Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1391, Henery Comingore, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Womingore Henry or Henry J Yiny or Yeny
W 1391
B.L.W. 27624-160-55
CONTENTS

Henry Corningore was a private in the State of Kentucky in the Company commanded by Captain Vansdall of the Regiment commanded by Col Vansdall in the Pennsylvania line for one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of June 1833 and sent to Thomas  Allen Harrodsburg  Arrears to the 4th of March $80 — Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept 20 — $100 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 5

1490 Kentucky Mary Cummings widow of Henry Jerry Cummings who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Pension Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818 31 Feb 1833 Certificate of Pension issued on 23rd day of Aug 1833 and sent to
J. J. Coombs Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1818, Page 172 Vol. A 3/53
1833

COMINGORE, HENRY (PA)
= W 1391

100.763 Set Mar 3/55
Jerry } Apric 27/55 Cunningham Jerry Cunningham widow Henry Cunningham at parish
1966/97 May Fri
Revolution War
Phy July 53-1490
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G N Monsanar Louisville Ky
W. H. Monsanar Dec 12/55
Vol C2-154.2

Henry Comings
Revolutionary Claims
25706

State of Kentucky, Mercer County Court
On this day the 6 th of May 1833. Personally appeared in open court Henry Cummings born aged eighty four who being 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 volunteered under Capt Simon Vanarsdale in the month December 1776. The day of the month he cannot recollect, at Yorktown in York County Pennsylvania for a tour four months and marched to Philadelphia where we were stationed for several days from thence we marched to Trenton and on our way we met the Hessian Prisoners under guard going to Lancaster as prisoners of war, we marched through Trenton to Princeton and joined the army of the Revolution under the command of Genl. Putnam. We were stationed here and at Kingstown during this tour we acted as scouts between these places and New Brunswick when the British then lay here tour having expired I think some time in April we were honorably discharged and set home.
And in the winter of 1777. he was drafted in the Company commanded by Captain H. Mc Ilvain and marched from the same town & County, and joined General Potter near Philadelphia. The enemy had possession of the city, we were marched about in the neighborhood and acted as scouts and protected the inhabitants from the scouting parties of the enemy. This tour was for three months which I served faithfully and was discharged in the woods near Philadelphia he thinks in February or March and returned home, and in 1779. I served another tour I think of two months under Major Vanarsdale and were marched and encamped merely  through through Pennsylvania

and a part of Jersey and was discharged at Yorktown in Pennsylvania by our Major. I was afterwards called into the service as a minute man and remained in the service of and on until the taking Cornwallis at Little York in Virginia until we were discharged and received a letter of thanks from Genl Washington at which time we were then at Yorktown in Pennsylvania I am well satisfied that I was upwards of twelve months in active service during during the war. He recd several discharges but they are long since lost. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state and further sayeth not.
Henry Comingore Seal
(We Samuel Banta and John Comingore sen. Citizens of Mercer County & state of Kentucky Do hereby state upon oath that we are well acquainted Henry Comingore sen. who has sworn and subscribed the foregoing declaration, that we were raised all of us in York County Pennsylvania and we know certainly of his serving two tours as a soldier in the Revolutionary war and that he was absent frequently and we feel fully satisfied that he served as he states in his foregoing declaration and that he is a man of veracity Given under our hands & seals this 6 th day of May 1833 Samuel Banta Seal John Comingore Seal Mercer County ss May County Court 1833 ss And the said Court. Do hereby certify and 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 Sol- -dier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Banta and John Comingson sw. who have signed the above Deposition are resident Citizens of Mercer County Ky, are credible persons and, that their statements is entitled to credit. And we do further certify that Henry Comingson the applicant for a pension herein, and Samuel Banta and John Comingson severally came into court and swore to the statements by them subscribed.
I Thomas Allison Clerk of the Mercer County Court do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Henry Comingson for a Pen- sion
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6 th of May 1833 Tho Allison Clerk Mercer County Court

State of Kentucky } County of Mercer }
On this 24 th day of March 1833 personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid Mrs. Liny Cummings who first being duly sworn according to law, doth upon her oath state that she is the widow of Henry Cummings (dec'd) who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $40 per annum.
That the said Henry Cummings, dec'd, died in the County of Mercer and State of Kentucky sometime in the month of January 1836 - day of the month not remembered. I know it was this time as I remember the appraisers took an inventory of the property the following April, which bears date of April 21 st 1836, as will be seen by reference to the County Court records in Harrodsburg. That her name before marriage was Liny Rinearson. She further states that she has not married again, but still remains the widow of the aforesaid Henry Cummings dec'd.
She further states that she was married to the said Henry Cummings a Baptist Minister in Nelson County Ky on the 2 nd day of January, but cannot remember what year - this can be ascertained by reference to clerks office in Bardstown Nelson County Kentucky.

