Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 9791, Robert Cuning, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
buning, Robert or bunning, bline, Catharine
W 9791
B.L.M. 98555 160 55-
(Former widow)
CONTENTS

17,262 R  Pennsylvania.
Robert Cuming. of Beaver Co. . . . . in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Private . . . . . in the regiment commanded by Colonel Irvine . . . . . of the Pennsylvania, line, for the term of one year and three months,
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 27th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of May 1820 and sent to David Brennan Esq. Beavertown Beaver County Pa
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1820 — $ 178.07 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th Sep 1820, " 48.
22 mo 4/30 4/31 $ 226.17
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent to the Hon. Mr. Moore, M.P. January 1821. House of Representatives.

Ed. Bally
Act Mar 3/55- 312,603 Mar 14/61
Catharine Cline for Mil of
Robert Cunning Priest
Rev War
Penn 188 See also the line 32 - New York
Alt? the am, Apr. 11/61 M.W.
Vol 6. page 166.
Harvey M'Leown Enon Valley Lawrence Co Pa

7.026.
Ohio Cincinnati Catharine Cline, former widow of Robert Cuning who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96. dollars 00. cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 13 th day of April 1861. and sent to Harvey McEown. Enon Valley Pa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 158. Vol. H
1887 Augt Pen t agent reported paid to Dec 4. 1885 P O ad dress Cincinnati age would be about 83 yrs

State of Ohio } ss County of Hamilton }
On this twentyeth day of February A.D one thousand eight hundred and sixty one personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Catharine Cline aged about sixty years a resi- dent of the City of Cincinnati in the State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration that she is the widow of Robert Cunning deceased who was a private in the com- pany commanded by Captain in the regiment commanded by in the War of the Revolution to the best of her information and belief her husband entered the service at about the beginning of the War of the Revolution for the term of 5 years and was hon- orably discharged at where peace was made in this Country that her said husband was a pensioner of the United States under act of at the rate of 98 dollars per annum which was paid to him at the Agency in in the State of Pennsylvania and that she does not know where her husbands pension Certificate is - She further declares that all she knows about her said husbands pension more than she has above stated is that her said husband received his pension from the United States whilst he was a resident of South Beaver Township in the County of Beaver & State of Pennsylvania from the year eighteen hundred and eighty eighteen until his decease & that Thomas Humphreill & Alfred Lyons brought him his money She further declares that she was married to the said Robert Cunning in South Beaver township Beaver County and State of Pennsylvania on the 23rd day of December A.D 1823 by one Thomas Taylor a justice of the peace that her name before her said marriage was Catharine Geko that her said husband died in the same township in which they were married on the 28th day of November A.D 1836

She further declares that she was afterwards married in the aforesaid township to William Cline in the month of June A.D. 1841 by one Samuel Jackson a justice of the Peace that the said William Cline died in the same township January 11 th A.D. 1845 and that she is still a widow
She further declares that there is no public or private record of the aforesaid marriages to her knowledge
She makes this declaration to the best of her knowledge and belief for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855
She hereby appoints Harvey M c Lean of Enon Valley Lawrence County and State of Pennsylvania her true and lawful attorney with power of substitution to prosecute this her claim for a pension to receive the warrant when issued and to all other acts necessary and proper in the premises
Catharine X Cline mark
Witnesses W m H Wallace H. S. Church
We William H Wallace and William A Johnston residents of the City of Cincinnati in the State of Ohio upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence by Catharine Cline and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and further we know she has been unmarried ever since she came to this City which has been about ten years ago and that she is now a widow we make this statement from the fact that we reside in this city and are well acquainted with the said Catharine Cline
William A Johnston W m H Wallace
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written and I certify

that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this Claim
H. H. Clark, Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Hamilton County. } ss. Sch.
I hereby certify that the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that H. H. Clark before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been taken was at the time of taking and subscribing the same, a legally acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Hamilton, duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such Justice of the Peace and that this signature is genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Cincinnati this 23 rd day of July 1861. H. H. Clark CLK By A. J. Jones sble

