Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,731, Anthony Courtner, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
7/12
Courtner, Anthony Curtner
No. 6,731
Catharine
CONTENTS

5247  Virginia
let 4 No 42 H, Dorkins
Anthony Courtney of Giles Co in the State of Virginia who was a privat in the Lebanon commanded by Captain Messap of the Rev commanded by Col Hance in the Virginia  Militia for 14 mos & 19 days from 1776 —
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 53 Dollars 77 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of July  1833 and Henry Dorkins  Lewisburg Va
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832  80.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 14 March 1833  26.88
$ 107.53
{ Revolutionary Claim } Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Henry W. Sykes Clerk Book 5 Vol 7 Page 94
Sal 21 March 1835 Ben: agt. Supt. 2 things in 1832

8212 Virginia Rich?
Catharine Courtney, dec. widow of Anthony Courtney Va who was a Pr. and Supt. in the Revolution
Her name died 30 April, 1833
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 53 Dollars 77
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843, and terminate 22nd Jan'y, 1844
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July, 1847, and sent to
J. G. Fisher, Lexington Va
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 135
Reported Payable to Mrs. Dougherty, dec. Courtner, and David Courtner only Living Children

State of Virginia } Greenbrier County } S.S.
On this 29 th day of August 1892 personally appeared in open Court before the justice of the Court of Greenbrier County it being a court of record now sitting Anthony Kirtner a resident of the S d County of Greenbrier & State of Virginia aged 92 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 act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. First entered the service as a volunteer in the spring of the year 1776 under Capt Stump & Lieutenant Bright for three months in the County of Hardy Virginia to go to the frontier to guard agt. the Indians and was stationed at a place within called West Fall Valley on the Ohio or Western Water and that he served out his three months and was discharged at the West Fall Valley Fort during this time was in several skirmishes with the Indians and had to be employed frequently guarding the citizens agt. the Indians when they were at work in their fields. After his discharge he returned to Rockingham County and then in the spring of 1777 he volunteered a second time for three months under Capt. Sejmores & Lieutenant Kearns and was stationed in Tugers Valley to guard the frontier agt. the Indians and was stationed at Fort Sonis in S d Valley during this time they had several skirmishes with the Indians and that he knew that he dispatched over Red Skin and that he was discharged after his three months was out during them two times he was under no regular Col. and was only commanded by a Capt. & Lieutenant. On his return to Rockingham County in 1777 he was drafted and employed in collecting & driving Cattle for the use of the army for one month. That he that he then participated in the battle of 1778 or 1779 in Rockingham County under Capt. Rayn. & was employed for two or three weeks in pursuit of

Forys that they took one Fory and that he made his buffs for him and he was sent to Richmond. That he Volunteered, he thinks in the year 1780 for three months in Rockingham County Va. under Capt. Barrind and was under the command of Col. Barrind and was kept constantly on the move in the eastern part of Virginia passed through different County's towards the South until they arrived to Amelia County & then to Richmond and was there discharged. That in the year 1781 he Volunteered in Rockingham Va under Capt. Ragon for three months and he thinks under the command of Col. Harrison and was Marched up to Richmond Va. and from that to the Bird-ordinary and from that to the Hickory Nut Church where we joined the main Army under the command of Genl. Morgan while station at the Hickory nut church they had some Skirmishing with the British during the time. He was a volunteer on a scouting party to go to York Town and made an attempt to take the British Sentinel and was attacked by a party of British and had to retreat and in jumping a ditch he received a hurt that has been an injury to him ever since. That he was discharged at the Hickory Nut Church, and returned home to Rockingham County. That after he returned home he Volunteered and was employed in guarding some Hessians that were prisoners and had a sergeants room which was the highest command and after Cornwallis was taken they were discharged. And that he was in the service about five or six weeks. He further states that he lived on the plantation of Col. Daniel Smith of Rockingham and was frequently employed by him in carrying express to different officers and to other Col. in Shenadoah & Hardy County. And was engaged some time as a Black Smith, in shoeing horses for two Capt. of Light Horse while they were in winter quarters, for which he never recd. any pay and was promised an exemption from one Tenth of Duty for his services. That he has never recd. a discharge in writing during any of his terms that he might and knows of no person that he can prove his services by He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a person or an agent except the present and declares his Name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Teste
John Mathews C. G.
his Anthony Cartner mark
We the undersigned M c Elhany a Clergyman Residing in the County of Greenbrier and Moses Scott residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Anthony Cartner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 92 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
John M c Elhany
Moses Scott
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in Open Court Teste John Mathews C. G.
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 certify that it appears to them that the Rev. M c Elhany who has signed the proceeding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Greenbrier and that Moses Scott has also signed the same is a resident in the said County and is a credible person and that in their statement intitled to credit.

