Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,757, Aquila Corly, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Corly, Aquila Turner, Mary Ann Former widow
R. 10.757
CONTENTS
This woman's last husband was also a soldier, Joshua Turner, Md.

No. 7641.
THE APPLICATION OF Mary Anne Turner
For Pension as widow of 1 st Husband Aquila Verly of Culpeper County Reg't of Va. Militia.
ELIPHALET EASTON, AGENT FOR CLAIMANT. CINCINNATI, O.

STATE OF Kentucky Henry County, ss.
On this 29 th day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me, the undersigned, John Chilton
a Justice of the Peace for the county and State above mentioned, Mary Anne Turner widow of her first husband Aquila Vory who being duly sworn according to law declare that she is the identical Mary Anne Turner, widow of her first husband who was a Soldier in the Revolution  company commanded by Captain led in the Militia Regiment of Gallipolis County Pa - commanded by Col's Thorne, & M'Cook he enlisted at  on about the  day of for the term of  and was honorably discharged at on about the  day of  by reason of
This deponent's application is for the purpose of procuring from the United States the full amount of Pension under the act of Congress in such cases made and provided - that is due for the above referred to services. Deponent depends much on the Records of the War Department, and the proof herewith sent, to support this claim. Deponent was married to said Aquila Vory in which surrendered - We returned home and died of Mary Anne Turner in the year 1791, who was on the 27 th day of March 1825 in - - - - - Deponent now living in Shelby Co. Ky. born 1778 & 6 Lucas both now living in Henry County Ky. Deponent is now aged The undersigned appoints ELIPHALET EASTON, of the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, Agent to settle the above claim in the best way he can. All allowance and correspondence in reference to this application are to be directed to the said EASTON, Cincinnati, Ohio, and no one else. All orders or receipts given by said ELIPHALET EASTON will and ought to be respected the same as the given by the deponent in person.
(ATTEST.)
G. B. Tingle W. B. Bledsoe WASHINGTON CITY, D. C.
Mary Anne Turner mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written as witness my hand and
J. Chilton J.P.H.C.

STATE OF Kentucky Henry County, ss.
On this 29 th day of Jan in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me, the undersigned,
a Justice of the Peace for the county and State above mentioned, James Johnston who being duly sworn according to law, and whose testimony worthy of full credit, declares that he is well acquainted with the within named Mary Anne Turner and that he is now present and he did sign the within application for the use and purposes within stated, and the undersigned is fully satisfied that the within statement is true - deponent was drafted to the best of his recollection in the Spring of 1781 - He is now a pensioner at the Louisville Agency at the rate of $30 per annum allowed 23 rd Sept 1833 - He knew the within named Aquila Oak in the within service, and also knows that he and the present applicant, Mary Anne Turner, were both before the war and after it. Living together as man and wife, and it was deponent's belief and the belief of the country that they were so - They were rendezvoused at Bacon Ford, Culpeper Co. Va. or at Culpeper Court House deponent does not remember which - deponent's 1 st Captain was James Duncan, and the next was William Foster, who discharged deponent as James Prew in 1781 - Green
James Johnston J. Johnston m.d.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written as witness my hand and
John Brannon J.P.

Cincinnati, Ohio,
2 nd July
1850
To. Commr. of Pensions
Washington City, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I herewith send you the application of Mary Anne Turner for Pension under the act of Congress.
As soon as you can examine the claim, you will please advise me, as the Agent of the claimant, of the result, and send me whatever may be allowed on the annexed application.
Yrs Resp d
E. CANTON
P.S. I admit that perhaps the proof is not in that conformity with the regulations but it is the best she can produce, and she has forced me to transmit it to you, Resp d E.C.
County of Henry State of Kentucky
I Edw d P. Thomas, Clerk of the Court of State of Kentucky within and for said County, certify that John Shelton before whom the foregoing affidavits were made was at the same time an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and that the signature attached to same, & purporting to be his is genuine - witness my hand and seal of said Court this 1 st day of July 1850 -
Edw d Thomas

1775- He served two terms of duty, the last in the year Born sickness incurred in service in January 1783. Deported afterwards to also a Pennsylvania Soldier from the State of Maryland - he died has three children now living by Lady Agnes W Boyd, Brg. Richard W Cobbin aged 71 years, and Nancy Wood aged 69 years 94 years, and resides in Henry County Kentucky.