State of Pennsylvania } County of Beaver } South Beaver Township }
On this twenty seventh day of February
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty one personally appear- ed before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the Township and County of State aforesaid Mary Ramsey aged about 79 years a resident of South Beaver Township Beaver County and State of Pennsylvania since the year 1825 or as long as I can recollect and who is to me well known and who is a credible witness and who being by me duly sworn doth upon her oath State that she was well acquainted with Mrs Catharine Cline who is the widow of William Cline and Robert Cunning and who has made the above application for bounty land That she has known her ever since she was a young girl about the year A.D. 1846 at which time she moved to the West She also states that she was well acquainted with the aforesaid Robert Cunning an old revolutionary soldier and who was repu- ted as such by every person that knew him and who was receiv- ing a pension from the United States 96 dollars a year and to whom she was married and with whom she lived as his wife during his lifetime. She further states she knows that the said Catharine Cline was married to the said Robert Cunning from the fact that she was at their wedding and saw them married by one Thomas Taylor a Justice of the Peace and it looked so un- natural to see an old crippled man of about seventy years of age marry a young girl of about twenty two or three years of age. She also states that the said Robert Cunning died some ten or fifteen years afterwards in the same township she lived within one half mile of their residence and attended his funeral She further states that it was Joseph Hemphill in stead of

Thomas Thempfill (as stated in the application) that acted as agent in getting her pension money for she went with her several times to the town of Beaver where the said Thempfill lived and saw the said Catharine Cline receive her said husband Robert Crinnings pension money. She further states that the said Catharine Cline was afterwards married to the aforesaid William Cline in the same township and lived with him as his wife nearly in the same place about 3 or 4 years when the said William Cline died which was about the year A.D. 1847. She also states that he died of a sore throat and that she was at his burial.
Mary Ramsay
Sworn and subscribed before me this twenty seventh day of February A.D. 1861 and that I am not interested as agent or otherwise.
Stephen Watt
State of Pennsylvania
County of Beaver
South Beaver township
Justice of the Peace
On this twenty seventh day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty one personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace within and for the township, County and State aforesaid Hugh Garvin aged about 57 years and John Garvin aged about 59 years who are to me well known and who are credible witnesses and who being by me duly sworn doth depose and say that they are each well acquainted with Catharine Cline the above applicant for a pension that they have known her ever since or from the year A.D. 1823 to the year A.D. 1846 at which time she moved they think to Meigs County and State of Ohio. They also state that they were well acquainted with her first husband Robert Crinnings deceased an old veteran man and a reputed soldier of the war of the Revolution who was receiving a pension of 96 dollars per annum at the time of their marriage. They state they were married in South Beaver township, Beaver County and State of Pennsylvania about the year A.D. 1823 as she states by Thomas Taylor a justice of the Peace and that they lived together as husband & wife and were reputed as such by all that knew them and never heard

The fact of their aforesaid marriage disputed or called in question They also state that the aforesaid Robert Cunnings died in the aforesaid town- ship about the year A.D. 1838 in the fall of the year and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a pensioner in the annexed declaration The deponents further state that the aforesaid Catharine Cline afterwards married to William Cline in the same township aforesaid by one Sam- uel Jackson a Justice of the Peace about the year A.D. 1841 and that the aforesaid William Cline died about the year A.D. 1845 of quinsy or sore throat and that about a year afterwards she moved away as above stated. They make this statement from the fact that they resided in the aforesaid township and within one half mile of both husband's residence dur- ing the time of their respective marriages and deaths and were at their residence at the time of their decease
And further the aforesaid Hugh Garvin states that he believes the aforesaid applicant for bounty land to be the identical person she represents herself to be from the fact that she wrote to him in the beginning of the winter as they had been well acquainted that she had become unable on account of the derangement of money matters to provide for her wants and requested him to see if he could obtain her a land warrant and that in pursuance to her request he made known the facts in her case as far as he knew them to the aforesaid Harvey McVayn who wrote out her application as aforesaid and further that he is not certain that he was at the first husband's funeral
Sworn and subscribed before
Hugh Garvin
this twenty seventh day of
John Garvin
February A.D. 1861 and that I am not interested
as agent or otherwise
Stephen Wall Justice of the Peace

