Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3199, Daniel Cowgill, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
bowgill, Daniel
S. 3199
CONTENTS
carded

7025
Ohio.
Daniel Cawgill
of Preble Co. in the State of Ohio. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Vaney of the Regt. commanded by Col. Crockett in the Virginia Militia time for 3 years from 77.
Daniel Cawgill. Records v. K. Feb 4 10 1/2
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of Feby 1833 and sent to J. M. M c Smith. Eaton O.
Arrears to 14th of March 1833. $160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E. Vol. 8 Page 4

The State of Ohio Noble County Court of common pleas September Term A.D. 1832
On this twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the county of Noble in the State of Ohio Daniel Lowgill, aged sixty six years, a resident of the county of Noble who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed seventh of June eighteen hundred and thirty two. That he enlisted, for three years on or about the first of October in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven in the army of the Revolution, in a light horse company commanded by Captain John Yancey, in a regiment of Virginia light horse commanded by Colonel Crockett at Culpepper County Virginia, that he marched with the company to Winchester Virginia where they took up winter quarters, and remained there until the latter part of March 1778. That they were then moved under the command of Colonel Crockett into South Carolina, and were kept scouring the country to intercept the Tories and British, until some time in October of that year, when Deponent had a young man to take his place whose name he cannot recollect. Deponent was permitted at that time to leave the army at the high hills of Santee in South Carolina that he obtained a written discharge signed by Colonel Crockett, in

October 1778. which discharge was delivered to his father in Culpepper County Virginia, and which has been lost by time and cannot now be found that he served during this enlistment about one year and returned home. Deponent further saith that he enlisted in Culpepper County Virginia, some time in October 1779. under captain Mark Thomas in the Virginia line of Infantry commanded by Colonel George Sloughter. That they marched to the falls of the Ohio river, where they arrived in March, under General Clark, following the year of his enlistment that they remained there guarding the settlements against the Indians until the expiration of Deponents time, when he was discharged at the falls of the Ohio by General Clark he served two years during this period; Deponent obtained a written discharge, which many years ago he placed in the hands of an attorney at law in the city of Cincinnati to obtain a pension, and that said attorney, whose name deponent cannot now recollect, went off and took with him his discharge. Deponent further saith that he was born in Burlington County New Jersey, on the ninth day of October seventeen hundred and fifty five that his age is recorded in a book which he has and which is taken from his fathers book of records of ages. Deponent further saith that he has resided in the state of Ohio seventeen years, and in Pike County upwards of three years. Deponent has no documentary evidence, nor does he know of any witness living by whom he can prove his services but he is well acquainted with Samuel Rhodes and John M. W. McQuatt, by whom he believes he can prove his good character, and that he has been reputed and believed to be a soldier of the revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year last aforesaid J. G. Waukins Clerk
Daniel Longgill
We Samuel Rhodes and John M. U. McQuatt - residents of the county of Preble in the state of Ohio, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Longgill, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity; that he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we have full confidence in the truth of his declaration
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid J. G. Waukins Clerk
Samuel Rhodes John M. U. McQuatt
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 Samuel Rhodes and John M. U. McQuatt who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the county of Preble, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
By the Court
J. G. Waukins Clerk

I Joseph C Hawkins, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Bowhill for a pension -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty fourth day of September, eighteen hundred and thirty two -
J. C. Hawkins Clerk
Daniel Bowhill 11380

11. 580
Daniel Carrile Ohio
Preble County
look a be State
Rule for 1777 print 3 years #80.
on Roll
on Roll
J. M. W. W. McHute

BRIEF in the case of of Preble
Daniel Cawgill of the County of Preble in the State of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted On or about 1 Oct In 1777 - about 1, As a Private (Cavalry) Gen. Capt Yancy - Col Crockett   Enlisted 1779 - Oct 2, So Inf " Thomas - " Slaughter Gen G. R. Clark  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Leesburg County Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary and a Roll  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not defective 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. G. Evans Examining Clerk.

