 " 73 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar: 1819. 48 " 00
$ 71 " 73
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Presley Tennill,
Affidavit and Schedule.
6,993.
mar. 19 LM

State of Kentucky, Fayette Circuit, June term 1820.
Be it known, that Presley Terrell, represented and from was present made oath in open court and produced a schedule of property amounting to one hundred and thirty one dollars, according to an act of Congress, passed 1 st of May 1820, concerning pensions, which is ordered to be entered of record in the words and figures following, to wit: District of Kentucky, Fayette Circuit, ss.
On this 3 rd day of July 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said district, and circuit of Fayette county, Presley Terrell, aged 58 years, resident in Woodford county, in said district, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: He enlisted in Captain James Gam's company of light horse, being the first Virginia regiment under Col o White. At Holts Forge in Va. in the same year that Bern- wallis was taken, three or four months before previous to some so during the War, having been previously in the 18 months service in the Regiment from Virginia. He served till the end of the war and was discharged in South Carolina from Col o Washington's Regiment to which he had been attached, was at the siege of York and at Savannah. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, 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 and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th day of March 1818: and 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 hereto annexed and by me subscribed: One horse and saddle worth $10; one cow and calf $13; twenty four head of hogs, including pigs $31. Poultry $2. Farming utensils $2. Kitchen furniture $4. House furniture besides one bed $20. Amount $131. I am indebted sixty dollars a year for my rent payable next Christmas - Also about 14 or 15 dollars to other persons. I have sixty Dollars owing to me, being a part of my pension money and $13 besides from an indifferent paymaster. My occupation is farming on rented land, which I can follow not more than half my time, throughout the year owing to pains in my back and limbs; my family consists of my wife aged about 60 years, my daughter Nancy aged about fifteen years and a white boy, named William Clark aged ten years no income.
Resley his mark Sworn to and declared this third day of July 1820 before me. W. Warren, circuit judge.
I, Thomas Bodley, clerk of the Fayette Circuit court do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records 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 is one hundred and thirty one dollars.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at the Court house in Lexington, on this 1 st day of August, 1820.
Thos. D. Dodley Clerk of the Fayette Circuit Court

6th June 1818
Presley Verrill  Capt
Enl. in 1781 in Light horse
Col. White's Regt.
Transferred to Col. Wm. Washington's and served to the end of the War.
Admitted
Henry James Esq. Judge

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Woodford County Court
Be it remembered that this 22 nd day of June in the year of our Lord Christ Eighteen hundred and Eighteen personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Circuit Judges in and for the Commonwealth alth Presley Terrell and made oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty god that he was drafted during the Revolutionary War for Eighteen months That before the 18 Months Expired in the year Eighteen hundred and Eighty one he listed in the list from service during the War under Capt James Gurn who belonged to Col o White's Regiment he was then transferred to Col William Wartington's regiment. Who had been taken before that time at Eutaw Springs and continued in the service to the End of the War when he was Honorably dis- charged at Charlestown in 1783 after peace was proclaimed. That from the length of Time he has lost his discharge he is now in reduced circumstances and

stances in place of the aid of his Country that he is about fiftyseven years old and has been since afflicted for ab out twenty years with a pain or weak ness in his back that he has never received any pension for his services he is a Resident of the County of Woodford State of Kentucky Signed Presley this Terrell mark
Also Attributed Terrell at the same time and place made oath before me the undersigned one of the Circuit Judges for the State of Kentucky That the Above named Presley Terrell served as a Regular soldier during the Revolutionary war for Eighteen months & continued in the service till peace was proclaimed. Signed Archibald Terrell
I Henry Dawdge Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify to the Secretary of War of the United States of America that Presley Terrell the above deponent is entitled to a pension agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled an Act to provide for Certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Services of the United States in the Revolutionary

war?" In testimony whereof and of the above statements I have hereunto set my hand and seal at the Courthouse in the County of Woodford and Commonwealth aforesaid this Sixth day June in the year of Our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and eighteen - 1818 -
Henry D. Dridge Judge
State of Kentucky Woodford Circuit Ct
I John M. Kinney Jr. clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Henry D. Dridge whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 12 th day of June 1818
in the 27 th year of the Commonwealth
John M. Kinney Jr. Clerk

May 27, 1937
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Presley Terrill, S. 38430 BA-J/MCS
Ada M. Scott Monmouth Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, Thomas Cully, William Fleming, Edward McDaniel, William Scott, John and Presley Terrell and Jacob Weiss.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of this war.
The record of Presley Terrill or Terrell is furnished you herein, as found in papers on file in his pension claim, S. 38430, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Presley Terrill or Terrell were not given.
He enlisted in 1781, three or four months before the surrender of Cornwallis, and served until peace was declared in 1783, as private in Captain James Gunn's Company of Light Horse in Colonels White's and William Washington's Regiments. Previous to said service he had been in the eighteen months service in a Virginia regiment, names of officers not given. He was in the siege of Savannah and the siege of Yorktown. He enlisted in Virginia but the exact place was not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 6, 1818, at which time he was living in Woodford County, Kentucky.

In 1820 Presley Terrill or Terrell was living in Woodford County, Kentucky, aged fifty-eight years and he then referred to his wife (her name not given) as being sixty years of age and to his daughter, Nancy, aged fifteen years.
In 1818 one Archibald Terrell testified in regard to the Revolutionary War service of Presley Terrill or Terrell, relationship not shown.
The papers in said claim contain no further data relative to the family of the soldier.
Presley Terrill or Terrell died August 23, 1835.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Leslie Combs, Lexington, Ky.
Honble
Rev. Gen. J. P.
mail
J. C. Calhoun
Secy of War Washington City
Free
Recd 21 Sep 1820

By. August 22 d 1820
Honble J. C. Calhoun Secy. of War
Sir,
Enclose the Schedule of Presby. Service under the late act of Congress - his certificate of continuance (at his request, I can be enclosed to me -
Very Presly
you
M.O.S.
Leslie Combs

Monmouth, Illinois, April 30, 1937.
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Re: BA-J/111.
S 837
I am sorry that I did not give you sufficient data at the time that I wrote you last year for information.
Jacob Weiss, d. May 16, 1784. Wife, Maria Elizabeth _____, b. Sept. 29, 1724, d. Sept. 12, 1788. Both buried, German Valley, N. J. Deputy Quartermaster General, stationed at Middlebrook, Somerset Co., in 1779. You gave the Pennsylvania Jacob Weiss.
Thomas Cully, Lancaster Co., Pa., Militia, Capt. James Watson's Co., Col. Thomas Porter's Battalion, under command of Lieut. John Patton, mustered in Lancaster Aug. 13, 1776.
William Scott, Capt. Abraham Scott's Co., 7th. Battalion, Lancaster Co. Militia, commanded by Col. Alexander Lawrey, 1782 and 1783. Died at 60 years of age.
John Terrell, probably died in 1790 in Culpeper Co., Va. Given Ill. land for Lewis and Clarke Exp. services.
Edward McDaniel, Capt. Gearhart's Co., Second Regiment, Hunterdon Co. Militia, Capt. Cornelius Johnston's Co., State Troops, raised June 7, 1780, to serve until Jan. 1, 1781. Enl. July 17, 1780, Hunterdon Co., N. J., Kingwood.
✓ Presley Terrell, given Bounty Warrant. Does he state names of parents or birth place? Was living in Kentucky when making application, but came from Virginia.
William Fleming, Bethlehem twp., Hunterdon Co., N. J., will probated Feb. 4, 1795, wife Eleanor.
Yours very truly,
Ada M. Scott

1937 May 27 hist to Ada M. Scott, Naps.
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