Beman Jones states on oath that he was in the Revolution- ary War and that he has had frequent conversations with Anthony Costner and from many facts related by him that transpired during the Revolution he is firmly of opinion that Costner was in service in the Revolutionary War
Sworn and subscribed in open court this 29 th Augt 1832 Teste John Matthews cgs Beman Jones his mark
The court do certify that Beman Jones who has sworn to and signed the above affidavit is a respectable man and entitled to credit on oath
I John Matthews Clerk of the Court of Greenlee County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the Application of Anthony Costner for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 8 th day of September 1832 John Matthews cgs
Anthony Costner No 8119

No 8112 Anthony Gutierrez

Jan 12 '83
No 5766
over July 4 1886
Cath. Comstock
L Edwards Esq Commissaire of Pensions Washington City D.C.
5766
Catherine Comstock Jan 12 Dec
act 4 July 36

5766
Catharine Cartner was dis.
act 4 July 36.
Rejected under the act of 4 May 1836, and under the act of 38, 36
1836 Catharine Cartner was dis. act 4 July 36.

State of Virginia Giles County, ss.
On this 5 th day of January 1843 personally appeared before Henry Erskine a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Catharine Courtner aged 85 years to wit August 18 th 1757 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 14 th 1836, That she is the widow of Anthony Courtner who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and served as such agreeable to a declaration made by the said Anthony Courtner on the 29 th day of August 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832 on which said declaration the said Anthony Courtner received a Pension Certificate, a reference to said declaration of the 29 th day of August 1832 will more fully show his services, which she supposes is on file in the War Department, and she well recollects a portion of the services as set forth in that declaration which were performed after she had intermarried with him.
She further declared that she was married to the said Anthony Courtner on the 6 th day of December Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven in the County of Augusta now Pendleton in the State of Virginia, that her husband the aforesaid Anthony Courtner died on the 30 th day of April 1833 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She further states that her maiden name was Catherine Courtner before she was married. That she was married by her first husband and not by license as the distance from where they lived to Courtner was so great as not to get license. This mode of publication was customary owing to the difficulty of going so far for license Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before Catharine Courtner her mark Henry Erskine J.P.
State of Virginia { ss Giles County {
On this 5 th day of January 1843 personally appeared before Henry Erskine a Justice of the peace in and for said County James Dougherty aged 52 years, and Phoebe Dougherty aged 42 years and after being first duly sworn according to law etc on their oaths make the following statements. The said James Dougherty states that he is well acquainted with Catharine Courtner the widow of Anthony Courtner Dec d and that he has been so acquainted for upwards of 30 years, that his wife the above named Phoebe Dougherty is the reputed child of the said Anthony and Catharine Courtner, that they the said Anthony and Catharine Courtner lived together as husband and wife up to the death of the said Anthony Courtner which took place on the 30 th day of April 1833 and he always regarded them as Man and wife, and that the said Catharine Courtner has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband Anthony Courtner up to this time. And the said Phoebe Dougherty states that she always regarded herself as the child of the said Anthony and Catharine

Courtner and knows that they lived together regarding each other as man and wife and that she so regarded them up to the time of her father's death which took place on the 30 th day of April 1833 and that her Mother Catherine Courtner has remained a widow ever since.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above written before the Henry Erskine J.P.
James Dougherty
Rebecca Dougherty
I Henry Erskine a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Greenbrier in the State of Virginia do certify that Catherine Courtner who has made the foregoing declaration, is so old and infirm that I do not believe from her appearance that she could travel to the Court House so as to make her declaration before the Clerk. Given under my hand this 5 th day of January 1843. I likewise do certify that I am well acquainted with Catherine as well as James & Rebecca Dougherty and believe them entitled to credit.
Henry Erskine J.P.
Virginia
Greenbrier County ss. On this day personally appeared
I John Matthews Clerk of the Court of the County of Greenbrier aforesaid do hereby certify that Henry Erskine Esq. the Person before whom the above affidavit was made & who also hath signed the above certificate was at that time and still is an Acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified as such and that the signature purporting to be his appears to be genuine and further that said Henry Erskine Esq. is a Presiding Magistrate in said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Name and affixed the Seal of my Office the 6 th day of January One Thousand Eight hundred & Forty Three 1843 in the 67 th Year of the Commonwealth.
John Matthews C.G.C.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838, entitled "an act granting half-pay and pension to certain widows" also of an act of Congress approved March 3. 1843, entitled "an act granting a pension to certain [widows of] Revolutionary Soldiers" also of an act of Congress approved June 27, 1844, entitled "an act to continue the pensions of certain widows"
State of Virginia } ss Greene County }
On this 26 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Greene County, now sitting, Mary Dougherty, a resident of said County of Greene State of Virginia, who being first duly sworn, concerning the same, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in behalf of herself and the other children of Anthony Courtney and his wife, Catharine Courtney deceased of said County of Greene, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows" also of an act of Congress approved March 3. 1843, entitled "an act granting a pension to certain [widows of] Revolutionary Soldiers" also of an act of Congress approved June 27, 1844, entitled "an act to continue the pension of certain widows" that she has always heard, her father, the