312,603
Application for bounty land of Mrs Catharine Cline, Widow of Robert Cunnay a Soldier of the war of the Revolution Act of Congress March 3rd 1855
Agent Harvey McEown Enon Valley Lawrence County Penn a ,
PENNSYLVANIA, BEAVER COUNTY, ss.

PENNSYLVANIA, } ss. BEAVER COUNTY,
I, Matthew S. Tracy
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County, do certify that Andrew Hall is, and was, at the time of the signing the foregoing affidavit was made and whose genuine signature appears to the same is, and was, at the time of the signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, commissioned and sworn; and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are due, and of right ought to be given.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Beaver, this 11 th day of March , A. D. 185 7 .
Matthew S. Tracy
Prothonotary.

Robert Cunningham Cuning
Same as William Little.
[Faint signature or mark]
Coon
17262.
17262
Gov

Robert Cunningham Cuning
Same as William Little.
[Signature]
Low
17262.
Sep 180
Poor

Beaver County of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania On this 18 th day of September 1820 Personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the county of Beaver Robert Cunningham aged sixty five years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820 that he the said Robert Cunningham enlisted for the term of one year in January in the year 1776 in the State of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Hays in the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Irvine (State General Irvine) in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the Continental Establishment that he continued to serve in said corps until in April 1777 he was discharged from said service at Carlisle in the State of Pennsylvania that he was in the battle of the three rivers in Canada and some small skirmishes and that he is a cripple having left his right leg upwards of twenty years since and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except what accompanied his former application to the war office dated the 27 th day of April 1818 he was placed on the Pension list Pennsylvania agency as will appear by his certificate signed by the Secretary of war bearing date the 30 th day of May 1820 & 8 th And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st day of May 1820.
I do solemnly swear I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof without thereby to de- minish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed Schedule 1 old hearth & holt one 3/4 year old cow one loom and tackling Robert S Cunningham mark P

Declarant saith he formerly followed farming but is unable to follow any labour for several years past. He formerly had a wife and four daughters. His wife is deceased and daughters married.
Sworn to and subscribed the 18 th day of September 1820 In open court
Robt S. Cunningham mark
Thos. Hovey Clerk
Pennsylvania } Berks county } ss. Thomas Henry Gothsche To all the court of common pleas &c in and for said county do certify that the aforesaid Oath and Schedule thereto annexed are true copies from the records of said court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the Judges that the amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is fifty six dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said court at Reading the 15 th day of November 1820
Thos. Hovey Clerk

December 30 th 1820
I certify that Robert Cunnings the within applicant resides in Berne County Penn a
Robert Moore M c L

Beaver County ss
On the 5 th day of May 1819. before me the Subscribers one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Said County of Beaver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appeared Robert Cuning, aged Sixty one years resident in Beaver County, who being by me first Sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the united States in the revolutionary war, that he the Said Robert Cuning enlisted for one year in Cumberland County Penns a in the January 1776. in the Company commanded by Captain Sam l Hays in the 6 th regiment commanded by the late General W m Irvine in the Pennsylvania line, on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in Said Corps or in the Service of the united States untill he was discharged from Service at Carlisle in Penns a by Captain Hays in April 1777. that he was in the Battle of the three rivers in Canada and some small skirmishes with the Indians, that he is a cripple above twenty years by having his thigh broke and that he is poor and in very reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support that his house was burned some years since and his discharge consumed, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his Said Services Sworn to and declared before me the 5 th day of May 1819
Robert his  X Cuning mark
David Drennan
the above applicant Robert Cuning made application to me and I took his deposition the 27 th day of April 1818. and transmitted it to the war office, and it was returned for want of the notary Certificate.
David Drennan

