Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,607, George Corwine, New Jersey

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New Jersey
Corwine George Calvin, Ruth
R. 1.607
Former widow
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George Corwin the Son of Samuel and Abigail Corwin was born November the 17 1739 the Seventh day of the week at five o'clock in the morning He was Married to Abigail Corwin May 31 1767 He Departed this life December the 19 1781 George Corwin son of Samuel Corwin was born May 24 1788 Wednesday 9 o'clock

State of Indiana Henry county, ss.
On this twenty second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the Probate court in and for the county of Henry and State of Indiana, (said court being a court of Record, having a block and official seal, and declared a court of Record, by the laws of the state of Indiana, enacting the same) the court judicially sitting, George Corwin, a resident of said county, aged fifty five years, on the 21 st day of May, 1843 last past, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and the laws of Congress passed since that time, explanatory thereof, for the benefit of the estate of Ruth Corwin, now deceased, late of the said county of Henry: That the said Ruth Corwin was the widow of George Corwin, now deceased, who was a Corporal in the company commanded by Capt. Ballard of the 2 nd Regiment of the New Jersey Troops, in the Continental Line, in the Revolutionary war. He cannot state positively the day, month or year that the said George Corwin deceased, entered the service, but believes it was in the early part of the war & thinks it was, as early as the year 1776, or 1777. & believes he was in the 17 th or 18 th year of his age when he entered the service, from what he has heard his widow say.

He is not positive that the said deceased served in the continental line, but believing he did as well as, he is informed, he is certain he served in the New-Jersey troops, and that he enlisted in the early part of the war, to serve "during the War." That he resided in Hunterdon county New-Jersey, at the time he entered the service under his said enlistment and that he entered the service in that county; he cannot state distinctly the names of all the officers under whom he served, he believing a part of his service however, was under General Sullivan, in an Indian campaign, on the frontier settlements of New-York & Pennsylvania, perhaps in the year 1779, or thereabouts. He cannot state the country through which he marched, nor all the battles or engagements he was in, nor the day month or year, nor place when and where he left the service, but believing he continued in the service, continually from the time he first entered it in 1775 or 1777, until at about the close of the war in the winter of 1783, he then left the troops, by permission of his officers & superiors on account of his ill-health, brought on by his exposure in the service, & went into the country, a short time before the army was disbanded, where he remained on furlough until that period arrived.
He further declares, that the said deceased had received a certificate of his service as aforesaid from William Shute, who was an Ensign of the 2 d New-Jersey Regiment, in which he served, which is dated at Elizabethtown on the 18 th of March 1785, & signed officially by the said Ensign Shute, which sufficiently shows his service as aforesaid, which said certificate was given to the said deceased in his lifetime, at the date thereof, in

New Jersey, & which said certificate was in the possession of the said deceased at the time of his death hereafter to be spoken of, and has been in the possession of the said Ruth Calvin from the time of his death, until the time of her death, hereinafter specified, & which is now in my possession, & which said certificate, as originally given to the said George Browne, is hereto attached, as follows, to wit:
He further declares, that the said George Browne deceased, at the time of his death had the following affidavit in his possession, which was made by the said deceased in his life time, & signed with his hand, & sworn to before me James Boston a justice of the Peace in and for the county of Hunterdon, & state of New Jersey, which said affidavit is a further evidence of the will of the said George Browne, since deceased, & which affidavit was in the possession of the said Ruth Calvin, his widow at the time of her death, & is now in my possession, & is hereto attached, and is as follows, to wit:

He further declares, that the said Ruth Calvin's maiden name was Crownin, and a distant connexion of the said George Crownin Deceased, and that she was married to the said George Crownin in Hopewell township, in Hunterdon county, in the state of New- Jersey, on the 31 st day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-seven, by a Mr. Hale, then a Baptist Preacher, without a license or publication, according to the laws & customs of the state of New-Jersey; That he does not believe that any record of marriage exists in New-Jersey or the laws of that state did not then require it; That the said George Crownin deceased in his lifetime, made a record of his birth, & of his marriage to the said Ruth Crownin, on a leaf containing the title page of the then his family Bible, in his own hand write, upon which leaf of said record, he declared, shortly afterwards, in these kind the said Ruth Calvin & by her direction, & at her request, he made and entered, in his own hand write, the death of the said George Crownin, & the birth of this declarant, he being the only child of the said George Crownin & Ruth his wife; which said leaf from said family volume has been in the possession of the said Ruth his widow, ever since the death of the said George Crownin, until the death of the said Ruth, & from thence until now is in the possession of this declarant, & a copy hereto attached & is as follows, to wit:

