Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4165, Thomas Cottrill, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Cottrill, Thomas or Cotterill
W. 4165.
1771
Nancy
CONTENTS
July 6 1770

Ohio 92.375
Thos. Cottrell
of Picayune in the State of Ohio, who was a P. S. Serf in the C. S. commanded by Captain Armstrong of the R. C. commanded by Col. Crawford in the Virginia line for one year 7 mos. & 24 days. 13. 12 Long. — 67. 00 6. 12 Short. — 21. 33 88. 33
Entered on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of $8 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Oct 1833 and sent to Mrs. H. Lynch, Georgetown, B.C. Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. — 220.00 Forward allowance ending 4th Mar 34. — 14.17 $265.17
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. H. Palmer Clerk Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 5.

Ohio 3159
Nancy Cottenill widow of Thomas Cottenill de Da who died on the 27th March 1836 of Brown Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Pri & Sgt. in the Company commanded by Captain Summagle of the Bkt. commanded by Col. Crawford in the Regt Va line for 6 mos 14 days Private 13 2 1/2 " Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 88 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1834 27th March 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Sept 1839 at Chillicothe Ohio Arrears to the 4th Sept 1839 $304.16 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th March 1840 44.16 $348.32
{ Revolutionary Claim. Act July 4, 1836. Section the 3 }
Recorded by M. C. Madison Clerk Book 14 Vol. 2 Page 177
Let. to Pen: agent Mar 32 1840
Rate of Secret m. 88-

The State of Ohio Brown County Court of Common Pleas July Term 1833
On this 27 th day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Brown and state of Ohio now sitting Thomas Catterill a resident of the County of Ohio state aforesaid aged eighty three 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th . 1832
That in the month of August 1774 in what was called Dunmore's Campaign he entered the service of his country as a volunteer at Shenandoah river in the state of Virginia under Captain Boveman, Major Crawford and Colonel McDaniel he was engaged and served a term of four months and ten days and was encamped at Camp Charletta, at Waughpoughtomaka, and at Becket's Fort, he was engaged the whole time against the Indians with whom they had many skirmishes and a very warm battle at Waughpoughtomaka at the end of this term spent was discharged and went home. During the year 1775 in the months of June and July deponent states that he served a term of six weeks as a spy against the Indians between Pittsburgh and the catanyan river where he had several sharp conflicts with the Indians on this term he was under the command of Capt. Rumagee no higher officer being present.
In the Spring of 1777, deponent cannot state the month but believes it was in the spring season he served one month as a volunteer against the Indians at Minton's bottom on the Ohio river

the officers were Captain Ellis, Lieutenant Davidson and Ensign Dechart. he was out on this tour fighting the indians at the bottom
In the year 1778 deponent served three months against the indians as a volunteer as follows to wit he served during the month of August under Captain Davidson at Mingo bottom one month namely October under Captain Jones at the mouth of Big Beaver and the month of November at Yellow creek and Redstone under Captain Patton during this service he had warm times with the indians but no decided battle
In 1779 served as a volunteer against the indians on the little Sciota river there were four hundred men under the command of Colonel Hall and our deponent was out this tour six weeks and was an orderly sergeant in his company Captains Griffith, Byers, and Miller were along they had hard times, on this tour deponent was three days without a mouthful to eat it was in the months of June and July at the end of which he went home
In the year 1780 and month of July he was stationed as guard near Pittsburgh under the command of Captain Johnson and served one month
In the year 1781 deponent was out the whole of the year under Captain Johnson Colonel Crawford and General McIntosh he was attached to a body called "indian spies and frontier rangers" and held the office and performed the duties of orderly sergeant in his company during the whole year; he was marched to Guyan to Big Beaver, to indian creek to where he and thence in to the interior he was engaged in skirmishes with the indians on Fishing creek, the country at that time was red and white but

