Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8620, Robert Coleman, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Coleman, Robert
N 8620.
Catharine
CONTENTS

7328 Kentucky
Robert Coleman
of Mercer County in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Washington of the Reg t commanded by Col. Matthew in the Virginia line for 12. months
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 30 day of March 1833 and sent to you Rob t Mrs. H. C. Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 80 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sept 20 —
$100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Bage, Clerk, Book E Vol. 7 Page 5

1428 Kentucky.
Catharine Coleman widow of Robert Coleman who died on the 9 th January 1834. of Mercer Co., in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Washington of the Regt. commanded by Col. Matthews in the Virg a Mile line for one year.
H. H. C. Triplett 1 st Sep r 1853.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of $10 Dollars — Cents, per annum, to commence on the 9 th January 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th 26 th day of Sep- tember 1837 and sent to Geo: L. Maugh Esq Harrisburg.
Arrears to the 1 th of / Semi-annual allowance ending 4 84'37 20.—
$ 20 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd . }
Recorded by J. C. Wilson Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 178

State of Kentucky } Mercer County. } ss On this 18 th day of March in the year 1833. Personally appeared before me a jus- tice of the peace in and for s d county and state Robert Coleman a revolutionary soldier whose age and infirmities prevent his attendance in court he being 85 years of age and so infirm that he cannot ride without great inconvenience & pain and being first 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. vs Robert Coleman do hereby state on oath that I am now eighty five years of age and was born in Spottsylvania county & state of Virginia and lived in s d county when the revolutionary war commenced and I was called into the service of my country as follows viz. In the month of April 1776 (as well as I now recollect) I was drafted in Capt Charles Washington's company of Col Mathews Regiment for two months and we marched to Williamsburg and Richmond where we were stationed a part of the time at each place as a guard & I faithfully served out my time and was honorably discharged Again in the fall of the year 1777. I was again drafted in Capt Frank Coleman's company of Col Mathews Regiment & was again marched to Richmond & Williamsburg where I was again stationed as a guard two months & was honorably discharged.
Again in the summer 1778 I was drafted in Capt William Hills company of Col Mathews Regiment for the term of three months and was marched to, & stationed at the same points

and marched and countermarched in the vicinity of Richmond and Williamsburg aforesaid - until my time expired and I was honorably discharged
Again in the fall 1779 I was drafted in Capt Thos Winlow's company in Col Matthews Regiment and was employed as a guard at the same points for the term of two months and was honorably discharged
and In the summer 1780 I was drafted two months in Capt Henry Fries company but in what Regiment I cannot recollect as I was employed during my time in driving a waggon or escorting provisions to the army in the vicinity of Raccoonford
and In the summer of 1781 I was drafted two months more in Capt William  William Mills company the Regiment not known as I was constantly engaged in driving or escorting provi- sion waggon to the army in the counties of Spottsylvania & Louisa in the state of Virginia as they were marching or re- treating from the advance of Lord Cornwallis army.
I further state that after the revolutionary war ended I lived in the state of Virginia until about the year 1800 - when I re- moved to the county of Mercer and state of Kentucky where I have lived ever since and when I still reside, that owing to the frailty of my memory I cannot now state the names of all my officers but I solemnly declare that I served the time I have stated an country in

which to Twelve Months and upwards  upwards . I further certify that I have no documentary evidence of my age or service, that I held no commission and entered the army as I have stated and I hereby relinquish all claims which I have to any other pension or annuity except the present and I am not nor a prisoner of the United States or of any state. Witness my hand this 18 th day of March 1833
Robert his Coleman mark
John Rice
We William  Stearns a Clergyman residing in the Town of Stearns  of Harrodsburg Mercer County Ky, and John  John  Bull  Bull residing in the Town of Harrodsburg County afo d hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Coleman who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be eighty five years of age, that he is generally and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed below me the day and year aforesaid
Geo. L. Wrangh D.D.
John Rice John Bull
State of Kentucky Mercer County Ss.
I George L Wrangh a Justice of the peace and one of the Judges of the Mercer County Court in the state afo d do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, And I do further certify that William Stearns  John Rice is a respectable Clergyman residing as above stated and that John  John  Bull  Bull is a creditable person and that their statements is entitled to full faith and credit Given from under my hand and seal this 18 th day of March A.D. 1833
Geo. L. Wrangh Seal

