Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4310, for Peter Petree, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
16
Petree, Peter Mary
W. 4310 B.L.Wt. 11061-160-55
CONTENTS

Kentucky 2978
Peter Petree Son?
Trades - in the State of Kentucky, who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Lytle - of the Regt - commanded by Lt. Lytle - in the Carolina line for 18 years from 1782 -
Enrolled in the State of Kentucky at the rate of 40 - Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Dec 32 and South Fines M c Lean. Elkton Trigg Co. Ky
Arrear to 24th of Sept 1832 60 -
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 20 -
$80. -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Issued June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 9 Page 55.

3154
Kentucky
Mary Petree widow of Peter S. Petree N.C.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Decr 53 and sent to
J. J. Coomes Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioner under act February 3, 1853, Page 17 Vol. A
60 2 9 32
Date of death Nov. 11 93

88,485. Oct March 29 April 22/55 Mary Petros Mary Petros, widow of Peter Petros. $1000.
Capt. M. G. Conklin, 3rd Col. } Mil. Ent. } the widow re- Disc. } ceives a pension.
Rev. Mar. Rev. Mar. N.Y. - Feby 53- 3154 a. W. 160th Nov. 19 th 1855.
Adams
Vol P. page 49.
A. G. Petros Elkton Ky.

1692
Petr Pehce
shall I write to Mr. Wil. O. ... for ... of ...
Direct to Finis McLin
1692 of ... in the case of ...
Grant ... by ... to ...

BRIEF in the case of  Peter Pethes Sen r 1692 of Todd County in the State of Kentucky (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68 years  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 1782 Summer 18 private Gen. in the 18 th month Reg t . of H. Co. Co. 1. line - under Gen. Green Col. Arch d Lytel Capt. Wm. Lytel. Sergeant Hurley Capt. Jos. Bernard  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none of importance some skirmishes  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Greenville City N. Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? none of these  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? seem to be correct except that the Clergyman's Certificate is wanting 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
T. Waugh Examining Clerk.

State of Kentucky County of Todd
On the 13 th day of April A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Petree aged Seventy Seven years, a resident of Todd County in the state of Kentucky who being duly sworn according to law doth upon her oath declare, that she is the widow of Peter Petree deceased who was a private in the War of the Revolution, and that she is a pensioner of the United States, on the Kentucky list under the act of February 3 d 1853 at the rate of forty dollars per annum. That she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under an act of Congress passed March 3. 1855. She hereby appoints H. G. Petree of Elkton Ky her agent to prosecute her claim & to receive her warrant when allowed.
Mary Petree

We R B McReynolds and D V Robinson residents of Todd County in the State of Kentucky upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was Signed and acknowledged by Mary Petree in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and Statement of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
R B McReynolds D V Robinson
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were Made, Sworn to, and Subscribed, before me on this day and year above written; And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim that the name Mary preceding the name Petree in the above certificate was interlined before signing
W. J. Kennedy J/P
I Benjamin T Perkins Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Todd, in the State of Kentucky do certify that W. J. Kennedy, whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Todd and State of Kentucky, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments. That his

name there subscribed appears to be his usual signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the county seal and subscribed my name and quality at Elkins this 13 th day of April 1855.
Robt T Perkins Clerk Tadoussac County Court
ff 485

No 1692.
L. 10
Peter Peter Linn

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 State of Kentucky Floyd County } ss
On this 13th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Floyd County court, Peter Petree so a resident of Floyd County in the County of Floyd and State of Ken- tucky aged 68 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth upon his Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1782 with Captain William Moore and served in the 18 month regiment of North Carolina, and of the continental line, under the following named officers, field officers, General Green Col. Archibald Lytle, and Captain William Lytle, sergeant Hurley, Captain Joseph Brnard. Capt Moore, and Lieutenant Sanders he resided in North Carolina Greenville County, entered service in the Summer of 1782 & left it 18 months after

was engaged in no important battle he was in a skirmish at James island a skirmish on Eclisto below Orange burg he marched from Hillsborough N.C. to Salisbury N.C. then to Orangeburg through S.C. Guilford then to the four holes below then to James Island where we were we were stationed in three miles of Charleston.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or an annu- ity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Delegat his Petros Len Mark
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolu- tionary soldier and served as he states
Official Attest Signature
I Willis L Reames Clerk of the County Court of Todd County Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in of the said court in the

matter of the application of Peter Petree for a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at office this 13 th day of August 1832 Melick L. Reeves.
Direct my return to Finis McLean my agent and attorney Elkton Dade county Ky
John Peter Petree Mark