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress, passed February 3 1853 or any act or acts by which she may be entitled
Witness my hand this 24 th of March 1853
Jess M. H. Stevenson
her Jenny Cummingsore mark.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24 th day of March 1853 And I hereby certify that I have been long acquainted with Mrs Jenny Cummingsore, the above affiant, and believe her to be the widow of Henry Cummingsore (dec d ), who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty Dollars a year. I also certify that I am in no way interested in the prosecution or result of the claim of the said Jenny Cummingsore
M. H. Stevenson J. J. McC

State of Kentucky } County of Mercer }
Personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid Charles Riker who first being duly sworn according to law, states that he has been acquainted with Mrs. Tiny Cummings for more than fifty years, and knows her to be the identical Widow of Henry Cummings decd. who was a Pensioner of the United States. and she says I know this as as I have lived in a quarter of a mile of Mrs. Cummings ever since the day the said Henry Cummings moved her to the her present residence from Nelson Co. Ky. As I was present on the day he came home, and was unloading his the wagons" He further states that the said Henry Cummings died in Mercer County and State of Kentucky about Jan'y 1836. And he further states that he has no interest whatever in the prosecution or result of this claim.
Charles Riker
Sworn to and subscribed before me and I hereby certify that Charles Riker the above affiant is personally known to me, and that he is a respectable person and one se whose statements can be implicitly relied upon. I also certify that I am in no way interested in prosecution & result of this claim.

In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name this 24 th day of March 1853 M T Garnett J P Mc
State of Kentucky } County of Mercer }
I Thos. Allen Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid, hereby certify, that M. T. Garnett Esq. before whom the within declaration and affidavit were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, is & was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly Elected, commissioned & sworn; And that his said signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and Affixed the seal of my office, as Clerk of Mercer County Court for said this 26 th day of March 1853
Thos Allen

100,763 P. Lord Clun Henry C. Cummings

State of Kentucky } County of Mercer } Set.
On this tenth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county and state aforesaid, Lucy Cummings aged eighty years, a resident of Mercer County, in the State of Kentucky, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Henry Cummings who was a private in the Revolutionary War, that she is now a Pensioner under the act of Feb. 3 d 1833, at the rate of forty Dollars per annum.
She further states that she was married to the said Henry Cummings on the second day of January about the year 1821 or 1822 in Nelson Co. Kentucky; and that her name before marriage was Lucy Rinearson, that her said husband died at [blank] on the [not remembered] day of July 1836 A.D. and that she is now a widow.
She further states that she has not made any previous application for bounty land, but she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled, under the act approved March 3 d 1835-
G. B. Monsarrat Esq. of Louisville Ky.

is hereby authorised to prosecute and receive for me any land Warrant.
We the undersigned and known to be Residents of Mercer County in the State of Kentucky, upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Fanny Harrington in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the Applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be creditable persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
M. Gannett (for me)
State of Kentucky } Mercer County } ss
I, Clerk of the County Court, of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that M. J. Gannett is & was

at the time of making the foregoing signature a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified that he is duly authorised by law to administer oaths, & that his said signatures above written are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County, & subscribed my name this tenth Day of April 1835
Thos. M'Intell

No 25106 Henry Comingore Muser County Kentucky
from 1776 private Myra #400.
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Capt Marshall May Marshall Pmn
Harrodsburg
Thos Allen Jr Col Muser County Kentucky