January 16, 1940.
Mrs. Emma C. Newport 194 Main Street Lebanon, Oregon.
BA-J/ILL aw Daniel Cowgill S. 3199
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Daniel Cowgill who served in Clark's Illinois Regiment, and Ralph Cowgill, a pensioner of Kentucky.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request for Revolutionary War records. The record of Daniel Cowgill follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 3199, based upon his service in that war.
Daniel Cowgill was born October 9, 1755 in Burlington County, New Jersey; the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted sometime in October 1777, served as private in Captain John Yancey's company of light horse, and in Colonel Crockett's Virginia regiment, went south and was discharged in South Carolina, length of service one year. He stated that he returned home and left his discharge with his father in Culpeper County, Virginia. He enlisted in October 1779, served as private in Captain Mark Thomas' company, Colonel George Clark's Virginia regiment, and in Colonel George Slaughter's Virginia regiment, length of service two years.
Daniel Cowgill was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed September 21, 1832, at which time he resided in Preble County, Ohio. He had resided in that county about three years, and in the State of Ohio for about seventeen years.
This soldier made no reference to wife or children.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
Daniel Cowgill Certificate #7025 Issued February 22, 1833 Rate $80 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Henrik Carrigile which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes — V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes — VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes. VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes —

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No — true to the best of my knowledge XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which 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 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 shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the 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.
□ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

20577
Daniel Cowgill Revs. Ohio.
rejected. See letter to claimant, Jan. 8. 1831.
AD 32-7025-

(Revolutionary claims)
To the Hon: The Secretary at War Washington City

Eaton, Ohio. 24 th Sept 1832.
Enclosed you will receive the applications and papers of Philip Klinger, Daniel Cooney, George Strader, Elnathan Hamill, Samuel Fleming, Thomas Morgan, David Sayre, Frederick Miller, Jeremiah Piles, Charles Armandout and Elijah Stetson claiming to be placed upon the pension roll under the Act of Congress 4 th June 1832. They have constituted me their agent, you will, therefore, please to send to me all information which you may wish, and also the certificates, if granted.
Yours respectfully,
J. M. McHUGH
Hon. Secretary of War

Eaton
15. Decr 1830
Daniel Coagill rejected 8 Jan. 1831
30
Free
To The Honourable The Secretary at War Washington City.
Dec 27 1830 Pension Office

COPY.
War Department, Pension Office.
January 8, 1831.
Mr. Daniel Cowgill Eaton, Ohio.
Dear Sir:
The affidavits lately received at this Department in relation to your service during the Revolution, have been examined and placed on our files. The object of sending such testimony is not known. Possibly, it was with a view to obtain a Pension that they were transmitted. If so, I have to state that Colonel George Slaughter's regiment in which you served was not of the continental army, and as the revolutionary Pension Laws extend to none who did not belong to the continental establishment, a pension cannot be granted you.
Very truly yours,
J. L. E.
Copied August 16, 1934.
J. L. Leach.

May 22, 1939.
Mrs. Daysie DeSpain Box 132 Charleston, West Virginia.
BA-J/ILL Daniel Cowgill S. 3199
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Cowgill, who applied for pension while a resident of Preble County, Ohio.
The data which follow are shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 3199, based upon service of Daniel Cowgill in the Revolutionary War.
Daniel Cowgill was born October 9, 1755, in Burlington County, New Jersey; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted sometime in October 1777, served as private in Captain John Yancey's company of light horse, and in Colonel Crockett's Virginia regiment, went south and was discharged in South Carolina, length of service one year. He stated that he returned home and left his discharge with his father in Culpeper County, Virginia. He enlisted in October 1779, served as private in Captain Mark Thomas' company, Colonel George Clark's Virginia regiment, and in Colonel George Slaughter's Virginia regiment, length of service two years.
Daniel Cowgill was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832, at which time he resided in Preble County, Ohio, in which county he had resided about three years; he had resided in the State of Ohio about seventeen years. The residence of this pensioner in 1840 is not shown in this claim.
Daniel Cowgill made no reference to wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name

of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
Daniel Cowgill Certificate #7025 Issued February 22, 1833 Rate $80 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Washington
September 6, 1938.
Honorable Virgil Chapman House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
BA-J/MSEP/ILL Daniel Cowgill S. 3199
My dear Mr. Chapman:
Reference is made to your letter of August 23, 1938, addressed to The Adjutant General, War Department, which has been referred for further reply to this office with your enclosure, the letter of Mr. Dan I. Cowgill, Route #2, Lexington, Kentucky (c/o E. B. Jenkins). Mr. Cowgill requests the record of his great-grandfather, Daniel Cowgill, who, he states, was living in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1840 and was aged eighty-five years when he died and that he served in the War of 1812 and received a pension.
The information furnished by Mr. Cowgill in regard to his ancestor, indicates that he was born about 1755, and would have served, more likely, in the Revolutionary War than in the War of 1812; he cites the pensioner whose name is recorded in the Census of Pensioners of 1840, who was then aged eighty-five years and a resident of Fayette County, Kentucky.
There is a claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Daniel Cowgill, which may be that of Mr. Cowgill's ancestor. His record follows as found in pension claim, S. 3199, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Daniel Cowgill, as he signed his name, was born October 9, 1755, in Burlington County, New Jersey; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted sometime in October 1777, served as a private in Captain John Yancey's company of light horse and in Colonel Crockett's Virginia regiment, went south and was discharged in South Carolina, length of service one year. He stated that he returned home and left his discharge with his father in Culpeper County, Virginia. He enlisted in October 1779, served as