Mary Petree, wid. of Peter.
Ky. Act 3 rd Feb 1853. 2 nd section
A. H. Coombs

State of Kentucky Todd County
On this 12 th day of May, 1853, before me, Blount an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs. Mary Petree, a resident of the aforesaid County and State, aged seventy-five (75) years, who, being sworn according to law, on her oath makes the following declaration, to-wit:
That she is the widow of Peter Petree, dec d , late of the aforesaid county and State, who was a Revolution- ary Pensioner at the rate of Forty Dollars ($40) per annum, and who died in the aforesaid County on or about the twentieth (20 th ) day of October, one thousand eight- hundred and forty-one (1841). That since the death of her said husband, she has not again married, but remains a widow. That she was married to the said Petree on the twenty-fifth (25 th ) day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven (1837), in the aforesaid county and State, by one Caleb Bell, a Methodist preacher. That the original pension certificate of her said husband is not in her possession. She further declares that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the acts of Congress passed on the third of February 1853  granting to the widows of Revolutionary soldiers married after the

year eighteen hundred (1800) a Pension. That her name before marriage was Mary Franklin. (Let Mrs. P. sign this) Mary Petree
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 12 th day of May, 1853.
Recounters J. P.
State of Kentucky Todd County
On this 12 th day of May, 1853, before me, Recounters an Acting Justice of the Peace within and for the aforesaid county and State, personally appeared John Scott, a resident of the said county and State, and made oath in due form of law that he was personally ac- quainted with Peter Petree, deceased, late of the aforesaid county, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of $40 per annum. That the said Petree died in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one (1841), leaving Mary Petree his widow, who still survives him, and has not again married, but remains a widow. That he makes this declaration for the purpose of enabling the said Mary Petree to obtain a Pension, and that he is a disinterested witness.
I hereby certify that John Scott is personally known to me, and that he is a perfectly reliable witness.
Recounters J. P.

State of Kentucky Todd County
A. Wm H. Wells, Clerk of the County Courts within and for the County and State aforesaid, hereby certify that William E. G. before whom the foregoing declarations were subscribed and sworn to, is, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the aforesaid County and State, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit, and that this is a court of record, having general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Elkton, this 12 th day of May, 1852.
William Wells Clerk

Rev and 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
October 24, 1930
Miss Bell Boling Box 435 Owensboro, Kentucky
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 4310, that Peter Petree, while residing in Granville County, North Carolina, enlisted in the summer of 1782, and served eighteen months as a private in Captains Moore's, William Lytle's and Joseph Brevard's companies in Colonel Archibald Lytle's North Carolina regiment, was in a skirmish near Orangeburgh, and in the battle of James Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, at which time he was living in Todd County, Kentucky, aged sixty-eight years.
He died October 20, 1841, in said Todd County.
The soldier married June 23, 1838, in Todd County, Kentucky, Mary Franklin.
She was allowed pension on her application executed May 12, 1853, at which time she was living in Todd County, aged seventy-five years.
There is no reference to children.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

for WIDOW, &c.
File No. 41310
Mary Petree Widow Peter Petree Dr. Pioneer War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. III , Page 119
 [Arrangement of 1870.] 
 1930- Oct. 16- Hark to Mrs. H. C. Atchison Acc 1930- Oct. 24 " Miss Bell Boleing Camp 1934- Nov. 30- " " Farmer m. Petrol Camp 

No. 88485
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 21, 1855.
Peter Petree
Rev. Eliza
Warrant 11061-100-55
H. G. Petree
Elkton
Rep

5 11.061
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160 Aug

✓ No 1755
Mary Petrie widow Peter
Let to agt.
Aug. 6/53
Gray.
Vy.

Re: Act. 3 d #86:153.1 Engi
Boyle

ELKTON E APR 2 16 KY.
St. 488
free
J. P. Waldo
Commission of Pensions Washington City D. C.

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Pension Office Dec 2/53
Sir: Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully &c
J. Burt J. Cole & said John C. [?] Present.
Peter Petree, Ser. at 1832. $40.00. p. an. Paid to 4 th Sept. 1841. - no date of death on our death.
J. Burt Auditor.

