Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7396, for John Morrell, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Morrell, John
R 7396
CONTENTS

Declaration of John Morrill 2nd admr
of John Morrill dec d an applicant for Revy Pension Act of June 1832,
Mr D. S. Evans of Washington City, is authorized to attend to this case for us
John Morrill John Morrill John Morrill
June 21, 1853 June

State of Tennessee Warren County On this the 6 th day of June in the year of our Lords Eighteen Hundred and fifty three personally appeared in open Court before The County Court of Warren County John Morrell aged sixty years a resident of Warren County in the State of Tennessee and who is hereby certified to be a person of Vinity and made oath in due form of Law that he is the Son and administra- =tor of John Morrell Decd who was a Soldier of the War of the revolution from the State of New York. That the said John Morrell Decd lived for some years in the County of Fayette in the State of Illinois and during his residence in said County applied for a Pension on account of his Revolutionary Services, under the act of 7 th June 1832 which application was for some reason suspended, as declarant has been informed and believes and which application he hereby renews and refers to the same and claims that the amount of Pension due the said John Morrell to the day of his death be allowed and paid to declarant as administrator for the benefit of his surviving heirs —

Declarant further makes oath that his father the said John Morrell returned to Warren County Tennessee where he lived up to the day of his death which occurred on or about the day of May 1846. (Eighteen Hundred and forty six) That he left no widow she having died in Roane County Tenn in 1807. That at the death of said John Morrell he left the following named and only surviving children viz Declarant John Morrell, Ann Graham aged 58 intermarried with George Graham, Susan Keef aged 55. (intermarried with Thomas Keef) Polly Monroe (wife of John Monroe) and that they are still living and that he has no records or other documentary proof of his father's service nor does he know of any unless the records of Military Service in the State of New York should show it.
Sworn to & subscribed { John his Morrell in open Court this 6 th day of June 1853 {
attest R. M. Gregor Clerk

State of Tennessee Warren County - June Term County Court A D 1833. It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited in open court at the June Term of the County Court of said County (which is a Court of Record) to wit: and did prove to the satisfaction of the Court that John Morrell Decd. was, an applicant for Pension on account of his Revolutionary Services in the troops of the State of New York That he died in Warren County Tennessee on the 10 day of May A D 1824 and left no widow but the following named and Only surviving Children viz - John Morrell the administrator, Ann Graham (wife of John Graham), Susan Keef (wife of Thomas Keef) and Polly Monroe (wife of John Monroe) all of whom still survive and that John Morrell is the administrator of John Morrell Decd. is a resident of Warren County Tennessee and has duly qualified and according to Law and has given Bond in the sum of $1000.00
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at office this the 6 th day of June 1833
R. M. Greger CLK
Know all men by these presents that I John Morrell of Warren County Tennessee Son & admr of John Morrell Decd do hereby constitute and appoint South & Jones of Nashville being my true and lawful atty for me in my name to present & prosecute the claim of the children of John Morrell Decd to an act of Pension due them on account of the Revolutionary Services of their Decd father hereby ratifying & Confirming all their lawful acts in the premises
Witness my hand & Seal this 6 th day of June 1833.
Attest R. M. Greger
Attest J. K. Bell
John his Morrell mark
(B)

State of Illinois Fayette County } ss.
On this 10th day of December 1833 personally appeared in open Court the same being the County Commissioners Court of the County of  State Fayette State of Illinois aforesaid. The judges thereof Presiding & now in session, John Morrell a resident of the County of Fayette State of Illinois aforesaid aged Seventy four years on the 7th day of January next that is to say 1834, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
This Declarant enlisted in the Regular Continental Army on the on the 14th day of June 1775 under Captain Gibson (his Christian name not recollected) of the 4th Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Marshall and continued in the service of the Provinces and the United States for the period of three years and nearly four months. After this Declarant enlisted, he was in the battle of "Hovey's Point" in the State of Virginia under the aforesaid Capt. Gibson & Col. Marshall - After this he was in an engagement with the British on the "great Bridge" near Elizabeth River, also under Capt. Gibson & the same Colonel. At this place, the Declarant was received a bayonet wound over the left eye.
After this engagement, the Declarant returned under the command of Captain Hamilton (his given name also having been forgotten) to York Town, the said Captain Gibson having been killed at the last mentioned battle. Col. Marshall still continuing in the command of the Regiment to which he belong- -ed. This Declarant continued at York Town when a constant force of Americans was kept up until the same was captured by Lord Cornwallis.
This Declarant was kept at York Town a Prisoner until the British forces under the command

of the said Cornwallis surrendered to the Combined American & French Armies under the command Gen. Washington, when he was recaptured & consequently released.
This Declarant was removed from York Town to Richmond in the said State of Virginia where he was disgracefully discharged by the Commander in Chief Gen. Washington about time in the Month of October in the year 1781. This Declarant states that his Discharge was destroyed long since by fire, the house in which he then resided having been burnt and his Discharge in it. The Lieuten- ants of Captain Gibson's company, were Carey & Plummer. This Declarant is not aware of any person now being alive by whom he could prove his services. The services of the Declarant were con- fined altogether to the State of Virginia. He was born on the 5th of January 1759 in York Town in the said State of Virginia, where he was baptized. This Declarant some years after the war moved into the State of North Carolina where he resided four years, from whence he removed into Tennessee where he resided nearly nineteen years - from which State he removed to this State of Illinois aforesaid, where he now resides. The record of his age was entered in the 'Baptismal Register' of the Protestant Church of York Town. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State of the United States.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
This Declarant further states that the Reverend Levi Lowry & Harry Cunningham Esq., one of the Judges of the County Court of the aforesaid County of Dayton State of Illinois have known him for nearly seventeen years and believe him to be a man of truth and that he served in the war of the Revolution as he states. John Horre
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Thos. D. Minkman