I David Drennan associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Beaver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do Certify that it appears to my Satisfaction that the Said Robert Cuning did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time on the Continental Establishment, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, I am also Satisfied that he needs the assistance of his Country for Support, in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5 th day of May 1819
David Drennan
Robert Cuning Private 46 to 47 Spring Springfield Mass
not on file
Proof of service wanted State will certify to the credibility of the witness
Adm d
29. May 1820
Pennsylvania Beaver County
In Thomas Henry Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas &c. in and for Said County Do certify that David Drennan Esquire who took the foregoing Deposition was at the time of taking the same and continues to be one of the Judges of the Court of the Said County of Beaver duly Commissioned & sworn to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Beaver the 2 d day of July Anno Domini 1819
Thos Henry Prothonotary

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. Robert Cumming wid. File 9491
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1776 Apr. 1777 Pvt. Samuel Hay William Irvine Penn                                                   
Battles engaged in, Three Rivers Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Cumberland Co. Penn. Date of application for pension, May 5 1819. His el. was al. Residence at date of application, Beaver Co. Penn. Age at date of application, 61 years
Remarks: In 1820 widow refers to his wife who was dead and to four daughters, no names are stated. Soldier married in So. Beaver Co. Penn. Dec. 23 1823 Catharine Geho. he died in So. Beaver Co. Penn. Nov. 8 1836. She then married June 1841 William Oline, he died Jan. 11 1845. She was allowed pension as widow of Robert Cumming on an application executed Feb. 23 1861 while a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio aged 60 years. Very respectfully,

July 21, 1904, Hirt to Miss Bertha E. Kalder, Woonsocket, R.I. 1909 July 15 Hist. Soc. Mrs. B. H. Torreyson P.I.R.
1920, Oct-16 - Hist to Mrs. H. R. Juvenal - Eu.
Revolution. Pennsylvania WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9791 Katharine Kline formerly Wid Robert Cummings Print Rev. War
Act: Feby 3 rd  1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 136
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Catharine Kline formerly wid. of Robert Cunningham, decd. Hamilton Co. Ohio.
Admit for $96. per annum to commence Feb'y 3 d 1853
Certificate to Harry McLean Eagle Valley Pa.
Act Feb'y 3. 1853.
Free
Commissioner of Pensions Washington
D. C.

98,555
160 acres

Brief in the case of Journals Catharine Kline, widow of Robert Cun- ning. - Hamilton County and State of Ohio. Allow? act July 3 d 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband, Robert Cunningham, was a pensioner, Act March 18. 1818, at the rate of $8. per month.
No record evidence of marriage, but very full & satisfactory testimony of witnesses who were present at the ceremony. Death of husband, & present widowhood proved in like manner. —
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Allowed at the rate of $96. per annum to commence July 3 d 1853.
Harry McLean Esq Enon Valley Name and residence of Agent
M. A. Woodley Examining Clerk.

U. S. Pension Agency,
Columbus O.
April 13, 1889.
Hon. James Tanner
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
Yrs Oir est Servt
I hereby report that the name of
Catharine Cline
, who was a pensioner on the rolls of this Agency, under Certificate No. 7026, and who was last paid at $ 8, to Dec. 4, 1885, has been dropped because of failure to claim pension.
Very respectfully,
J. H. D. Ingram
Pension Agent.
Every name dropped to be thus reported at once.
Admiral, H. # 9791
W. G. ...