He further declares, that the said George George Corwin, the husband of the said Ruth, died in Small township in Hunterdon county & state of New Jersey on the nineteenth (19 th ) day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven; and that the said Ruth was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but their marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz, at the time above stated.
He further declares, that the said Ruth, the widow of the said George Corwin, deceased afterwards, to wit, on or about the day of November day of November in the year eighteen hundred and three, was again married in Mason county, Kentucky to one Luther Calvin, who died on or about the day of November day of November in the year eighteen hundred and thirty one; that he cannot he cannot recollect the day on which on which the said Ruth married the said Luther Calvin, nor the day of his death of his death, as no record was kept of either event.
He further declares, that the said Ruth Calvin, never again, married after the death of her second husband the said Luther Calvin; that she was a widow on the seventh of July 1838. And that the said Ruth Calvin, died on the nineteenth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and forty two, in the county of Henry and state of Indiana. without ever having claimed a pension, or made any application therefor, for and on account of the Revolutionary service of the said George Corwin deceased, her former husband. And that the said Ruth Calvin his widow died as aforesaid in the eighty seventh year of her age.

He further declares, that it is probable that his father the said George Covington, deceased, drew a Pension, while he continued to live in the state of New Jersey, as he never was a healthy man after he left the service, & his mother the said Ruth, in her life time supposed he had drawn a Pension, on made application for one, as it was talked of as she said, But of this he is not certain. He does not now know of any living witness by whom the service of his father, or of the marriage of his father to him, can be proved, & that he is the only heir at law of his father or mother, & is the only child of either.
He further declares, that he is the personal Representative of the estate, rights, credits & effects of the said Ruth Covington, deceased, and that letters of administration thereupon were granted to him of all and singular, the goods, chattels, rights, credits, monies, and effects, which were of the said Ruth Covington, deceased, by the Probate court, in and for the county of Henry and state of Indiana on the 28 th day of January in the year 1843, & that this declarant is the same identical person and administrator named in the said letters of administration, a duly certified copy of which said letters of administration, under the seal of said Probate court is hereto annexed, as follows, to wit:
STATE OF INDIANA, } ss. HENRY COUNTY. }
I, ELI MURPHEY, Clerk of the Henry Probate Court, hereby certify, that Administration of all and sin- gular, the goods, chattels, rights, credits, monies and effects, which were of Ruth Covington late of said county, deceased, who died intestate, is granted unto George Covington and the said George Covington is authorized to administer the same according to law; he having filed bond, and having been duly affirmed
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, this
28 th day of January 1843
Eli Murphy Clerk

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1870.
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Calvin
REJECTED
P. O. Ruth Calvin formerly widow of George Costwine
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Allegations: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

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Ruth Salton
Ina Gro. Corwin
let to Uri (Manly) July 31 1823 " " H. O. B. Trichly May 1. 1844 " " J. P. Cooper Feb. 3. '48
Act 7 July 1838

Marshall Hb 27 May 1843
Sir. we have the honor to enclose you the application of Cal-Lo-win in right of his mother for a pension. We knew nothing of the merits of the claim further than is shown by the papers which are doubtless genuine. The claim has been placed in our hands & the party interested who requests that we will transmit it & attend to its prosecution if any thing for the should be required. The claim was made out by Mr. Cooper who wishes us to transmit it.
Respectfully
Harlan & Manly
J. L. Edwards Esq

Jan 24 1878 Rich Calvert Wm H. G. Brown
Official Business free
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Marshall Ills. Jany. 15. 1848.
Hon. L. L. Edmunds Comm. of pensions.
Sir.
Mrs. Ruth Calvin, of Indiana, widow of George Calvin. Said her first husband presented her claim for a pension, which is now provided, for as I suppose, under the act of July 7. 1838, & the several acts subsequently passed relative thereto. If it is now admissible, please make it out, upon this application & enclose it to me at this place, as you will see I was the attorney who presented it.
I have the honor to be very Respectfully, Your Obedt. Servt. L. P. Hester

June 4 31 9  144
Time my was in pasture at Nathan Wilsons 6 Weeks 2 Days 6 Days I had her out of the pasture
6-5-70 of Young 100-11-11
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october 1 th began to pasture my mare at John Needs
9. taken out 1 day to go to Rockhill
16 taken out 2 days to Draw from the meadow
25 taken from John Needs
Nov 1 st taken to Nathan Hixson then taken from Nathan Hixson To 2 Days pasturing at John Needs. — S.S.