Said Anthony Courtner, was a soldier of the Revolution, and knows that he drew a pension for some time, and died in the year 1833, on the 30 th day of April; that his widow the said Catharine Courtner survived him for a number of years, and died on the 22 nd day of January in the year 1844, that the following are all of the children of the said Anthony Courtner and Catharine his wife, to wit, Phoebe Dougherty aged forty six years, Lewis Courtner aged fifty six years, David Courtner aged fifty four years, David Courtner resides beyond the limits of the Commonwealth, Lewis Courtner resides in Essex County, Virginia, Phoebe Dougherty resides in the County of Greenlee aforesaid. That their father the said Anthony Courtner, (she has always understood) was a soldier of the Revolution, but she is not old enough, to have any personal knowledge of his services and would refer to the papers now on file in the War Department for the particulars of his services, that she has heard her father the said Anthony Courtner, and his wife say they were married in the year 1797 in Frederick County, then a part of Virginia, in the house of Joseph Mason, that her maiden name was Catharine Womelsdorf. That the said Catharine Courtner never married after the death of her husband the said Anthony Courtner, and that she died in the County of Greenlee on the 22 nd day of January in the year 1844 without ever having drawn the arrears of pension due to her on account of the services of her husband, and the

proceeding Declaration is made by her children for the purpose of drawing what was due at the time of her death. Phoebe her Dougherty mother.
State of Virginia Giles County } ss
Affidavit of John Erwin, made before the County Court of Giles, now sitting.
The affiant having been first duly sworn according to law deposed, as follows, to wit. That he was well acquainted with Anthony Courten and his wife Catharine Courten; that he believes him to have been a soldier in the Revolution; that the following are the children of said Courten and his wife to wit, Lewis Courten, David Courten, and Phoebe Dougherty. Sworn to and subscribed, this 26 th day of October 1846.
John Erwin
And the Court is satisfied, and directs it to be certified to the War Department, that the Declaration of Phoebe Dougherty this day made before the Court is true; and that the affidavit of John Erwin accompanying said declaration is true.
The word "Lewis" in the twelfth line from the top of the second page of said declaration was erased, and the word Fayette substituted.
In testimony whereof I John Matthews Clerk of the County Court of Giles

have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office this 26th day of October Eighteen hundred and forty three
John Mathews.
Given under my hand and seal this 26th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three

No 132679 Catharine Courtenay Widow of Anthony On Act of July 1838 She was before 1894 Married and 30 April 1833

No 13.267
May 22/47
Act July 38, Dong...

8112 Anthony Cartner
return
5.13.15
Int 12.57.
29 - Nov
P113.
Henry Eskine
Lewisburg
va
Ed

8112
BRIEF in the case of Anthony Currier , County of Greenbrier in the State of Virginia (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 92  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.     Spring In 1776 vol. - 3 - Private Gen. Sheldrake   " 1777 vol. - 3 - " " Sheldrake   " 1777 draft. - 1 - "   1778 or 79 vol. - 2 or 3 weeks " Ragen   1780 vol. 3 mo. - 3 mo. " Capt. Harrind. Col. Harrind   1781 " 3 - - 3 - " " Capt. Ragen Col. Harrind   again " 5 - - 5 - serj. Gen. Morgan  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hardy Co. V.A. 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional & witness 
 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. Waugh
Examining Clerk.