tho' my settle a deponent cannot remember the names of all the creeks rivers Bottoms and indian town where was marched during this year the most of the year was spent in quar- tering the country lying between Pittsburgh and Wheeling and on the head waters of the Ohio and many of the places where was marched have no names now At the end of the year deponent was discharged at Pittsburgh by General Hand under whose command deponent served part of the year deponent never received a commission or a written discharge - he has no record of his age but states that he was born in Shenandoah County Virginia July 16 th 1750 he has lived in Brown County Ohio about five years that previous thereto he lived in in Nicholas County Kentucky 38 years he knew capt. Bowman, Burnaby, Ellis Davis son, col. Crawford, Orr and Hase, Major M c Daniel, Gen. McIntosh, Hand, and "Old Man Anthony" as he calls Gen. Wayne he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his services but is well known to John Wright Isaac Ambrose and Jacob Wright and other residents of his present neighborhood who have known him both in Kentucky and in this state by whom he can prove his good character for truth and veracity and his reputation as a soldier of the revolution there is no glazymann in his neighborhood to testify for him he never received a pension and 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 the day and year aforesaid H. P. Cottrell J. M. King Clerk
We John Wright and Isaac Ambrose residents of the County of Brown in the state of Ohio

do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Cottrell who has subscribed and sworn to the above foregoing declaration that we feeling him to be eighty three years of age that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity and is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he now resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed & John H. [unclear] the day and year aforesaid { Isaac [unclear] - [unclear] G. W. King Clerk { mark
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 sol- dier and served as he states And the Court fur- ther certifies that it appears to them that John Knight and Isaac Ambose who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Brown County aforesaid, are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I G. W. King clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Brown and state of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proce- edings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Cottrell for a pension
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of my office this 22 nd day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
G. W. King clerk of Brown County Ohio

Application made in order to obtain a Pension under the Act of July 6 1836
Dorcas appeared in Open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of Brown County in the State of Ohio and in her affidavit of Catherill who being duly sworn according to law on her said oath states that she was born on the sixth day of January last the year of her birth she cannot give further than that she now verily believes she is eighty one or eighty two years of age in Somerset County in the Eastern part of the State of New Jersey and she further believes that she was married to Thomas Catherill on the fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five in the Redstone settlement in the State of Pennsylvania by Parson Hogg she cannot state the denomination to which he belonged. She has twelve children by the said Thomas Catherill, her oldest child of said marriage was Elizabeth Harney (now deceased) and she was born about eighteen months after said marriage and is now living and is about sixty two years of age Her youngest child of said marriage is Nancy Light wife of John Light of Brown County Ohio and she is now about forty two years of age. She verily believes that her said husband was a soldier of the Revolution and he obtained a pension for his services in the war of the Revolution. She herewith forwards

his pension certificate and refers to his declaration & proofs on file (as the subpoena in the pension office at Washington City for proof of his service in the War of the Revolution & for the particulars of said service. She lived with the said Thomas Cottrell as his wife until his death which took place in Brown County in the State of Ohio on the twenty seventh day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty six. She has remained the widow of the said Thomas Cottrell ever since his death and yet is his widow.
She lives in Redstone Settlement as nearly as she can now remember about eleven or twelve years and then she moved with her said husband to Bourbon County in the State of Kentucky where she lived some years and the names of Nicholas County in the same State and lived there some years and the number of which is with the said Cottrell she cannot now remember but then about twelve or thirteen years ago she and her said husband moved to Brown County in the State of Ohio in which she has continued to reside and now resides after said marriage her husband served in the War of the Revolution and has served in said War the following seven years after said marriage but she cannot from memory state the time of his service with the exception after said marriage & as she leaves it up to the declarations & proofs of her said husband for proof of this fact.