State of Kentucky Muree County ss. Thomas Allin Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that George L. Maugh Esq. whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate is at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid & one of the Judges of the Muree County Court duly Commissioned and qualified and as such Justice of the Peace and Judge is and ought to be given to every of his Official acts as such Justice of the Peace and Judge In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office
this 18 th day of March 1833 in the 41 st Year of the Com-
monwealth Thos Allin
Thos C. Henson

V 1009 Catharine Coleman Kentucky Revolutionary Claim
died 9 th Jan y 1834
Geo d Strough. Agent Harrodsburg Ky.
that she was married as is their State and the two said Catherine Coleman - has assumed a widow over since the death of the said Robert Coleman. She further states that the said Cath- arine is very old and infirm and that her health has greatly failed her, and for that reason she intends and swears to this  19 th of Dec r 1836 before me J. P. J. D. D. D. D.  Sarah H. Alexander

State of Kentucky Mercer County } ss } 6
On this 19 th day of December in the Year 1836. Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace and one of the Judges of the Mercer County Court, Catharine Coleman widow of Robert Coleman dec d . aged Eighty Three years. Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oaths make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 3 rd 1836.
That she is the widow of Robert Coleman dec d . who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and served as well as she can now recollect about twelve months in different Tours, but she is now so old and her recollections so frail that she cannot re- collect the names of the Officers under whom he served, his own declaration will probably show, which is on file in the Pension Office. She further declares that she was married to the said Robert Coleman in month of February 1774. at her Father's residence in Botetourt County Virginia. She cannot recollect the day of the month. She was married by Parson Smith who had charge of the gospel of Botetourt County and all his her husband's services were performed after they were married. She further states that her said husband departed this life in Mercer County Kentucky, on the 9 th day of January 1834. and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the Proof hereto annexed Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. before me
Jas t Lillard J.P.M.
Catharine her Coleman mark

State of Kentucky Mercer County 3 rd vol
The affidavit of Sarah Alexander who being first duly sworn as the Law requires, states that she is well acquainted with Catharine Coleman who has signed the foregoing declaration that she was well acquainted with the s d Robert Coleman did her husband, that she knows he died as stated in s d declaration, on the 9 th of January 1834. and that the said Robert Coleman was a Revolutionary Pensioner and the Lawful Husband of the the said Catharine Coleman, and she is fully satisfied that the s d Robert Coleman served in the Revolutionary war as therein is stated in the aff d declaration, and that she was married as is therein stated and that the said Catharine Coleman is has remained a widow ever since the death of the said Robert Coleman. She further states that the said Catharine is very old and infirm and that her recollection has greatly failed her, and further saith not. Subscribed and sworn to this 19 th of Dec r 1836. before me J. P. Lillard J.P. Rec. Sarah Alexander
V 1009 Catharine Coleman Kentucky Revolutionary Claim
died 9 th Jan y 1834
Rev. J. P. Lillard Hanniburg Ky.

Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Sarah Alexander, daughter of Robert E. Coleman decd who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and
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 Congress 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 Department 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 said Attorney, 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 1853
James M Alexander Sarah Alexander L.S. S. H. Stevenson
State of Kentucky Mercer County: sec.....
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 24 th day of March 1853, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid,
personally appeared Mrs Sarah Alexander subscriber to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledging the signing, sealing and delivering 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. H. Smith J. P.

State of Kentucky Mercer County
I, Thos. Allen, Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid, hereby certify, that Mr. T. Garrett Esq., before whom the 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 aforesaid,
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, this 26 th day of March 1853
Thos. Allen
Mrs Sarah Alexander
Thos. Allen
Thos. Allen

Mo Robert Coleman Kentucky
for 1776 prints 12 units, $440.
Gen. R. G. McAfee Present

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 subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These 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, showing the Service of Robert Coleman
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 April drafted 2 Priv Capt Washington Col Matthew None Va Age 85 Sp. 65 Yrs 10 Da 10 Co Va Traditionary   1777 fall drafted 2 " Coleman " None Va   1778 Summer drafted 3 " Mills " " Va   1779 fall drafted 2 " Winslow " None   1780 Summer drafted 2 Wagoner Tree Col not re collected None Va   1781 drafted 2 " Mills " Va   Served in whole 12 months before  
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 day 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 , 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 [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[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.
G. H. Austin James Clark

