Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,582, Matthew Cunningham, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Cunningham Matthew Elizabeth
R. 2582
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No 7809 Elizabeth Cunningham, widow of Matthew,
Tenn.
July 4. 1836.
N. Manly, Marshal Illin's.
Elizabeth Cunningham widow of Matthew
N. Manly Marshal Ill

State of Tennessee Bradford County 3 rd Be it known that before me Herod H. Hoot, one of the Justices of the County Court of Bradford County, in said State personally appeared Elizabeth Cunningham a resident of said County, aged Eighty four Years, who being first duly sworn according to law, makes the following declar- ation, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 - July 9 th 1838 - March 3 rd 1843, June 17 th 1844, and acts Supplemental thereto, and also to obtain the pen- sion to which her husband was entitled under the act of June 7 th 1832 from the 4 th of March 1831 to the 14 th day of May 1840 - That she is the widow of Matthew Cunningham, who was a private in the War of the Revolution - That she is not able to state the exact time at which he entered the service of the United States, but she thinks it was in 1778 - That he was at the battle of Camden 12 th of August 1779 - That he served one tour of three months and either one other tour of six months, or two others of 3 months each, and he might have served as much as twelve months in all - but her opinion is that he only served nine months or six months - That she is not certain under what officer her said husband served but thinks he served under Capt Dyer in Col Porterfield's Regiment - She thinks this was in the North Carolina Militia, but it might have been in South Carolina - That she was married to the said Matthew Cunningham in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety one or Seventeen hundred and ninety two - That her first child was born in 1793 - That she was married in Orange County North Carolina by a Preacher of the Gospel named William Hodges

that her husband the said Mathew Cunningham died in the County of Bedford on the 14 th day of May, in the year one thousand Eight hun- dred and forty- and that she has not intermar- ried but still remains his Widow- that she now applies for the pension due her said hus- band from the 1 st of March 1831 to the 14 th of May 1840 and also for the benefit of the other several acts above named- that she verily be- lieves the Record annexed is correct and true
Sworn to and subscribed her Elizabeth Cunningham by making her mark before me this 30 th January 1852 H. F. Hott J. P. for Bedford County Court
I H. F. Hott one of the Judges of the County Court in and for the County of Bedford and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Elizabeth Cunningham who has this day before me subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration is unable from old age and bodily infirmary to attend said court in person H. F. Hott Chairman of the County Court of Bedford County Tennessee

State of Tennessee Bedford County ss Be it remembered that at the February Term 1852 of the County Court of Bedford County, in the State of Tennessee the foregoing proceedings had before H. F. Hott one of the Judges of the County Court, in vacation, in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Cunningham for a pension, were submitted to said Court in open Court, and the same fully approved and adopted by said Court, and ordered to be certified by said Court That at the same term of said Court began and held in said County on the 2nd day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, satisfactory proof was exhibited, to and before said Court, that Mathew Cunningham, the husband of said applicant, died in the County of Bedford aforesaid on the fourteenth day of May, in the year Eighteen hundred and forty—1840 and that he left a widow named Elizabeth Cun- ningham, who is the above applicant, and is still a widow
In testimony whereof I An- drew Vannoy the Clerk of said County have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the official Seal of said County Court this 3rd day of February, one thousand Eight hundred and fifty two Andrew Vannoy Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Matthew Cunningham 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. Rej-2582
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     78 6 or 9 mos. Pri. Peiper Porterfield VA   not allowed - no proof of mar. - no proof of service -  
Battles engaged in, Camden
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Jany 20. 1852.
Residence at date of application, Bedford Co., Tenn.
Age at date of application, 84
Remarks: Sol. mar Orange Co., N.C. 1791 or 2 Elizabeth
Sol. died Bedford Co., Tenn. May 14. 1840
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1907 Oct. 3. History to Mrs. Edith H. Hinkle
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
2582.
P. O. _____
Elizabeth Cunningham
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Mr Manly, Esqr. Marshall, Ill.

North Carolina Orange County ss.
I Joseph Allison, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Orange, and State aforesaid, do hereby Certify that, I have made diligent and thorough search, in my office, and cannot find the marriage bond of Matthew Cunningham to Elizabeth _____
I further Certify that the files of Marriage Bonds, in my office, give abundant proof of having been kept in a very loose & careless manner; and I have no doubt many are mislaid or entirely lost.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at office in Hillsborough Orange County, N.C. This 20 th day of March A.D. 1852
J Allison C.C.C
My Dear Sir
I have searched a grate deal & delayed answering in hope of finding it but cannot succeed in doing so yours &c
J Allison

Marshall St. 7. April 1852.
Sir,
I enclose certificate in the case of the W d son of Matthew Cunningham -
Respectfully Yours truly

KNOW all men by these presents, that I do hereby constitute and appoint
W Manley
my true and lawful attorney, for and in my name, to prosecute and
attend to the allowance of a certain claim which I have asserted against the United States for pension,
both before the
Commissioners of pensions, the Secretary of the Interior, and any department of the Government, or the Congress of the United States, and my said Attorney is authorised and empowered one or more Attorneys under him to make and constitute, for the purposes aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming what my said Attorney and those by him constituted, may do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal, this 30 th day of January , 185 2 .
Elizabeth Cunningham  SEAL. mark
Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of {
J. W. White H. F. Hott
State of Tennessee
Bedford
county, { SS:
Justices
Before the subscriber, one of the in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared
Elizabeth Cunningham
above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. Witness my hand
this 30 th day of January , 185 2
H. F. Hott
J. P.
State of Tennessee
Bedford
county, { SS:
I, Andrew Vannoy
, Clerk of the Coventry
court, in
and for the county aforesaid, do hereby certify that
H. F. Hott
is one
of the Justices of the Peace
in and for said county, duly commissioned
and qualified, and the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of office, this 3 rd
day of February
, 185 2 .
Andrew Vannoy
Clerk.

Brumhall Ill. Feb 10th 1852
Friend
I enclose claim of Mrs. Elizabeth Carrington her for services done her under act of June 1832 as died.
I am sure that the proof of marriage is defective, but I wish to know whether the rolls show her husband's name.
Respectfully W. W. Story

U.S. Pension Office Washington D.C.
Will you kindly send me the war records of Rev. Gerhart Henkel Jacob or Justus Henkel or Hinkle Paul Henkel or Hinkle Mathew Cunningham all of whom I think took active part in the Revolutionary war. The Henkel or Hinkle family were

from Germantown Pa.
Mathew Cunningham was from Pennsylvania. I think Virginia and was a repairer of guns.
Also I find the name of Benj m Harbison as one of the signers of the 12 th Pledge of Honor Oct 25 th 1765 - before the declaration of Independence. Can you tell me did he or any one by the name of Harbison take part in the war of the Revolution.

I will be very glad of any information you can give me.
Sincerely.
Mrs. Edith Harrison Hinkle Melamora Ind.
Sept. 1 st 1907.

October 4, 1907.
Mrs. Edith Harbison Hinkle, Metamora, Indiana.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 1st ultimo and received on the 3d, you are herewith furnished a statement of facts concerning the only Matthew Cunningham found on the Revolutionary War pension records of this Bureau, and are advised that a careful search of said records fails to afford any information regarding Benjamin Harbison, or Paul, Justus, Jacob and Gernart Henkle (or Hinkle) of Pennsylvania or Virginia troops.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.