Her said husband served on the Delawar under Captain Bowman. The Court now state the names of his officers Respectfully
She has no record of her age other than the There was a record of it in her family Bible that has been born up. She has no other record of the date of her marriage or of the births of her children There was contained in her family Bible now produced in Court which she has been informed believed was copied into it from said family Bible destroyed as aforesaid and that it was so copied therein by her said husband.
She hereby relinquishes all claim whereby to a pension except the present and declares that her name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
The Mark of Mary Cottrell Cottrell
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court October 5 th 1839
W. King Clerk
Signed in my presence Mrs. J. Cliffe
Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of Brown County in the State of Ohio now in Debora Nancy Cottrell a resident of said County of Brown who is an Applicant for a Pension under the law of July 4 th 1836 and said Court having examined the matter do hereby de- clare their opinion that the said Nancy Cottrell was law- fully married to Thomas Cottrell on the fourteenth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five that the

said Thomas Cottrell served of the Revolution after said Marriage and was a private & sergeant in said War that he departed this life in Brown County Ohio on the twenty seventh day of March 1836 that the said Nancy Cottrell has not intermarried since his death but continues to be and is now his widow and that she is a credible person and the court further certify that John Fogle who has sworn and subscribed to an affidavit in support of the claim of the said Nancy Cottrell for a pension and that John H. Fogle who has also made an affidavit in support of her claim are credible persons and that the statements made by them respectively in said affidavits are entitled to full faith & credit.
The State of Ohio } Brown County } ss
I Wm King Clerk of the court of com- -mon pleas of Brown County State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Nancy Cottrell for a Pension for services wherein I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court at Georgetown this twelfth day of October AD 1839.
Wm King Clerk

Thos. C. Cattrill of Nancy Guinees Was Married at May the 14 th 1775

26. 454 22.375
Thomas Scotterite Ohio
65
30. 5. 12
12
Adm 1 yr 7 Mo 8 24 days 1. year 1 Mo 8 12 days thereof as serf. —
88.33 \frac{1}{2}
176.66
44.17
22.83
Thomas H. Lynch Georgetown Brown County Ohio
Commissioner of Pensions

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
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 Thomas Cottrell
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 1 12 priv Col. Rumagee 83 years Traditionary   1777 1 " Ellis Virginia   1778 3 " Davidson   " 1 12 serg. " Miller   1780 1 priv " Johnson   1781 1 serg. " da   Col. Branford   1 7 21 1/2  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
G. { 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 inquiry 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, deposes and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 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.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWP/eel
May 6, 1929
Mrs. J.F. Martin 201 So. Hill Street Oceanside, California
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.4168 , it appears that Thomas Cottrell or Cotterill was born, July 16, 1750, in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
He served with the Virginia Troops as follows:
From in August, 1774, four months and ten days in Dunmore's Campaign under Captain Bowman and Colonel M. Daniel, and had several skirmishes with the Indians; in June and July, 1775, six weeks as a spy under Captain Ramagee; in the spring of 1777, one month out against the Indians on the Ohio River under Captain Ellis; in 1778, three months out against the Indians under Captains Davidson, Norris and Rataw; in the summer of 1779, six weeks as orderly sergeant under Captain Hall; in the summer of 1780, one month as a guard near Pittsburgh under Captain Johnson; in 1781, one year as orderly sergeant in a company of Indian Spies and frontier rangers under Captain

Johnson and Colonel Crawford.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 22, 1833, at which time he was living in Brown County, Ohio, having lived previously in Bourbon Barbour and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. He died, March 27, 1836, in Brown County, Ohio.
The soldier married, May 14, 1775, in the Redstone Settlement, Pennsylvania, Nancy Gerance. She was born, January 6, 1757 or 1758, in Somerset County, New Jersey.
She was allowed pension on her application executed October 5, 1839, at which time she was living in Brown County, Ohio.
It is stated that they had twelve children, their oldest child, Elizabeth, was born eighteen months after their marriage; she married Hiram Harney; their youngest child, Millie or Mille, was born in March, 1797, and was the wife of John W. Fight, of Brown County, Ohio. The names of other children are not shown.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Theo. Lotterill of the State of Ohio, who was a Private and Sergeant, in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Eighty-Eight dollars and Thirty Three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 24 th day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Lewis Cass.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Geo. Crump
Acting Commissioner of Pensions.

Monies in Ross County 6 years part 20th Oct 1855 previous to the Institute & etc
Payments to be made at Cincinnati by S. W. M. Baskin Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of Ohio.
Thomas Lottrell
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice in Book E Vol. 8. Page 5 th by W. H. Balmer Clerk.

