Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1182, Peter Canine, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Canine, Peter or barnine
S 1182
CONTENTS

Kentucky
19577
Peter Cannine * of Shelby Co in the State of Kentucky who was a Sergeant in the same commanded by Captain Verby of this reg t commanded by Col Sack in the U.S. line for 9 Year Sergeant
* Peter Cannine: Records corrected August
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sept 1843 and S. G. Sprigg Shelbyville
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 380.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 March 60.00
360.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam Boyd Clerk, Book Vol. Page 6
let to H. M. O'Hanlon May 6. 1844
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 1838 from 4 Sep 1840. to 2 Feb 1841. etc Notified 25 Oct 1844

7347.
State of Penna. City
State of Penna. City

State of Kentucky
Shelby County Ky
On this day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the justice of the County Court of Shelby now sitting Peter Ca- vins Resident of the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky, aged 80 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to ob- tain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, that he entered the service of the United States, under the following offi- cers, and served as herein stated. That he vol- unteered to the best of his recollection in the fall 1876 in Somerset County and State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Capt William Verbruggen, in the Regiment commanded by him by Col. Patrick and Major Baird, they mar- ched to the city of New York from New York to Bergen from there to Pumptown in the State of New Jersey, from there to Springfield and from there to Elizabethtown, from there to New Brunswick, then to Millstone, from there to Pennsylvania, for the said Peter Ca- vins that he served under the officers above named between two and three years, with some shot in his hip, that he acted as Quarter master at least one year of said time, and a part of the time as first Sergeant of said company, but in consequence of his age and the great length of time that has elapsed since then has

actions it is impossible for him to recollect dates distinctly, but he is confident that he served fully as long as he has stated. For the said Peter Canine further states that he again volunteered in the Company commanded by Capt. R. Hobbs, when Lieutenant he thinks was named Bice, in which Company he the said Canine served about one year, though the precise length of time he cannot recollect. The only battle of con- sequence in which the said Canine was engaged was the battle at Hartman's town. He cannot as above stated recollect distinctly dates etc., but he swears on his allegiance to the fact that he served fully as long as he has stated, having been engaged with short intervals, during the most of the Revolutionary struggle. For the said Peter Canine hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pen- sion, or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or territory.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid
Peter Canine
We John Vannin residing in the county of Shelby and State of Kentucky and Cornelius Canine residing in the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Canine who has

Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and we believe him to be 80 years of age, that he is a Baptist and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. John Vannice Cornelius Canine
And the said Court do here by declare, their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the Pleas & Report ment, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, And the Court further cer- tifies that it appears to them that Vannice who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a  Resi- dent in the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky, and that Cornelius Canine who has also signed the same, is a Resident in the County and State aforesaid, and a credible person, and that their State- ment is entitled to credit.
Geo. R. Willis Presiding Justice Shelby County Court
I James S. McWhorter Clerk of the County Court of Shelby County Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the

Original proceedings in the matter of Peter Canine for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office This 18 th day of September 1832
All for E. Whitaker Q

7349.
Peter Canine

7349
BRIEF in the case of of Shelby City
Peter Canine in the State of Kentucky (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 80
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 fall. In 1776 vol. again joins a vol company date not stated & served 2 or 3 years As a Sergeant & Quar- ter Master Capt. Wm. Verbeek Col Quicks-Maj Baird   He swears unhesitatingly that he served as long as above stated being engaged with the revolutionary wars. 1 — — Short intervals, most of   5. In what battles was he engaged? Germanstown  
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sumerville City New Jersey
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional, living witness whose deposition duly authenticated accompanies
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. W. Wough
Examining Clerk.

State of Kentucky Shelby County
On this 8 th day of April in the year 1833, personally appeared before the County Court of the said County now sitting Peter Laraine in the 81 st year of his age, a resident of the County aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 9 th 1832. Saith that he was born on the 16 th day of November in the year 1752, in the County of Somerset in the state of New Jersey. He has no record of his age his father died when he was an infant. He learned his age from his mother. He states that in the year 1776 in the month of July he believes and so states, he marched as a sergeant of a company commanded by Captain Verbrack from the said County of Somerset to the city of New York. He and his company were volunteers. He joined John Dickinsons Regiment in the same County before we proceeded to New- York. We were called into service on short terms of two months. From the best of my recollection I served two months as sergeant of Captain William Verbracks company before I was discharged. After we were discharged I returned home. In the Fall of the same year, I again was called into service in the same capacity of Orderly sergeant attached to the same company. We marched to