a private in Captain Mark Thomas' company, Colonel George Clark's Virginia regiment, and in Colonel George Slaughter's Virginia regiment, length of service two years.
Daniel Cowgill was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832, at which time he resided in Preble County, Ohio, in which county he had resided about three years; he had resided in the State of Ohio about seventeen years, no other counties named. His residence in 1840 is not shown.
There is no reference to wife or children of this soldier.
This is the record of the only soldier named Daniel Cowgill that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following: Daniel Cowgill, certificate #7025, issued February 22, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Ohio Agency.
If this is not the record of Mr. Cowgill's ancestor, another effort will be made to aid him in his research.
Mr. Cowgill's letter is returned herewith.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

August 16, 1934.
Mrs. Hannah Lee McNeill 1104 Odd Fellows Building Indianapolis, Indiana.
BA-J/ILL Ralph Cowgill W. 1389 Daniel Cowgill S. 3199
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Ralph and Daniel Cowgill, both pensioners.
These records are furnished herein from the papers on file in pension claims based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
RALPH COWGILL -W. 1389.
Ralph Coghill, or Cowgill, while living in Virginia, enlisted, rendezvoused at Petersburg, served as private in Captain Harrison's company of Virginia Infantry, and while aiding in the building of a fort, had his back badly injured; he was placed in charge of a team and was engaged in the Siege of Ninety-Six and the Siege of Yorktown. The dates of his enlistment and discharge from service are not shown; he served about two years.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed March 18, 1832, at which time he resided in Anderson County, Kentucky, his nearest post-office then Lawrenceburg; in April 1832, he lived in Spencer County, Kentucky.
He died November 9, 1835, in Anderson County, Kentucky; the age of the soldier is not shown.
Ralph Coghill (as his name was then recorded) married January 30, 1821, Polly (Mary) Poindexter, of Franklin County, Kentucky, where the wedding took place.
Mary (Polly) Cowgill, or Coghill, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed April 12, 1853; she was then

a resident of Camdentonville, Anderson County, Kentucky, aged fifty-five years. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.
There is no reference to children of the soldier, Ralph Cowgill, in this claim.
In 1837, reference was made to one, Robert Poindexter, but his residence, or relationship to the family were not stated.
*****
DANIEL COWGILL -S. 3199.
Daniel Cowgill, as he signed his name, was born October 9, 1755, in Burlington County, New Jersey; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted sometime in October 1777, served as a private in Captain John Yancey's company of light horse and in Colonel Crockett's Virginia regiment, went south and was discharged in South Carolina, length of service one year. He stated that he returned home and left his discharge with his father in Culpeper County, Virginia. He enlisted in October 1779, served as private in Captain Mark Thomas' company, Colonel George Clark's Virginia regiment, and in Colonel George Slaughter's Virginia regiment, length of service two years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832, at which time he resided in Preble County, Ohio, in which county he had resided about three years; he had lived in the State of Ohio about seventeen years, no other counties named.
There is no reference to wife or children of the soldier.
This is the record of the only soldier named Daniel Cowgill that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
To Gen. Adm. G. D. Hiller Very truly yours,
Also add: A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator. Mr. Lee's let. etc.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veterans Dept. or Pension Dept. Washington, D. C.

was just out of date at all Lebanon, Or. BA-2/M.93 Jan. 2 nd 1940.
Received the letter dated from V.A. Dept. in regard to John Corrigill, of Virginia. He was of the 11th. Va. Reg. Continental Line. Am looking for family records. What do you have along the line of Ralph Corrigill, Ky. Pensioner? Or Daniel Corrigill, Clark, Ill.
Regiment 2 Daniel Ralph Sincerely, (Mrs.) Emma C. Newport 194 Main St. Lebanon, Or.