The State of Ohio Brown County Court of Common Pleas September term A.D. 1839
I normally appeared in open court before the court aforesaid now in session I then & right of said County of Brown of lawful age who being duly sworn according to law on his said oath deposes and says that he was well acquainted with Thomas Cottenill who in his lifetime was the husband of Nancy Cottenill now an orphan to for a period and her frequently seen the said Thomas Cottenill write and is well acquainted with his hand writing and from his said acquaintance with the hand writing of the said Thomas Cottenill he verily believes that the writing and date of the marriage of the said Thomas Cottenill and Nancy Cottenill  Frances  now Nancy Cottenill is in the proper hand writing of the said Thomas Cottenill that he this day saw said paper torn from a bible which he verily believes was the only family bible of the said Thomas Cottenill for some years before his death and at the time of his death that he (the deponent) saw frequently said said bible in the possession of the said Thomas Cottenill in his lifetime and saw in it an identical writing and signature on the leaf thereof which is now the herewith enclosed that said Thomas Cottenill lived several months in the fall and winter of the year eighteen hundred and thirty three in said County of Brown and brought said bible to the house of this deponent with

him and That while he had said Bible at the house of this deponent he (this deponent) frequently saw said writing and papers (the title of said writings) in said Bible as it now is written. This deponent has also seen the old family Bible of the said Thomas Cottrell during the life of the said Thomas and he firmly believes from the appearance thereof that it had been greatly injured and a great part thereof destroyed by the having been water the greater part of it was gone when this deponent last saw it in the life time of the said Thomas Cottrell. This deponent further states that the present family Bible of the said Nancy from which said Bible are now taken does not contain the dates of the ages of his children nor of any of them as he has ascertained by examination thereof he further believes that it never did so as no part of it has been gone since its appearance. Said Bible or part part of it was was not not said Bible said Thomas Cottrell before his death was greatly afflicted with the rheumatism and had been injured by a fall from his horse which caused caused together with old age This deponent believes produced his death. This deponent further states that he married a daughter of the said Thomas and Nancy Cottrell who is their youngest child and that he believes his wife is now aged fully two years last October. This deponent has been well acquainted with seven children of the said Nancy & Thomas

all of whom he believes were older that his said wife and has he and said verily believes that the said Thomas a Nancy has twelve children this deponent never heard the part of the marriage of the said Thomas Cottrell Nancy Cottrell doubted or in any manner disputed by any person whomsoever and verily believes they were lawfully married on the fourteenth fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy five and he further fully believes from statements made by the said Thomas Cottrell to this deponent that the said Thomas served in the war of the rebellion after his marriage to the Nancy said Elizabeth This deponent further believes that the said Nancy Cottrell  Elizabeth has not intermarried but continues the widow of the said Thomas and that she is of the age she states herself to be in her declaration made to obtain a pension; this deponent knows that the enclosed pension certificate was intended for the said Thomas Cottrell and he carried money to him from Thomas to Lynchburg his agent who drew his pension and further this deponent can't rest.
John W. Fife
Sworn to & subscribed in open court October 5 th 1889 W. King Clerk

4755
Application of residence of Nancy Cottrell of Brown County Ohio for a Pension under an Act of July 4 th 1836.
admitted

State of Ohio, Brown County Court of Common Pleas September Term 1839
Personally appeared in open court before the court above John Fife who being duly sworn according to law on this day on oath states that he is now about seventy years of age and will be of that age on the eighth day of this month that he became acquainted with Thomas Cottenill and Nancy Cottenill his widow and who is now an applicant for a pension about fifty three years past in Bourbon County in the State of Kentucky where they were then living as husband and wife and had the knowledge of this deponent three children being with them but whether they had more than three at the time he first became acquainted with them he does not remember this deponent lived a near neighbor to the said Thomas & Nancy Cottenill in Bourbon County about ten or fifteen years they were recognized by their neighbors while there and this deponent never heard any doubt of the fact of their having been lawfully married and by believes they were so married While this deponent was living as afterward in Bourbon County in Kentucky George Bennett and his family lived in the same neighborhood