various places, and after having performed a short tour of two months  four months were relieved, and returned home. We were called out again the same year and performed a short tour. I do not re- collect the length of the tour, I performed during this period of the war with precision. The first I am certain was two months as I have stated the other two was not so long, but I believe the two would amount to two months. In the year 1777 the month I do not recollect. I again marched from the same County as ordery sergeant in the same Company and attached to the same Regiment. We were marched to Millstone where we were stationed for a short time, from thence to Elizabethtown, from thence to New York. During our visit we had three or four skirmishes. One night we marched from Millstone to Brunswick to take a Guard of Hessian. The snow was knee deep. We took only three Hessians. There was about two hundred of us commanded I think by Capt. Verbrugh. I was at the Battle of Germantown under Capt. Stotts, attached to Col. Quicks Regiment. When the Battle was fought I think was acting as Quarter Master. I continued in service off and on during the war. Owing to the age and loss of memory I have unable to state with pre- cision the particular periods of the war further than I have before stated, when I was engaged in the military service. But from the best of my recollection I served three years as ordery sergeant and one year as Quarter Master during the Revolutionary War. I am sure Col. Moyer Baird was attached to Quicks Regiment. Genl. Washington was along when we retreated from Brunswick to Pennsylvania. Capt. Snike, Capt. Van ist

Captain Logan I recollect. He states that his memory is very frail that he is unwilling therefore to venture to set forth any particular incidents that transpired whilst he was engaged in the military service during the Revolution, and is unwilling and indeed unable from loss of memory to set forth the different times, their commencement and conclusion, which he performed, but he believes and will state that he served as he before stated three years as orderly sergeant and one year as Quarter Master during the war of the Revolution from the time of its commencement . He moved to Kentucky about 30 years ago and has lived here ever since. He states that he has no documentary evidence of the services performed by him, nor does he know of any living witness by whom he can prove the aforesaid service, except John Turner, whose certificate is hereto annexed. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension of any state or of the United States, or of any territory.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid.
Peter Carr
We James L Marshall a Cligym man residing in the County of Shelby aforesaid, and Robert Doak of the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Carr who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that he

believe him to be of the age he states in his said Declaration, we believe him to be eighty- years old. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
J. S. Marshall
Robert Doak
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed 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 James S. Marshall who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a clergyman resident in said Shelby County and that Robert Doak who signed the same also, is a resident in the same County and is a credible person, and their statements are entitled to credit.
Wm. Shanks P. H. B. 6.6
I James S. Whitaker Clerk of the Court of Shelby County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Peter Rapine for a Pension In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand at the of office this 10 th day of April 1833.
J. S. Whitaker Clerk Shelby County Court

and 1812 War Section MCS/eel
November 22, 1929
Mrs. J. R. Davis 1219 C. Street Lincoln, Nebraska
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.1182, it appears that Peter Canine, pensioned Peter Carnine, was born November 16, 1752, at Bound Brook , Somerset County, New Jersey. Bound Brook
He enlisted in Somerset County, New Jersey, in July, 1776, and served at various times until late in the Revolution amounting to four years in all, with the New Jersey Troops under Captains William Verbrugh, and R. Staats and Colonel Quick. Three years of this time he served as orderly sergeant and one year as quartermaster. He was in the battle of Germantown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 18, 1832, at which time he was living in Shelby County, Kentucky, to which place he had moved in 1803.
He died February 2, 1841, leaving a widow, her name not given.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner

1906 July 13 - History to Beth Thompson fr. card catalogue  1910 June 17 Hist. to Sarah H. Jeffery. (Letter of inquiry in W.F. 18401 Samuel Bullock)  1911 May 29 Hist. to Edward S. Canine. V.L.M.  1911 Sept. 23. Hist to Miss Annie E. McGray  1922 June 21. Hist to Hon. Mrs. M. Morgan and  1929 Nov. 22 Hist. to Mrs. J. P. Davis. N.C.S.
Peter Canine
INVALID.
File No. 1182
Peter Canine
Sergt. N.J. Line
Act June 7, 1882.
Index:—Vol. a , Page 56
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Peter Canine 1880 Records corrected Aug 14 '83

No widow's claim for service of Peter Cannine or Cannine
Records searched
July 16, 1906 -
A. E. Pope.