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjjoined 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 Henry Comingore Mercer County Kentucky
   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 account is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. Dec r 1776 - 4 - private Genl. Putnam 34 years Traditional evidence certified   Drafted Winter 1777 - 3 - " Capt Vanarsdale York County Credible - no Clergyman named   Served 1779 - 2 - " Capt M c Swain, Col. Potter Pennsylvania and no reason given - paper   Called out not stated " Major Vanarsdale Correct   " Genl. Washington  
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) 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 and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the 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, (l) 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.
[k] 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 10 note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Copied from M.M.H.R. list 10-28-25. January 15, 1934.
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Mrs. Theodore D. Craven 1433 Bellefontaine Street Indianapolis, Indiana
BA-J/ady Henery Comingore W.1391 and John Comingore, S.1190
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Henry Comingore and John Comingore, Revolutionary War pensioners.
Their records are furnished you herewith, as found in the respective claims for pension, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Henery Comingore, W.1391.
Henery (pensioned Henry) Comingore was reared in York County, Pennsylvania, the date of his birth is not stated.
He enlisted in Yorktown, York County, Pennsylvania, late in December 1776 and served four months as private in Captain Simon Vanarsdale's Pennsylvania Company. He enlisted in the winter of 1777, served three months as private in Captain McIlvain's Pennsylvania Company and was discharged in February or March 1778. He enlisted in 1779 and served two months under Major Vanarsdale in the Pennsylvania troops. In 1781 he was a minute man for about three months, or until the surrender of Cornwallis.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 6, 1833 while a resident of Mercer County, Kentucky, aged eighty-four years.
He died January 29, 1836 in said Mercer County.
Soldier married January 2, or 18, 1822 in Nelson County, Kentucky, Tiny (or Teny) Rinearson or Rynerson.
She was allowed pension on her application executed March 24, 1853 while living in Mercer County, Kentucky, aged seventy-eight years.
S.1190 John Comingore
John Comingore enlisted in York County, Pennsylvania, in

August 1776 and served three months in Captain Hugh Campbell's Pennsylvania Company. He enlisted in September 1777 and served three months under Major Simon Vanarsdall in the Pennsylvania troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 6, 1833 at which time he was aged eighty-four years and living in Mercer County, Kentucky, where he had resided forty years or more. He then signed John Comingore, Sr.
Soldier's son, Abram Comingore of Mercer County, Kentucky, was living in 1853, his age is not stated.
One Henery Comingore was residing in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1833, his age or relationship to soldier not stated. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of death not on AB.

V.P. 27.624
} New Am

No 918 "Jenny" Cunningham widow of Henry Sky add W. side Let to J. J. Coombs 6 June 1853
Act Feby 3/53

Station Office 19 th August, 1853.
Mr. Beplead to inform me to what time the William's named pension warrant, or the date of his death.
Yours sincerely, Respectfully &c.
J. Cole For the Govt.
(See other side.)
Francis Butts Esq. H. J. W. S. 3

Henry Comingsore, set 7 th June 1832 $40. p. an. Died 29 th Jan. 1836, Paid to his death.
J. Burch. Auditor.

April 11. 1853
App d of " Jeny " Cunningore widow
of Henreford
Then d. J. P. Waldo
Column of Pension
/ 1853
May 10

Cannington

Brief in the case of "Fanny" Cunningham , widow of Henry , Mercer County and State of Kentucky , act 3 d Feby. 1853,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase," )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the Act of 7 th June, 1832.
Record evidence of marriage,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
J. J. Coombs Esq., Resident,
Name and residence of Agent
S. A. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

Tracy Cummings
Manuap Clf.
file

State of Kentucky Nelson County } Set:
J. J. Darwin Elliott Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do certify that the following words are truly Copied from the Marriage Register of my office: to wit,
"Henry Conninger & Fanny Ryerson, married Jany 18 th 1822 by Isaac Taylor" -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of office as clerk aforesaid at Bardstown this 10 th day of May 1853
J. Darwin Elliott CLK Nelson Co Court

App d of "Henry" Cunningore widow of Henry Mercer Jr. Ky. 13689
act 3 d Febry: 1853 $40. Per An — Com p d 3 d Feb. 1853. Com Revy:
J. G. Coombs Present.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Living Cannings  claim Henry Cannings wid of Henry
Hy. Act 1853 - 2 o sec.
Supplemental Act & proof of mar- riage -
addl. evidence
J. H. Bowles