2 o Lecture of Anthony Cointain
[Faint, illegible handwritten text]

State of Virginia Greenbrier County
On the 2 nd day of December 1832 Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County & State Anthony Cartner aged 92 years who being duly sworn deponeth and saith by reason of Old age and the consequent loss of Memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than the periods mentioned as set forth in his declaration of the 29 th of August 1832 and in addition to that service he now recollects when there was a draft made in the County of Rockingham & State of Virginia in the year 1781 that there was a man drafted to serve a tour of duty by the name of John Harmon. As Harmon deserted, and Col Daniel Smith promised him if he would go and take Harmon the deserter that he should be exempted from a tour of duty of three months. That after he took Harmon and returned to the Camp he was still willing to go on to York Town to serve his tour notwithstanding he was exempt for taking the deserter. But was directed to stay and guard some prisoners and that he did stay and had a sergeant's command as set forth in his declaration of the 29 th of August 1832 until after the taking of Cornwallis. That he was a three months tour in 1776 on the Ohio or Western Waters as set forth in his declaration of the 29 th August 1832 and in 1777 another three months tour in Tigras Valley as set forth in his declaration of the 29 th August 1832 in same year One Month in collecting and driving Cattle for the use of the Army. In 1778 or 1779 at least two weeks in pursuit of Lord o as set forth in his declaration of the 29 th August 1832. In 1780 served a three months tour as set forth in his declaration of the 29 th August 1832. In 1781 he served a three months tour as set forth in his declaration of the 29 th August 1832. In the same year he took a deserter for which he was promised an exemption of a three months tour of duty as stated above. He then volunteered and was employed in guarding the Hessian at least five weeks as set forth in his declaration of the 29 th August 1832. In the Winter he thinks of 1777 he was employed as a Black Smith in shoeing horses for two Company's of light Horse that were in Winter quarters and that he believes he was employed at least two and an half months and while living on the plantation of Col Daniel Smith he must have been employed at least one month in carrying express as set forth in his declaration of the 29 th August 1832 and for said services he claims a pension and that he has given these statements in addition to his declaration of the 29 th August 1832. That he herewith submits with these facts - And further states that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services, He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity.

except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency of any state
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me an acting Justice of the Peace for Greenbrier County Va
Henry Eshleman S.P.
his mark Anthony C. Cartner
1 When & what year was you Born
Answer I was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania in the year 1760
2 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer I have my age recorded in my Bible and know from that that I am 92 years of age
3 State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops when you served, such such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Answer I recollect Generals Morgan, Wayne, Muhlenburg etc as to the names of the Regiments that I belonged I cannot now recollect and have set forth in my declaration of the 29 th August last and of this date as nearly as I can recollect all the circumstances of my services
4 State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer
I am known to Berryman Jones & James Dougherty and many others who can testify to my character for veracity and as to their belief of my services on the revolution
Sworn to and subscribed before me An acting Justice of the Peace for Greenbrier County this 27 th Dec r 1832
Henry Eshleman S.P.
his mark Anthony C. Cartner
Berryman Jones aged 75 years & James Dougherty aged 62 years came before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace and made oath that they are well acquainted with Anthony Cartner who they believe to be 92 years of age and that they have every confidence in his character as a man of veracity and they believe he was a soldier of the Revolution and the said Berryman Jones states that he himself was a soldier of the Revolution and served several terms as such & from circumstances related by said Anthony Cartner he believes that they served a term of duty in the same Regiment which is the term alluded to by the said Cartner in which he was stationed at the Bird's Ordinary in Virginia
his mark Berryman Jones James Dougherty
Sworn & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace for Greenbrier County this 27 th December 1832 Henry Eshleman S.P.

I Henry Eskine a Justice of the peace of Greenbrier County V a do certify that I am well acquainted with Berrymann Jones and James Dougherty who have signed & sworn to the foregoing Certificate and that they are Reputable Persons and that their Statements are entitled to Credit given under my hand this 27 th day December 1833.
Henry Eskine J Peace
Virginia
Greenbrier County To wit
I John Matthews Clerk of the County Aforesaid do hereby certify that Henry Eskine the Person who has signed the foregoing Certificate on this Sheet of Paper was at that time & still is an Acting Justice of the Peace in the County Aforesaid duly Commissioned & Qualified as such and that the Signatures made by him to the same are his hand writing and Genuine & that all other parts of Credit is and ought to be given to his Official acts as well in Court of Justice as otherwise.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Affixed the Seal of my Office & Subscribed my Name the 31 st day of December 1833 and in the 57 th year of the Commonwealth John Matthews C lerk