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section. OW
Doc January 3, 1927.
Lewis A. Coleman, 115 N. Penn. St . Indianapolis, Ind.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, W. 8620 , it appears that Robert Coleman was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, date not stated. While living there, he enlisted in April 1776, and served at various times, when called upon, until the summer of 1781, amounting in all to thirteen months, as a private, under Captains Charles Washington, Frank Coleman, William Mills, Thomas Winslow, Henry Fross and Colonel Mathews, in the Virginia Troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 18, 1833, while living in Mercer County, Kentucky, aged eighty-five years. He died there January 9, 1834.
He married in February 1774, in Botetourt County, Va., Catharine Robinson. She was allowed pension on her application executed December 19, 1836, while a resident of Mercer County, Kentucky, aged eighty-three years.

Their children are referred to: James the oldest son and Sarah Alexander are the only names stated.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

1428/36 Catherine Coleman
179 36 Payment to be made at Lexington by John Telford Esq. Agent for paying Pen- sioners, in the Agency of West Kentucky.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 2 Page 178 by
J. M. Wilson Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836, Catharine Coleman of Kentucky widow of Robert Coleman who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive forty dollars and _____ cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the ninth January 1834 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty seventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.
W. P. Smith Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

State of Kentucky,
Huron County 3 rd Feb.
The further declaration or affidavit of Catharine Coleman of Mercer County, Kentucky, aged Eighty Three years taken subscribed and sworn to according to Law This 2 nd day of Sept. AD 1837. She states That the statements made by her in her former declarations in regard to the service of her husband Robert Coleman died and her marriage with him are strictly true - as she has before stated, she was married to the said Robert some short time before the war of the Revolution commenced and all the services performed by her said husband in the Revolution war, three or four tours in the militia, she knows he was absent from home upwards of twelve months on duty but when he marched or who were his officers the lapse of time prevents her from recollecting. She further states that her maiden name was Catharine Robertson she was married Robert Coleman to the said in Botetourt County Virginia by a Protestant Preacher by the name of Smith - She further states that she has no documentary or record evidence of her marriage, or the ages of all her children, she knows that her oldest son James Coleman is upwards of sixty two years old. She will recollect the bands as they were then called were published three times by Parsons Smith, an Englishman before she was married, In conclusion she states that she knows of no persons living that knows any

thing about her marriage with Mr. Robert except Israel Robertson, and William Armstrong whose depositions have been taken in behalf of her claim, if the records have been preserved in the Boyletown County Court, there may be some record evidence of her marriage there and further say the note. — Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid
Witness —
David J. Reed                      Catharine her Coleman mark Jesse Reed
State of Kentucky } Mercer County } Sub.
I George L. Waugh a Justice of the peace in and for the state and county aforesaid and one of the presiding judges of the Mercer County Court hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit of Catharine Coleman was taken subscribed and sworn to before me this 2 nd day of September 1837. and I further certify that the said Catharine Coleman is a highly credible person sworn from under my hand & seal this date aforesaid.
Geo L Waugh J.P. Mc

Catharine Coleman Kentucky wid. of Robert Suspended
let 17 Jan 1837 G. L. Waugh. do. 15 March 1837 let 13 Sept. 37 t. clk Court Botetourt s to G. L. Waugh.

Robert Coleman Ken. Act of June 1832 to what time paid?
Per: Office.
Due Oct. 1832 5%
Sept 29. 1837
Not paid 14

April 14. 1853
Pow: Atty: in case Catharine Coleman dec'd widow of Robert &.
Sty:
Act 4 th July 1835
F. F. C. Triplett Present
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commissioner.

Sept 23
Cath Coleman no 508 of Niagara & Edward Engr War Department Washington City

Botetourt Clerks office 18 th of Septm r 1837
Sir I have examined Carefully the Records of My office and find no evidence of the marriage of Mrs Catharine Coleman to Robert Coleman in this County
Very Respectfully
HW Bower 3

Dear L. P. Waldo Cambridge

Washington Apr 14. 1883
Sir:
I file a pair of attornys in the case of Catharine Lederman, No. 10. 36. Her husband claimed 14 months service, 2 of which he acted as waggoner. Under the rule then prevailing this term was rejected. I now claim its allowance - is it?
Very Resp.
Yours &c
J. P. C. Fitzwater