and this deponent heard said George Stewart at the time he was living in said County State that he came from the same neighborhood in Pennsylvania from which said Cottenill & wife had come and said Stewart with a friendly heart I spoke of said Cottenill & wife as persons who had been lawfully married together. This deponent who lives about a mile from said Mary Cottenill & has lived in neighborhood to her since she came to said County and fully believes she is a woman of good character for truth and does not doubt but that she is so. See further believes that she has remained unmarried since since the death of the said Thomas Cottenill and yet is his widow said Thomas Cottenill departed this life in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty days in said County of Penn. This deponent fully believes that the said Cottenill who afterwards married Hiram Harvey (as this deponent believes) at the time he first became acquainted with the family in Kentucky near nine or ten years of age in judging from her size and appearance at that time. a few years later This deponent heard that Johnite

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of October A.D. 1889
Wm. Andrew Paton Judge 15th Judicial Circuit in the state of Ohio

4755 Application of Nancy Cottrell of Brown County Ohio for a Patent under the laws of July 4 th 1836. Ohio Oct. 16 1839
4 July 1836
Georgetown College
Thos
Henry A. Thomas Commissioner of Patents Washington City D.C.

George Town Brown County Ohio October 11th 1839
Sir.
I herewith enclose the application of Nancy Cottrell of Brown County Ohio for a Pension under the Act of July 4th 1836. Should you be of opinion that under that Act the proof is not sufficient to make out her claim - then you will please consider the same as an application for a Five year Pension.
You will oblige me by directing her certificate or any communication you may think proper to make, to me at Batavia Ohio, and not to Georgetown .
As the proof in her case appears to be decisive I hope it will meet with an immediate attention on your countenance & the duties will permit.
I am Sir
Very Respectfully George H. Ladd. G. H. Ladd
Rev J. L. S. did add Commission of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Oceanside California, 201 So.Hill ST.,, October 17, 1928.
United State, Department of The Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington , D.C.
Wanted; Rev.War Records for D.A.R.
The Rev.War Pension records of my Great-Great-Grandfather, Thomas Cotterill (Cotteral, spelled now).
Thomas Cotterill was born 1749, am not positive of place of birth but either Maryland or Virginia.He is listed in the Virginia State Library as Thomas Cotterill, private in the Virginia Militia in the Rev.War; his name was placed on the Pension roll Oct.24,1833; his pension at $ 88.33 a year, commencing March 4, 1831; his age was given 84 years, at that time residents of Brown CO.Ohio. (Reference Vol. 3, Page 105).
Sincerely,
( Mrs. J. F. )
Effie M. Martin
201 So.Hill St., Oceanside, California.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4165
Nancy Cotterille
Wid.
Thos. Cotterille
Sergt. P.M. Line
Act: July 4 th 86, Sec. 89
Index — Vol. A Page 143
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929. May 6 11:20 AM '29

4755 Nancy Catterill W. Tho. Ohio.
admitted
Pr 6-12. Sept 13.. 12. $88 \frac{33}{100}
Leop. Rummage Columbia Pa.
died 27 March 1836
At 4 July 1836
J. Jolliffe Batavia Ohio

Lowry July 25
Free
J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
No. 454.

Georgetown Brown County Ohio July 24 th 1883
Dr. Sir
I enclose you the declaration of Thomas Cottence an applicant for a pension. A return as soon as practicable directed to me at this place would confer a great favor on the old man. I am aware of the press of business in your office and perhaps therefore ought not to ask an indulgence for this applicant before his time comes as many no doubt have as strong claim to an indulgence. I will however observe that this applicant is among the most needy of the needy . If you think from his declaration he is entitled to a pension Please send a return as soon as practicable
Yours very respectfully
Thomas H. Smith
Agent for applicant
J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions

Thomas Catterill Ohio Act of June 1832 At what time paid?
Can. Officers.
See 21. 1839
p 88. died 27 March 1836
p 4 March 1836
SH