March, 30, 1939. Charleston W. Va. Box 132
Veterans Pension Bureau, Administration Building Washington D.C.
Dear Sir;
Daniel Cowgill was born in Burlington County, New Jersey on October, 9, 1755. He enlisted for service in the Revolutionary War in Culpeper County Virginia in 1779. He was a private in the Virginia State Troops. He fought under George Rogers Clark in the Illinois Regiment. He was honorably discharged in the fall of 1781.
Records show that in 1785 he married Betsey Martin in Culpeper County Virginia. He then moved to Fayette County Kentucky and on to Ohio.
On December, 13, 1830, he applied for a pension. At this time he was living in Preble County Ohio, and in 1832, he again applied for a pension. At this time he says he had been living in Ohio for seventeen years and in Preble County three years. He also says that his father kept a family record.
On February 22, 1833, he became a pensioner and was living in Preble County Ohio. Records, here show that in 1840, this said Daniel Cowgill was still living and was 85 years old. He is known in history as Daniel Cowgill of Fayette County Kentucky.
Would you please send me the names of this Daniel Cowgill's children and when did he die. Do you have any idea of where he is buried.
The above information was copied from the records found in the state Library in Columbus Ohio. If the above dates and information are not accurate please correct them.
I certainly would be very grateful for the above information.
Very sincerely
Mrs. Baysie DeSpain
Mrs Baysie DeSpain

VIRGIL CHAPMAN 6TH DISTRICT KENTUCKY
KENTUCKY OFFICE: SECURITY TRUST BUILDING LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY RESIDENCE: PARIS, KENTUCKY
Congress of the United States House of Representatives
COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
Washington, D. C.
August 23, 1938.
The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir,—
I enclose a letter which I have received from Mr. Dan I. Cowgill, R. F. D. #2, Lexington, Kentucky, (In care of Mr. E. B. Jenkins) and it will be appreciated if you will advise me whether or not the department's records disclose the information which Mr. Cowgill is seeking concerning his great-grandfather, Daniel Cowgill , soldier of the War of 1812.
Thanking you to return the enclosure when you reply and for your courtesy in this matter, I am
Sincerely yours,
Virgil Chapman
Received A. G. O. AUG 24 1938
1 Since 8x40

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War Department, A.G.O., August 27, 1938.- To the Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C. Attention: Miss Nevitt (Record Verification Unit).
1. Attention is invited to the letter of Honorable Virgil Chapman, House of Representatives, who has been informed of this reference by letter, a copy of which is herewith inclosed.
Frank C. Burnett
Brigadier General, Acting The Adjutant General.
By: FCH
okm 2 Inclosures. Letter Dan I. Cowgill. Copy A.G.O. letter.
Veteran of the War of the 1840s - m rec - Index As

Rev. M c N
3199 INVALID.
File No. 3199
Daniel Bourhill Dis. Pa. M.
Act: June 7, '32
Index: Vol. 4 , Page 73
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1734 - Aug. 16 - Hist. to Mrs. Hannah Lee M c Naul - see later in Ralph Corjill - S.L.L.
1735 - Sept. 66 Hist. to Hon. Virgil Chapman - S.L.L.
1739. May 22 - Hist. to Mrs. David DeStain. S.L.L.
1740 - Jan. 16 - Hist. to Mrs. Emma C. Newport - S.L.L.

The State of Ohio } Preble County } ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace in and for said County, Daniel Congill aged seventy five years a resident of the County of Preble aforesaid, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he enlisted in army of the revolution, some time in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy nine, as a pri- vate Soldier in the State of Virginia at Culpepper Cour- t house, for the term of two years, in the virginia line That he enlisted under Captain Marke Thomas That he served under Colone George Houghton, who was ordered to the Falls of Ohio, where they arrived sometime in the Month of March in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty — That he served under General George Clark until some time in the fall of seventeen hundred and eighty one: when and where he was honorably discharged, and that he had said discharge in his possession, until sometime in the year eighteen hundred and twenty one; when he applied to the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County and State of Ohio under the Act of Congress of the eighteenth of March eighteen hundred and eighteen, when he made his declaration under said Act, through and by his Attorney John Lea Williams Esquire, which said discharge was put into his hands to accompany his said declaration, to the war office; and that shortly afterwards said Williams left Cincinnati and went down the river, where deponent is informed he died; and that he has heard nothing of said papers since.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13 th day December 1838.
Isaac Stephens J.P. } Daniel Congill

State of Ohio } Preble County } ss. Personally appeared Samuel Rhodes of lawful age, who being by me, duly sworn, dep- oseth and saith, that he was present at Cincinnati in the year eighteen hundred and twentyone at the mentioned by Daniel Corogill aforesaid, at which time and place, he saw the said Daniel's discharge as set forth in his affidavit. And further that said papers were put into the hands of said Williams, as his Attorney, to present on to the war office: And that said Williams shortly afterwards left Cincinnati, and went down the river, and as deponent has heard and believes is dead. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13 th day of December A.D. 1838.
Isaac Stephens. J.P. } Samuel Rhodes
The State of Ohio Preble County } ss. Joseph C. Hawkins Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Isaac Stephens Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been read is and was at the time the same was done an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and as such all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Eaton this 14 th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty -
J. C. Hawkins Clerk