Catharine Coleman
Revolutionary
Claims
admitted
$40
Geo. Brugh agt Harrisburg Ky

State of Kentucky Mercer County Sept 3 rd 1837 Thomas. Allen of the Mercer County Court do hereby that George L. Murphy Esq r whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is an Acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Commissioned and qualified and as such full faith and Credit is and ought to be given to every of his Official acts as such Justice. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 2 nd day of September 1837 Thos Allen

At a Court held for Mercer County at the Courthouse in Warrenton on Monday the 3 rd day of March 1834
Satisfactory Proof was this day made to the Court in Open Court by the Oath of Jas. H. Coleman and Bani H. Coleman that Robert Coleman a Revolutionary Pensioner departed this life on the 9 th day of January 1834 and that said Robert Coleman is the identical Person named in an Original Certificate now here shown to the Court bearing date the 30 th day of March 1833 signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War N o 7328 granting to the said Robert Coleman an Annual Pension during his natural life of Forty Dollars Commencing on the 1 st of March 1831 and it is further proved to the satisfaction of the Court that Catharine Coleman is the Widow and Relict of Robert Coleman deceased and that she is still living all which is ordered to be Certified.
State of Kentucky. Mercer County S s
J Thomas, a Illus. Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Order of Court is truly copied from the Records in my Office & do further certify that Jas. Lillard Esq. whose name is subscribed to the several within Certificates is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified and as such full faith & Credit is to be given to every of his Official acts as such and that Sarah Alexander & Robert Alexander who has also subscribed is within an Credible Person.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 19 th December 1836 Thos. H. Allen

Also the affidavits of Robert Alexander who being first duly sworn according to Law states, that he has been acquainted with Robert Coleman did. for the space of twenty five years and well acquainted his whole family of children. The said Robert Coleman was always since his acquaintance recognized as the lawful husband of the said Catharine Coleman, and he never understood any thing to the contrary, from the age of these children they must to have been married at an early day, he is well acquainted with James Coleman this oldest child and must be somewhere about sixty years of age at this time, and the said Robert Coleman was always since his acquaintance reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a Revolutionary Soldier, and as he has been informed and believing to have been a pensioner under the pension law. and farther not.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 19 th day Dec r . 1836.
Robt. Alexander
Jas. Lillard J.P.M.C.
State of Kentucky Mercer County, 3 rd Dist.
I James Lillard a Justice of the peace for the state and county afo d . do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration of Catharine Coleman widow of Robert Coleman did. who was a Revolutionary soldier, and Sarah Alexander and Robert Alexander affidavits were taken subscribed and sworn to before me the 19 th day of Dec r . 1836 by them respectively and I further certify that the said Catharine, Sarah, and Robert Alexander are highly credible persons, and I further certify that the said Catharine Coleman is so old and infirm as to be unable to attend the Mercer County Court to swear to her declaration.
Jas. Lillard J.P.

1914 May 14 Hied to Mary C. Bennett. 1923-Deq. 11- Hied to Hattie M. Scott. 1927 Jan. 3 Hied to S.A. Coleman.
Key WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8620
Catharine Coleman Wid. of Robert Coleman Br. Va. line
Act: July 11/36, Sec. 89
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 145
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1327 1009
Catharine Coleman
Widow of R Coleman
Revolutionary Claim
Geo L Prang's Agent Harrodsburg Ky.

State of Kentucky Shelby County
3 rd Sub February The 10 th 1837
The affidavit of William Armstrong aged seventy two years being first duly sworn as the Law requires doth on his oath make the following declaration. That he was well acquainted with the said Catharine Robinson before she married the said Robert Coleman and was also acquainted with the said Robert Coleman, he does not remember the day of the month when they were married but he is certain that they were married in the month of February in the year 1775 or 6 that he was about twelve years or thirteen years of age at the time they were married and he recollects that it was given out that a marriage was to take place and actually did take place between the said Robert and Catharine in the County of Botetourt, Va, at the time specified in the said Catharine's declaration, he further states that he has been well acquainted with the old Mr. Robert Coleman and his wife for upwards of sixty years, and that they were always considered man and wife by all who knew them until the day of the old man's death, he knows that the said Catharine is the widow of the said Robert Coleman who was a pensioner and Revolutionary Soldier. He further states that the said Catharine Coleman is about 83 or 84 years of age and a member of the Presbyterian Church and considered a very exemplary one by the society that is acquainted with her, and this affiant believes implicitly in every thing she will state as to her husband's services, marriage &c for he knows she would make no false statements about it and further says the not subscribed, and sworn to the day & year aforesaid.
Wm Armstrong