Mary Patree and wid. of Peter
Sty. Oct 1853, 2 o see
Geddes
J. H. Goulb

State of Kentucky } ss. County of Todd }
On this 14 day of November 1853, before the County Court of said County now in session at Elkton, Kentucky, personally appeared Mary Petree widow of Peter Petree deceased, who being duly sworn according to law declares and says, that she is the identical person who has heretofore made an application for a pension, under the 2 d Section of the act of Congress approved 3 d February 1853, as the widow of Peter Petree late of said County deceased, that she was married to the said Peter Petree deceased on the 20 th day of June 1837. Second proof of which has heretofore been forwarded to the Pension Office, that the said Peter Petree was a pensioner on the Kentucky Roll, @ $40. per annum, and died on the 20 th October 1841, since which time she has not again married but still remains his widow.
Mary her x Petree
Sworn to and subscribed mark in open Court the day and year first above written
William McCall
Clerk

And it is hereby ordered to be certified that satisfactory evidence has been presented to this Court by the letters of U. E Kennedy and Horace Daniel residents of said County and credible witnesses, that Mary Petree who has made the foregoing declaration, is the widow of Peter Petree deceased, who was in his lifetime a pensioner aforesaid, and who died on the 20 th day of October 1841, That since the death of the said Peter the said Mary has not again married but still remains his widow. x
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and affixed the seal of said County this 14 day of March 1853.
William Wells
Clerk

from 1782 private 12 months,
$40.

State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that Peter Petree a private soldier in Capt. Brevard's Company of the 10 th Regiment enlisted in 1782 for the term of 12 months, and that nothing further is said of him on said rolls.
Given under my hand this 27 th day of October 1832.
W. Hill

Clinton Lodd County Ky
April 14 th 1855.
J P Haldor. Com. Par.
Sir
I send herewith the declaration of Mrs Mary Petree Widow of Peter Petree - for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which I suppose her to be entitled under the recent act of Congress. Mrs Petree is now a Pensioner of the U.S. on the Ky list. If the papers are not properly prepared please return them to me with the requisite instruction.
Resp.
H G Petree

Mary Peter Rev. Anderson
Cape Town this
29 March 185-
and L B T. Esq. Present

Mary Debra Wid, of Peter do Examined
L. B. True Present

Brief in the case of Mary Petree widow of Peter Todd County and State of Kentucky act of February 3-1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in North Ga. line 1 yr. & pensioner under act of June 7-1832 at $40 per annum
Allowed $40 per annum to commence Feb. 3/53 (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by public record
Death proved by credible witnesses
Identity & widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
J. J. Combs Present.
Examining Clerk.
J. L. Gray

Commonwealth of Kentucky Floyd County Set This is to Certify that on the 28 th day of June A D 1838 I joined in Marriage Peter Peter Low and Mary Franklin by virtue of license from the Clerk of Floyd County Court Given under my hand as a minister of the gospel M c E. C. the 23 rd day of August A D. 1838.
Calvin N. Bell
Commonwealth of Kentucky Floyd County Court Clerk's Office I William H Wells Clerk of the Floyd County Court aforesaid do certify that the foregoing Certificate of Marriage by Calvin N Bell is truly transcribed from the records of my said Office and that I am Keeper of the records of the Floyd County Court and that the license to which said certificate attached issued from said Clerk's Office on the 23 rd day of June 1838.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Floyd County Court aforesaid this 12 th day of May 1853 and in the 8 th of Commonwealth William H Wells Clerk

Mary Petrie, wid of Petrie
Ky. Act 1853, 2 o sec.
Power Atty.
J. Hoomb

Know all men by these presents that I, Mary Petree, of the county of Todd and State of Kentucky Have constituted and appointed D. J. Coombs, of the city of Washington, my true and lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, irrevocably for me and in my name to prosecute against the United States my claim to a Pension on account of the military services of my deceased husband, Peter Petree, in the war of the Revolution. And all that my aforesaid Attorney may legally do or cause to be done in order to estab- lish my claim to a Pension, I hereby fully ratify. My aforesaid Attorney is hereby authorized to receive the certi- ficate of Pension which may issue in satisfaction of said claim, and which I desire may be made payable at the agency in the State of Kentucky. With my aforesaid Attorney and him only do I wish the Pension Office to hold corres- pondence touching said claim.
Witness my hand and seal this 12 th day of May, 1853.
(Signed) Mary Petree
State of Kentucky } Todd County }
On this 12 th day of May, 1853, before me, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, personally appeared