M.73.H
Rev. War Section
R. 10757
October 14, 1915.
Mrs. Walter Matthews, 417 Transylvania Park, Lexington, Ky.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 11 th instant, you are advised that on June 29, 1850, Mary Ann Turner a resident of Henry County, Ky., aged ninety-four years stated that she married Aquila Corly in 1775, and that he died in 1783.
She applied for pension on account of his services as a soldier of the Revolution, from Culpeper County, Virginia, but the claim was rejected on the ground of insufficient proof of his service.
In 1791, Mary Ann Corly married Joshua Turner, a soldier from Maryland (war not stated), who died March 27, 1825. There is no further family data or military history relative to said Turner on file.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1915. Oct 14: History to Mrs Walter Matthews. [Letter in S.F. 31132 Samuel Hise. 7 miss
10757
P.O.
Mary Anne Turner
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P.O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Cincinnati Oct 29 1850
Dear J. F. Edwards
Sir
On the 5 th of July last I sent you the Application of Mary Ann Turner Widow of Agrippa Early soldier of the Revolutionary War
The old lady is very impatient about the matter & with you would dispose of the case in some way
Respectfully
E. Cantón

E. Easton Mar 20/50.
Dear Sir,
I have been thinking about the past and how much things have changed since we were children. It seems like a lifetime ago. I hope you are well and that life is treating you kindly. I have been very busy lately, but I have managed to find some time to write to you. I hope you can reply soon. I am, as ever, Your sincere friend, E. Easton

267. Pension Office Nov 20. 1850
Sir:
The declaration of Mary A. Turner, formerly widow of Aquila Keaty, has been received.
As you seem to be aware of the insufficiency of the evidence in this case, it is perhaps unnecessary to dwell particularly upon it. The Claimant must set forth the times performed by the husband, the terms they were rendered, the officers under whom, the commencement and termination of each. Witnesses who knew the facts must testify to such service. The marriage must be established by record evidence, or it must be shown that none exists. In that event, witnesses must state the ages of the children, how long they have known her as the wife of said Keaty &c. And she must explain why she has so long persisted in this application.
E. Easton Esq Cincinnati Ohio -

No. 7. 641
Mary Anne Sisson widow of Thomas Sisson
Adm d 11 th July 1836
[Faint, illegible handwriting]
Adm d 11 th July 1836.

I.. see papers of Mary A. Turner Aquila Craly
widow of Aquila
Craly
Ohio or Kentucky
Resided 36 or 38
Ex by Mr Ewing Jr
Oct 4 - 1857

Know all men by these presents, That I Elizabeth Easton of the County of Hamilton and State of Ohio have constituted and appointed, and by these presents do constitute and appoint, THOMAS EWING, Jr., of Washington City, my true and lawful attorney, irrevocably for me and in my name to receive from the United States all such sum or sums of money as may be due me on any account whatsoever,
to examine the suspended claim for revolutionary pension Act 1836 of Mary A. Turner widow of Aquila Croly and to attend to the prosecution of the same, and to receive the pension certificate when issued
and in my name to execute such receipts and acquittances for the same as may be necessary, and generally to do all lawful acts and things touching the premises; and an attorney or attorneys under him for the purposes aforesaid, to make and at his pleasure to revoke; hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises, by virtue of these presents.
_____
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth day of October 185 1.
In presence of William H. Dietz  Elizabeth Easton 
State of William H. Dietz } to wit: County of _____
On this _____ day of _____ 185 _____ personally appeared before me a _____ in and for the County aforesaid, and acknowledged the above power of attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein expressed.
J. P.
State of _____ } to wit: County of _____
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That _____ Esq., before whom the above acknowledgment was made, and who has hereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the _____ Court, for the County aforesaid, this _____ day of _____ 185 _____
Clerk.