State of New Jersey } ss. I George Corwine do swear that the certificates Below described viz Hunterdon County }
   Number dated signed by Payable to amount Dollars one years Interest     8611 December 20 1783 Jn o Pierce Geo. Corwine 80 4. 72   8726 December 20 1783 Jn o Pierce Geo. Corwine 65 2 / 90 3. 81   8289 Decm r 20 1783 Jn o Pierce Geo. Corwine 64 3. 75   7072 Decm r 20 1783 Jn o Pierce Geo. Corwine 44 66 / 90 2. 68   22839 Decm r 20 1783 Jn o Pierce Geo. Corwine 33 30 / 90 2   55.556 March 1. 1784 Jn o Pierce Geo. Corwine 23 1. 34   6.732 Decm r 20 1783 Jn o Pierce Geo. Corwine 20 80 / 90 1. 22   330.58 19 78 / 90 7.8.9  
are Bona Fide my Property and that I am an Inhabitant of the State of New Jersey
Sworn the 25 th Day of May 1785 Before me Jared Sexton
George Corwine

This certifies that George Corwin corporal in Capt d Ballards Comp y 2 d Jersey Regiment was taken ill some time in the winter of 1783 his illness being of such a nature, the Surgeon gave it as his opinion that he ought to go in the Country in order for his recovery, which permission was granted him by the Commanding Officer of the Regiment; at the dissolution of the Army P t Corwin was still in the Country, en- tirely incapacitated for service. — To do said Corwin justice, I am in duty bound to say he served with reputation —
Cirencester 18 th March 1785
William Shute late Ensign 2 d Jersey Reg t

State of Indiana } personally came George Henry County } Thornton of said County and State of the age of fifty three years. First day of August Eighteen hundred and forty three before Me the undersigned Wilson Clift a Justice of the peace for said County and after being duly by Me Sworn Deposed and saith That he was personally acquainted with Ruth Calvin that she died in Henry County Indiana on the nineteenth day of May one thousand Eight hun- dred and forty two That he knows of her death personally that he knew her the said Ruth Calvin in Mason County Kentucky that she was married to Luther Calvin about the year 1802 or 3 in the Month of November in said County of Mason that the said Luther Calvin her husband died in Mason County and in the State of Kentucky about the month of November 1831 that previous to her marriage to said Calvin she was known by this witness in that County as the Widow of George Corwine who died in the State of New Jersey as he was infor- med and believes in the year 1787 that her first husband George Corwine who died as afore said was reputed and believed to have been a Soldier of the Revolutionary War in the Continental line from the State of New Jersey that the said Ruth his Widow had the certificate of Ensign Shute the

affidavit of her deceased husband and the leaf of the family Bible containing the record of her Husbands Birth and Marriage in her possession as witness believes which are set out in the declarati- =on above hereunto annexed. from his first acquain- tance with her untill her death as aforesaid and the same as set out and exhibited in said declaration that the said George Corwine the declarant and administrator named in said declaration is the only child and heir at Law of the said George Corwine Deceased, and Ruth his Widow that the said Ruth resided in Mason County Kentucky from the year 1793 to the year 1832 when she removed from there to Henry County in Indiana where she resided untill her death as aforesaid and that previ- ous to her residence in Mason County Kentucky she resided in Hunterdon County New Jersey and that he verily believes that the said George Corwine Deceased and the said Ruth his Widow are the same Identical persons and as such named and set forth in the above declaration and documents there in Exhibited

And further this Deponant sayth not May 22 nd 1843
Wilson Clift } George Thornton Justice of the peace }
State of Indiana } S 1 Wilson Clift a Justice of Henry County } the peace for said County certify that the above Deposition was taken and written by me and that George Thornton the affiant personally and well known to me and that he is a man of good character and that full credit may be given him and do certify that the above named George Thornton signed the above depositions in my presence being by me first duly sworn as given under my hand and seal this 22 nd day of May A.D. 1843
Wilson Clift J.P. (seal)
State of Indiana } ss. Henry County } A Bli Murphy Clerk of the Henry Circuit Court. certify that Wilson Clift Esqr. before whom the foregoing deposition appears to have been taken was at the date thereof an acting justice of the peace of said County; duly commissioned and qualified, that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such justice, that his

signature thereto annexed is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of our said Court, this 22 nd day of May A.D. 1843
Eli Murphy Clerk
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Ruth Calo in dec. Indiana
Act 7 July 38 23 Aug 43
M 85 d 87 - died 19 May 42 03 - 31
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