also The affidavit of Israel Robinson taken at the same time and for the same purposes being first duly sworn as the Law requires doth on his Oaths make the following statements, That he is sixty five years of age, and that the said Catharine Coleman is his aunt, that he has been well acquainted with her & her husband from the time he first knew any body. That he knows they were man & wife and lived together as such until the death of the old man, - he always under- stood from his Father & Mother that the said Rob- ert and Catharine were married in his father's house legally & lawfully and it would be sacrilege to believe otherwise the marriage as he always understood took place about the commen- cement of the Revolution. he further states that the services of the said Robt Coleman in the war of the Revolution were performed after they were married and that the said Robert was always considered and believed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier by all who were acquainted with him and further saith not Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid. Israel Robinson
State of Kentucky Mercer County
I George Straugh one of the Justices of the peace for the state and county aforesaid, and one of the Judges of the Mercer County Court. Do hereby certify that foregoing affidavits of William Armstrong and Israel Robinson were taken subscribed and sworn to before me this 10 th day of February in the year 1837. and I further certify that the said William Armstrong and the

Said Israel Robertson are highly credible persons, and Citizens of the said County of Mercer. Given under my hand at Harrodsburg Kentucky, the day and year first above written
Geo L. Waugh seal
State of Kentucky Mercer County To all to whom these presents shall come, I Thomas Allen Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do certify that George L. Waugh Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is an Acting Justice of the Peace and one of the Judges of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned & qualified and as such full faith and Credit is and ought to be given to every of his Official Acts as such. And I do further certify that William Armstrong & Israel Robertson whose names are hereto annexed are highly Credible Persons In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of my Office this 13 th day of February 1837 and in the 45 th year of the Commonwealth Thos Allen

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 1 year Pvt. Wm. Washington W. H. Lee Vt.   Sept. 1775 1 year Frank Colesman W. H. Lee   Summer 1776 1 year William Wells W. H. Lee   Fall of 1777 1 year Thos. Menden W. H. Lee   Spring 1778 1 year Thos. Menden W. H. Lee   Summer 1778 1 year William Wells W. H. Lee  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, _____
Residence at date of application, _____
Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____
He was 17 1/2 in Brattleboro Vt. at the time of his enlistment. He was at home in Brattleboro Vt. Dec. 19, 1836 while a resident of Brattleboro Vt. aged 83 yrs. Children are of the same. The oldest son is Sarah's husband and the only one whose name are stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

LAW OFFICES LEWIS AUSTIN COLEMAN ROBERT D. COLEMAN SUITE 1541 NO. 115 NORTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET INDIANAPOLIS
October 30, 1926.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I should like to inquire what your military Revolutionary War records show concerning Robert Coleman of Spotsylvania, Virginia.
Also Robert Coleman, Buckingham Co. S. of W. 1835, Pension 2. 120. S19213-
I am very anxious to find out if you have any information on these gentlemen as to their service, their wife's name or family history of any kind.
Yours truly,
Lewis A. Coleman,
LAC:EC.

HATTIE M. SCOTT
402 SHELBY ST. FRANKFORT, KY.
July 1, 1923.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D'C'
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly give me the Revolutionary record of Robert Coleman of Mercer Co. Ky., a pensioner in 1833, and also that of Mark Hardin of Washington Co. Ky., a pensioner in 1831.
I will greatly appreciate a reply at your earliest convenience
Very truly,
Miss Hattie M. Scott

Frankfort Ky. May 7 th 1914. Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dr. Sir,
I wish for information on records of my ancestors Nathan Mills, and Charles Mills of Va. There is a letter from some of the older members of the family saying one of them lived in Hanover. One Charles Mills was father of Nathan, and Nathan had a son named Charles Henry Mills
I also wish information on records of his others on the paternal side. Robert Coleman, of (Buckingham) in a List of Rev. Soldiers published by Va. State Library, Eighth Annual Report of Va. State Library, 1911, or 1912. is following Robert Coleman (Spotsylvania) Auditor's Account V. page 439, Robert Coleman (Buckingham) Secretary of War. report 1835 Pension 2, 120.
Mary C. Bennett, Frankfort Ky.