State of Kentucky } Mercer County Court Mercer County } July Term 1853 }
Mrs Fanny Cummings of said County, first being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration - to wit - That she is the widow of the identical Henry Cummings dec. who, in his lifetime, was a Revolutionary Pensioner on the Kentucky Roll, at the rate of $40. per annum; That she was married to the said Henry Cummings, in the County of Nelson, and State of Kentucky, on at the second day of January about the year (1822) eighteen hundred and twenty two; by one Isaac Taylor, a Baptist Minister, and that her name before marriage was Fanny Rinearson. She further states that the aforesaid Henry Cummings dec. died in the County of Mercer, and State of Kentucky, of which County & State he was a resident, on or about the middle of January in the year (1836) eighteen hundred and thirty six, leaving the Applicant his widow, who still remains his widow, having never married again. She makes this declaration to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed and approved February the third day in the year (1853) eighteen hundred and fifty three, or any other act or acts whereby she may be entitled
attested S. H. Stevenson Joseph A. Morris
Fanny her Cummings
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court this 4 th day of July in the year 1853
In testimony whereof I the undersigned Clerk of the Mercer County Court, do hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Harrodsburg this 4 th of July 1853
Thos Allin Clerk

Tony Cunnings, wid of Henry
Hy. Feb 1853, 2 nd edition
J. J. Coombs Present
Mr. Garrison above was before 1853 J. J. Coombs

Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Letsy Cummings ore , widow of Henry Cummings dec d who was a revolutionary Pensioner
who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint GEORGE H. MONSARRAT, true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims I may have to arrears of pay or Pension money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions, of the Con- gress of the United States, and especially the Acts 4th July 1836, 7th July 1838, 3rd March 1843, 17th June 1844, 2nd February 1848, and 29th July 1848—as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March 1818, 15th May 1828, and 7th June 1832.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised in my name to demand at any Depart- ment of the said Government, a reconsideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching my interests, and to obtain from any Department or the archives thereof, any and all information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or claims we hereby seek the investigation of.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or evidences of the amounts due me , and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer upon him or them all the powers therein conferred upon hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 24 th day of March 185 3
Sub M. G. Smith
Letsy Cummings mark
S. H. Stevenson
State of Kentucky Mercer County, sec.-----
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 24 day of March 185 3 , before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid,
personally appeared Mrs Letsy Cummings subscriber to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledging the signing, sealing and deliver- ing the same to be her own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name.
M. G. Smith
J. P.

Miss Jenny Cummings
State of Kentucky } County of Mercer }
I, Thos. Allen, Clerk of the Court for the county aforesaid, hereby certify, that M. T. Garnett Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits within power of attorney was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, is and was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county afore- said, duly elected, commissioned and sworn and that his said signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of my office as Clerk of Mercer County Court for said County this 26 th day of March 1853
Thos. Allen
M. Garnett, above read before me } J. A. } is }

Sep 22 nd , 1925.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Will you please furnish me information or data of the Revolutionary War service-Pensions &c of my Ancestors
Henry Cumingor
John Van Kure.
Cornelius Vannice.
The above family names were not always spelled the same way, but they had the same pronunciation.
Thanking you in advance for any information which you may give me. Respectfully
Mrs Rebecca Scamp Cunningham, R#2 Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky.

1928-Oct. 28-Test to Mrs. Rebecca Cunningham 1934 Jan. 15-Test to Mrs. Theodore D. Craven. See her letter in John Cunningham £1190. a.p.f.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1391 or John Cunningham Henry Cunningham Henry Widow Henry Cunningham Rev. Rev. Wm.
Act: Feb. 8. 1883.
Index:—Vol. A., Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870.]

October 28, 1925
Mrs. Rebecca G. Cunningham Harrodsburg, R. #2 Kentucky
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1391 it appears that Henery Comingore(pensioned Henry) was raised in York County, Pennsylvania, the date of his birth is not stated.
He enlisted in Yorktown, York County, Pennsylvania late in December 1776 and served four months as a private in Captain Simon Vanarsdale's Pennsylvania Company.
He enlisted in the winter of 1777, served three months as private in Captain McIlvain's Pennsylvania Company and was discharged in February or March 1778.
He enlisted in 1779 and served two months under Major Vanarsdale in the Pennsylvania Troops.
In 1781 he was a minute man for about three months, or until the surrender of Cornwallis.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

May 6, 1833 while a resident of Mercer County, Kentucky aged eighty-four years. He died January 29, 1836 in said Mercer County.
Soldier married January 2, or 18, 1822 in Nelson County, Kentucky, Tiny (or Teny) Rinearson or Rynerson. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 24, 1853 while living in Mercer County, Kentucky aged seventy-eight years.
The above noted is the only soldier by that name (all spellings searched) found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.