Beaver County ss the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Personally came before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County of Beaver Jeremiah Bannon who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that in the winter 1776 he was an enlisted Soldier [at Carlile] in Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by the late Col. William Irvine, that he was personally acquainted with Robert Cuning who enlisted the same winter 1776 in Captain Sam. Hays Company in said Regiment that they were enlisted for one year that the Regiment March d from Carlile in April 1778 and went to the Three Rivers in Canada that they returned to Carlile in February or March 1777 and was discharged that he is certain the Said Robert Cuning was in and went with the Regt. and returned with them and was discharged at Carlile the above mentioned time his
Jeremiah Bannon mark
Sworn and Subscribed before me This 7 th day of Novemb r 1819
David Drennan
I do certify Jeremiah Bannon the above Deponent is a man of good character and a man of veracity — David Drennan
I do hereby certify that I know of my knowledge that Robt. Cuning the within applicant was an enlisted Soldier in Capt. Hays Company in the Sixth Penn ya Regiment comm d by the late General Irvine, I seen him after in the ranks in the winter 1776 at Carlile and also seen him in the Regiment in March 1777 when they were discharged at Carlile, and I have had a knowledge of him ever since —
David Drennan

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Robt. Cunningham
Service Wa. or Ga
Additional Service Rev. War
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS: No claim except W. #9791

over
Woonsocket, R.I.
June 23, 1904.
U. S. Com. of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: -
I wish to ascertain if you have on the rolls of the soldiers of the Revolutionary War the name of Robert Cunnings.
I think he enlisted from Penn. but am not sure. I wish to know the date of his birth; the name of his wife, if it is given, and any particulars relating to his life or services.
Very truly, (miss) Bertha E. Kalder.

9791
Winlock Ark.,
July 6, 1909
Pension Dept.,
Washington —
Enc
9791
I would like to have what information you can give me about Robert Cunnings a Revolutionary soldier who enlisted either from Virginia or Pennsylvania, was a pensioner and is

buried in Salem, Penn. Thanking you very much if you will send me this I am Yours respectfully Alice B. Torreyson
Address.
Mrs. B. H. Torreyson Hinslow, Arkansas. Miller Hotel.

Pension Application of Catharine Cline widow of Robert Canning Decd Soldier in the war of the Revolution
Agent
Harvey M. Crown Enon Valley Lawrence County

State of Ohio County of Hamilton
In open Court
Present - P. Mallon Judge
On this twenty third day of February
Common Pleas
A. D 1861 before the Court of held within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Catharine Cline aged about sixty years a resident of the City of Cincinnati in the County of Hamilton and State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress passed on the 3rd February 1853 and June 3rd 1858 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow of Robert Cunning deceased who was a private in the company _____ commanded by Captain _____
_____ in the regiment _____ commanded by
_____ in the War of the Revolution _____
To the best of her information and belief her
husband entered the service at _____ about the beginning of the war for the term of five years and continued in actual service in said war for the term of five years and was honorably discharged at where peace was made in this country that her said husband was a pen- sioner of the United States under act of _____ at the rate of 96 Dollars per annum which was paid to him at the agency in _____ in the State of Pennsylvania and that she does not know where her husband's pension certificate is. She further declares that all she knows about her said husband's pension more than she has above stated is that her said husband received his pension from the United States whilst he was a resident of South Beaver Township in the County of Beaver & State of Pennsylvania from the year eighteen hundred and eighteen until his decease & that Thomas Humphreys & Alfred Lyons brought him his money. She further declares that she was married to the said Robert Cunning in South Beaver township Beaver County and State of Pennsylvania on the 23rd day of December A. D 1823 by one Thomas Taylor a

Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Catharine G who that her said husband died in the same township in which they were married on the 8 th day of November 1836
She further declares that she was afterwards married in the same aforesaid, to William Colin  (by one Samuel Jackson a Justice of the Peace)  month of June A.D. 1841 who died in the same township January 11 th A.D. 1845 and that she was a widow on the 3rd of February A.D. 1853 and still remains a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She further states that there is no public or private record of her said marriage to her knowledge, She further states that she removed from Beaver County and State of Pennsylvania about the year A.D. 1848 and that she has resided at her present residence to wit the City of Cincinnati since the year A.D. 1851 and that her Post Office address is Cincinnati Hamilton County Ohio. She makes this declaration to the best of her knowledge and belief for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the acts of February 3rd 1853 and June 3rd 1858.
She hereby appoints Harvey Wilson of Ennis Valley Lawrence County and State of Pennsylvania her true and lawful attorney with power of substitution to prosecute this her claim for a pension to receive the certificate when issued and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the premises.
Catharine her X Cline mark
We William H Wallace and William A Johnston residents of the City of Cincinnati in the State of Ohio upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration for pension was signed and acknowledged by Catharine Cline in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that we know that she has been unmarried ever since she came to this City which has been about ten ten years since and that she is now a widow we make this statement from the fact that we reside one William Johnston in the 9 th ward & Mrs H Wallace in the 12 th ward } William Johnston of Cincinnati and are well acquainted } Wm H Wallace with said Catharine Cline

Sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and year first within mentioned and I hereby certify that I know the said Catherine Cline to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing and further that I am not interested in this her claim as attorney or otherwise Witness my hand and seal of office of the said Catherine Cline
J. Mallow Judge Court Common Pleas Cincinnati Ohio
State of Ohio Hamilton County City of Cincinnati
On this 20 th day of March A D 1861 person ally appeared before the undersigned two justices of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer Oaths in and for said City & County aforesaid - personally appeared the above mentioned Catherine Cline and being duly sworn according to law saith that the facts set forth in her application is correct to the best of her knowledge & belief & we hereby certify that we know the said Catherine Cline and believe her statement & that she is the age she states she is and that the two witnesses William A Johnston & W H Wallace are credible persons & that we have no interest in her claim for pension or otherwise State of Pennsylvania County of Beaver Township of South Beaver H. H. Clark J.P. J. H. Rowenany Justice of the peace
On this twenty seventh day of February A D one thousand eight hundred and sixty one personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the Township County and State aforesaid Mary Ramsey aged about 79 years, a resident of South Beaver township County and State aforesaid since the 1825 or as long as long as I can recollect and who is to me well known and who is a credible witness and who being by me duly sworn doth upon her oath State that she was well acquainted with Catharine Cline who is the widow of William Cline & Robert Cunning and who has made the above application for a pension that she has known her since she was a young woman to about the year A D 1846 at which time she moved to the West She also states that she was well acquainted with the aforesaid Robert Cunning (an old revolutionary soldier) and who was reputed a drunk by all that knew him and who was receiving a pension from the United States of 96 dollars

a year) to whom she was married and with whom she lived as his wife during his natural life. She states she knows she the said Catharine Cline was married to the said Robert Canning from the fact that she was at their wedding and saw them married by one Thomas Taylor a justice of the peace and thought that it was unnatural to see an old crippled man of about seventy years of age marry a young girl of about twenty two or three years of age. She also states that he died some ten or fifteen years afterward in the same township. She lived within one half mile of their residence on a cabin and attended his funeral. She further states that it was Joseph Hemphill instead of Thomas Hemphill as stated in the application that acted as agent in getting her pension money for she went with her several times to Beaver town where the said Hemphill lived and see the said Catharine Cline receive her said husband's Robert Cunnings pension money. She was afterwards married to the aforesaid William Cline in the same township and lived with him as his wife nearly in the same place three or four years when the said William Cline died which is about the time as stated in the application he died of a sore throat and that she attended his burial and further saith not. Sworn and subscribed before me this 27 th day of February A.D. 1861 and that I am not interested as agent or otherwise. Mary Ramsay Reuben Wall Justice of the Peace State of Pennsylvania County of Beaver South Beaver township
On this twenty seventh day February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty one personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace within and for the township County and State aforesaid Hugh Garvin aged about 57 years and John Garvin aged about 59 years who are to me well known and who are credible witnesses and who being by me duly sworn doth depose and say that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Catharine Cline the above applicant for a pension that they have known her since or from the year 1815 to