Pay WIDOW, &c.
File No.
6731
Catharine Courtnay
Wid.
Anthony Courtnay
Sergt. Rev. War
Act:
Mar. 31/43
Index:—Vol.
2
Page
144
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10315
Virginia
Catharine Courtney, decd. Widow of Anthony Courtney who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 30th April 1833 of Greenbrier in the State of Virginia who was a First Lieut in the Company commanded by Captain Hump of the Regt. commanded by Col. Newman in the Revolution line for 11 mos & 2 days 3 mos. 2 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond at the rate of 53 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July, 1847 and sent to J. G. Fisher Lexington, Va
Total amount, $268.85
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Th. R. Ruffin Clerk Book D Vol. 1 Page 265
Payable to Thib. Langhorne and David Courtney only surviving Children
Reported

Letter To Mr. Fisher notes (47) Williamson's notes (48) Weston's notes (49) W. A. Chapman's notes (50) Williamson's notes (51) Williamson's notes (52) W. A. Chapman's notes (53) W. A. Chapman's notes (54) W. A. Chapman's notes (55)

No 13267 Sec 9323 Catharine Courtland widow of Anthony Va
Act 7 July 1838
Adm
2 mo Sept. $15.00 11 mo 1925/100 38.77  $53.77
from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841. payable to Phebe Douglass, Lewis Courtland and David Courtland only surviving children of Catharine Courtland.
Adm
Adm Act 3 March 1843
$53.77 per ann.
Commencing on 4 March 1843 and ending on 22 nd Jan y 1844 the day of her death. Payable to the children above named J. D. Fisher

Anna M. Griffiths Va at m m 2296
Nov 4
(Don't find any such woman in file)

Abutner 8/11/2

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Anthony Courtier which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
99
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
99
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? S
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
99
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? 99
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
99
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
99
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? 99
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 99
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?
99

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? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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? no
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? yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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? no
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? 1-2 5 7
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 the 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.
3 months 1776 3 months 1777 1 " 1777 14 days 1778 or 1779 3 months 1780 3 months 1781 1 month & 7 days 1781 3 months for taking a deserter 2 1/2 months showing 2 companies of light horse 1 month guarding Prisoners 20 1/2 months 21 months & six days 2 days

Payment to be made at Richmond by Jonas Cooke Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of Rich d , Va.
Payable on the 4 th March, and 4 th September in each year. do. do.
Recorded in the Pension Office in Book D Vol. 1 Page 265 by W. Rumpkin, Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Catharine Courtnay, a. k. a. late of Va widow of Anthony Courtnay, who was a Pri and Sergt, and died on the 30 day of April 1833, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of fifty three dollars and seventy seven cents per annum, commencing on the 4th March, 1836, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1841, unless the Pensioner married or died before the above mentioned date; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death. Payable to Phoebe Dougherty, Lewis Courtnay and David Courtnay only living children Given at the War Office of the United States, this 20 day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Anthony Courtney, B a . a ct 7 June 1832 p 53 rd pncsm
To what time was he last paid? G. C. A.
Pension Office July 19 1847
Died Oct 1833 p. to his death W. S.

Payment to be made at
Richmond
by
James Clarke
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of W. G.
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 2 Page 135
H. R. Rumph Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT, WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843, Catharine Courtner, dec d widow of Anthony Courtner who was a Priv and Sergt and died on the 30 th day of April, 1833, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of fifty three dollars and seventy seven cents per annum, commencing on the 1 st March 1843, and terminating on the 22 nd Jan y 1849, unless when she the Pensioned married or died before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death. Given at the War Office of the United States, this 20 day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty- seven.
Examined and Countersigned.
Secretary of War.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Free
Mr. John Lancaster May 11th
Miss Mary Secretary of War Washington City
GEN DEPT Henry Adams

Lewes July 31 1832
Sir
You will find enclosed a 2 d Declaration of Anthony Burtman forwarded to you with the 1 st which it is hoped will prove sufficient. He is a very old uniform man that was in O'Bradocks war and much in need of assistance.
Your O st Servt Henry Eustace