77 Mary Petree, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and Deed, for the purposes therein specified
Blount J.P.
State of Kentucky 3 Fodd County 2
D. W. H. Wells, Clerk of the county Courts within and for the county and State aforesaid, hereby certify that R Blount Esq., before whom the foregoing Power of Attorney was subscribed and acknowledged, his and was at the time of signing the certificate thereto, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hands and seal of office at Elkton, this 12 th day of May, 1853.
D. W. H. Wells Clerk

Rev. and Mil Wars Section
AWF:MLB
October 10, 1930
Mrs. K. C. Atchison 105 Walnut Street Rockport, Indiana
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 4310, that Peter Petree, while residing in Granville County, North Carolina, enlisted in the summer of 1782, and served eighteen months as a private in Captains Moore's, William Lytle's and Joseph Brevard's companies in Colonel Archibald Lytle's North Carolina regiment, was in a skirmish near Orangeburgh, and in the battle of James Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, at which time he was living in Todd County, Kentucky, aged sixty-eight years.
He died October 20, 1841, in said Todd County.
The soldier married June 23, 1838, in Todd County, Kentucky, Mary Franklin.
She was allowed pension on her application executed May 12, 1853, at which time she was living in Todd County, aged seventy-five years.
There is no reference to children.
The above data are found in the original papers on file in the pension claims of Peter Petree and his widow, Mary, and not from any book or volume.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

November 30, 1934
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Peter Petree-W.4310 BA-J/ANF
Mr. Garner M. Petrie Kentucky Home Life Bldg. Louisville, Kentucky
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Peter Petrie or Petree, who served in either North or South Carolina troops, War of the Revolution, and died in 1841. You request that this report be furnished you in duplicate.
The record of Peter Petree which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 4310, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Peter Petree, as the name is found in the claim, enlisted, while residing in Granville County, North Carolina, in the summer of 1782, served eighteen months as private in Captains Moore's, William Lytle's and Joseph Brevard's companies, Colonel Archibald Lytle's North Carolina regiment; he was in a skirmish near Orangeburg, and in the battle of James Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, at which time he was living in Todd County, Kentucky, aged sixty-eight years. The date and place of his birth are not shown, nor are the names of his parents given.
Peter Petree married June 23, 1838 in Todd County, Kentucky, Mary Franklin. He died October 20, 1841 in Todd County.
The widow, Mary Petree, was allowed pension on

her application executed May 12, 1853, then aged seventy-five years and a resident of Todd County, Kentucky.
There are no further data in this claim relative to the family of the soldier, Peter Petree.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rockport Ind.
Oct. 27 th 30
Mr. E. W. Morgan, Acting Com. Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I wish to acknowledge with thanks your prompt and courteous service in supplying information from your pension files pertaining to Peter Petree , Revolutionary soldier.
These facts mean a great deal to me, his great great grand daughter, and I most sincerely appreciate your kind assistance in the matter.
Respectfully,
Mrs. K. C. Atchison
105 Walnut St.
Rockport, Indiana

Jewersboro. Ky. Oct. 10 - 1930
The Commissioner Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir. -
Will you please send me the pension record of Peter Petrie living in Todd Co. Ky in 1840 age 77, with any family data you may have —
Thanking you in advance, I am
Yours very truly, Miss Bill Boling Box 435, Jewersboro. Ky.

Rockport, Ind. Sept. 23 rd '30
Pension Dept. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I am seeking the Revolutionary service record of Peter Petrie of South Carolina, who came to Kentucky in 1810, and settled in Todd Co. where he died in 1840. I am especially anxious to learn from what

county in South Carolina be en- listed, since in that way I can probably obtain from county records the date of his mar- riage and maiden name of his wife.
In case you should have any- thing which bears upon these points in your record of him, please let me have it.
As I wish the information in order to fill out some D. A. R. papers, will have to ask you to please state volume and page of reference.
Please let me know, in answer- ing, amount of fee for this service, which I will send at once.
Thanking you,
I am Sincerely
Address Mrs. K. C. Atchison 105 Walnut St. Rockport, Indiana.

GARNER M. PETRIE
ATTORNEY
KENTUCKY HOME LIFE BLDG.
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
November 10, 1934
Bureau of Pensions, Veterans of War of American Revolution, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Recd 2 hist. Will you please give me all the information in your files regarding one Peter Petrie, some- time spelled Petree, who was originally from Chester District, South Carolina, and who, I think, fought in the American Revolution in North and South Carolina?
If possible, I should like to have a duplicate of his application for a pension, and all information which you may have regard- ing him. He drew a pension for about forty or fifty years, and died in 1841.
Yours very truly,
Garner M Petrie
GMP M JH