Raintuckey Shelby County August 26 th 1833 Mensura I Want to give a Short account of my Life My hip Was Put out of Place about 15 years ago and Never Put up I have the Gravel Complaint about 6 years that I can hardly go about and one Eye Blind and the other Not good that I can hardly see to Right I Was Born in the year 1752 The 16 th Day of November If I live till 16 th of November Next I Will Be 81 years old and as old as I am I Never Tasted one Drop of Spirit in my Life Even cider Nor small Beer Nor Wine Nor Metegelon Nor Never Made use of Ginuger or the Boud of Ware I Was Born in New Jersey at Bown Brook from Summerset County and There attacht to Colonel Quicks and M a Bards Battallion under Capt. Verbrucks Company as orderly Sargent in the Beginning of the Revolutionary War in New Jersey It Was customary to take short tours to guard against the Enemy sometimes one Month sometimes 2 Months and 3 Months that Was generally the longest so that We go home and Do our Business to Be Ready the Next tour I Dont think I made No Less then 20 by Tours In the Revolutionary War from the first to the Last of the War I Never Served as a Privet Nor as a Corporal But Sum times as an orderly Sargent and Sum as Quarter Master and that Way I kept on During the War Sum times under one Capt. and Sum times under a Nothor and so on

As B When I acted as Sargent I Drawed 15 Dollar Pr Month When I acted as Quarter Master I Drawed 27 Dollars Pr Month and 3 Rashens of Don't Want to take Enny thing off the States But Wat is Right By Law I Served faithfull that you Will see By Mr. Tenunes Deposition We Lived in New Jersey in one house together sum years he Was counted a Very Worey Cittison the Verest my Recollection of Served three years as onerly Sargent in Tours and one year Quarter Master in Tours I think I Served faithfull from the first of the War to the Last I think I deserve a Pension if any Melitian gets it youth to get sum of Leave that to your good Pleasure I am old you Must excuse my Bad Spelling and in Diteing this from your old friend Peter Canine
To Leues Caff Secretary of War
N.B.
I did not know it was neasary to send the old Declaration back I now send it with the other papers which you sent with it I think there is sufficient proof before you to entitle me to some thing under the law I cant possibly recollect the particular periods of the War in which I served better than I have stated.
Peter Canine

Peter Gamine Kentucky,
From 1776 for Wageat 2 fr $120.
J. C. Sprigg Shelbyville Kentucky

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
29 July
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunct notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Peter Carine
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 2 Sgt Col Ver Bryck Col Linnick 81 Ref   1777 2 " "    The old declaration did not accompany the one now returned as is stated in letter. This is required.  June 29. 1833
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers ; the time he left the service ; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ; ) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service ; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his-

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

The Deposition of John Tums of Mercer County Kentucky now in the Eighty Third Year of his age taken at the clerks office of said County this 5 th day of April A D 1833. to read as evidence in behalf of Peter Canine of Shelby County Ky. who wishes to obtain a pension under the act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832
This Deponent being duly sworn deposeth and saith that in the year A D 1776. Peter Canine was a citizen of Shelby County Ky. and himself entered the aforesaid services in the army of the revolution from the County of Somerset and State of New Jersey in the Company of Capt. Verhyck and joined Colonel Duickes Regiment and march to New York and served out there, during this year this deponent believes they served three Tours in which Peter Canine served as orderly sergeant. This deponent believes that in the year 1777. they entered the militia services under the same officers and marched to Millstone when they were stationed for a short time from thence to Elizabethtown and from thence to Newark. during our route we had two or three skirmishes with the British This deponent can not recollect the number of tours he served with Peter Canine but he believes he served one or two with him for four or five years in which Canine served as orderly sergeant about three years and was afterwards promoted to the office of Quarter Master This deponent recollects well, that he marched under Col Duick with Capt Stoll to Germantown where the Battle was fought when he acted as Quarter Master This deponent recollects that the British came to the house of said Canine after Capt. Verhyck and Lt. Tuck and plundered and took Blankets & Knapsacks and filled their Canteens with Rum, and threatened to kill the said Canine. This Deponent believes that said Canine served his Country in the army of

of the Revolution four or five years or upwards and that he believes he served at least one year as Quarter Master and before that time he served as orderly Sergeant. This Deponent is well acquainted with Peter Canine they were school boys together, that they served together during many years of duty in the Revolution and that they have been well acquainted ever since and that he is a man of as much veracity as any other for the sayth he This Deponent can not recollect the different periods or dates when they were called into service but they served off and on during the whole of the war.  John his X Turney mark
State of Kentucky Mercer County ss
I George L Wraight one of the commonwealth Justices of the peace in and for the State & County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of John Turney was taken subscribed and sworn to before me at the Clerks office of said County this 5 th day of April A.D. 1833. and that the said Turney is a credible witness —  Geo L Wraight Esq
State of Kentucky Mercer County ss 3 I Thomas A. Allison Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that George L Wraight Esq whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is an acting Justice of

the place in and for the County of S d duly Commissioned and qualified and as such full faith and Credit is and ought to be given to every of his Official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 5 th day of April 1833 Tho. Allison