4 Nov. 1842 Mrs. A. C. ... John ...
Free
L. Edwards Esq. Washington City

Lewisburg Greenlee county Pa October 28 1842
Sir
Some time past a declaration was made by Anna M Griffiths the widow of a Revolutionary Soldier and it being so long and no account from the same, the old lady has become uneasy and got me to write to the department making an enquiry about the situation of her claim.
Then is a Mrs Anthony Curtain the wife of a Revolutionary prisoner. Curtain departed this life on the 30 th of April 1833 leaving his widow now 83 years of age. Her marriage he can be established which took place 6 th Dec 1777 in Va. Mrs Curtain wishes to know if it will be necessary for her to make a declaration or if she could comply with the law as to proving herself the wife of a Revolutionary prisoner and entitled to him as above stated would she get her pension. You will please answer this inquiry and oblige Then old worthy Ladies and Yours Obed Servt Henry Estlin

Pendleton County to Wit
This day Mary Swadley Personally appeared Before Me Jacob Stone a Justice of the in and for said county peace and made oath that she was acquainted with Catherine Wons his wife before she was married and I was also acquainted with her after she married to Antony Courner and I believe they were married in Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven on the Bulpasture in said County,
Mary H Swadley mark
Valentine Swadley
I have been acquainted with her my self from my infancy and I believe her to be a woman Whose testimony can be relied on as much so as any other in my knowledge
Jacob Stone
I Edmund W. Dyer Deputy Clerk of the County Court of Pendleton County certify that Jacob Stone is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 19 th day of December 1842.
Ed. W. Dyer D.C.P.C.

1. Inboug art. in Pockhuntas von Gemälde Kiern

(Copy)
Pension Office Feby. 22 nd 1843
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Mrs Catharine Courtner has been examined and her papers filed under the act of the 24 th July 1836.
The evidence of the service filed, by her late husband under the act of the 7 th June 1832 is satisfactory; But the alleged date of the Marriage should be established by the Certificate of the County Clerk where the license issued, by the family register or any document showing the relation of husband and wife prior to the fall of 1781, when her late husband's last term of service expired.
I have the honor, to be, Very respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant, J. L. Edwards.
(Signed)
Hon. J. W. Summers, House of Representatives,

Lexington Virginia
January 19 th 1847.
Sir
In obedience to the foregoing letter addressed to the Hon. G. W. Summers in 1843 informing him, that the Claim, of Mrs Catharine Courtrou was examined and filed under the Act of 4 th July 1836, I have obtained evidence proving her marriage to the said Anthony Courtrou, prior to the fall of 1788, in which her husband's last term of service expired.
The Claimant is now dead. She died on the 22 nd day of January 1844. Her children are now applicants for the money due to their Mother at the time of her death.
Mrs J. L. Edwards Washington D. C.
I am very respectfully Your Hbt. Serv. John S. Fisher

July 26
Hon. J. L. Edwards Va. South Court Street
due 36
18 3/4
J. L. Edwards. Governor of Pensylvania Washington City . D. C.

Lewistown July 20 1843
Dear Sir
At the request of Catherine Curtrun who has applied for a pension under the Law 7 July 1838 allowing to widows of Revolutionary soldiers a pension I write you asking to know what action the department has taken as to her application. She is an infirm old woman and quite needy and if she gets any allowance it is desirable it should be done as early as practicable so she may be receiving the benefit of the same.
Since her application was sent on she has procured the affidavit of George Hull a Revolutionary pensioner, and she is advised that she thinks the proof is thought sufficient. Will you please let her know whether her proofs are sufficient and if not what is deficient. She has made all the proofs that perhaps are perhaps in her power.
Respectfully your obed Servt Henry Enkine
Col. P. Brien
23 June 43
Mr. McNaughton
7902

Feb 20 1843
Ma
Dear Sir,
L. Edwards Esq
tho' G. W. Sumner H.R.
Comm. Pension
Washington D.C.

No. Repo. Feb 20. 1840
Sir:
Be good enough to enable me to answer the enclosed letter from J. M. North Digg. in relation to the claim of Mrs. Easton of Frederick Co. Md.
Yrs Respectfully J. M. North Digg G. W. Summers

Jan 4. 1844
via Hon. Robert  Courtney L. Edward.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
Hon. A.A. Chapman N.Y.