We, Levi Lowry, a clergyman, residing in the County of Fayette State of Illinois and Harvey Cunningham - have, in said County, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Morrell who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; That we believe him to be nearly seventy four years of age; That he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood in the State of Tennessee where he was known and where we knew him (his having been in our present neighborhood but a short time) to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, & subscribed the day of  the day of  the day of the day & year aforesaid Levi Lowry Thos. C. Trinkleman Harvey Cunningham
And the said Court 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 Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Levi Lowry who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the County of Fayette & State of Illinois aforesaid and that Harvey Cunningham who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Thos. C. Trinkleman Dore Thomas Judges of the County Commissioners Court

State of Illinois Fayette County
I James W Berry, clerk of the court of county commissioners of Fayette county, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Morell for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, at Vandalia this 13 th day of December A.D. 1833
James W Berry Clerk
28,848
Hon. J. Caley

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
7396 P. O. John Morrell
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Mr. L. Edward Ely

Vandalia Ills:
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir. I return the papers of John Morrell amended. If any thing can be done for him, you will do a great favor to one, whom all knowing him, believe to be an honest man and to have been a gallant Revolutionary Soldier.
Most Respectfully yr.
abt. Servt
Wm Lloyd Irving Feb. 22. 1835-

Suspended
See letter to Wm Lee D Ewing Vandalia 21. March 1835
1832

N o 38,626.
John Morrell, dec'd H. or Tence
S. Evans v Fant Oct 6. 1853
7396
Act June 7. 1832

Col

Washington, Sep. 14 th 1853
Sir.
We herewith enclose the declaration of John Merrill, the son, and Adm or of Sophia Merrill, dec d . — John Merrill, in his life time made application for a pension under the Act of 7 th June 1832, which is now on file, Illinois, Sup d Act 7 June 1832.
Very respectfully Evans J. Hunt.
L. P. Waldo, Esq. Counsel of Petitioner.

28. 848
John Morrells
Amended application for a pension
Illinois
sup.

State of Illinois } Sayette County } Sayette Circuit Court October Term A.D. 1884
On this Tuesday for the day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared before the Hon. the Circuit Court within and for the County of Sayette now sitting John Bromell a resident of the County of Sayette County and State of Illinois aged seventy six years on the 7 th day of January 1835 and not 75 years as stated in his declaration of the 13 th day of December 1884 who being first duly sworn makes the following amended declaration to his aforesaid declaration of the 13 th Dec 1880
This declarant states that he enlisted in the service of the United States on the day and year stated in his aforesaid declaration under the command of the officers as therein stated and belonged to the Regiment as stated in said declaration and continued in the service as then in stated
This declarant states that he thinks he was marched from York Town in 1776 and was  in the battle of Camden, and then was marched to the Northward, and was in the Battle of Brimton and Trenton, in New Jersey, and then was in the battle of Sand Pink River, when they had a battle with Genl. Cornwallis. That he was in an engagement at a place called at Mud Island as he believes in the neighborhood of Philadelphia
He states that after this he was marched back to York Town where they remained some time till they had orders to go to Elizabeth River in the neighborhood of the Great Bridge, where they had a battle with the British; they were commanded by Lewis and Millson the Americans by Marshall and Genl. Washington and Captain Gibson was killed in this battle and his company was afterwards commanded by Capt. Hampton. The declarant states after the aforesaid battle they were marched back to York Town where he was stationed till they were taken by the enemy and this declarant was made a prisoner by them

when he was kept as a prisoner till they were all released at the general surrender of Lord Cornwall to the combined Armies of the Americans & French under Genl Washington in 1781.
After his release he was marched to Richmond Virginia where he was stationed till he was finally discharged by Washington at the close of the war.
N.B This declarant states that he was among the select corps of Genl Wayne when he took Stony Point from the British which place was omitted stated in his former declaration to be in Virginia.
This declarant states that he was acquainted with many of the officers of the Line but that he does not recollect their names. That he was continually under the command of Col. Marshall unless on some extra scouts or bold enterprise.
This declarant avers that he served in the war of the Revolution more than two years as a private (to wit, for the space of six years and four months) for which service he claims a pension.
As for proofs he refers to his former declaration of the 13 th of Dec r last
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this day and year above written
Jas W Berry Clk
State of Illinois } Sayette County } ss. I James W Berry Clerk of the Circuit Court within & for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the amended application of John Morrell for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed the seal of said court at Vandalia this 24 th day of October A.D. 1834
Jas W Berry Clk