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 6 th , 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Peter Carnine, deed a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of one hundred & twenty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 2 nd Feby 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

Peter Carnine, Kentucky roll, act June 7. 1832.
Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid.
Pension Offer, } $120. per an. May 3 rd 1844. } Paid to 1 st Sept. 1840. —
B. J. Bryan

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Peter Cannine 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? no 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? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
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?
no. The interrogatories and their answers shall be all embodied in the declaration.
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.
† 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ 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.

14577
Indianapolis Ind July 6, 1906. C
Pension Dept. Washington D. C.
Gentlemen:
Kindly give me the services of Peter Carnine a soldier in the Revolution from New Jersey. He is recorded in the Kentucky Sons of the Revolution Report as receiving a pension from Shelby Co. Ky in 1840 as a soldier in the New Jersey line. In the "Officers and men in the Revolution from New Jersey" he is given as a sergeant in the Continental army from that state. Please give me his services as he given in his pension certificate.
Very Truly
Slith Thompson
141 Hoefgen St.
Indianapolis
Ind.
O.H. + J.M.

EDWIN N. CANINE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Board of Education East Chicago, Ind. CITY HALL
W. H. JEPPESON, PRESIDENT DANIEL D. DIXON, SECRETARY F. H. FISH, TREASURER
May 23, 1911.
Commissioner of Pensions, Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please give me as much information as the records show concerning Peter Carnine , a revolutionary soldier? He enlisted in Somerset County, New Jersey , July 1776. Thanking you for the same, I am
Sincerely,
E. N. Canine

WM. M. MORGAN 17TH DISTRICT OHIO
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
June 15, 1922.
Hon. Washington Gardner, Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Gardner:
Enclosed please find letter and copy of service record of Peter Carnine, Revolutionary War. If you have the information requested in the enclosed letter will appreciate you securing it for Mrs. Loyd G. Millisor, 129 W. Locust St., Newark, Ohio, whose letter is enclosed.
Please return letters.
letters returned
Very truly yours,
W. M. Morgan
Not found in Dis- bursing Office index. Jaw

1219 C Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, September 26, 1929.
Old Records Department, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Please send me any data you have concerning Peter Carnine , sometimes spelled Canine or Conyn or Conyne. He applied for a pension September 18, 1832, and it was allowed, according to our family records which are incomplete in vital spots. He enlisted in Somerset County, New Jersey, in July, 1776.
Thanking you for the courtesy of a reply, I am
Yours truly,
Fayette Davis
Fayette Davis (Mrs. J. R.)
D

Kentland Ind.
Sept. 18 th 1911
Pension Department Washington, D. C.
Will you please send me the Military Record of Peter Canine who fought in the Revolution- ary War.
Thanking you for same
(Miss) Annie E. McGray.

Rev. War Section.
AW
June 20, 1922.
Hon. William M. Morgan, House of Representatives.
In re: Peter Canine, or Carnine, War of Revolution. S. 1182.
You are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, above noted, it appears that Peter Canine, who was pensioned as Carnine, was born November 16, 1752, at Boundbrook, Somerset County, N. J.
He served from July 1778, for three years as Orderly Sergeant, and for one year as Quartermaster, in the New Jersey Troops under Captains William Verbrayck and R. Staats and Colonel Quick. He was engaged in the battle of Germantown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed revised Nov. 15, 1813 September 18, 1832, while living in Shelby County, Ky. and he died February 3, 1841, leaving a widow, whose name is not stated.
Very truly yours,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
3 enclosures.

on on file in this Bureau.
(Pensioned Co. A.) Peter Canine Ser. File 1182
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1776 served at various times in Col. Hays Ord. Sgt. L. Master William Verbrugh Lucas N.J.   R. Staats "            
Battles engaged in, Germanstown and several skirmishes
Residence of soldier at enlistment, numbered in Somerset Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 10, 1832. He was then alive.
Residence at date of application, Shelby Co. Ky.
Age at date of application, born Nov. 16, 1755 at Roundbrook Somerset Co. N.J.
Remarks: His father died when he was an infant name not stated. His widow was alive in 1832, her name is not stated. Died Feb. 2, 1841 leaving a