Washington City January 2 nd 1844.
Dear Sir
I enclose the letter of one of my constituents Mr Blounty residing in the County of Greenlee Virginia in relation to the application of Mrs Rutherford for a pension. will you be so kind as to have an examination made. inform me what has been the decision upon her application
very respectfully your obed serv t
Hon. J. P. Edwards.
Augustus A Chapman

Monroe County Virginia to wit
This day Mary Carlisle came before me a Justice of the peace in and for the S d County and made oath in due form of Law that she is Engly thru years of age and further that she knows of her own knowledge that Catherine Courtner is the Widow of Anthony Courtner who was a Pensioner. that she the said Catherine  Mary Carlisle was at the Marriage at the house of Joseph Malcum on the Bull pasture then in the County of Augusta now in the County Pendleton in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven. that the Clergyman who married them was the name of Wilson, - and further that I sworn to and subscribed before me this 21 st of June 1844 her Mary X Carlisle mark John Holzapple J.P.
I John Hutchinson Clerk of the Court of Monroe County do hereby certify that John Holzapple is a magistrate in & for said County, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Union this 21 st day of June 1844 John Hutchinson Clerk

12 miles from
Col
28 May LEWISBURG JUN 20 VA
On depot Catharine
FREE
Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
14 1844
0

Lewistown Lycoming county June 24 th 1824
Sir
You will find enclosed an affidavit of the marriage of Catherine Courtrun the wife of Anthony Courtrun dec d a revolutionary soldier of the Revolution. I am her son-in-law and have been a considerable trouble to procure the necessary evidence. I hope the enclosed with the declaration and other evidence in the department may be sufficient to entitle her the pension due her agreeable to the laws of the land. You will enclose any communication to Catherine Courtrun to the care of either Henry Erskine or Mr. A North of this place.
Yours B st Serv t
James Haughton

State of Virginia Pendleton County } 55
Affidavit of Robert Burroughs - son of the County of Pendleton, and State of said, made before the subscriber a justice of the Peace herein and for the County and State aforesaid.
The affiant having been first duly sworn according to law deposed as follows, to wit: That he will be eighty one years old, on the thirtieth of march 1847. was born in Rockington County, and moved, with his father's family, to Pendleton County, when a small boy; that he has lived in
Pendleton ever since, about 75 or 76 years; that he was well acquainted with Antho- ny Courtner, who was a resident of Pendle- ton County, and was also well acquainted with Catherine Womerturf, to whom, it was said, and the affiant well believes, the said Anthony Courtner, was married, the marriage between the said Courtner and Womerturf, as well as the affiant recoll- ects, took place about the close of the Revolutionary war; the affiant knows the said marriage took place about that time, by his own marriage, which took

place fifty five years ago, in March 1846. he believes the marriage between the said Courtney and Woesturf took place about ten or twelve years before the affiant's birth, that during this period of ten or twelve, he frequently saw the said Court- ney and Woesturf, and knows them to have been considered as husband and wife. John his Rexroad mark
I George W. Knapp, a justice of the Peace for the said County of Randolph, in the State of Virginia, certify that John Rexroad personally appeared before me, and sworn, and subscribed, to the foregoing affidavit. I also certify that he is a man of integrity, and I believe his statements to be true, and that he is the age stated in his affidavit. I also certify that on account of old age and bodily infirmity he is unable to attend court for the purpose of making his affidavit. Witness my hand the 22 nd day of December 1868.
Geo. W. Knapp

State of Virginia } ss Pendleton County }
Affidavit of Jacob Propst of the County of Pendleton and State of Virginia, made before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid.
The affiant having been first duly sworn according to law, deposed as follows, to wit, That he will be seventy eight years old in March 1847, and has resided in the County of Pendleton, during the whole of this period; That he was well acquainted with Anthony Courtner, who was a resident of Pendleton County, and a soldier in the Revolutionary war; the affiant was also well acquainted with Catharine Wansturf, who lived with one Henry Stone, in the County and State aforesaid. The affiant has always understood, and well believes, from his own knowledge, and the statements of others, that the said Anthony Courtner, and Catharine Wansturf, were marri- =ied, about the year 1778 or 80, at the house of Henry Stone, who lived about three miles from his father's house; the affiant was well acquainted with said Courtner and Catharine his wife, and recollects of having frequently seen them after their marriage. He recollects of the said Courtner visiting

his father's house shortly after his marriage. The affiant is well satisfied that the said Courtney and Catharine were married in the year 1789 or 90.
his Jacob P. Propst mark
I, Jacob Stone a justice of the peace in and for the County and state aforesaid, certify that Jacob Propst, this day appeared before me, and subscribed and swore to the fore- going affidavit. I also certify that I believe him to be the age stated in his affidavit and he is a man of veracity and would not knowingly attend Court for the purpose of making his affidavit. Witness my hand this 29 day of December 1846
Jacob Stone J. P.
I, Edmund W. Dyer Clerk of the Court of United States, certify that George W. Amos and Jacob Stone are Magistrates as above stated, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal, Seal of office, and subscribed my name, this 13 th day of January in the year of our Lord, 1847.
Ed. W. Dyer. Cl. P.C.