to the year A.D. 1846 at which time she moved they think to Lucas County and State of Ohio they also state that they were well acquainted with her first husband Robert Cunnings deceased an old man and a reputed soldier of the war of the Revolution who was receiving a pension of 96 dollars per annum at the time of their marriage they were married in South Beaver township Beaver County and State of Pennsylvania about the year A.D. 1823 as she states By Thomas Saylor a justice of the Peace and that they lived together as husband and wife and were reputed as such by all that knew them the deponents never heard the fact of their marriage aforesaid disputed or questioned the said Cunnings died in the aforesaid township about the year A.D. 1836 in the fall of the year and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a pensioner in said Catharine Cline's declaration within the deponents further state that she was afterwards married to William Cline in the same township aforesaid by one Samuel Jackson a justice of the Peace about the year A.D. 1841 and that the said William Cline died about the year A.D. 1845 of Laming or sore throat and that about a year afterwards she moved away as aforesaid They make this statement from the fact that they lived in the aforesaid township and within a half a mile of both husband's residence during the time of their respective marriages and deaths and were at their residence at the time of their decease And further the aforesaid Hugh Garvin states that he believes the aforesaid applicant for pension to be the identical person she represents herself to be from the fact that she wrote to him in the beginning of the winter as they had been well acquainted that she had become unable on account of the derangement of money matters to provide for her wants and requested him to see if he could obtain her a land warrant and that in performance of her request he made known the fact in her case as far as he knew

them to the aforesaid Hawey O'Brien who gave him the information that if his story was a true one she was not only entitled to a bounty land warrant but also to a pension and further that he is not certain that he was at the first husband's funeral. Sworn and subscribed before me { Hugh, Garrison this twenty seventh day of { Nelson, Garrison February 1861 and that I am not interested as Agent, or otherwise Reuben Wells
Justice of the Peace

PENNSYLVANIA, } ss. BEAVER COUNTY, }
I, Matthew S. Leary , Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County, do certify that Reuben Watt Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, and whose genuine signature appears to the same is, and was, at the time of the signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, commissioned and sworn; and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are due, and of right ought to be given.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Beaver, this 11 day of March , A. D. 18 61 .
Matthew S. Leary Prothonotary.
THE STATE OF OHIO, } SET. HAMILTON COUNTY. }
I, Chas. E. Gist , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Hamilton, do hereby certify that J. Clark Esq. & J. H. Frank before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Justices of the Peace appears to have been taken were xxx at the time of taking and subscribing the same, & legally acting Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Hamilton aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all their official acts as such. That their signatures are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cincinnati, in the said County, this 14 th day of March A. D. 18 61 .
Chas. E. Gist Clerk, H. C. C. P.

DR. HOWARD R. JUVENAL OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN SUITE 3 NEW MICHAU BLDG.
12 ct stamp enclosed EB
Rev. Sec C.W.
MARYVILLE, MO. Sept 6, 1920.
Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Please furnish the following data from Pension # 9791.
What rank did Robert Cunningham hold in Revolutionary War?
Who were his Commanding Officers?
Capt. Col. Sent.
What battles did he serve in?
When did he enlist?
When was he mustered out?
Thanking you in advance. I am,
Yours truly,
Mrs. H. R. Juvenal. 221 South Buchanan St Maryville, Mo.
P.S. Any other information contained in your records which would be of service to me in applying to the Chapter of Daughters of the Revolution will be kindly received.
Mrs H.R.J.

J.R.W. Ex'p.
No. 9791, widow Revolutionary War.
July 21, 1904
Madam:-
In reply to your inquiry you are advised that Robert Cunn i ng, age 60 years, residing in Beaver Co., Pa., applied for pension April 27, 1818.
He stated that he enlisted in Cumberland Co., Pa. in January 1778, and served one year as a private under Capt. Samuel Hayes and Col. William Irvine, and was engaged in the battle of Three Rivers, Canada.
His claim was allowed. Date of birth not stated.
He married Catharine Geho, December 23, 1823, in Beaver Co., Pa., and there died November 8, 1836. She remarried William Cline June 1841, who died in January 1845, and she was pensioned as former widow of Robert Cunn i ng.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Bertha E. Kalder,
Woonsocket, S. D.