State of Virginia
August County, ss.
I, Jefferson Kinney, Clerk of the County Court of August in the State aforesaid do certify that I have examined the record of Marriages kept in my said office and that I find an entry of a marriage said to have taken place between Anthony Kourter and Catharine Kourter.
In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office the 1st day of January 1847 and in the 71st year of the Commonwealth.
Jefferson Kinney, Clerk

State of Virginia Greene County
Affidavit of the Sarah Venable, an elderly person, of Williams Gary. . . . Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Greene State aforesaid. . . . The affiant being known first to be such person as being the same described to be such person to be such that she is sixty years of age and has lived in the County of Greene State of Virginia for about 34 or 35 years; that she was acquainted with Anthony Covington and Catherine his wife when they lived in Greene County Virginia; that the affiant moved from the County of Greene to Greene about thirty years or five years ago, and some two or three years after said Covington and wife moved to said Greene County and lived in said County during their lives; that the affiant was well acquainted with said Covington and wife, they were very respectable people; that she knew the children of said Covington and Catherine his wife to wit: Lewis Covington, John Covington, and Phoebe Covington now Mary Doughty; Lewis and David Covington moved from the County of Greene in Mary Doughty still lives in said County. sworn to and subscribed on Sarah Venable This 22. day of March 1837 mark
I, William Gary, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Greene State of Virginia Certify that Sarah Venable personally appeared

before me and subscribed and sworn to to the foregoing affidavit; that she is a woman of veracity and respectability and her statements on oath are entitled to full credit. I also certify that she can not conveniently attend court for the purpose of making her affidavit. I also certify that the annexed copy is a true copy of the original and that the original is now in my possession.
Given under my hand this 22. day of March 1847.
Williamson Gary J.P.

Lewistown, Virginia May 18 th 1847. Sir
I enclose you the additional evidence in the claim of W m Cook, and the papers in the cases of Mrs Roach, Wilson Lively, Mrs Rucker, of Courtenay Children, and Ruth Hoffman's.
If a just claim was ever sent to the Department, it is the claim of Courtenay and I would refer to the affidavits of Mary Carlile, Jacob Hull, John Rexroad and Jacob Poopke, the affidavits of Rexroad and Poopke I obtained myself and know them to be respectable men, they both swear that they were well acquainted with Courtenay and wife and knew them to live together as such about the year 1781.
I have been unable to obtain the family record in Hoffman's claim, for this reason some years ago, an application was made by Mr Talliaferro, who was prosecuted shortly after for bad conduct. The family record was placed in his hands, and is likely now in the Department.
I have no agent to push my claim

with the department, I ask nothing but justice, and hope this will be given,
I have had several applications, to attend to claims for bounty land, 1 st Lieutenant William Scudder, Scudder was 1 st Lieut. in the 1 st New York Regiment, Scudder has papers showing his further service till the close of the war, and a recent showing his membership in the Cincinnati Society, is he entitled to Bounty Land and Commutation, 2 nd Goodwill Lively is thought to be entitled to one hundred acres of land from the U. S. and is so reported, 3 rd William Kirby, served two 18, months tours, in all three years, is he entitled to land,
I hope you will issue the Certificate in Mrs Cook's case, if it can be done with gentle to the Department.
I address Lewisburg Virginia,
I am very resp d Yours J. L. Edwards H. H. East, Jr. Commissioner of John S. Fisher Pensions

State of Virginia.
At a Court held for the County of Greenbrier, at the Court House thereof
on Monday the 28 th day of June 1847.
It is ordered that it be certified to the War Department that James Dougherty, this day appeared in open Court and made oath that Catharine Courtner died on the 22 nd day of January 1844, and Phoebe Dougherty Lewis Courtner & David Courtner are all of the living children of Anthony Courtner deceased; and the Court are satisfied that the said Catharine Courtner died on the day and year above mentioned, and that all the living children are named above.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court, the 28 th day of June 1847.
John Mathews. C.C.C.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Courtney, Cornelius GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9164 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 2, 1791 to Hannah Courtney, Adm x
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.