Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 16729, John Coonrod, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Coonrod, John
8 16729
Carded
CONTENTS

13579 P Indiana
John Coonrod of Pike Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Snider of the Regt commanded by Col ————— in the Pennsylvania line for New months
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of May 1833 and David John McIntire Peterboro
Arrears to the 4th of March $60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 13.00 $73.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Daniel Day Clerk Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 107
Letter to John McIntire b. July 1841. Dead

Mr Leonard
21309

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 1832
State of Indiana Pike County 3 p.
October
On this eleventh day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appear- ed in open court before the judges of the Pike County Circuit Court now sitting John Boonrod a resident of Washington Township in the County of Pike and State of Indiana aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, cloth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in after stated that he was on the 5 th day of September 1757 as appears to him by an entry in a bill made by his father born and raised in Lancaster County Pennsylvania and that was a resident of said County here in June in the year 1776 when aged about 19 he was drafted and served three months under the command of Lieutenant Contra that the company consisted of about 25 men and served as a flying camp on the frontiers to prevent the inroads of the Indians that they were marched to Wiaricks Station on Penns Creek from thence to Potters Ford from thence to Watsons Ford in Penns Valley where after a tour of 3 months were discharged the inhabi- tants having moved into the settlements he served with no regular forces and received no regular discharge discharge That in the June of the year 1777 being a resident of the same Coun- ty in Pennsylvania he was again drafted and served with a company of Militia of between twenty & thirty men under cap- tain Snider three months guarding the frontiers from the savages that he was marched to Buffaloe Valley and from thence marched to protect Will Kero Mile where he was discharged without receiving any regular discharge That in October 1778 of the same year he resided in the same County in Pennsylvania where he was drafted & entered the service under Captain Shaffer of the Militia that he re- deavored at Lebanon in Lancaster County from thence marched marched to Lancaster where we expected to receive arms but did not get them until we were marched to Reading town from thence were marched to Quaker Meeting house and from thence to Spring Meeting house where there was 6 or 7 companies

of Matilda and 2 companies of regulars that after Christmas they were marched to Chestnut Hill near Philadelphia expected to have received aid from Genl Washington but he did not meet but that they retreated to Spring Mounting house where he was discharged after a tour of 10 months that he does not recollect the name of any of the Regular officers nor does he recollect the Continental regiments with which he served that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service that he was not out of the State Pennsylvania during any of his services aforesaid that he removed from the State of Pennsylvania to Jefferson county Kentucky from there about 20 years ago removed from to this County where he has since resided on Thomas Head Isaac Smith David Wednesday William P. Wright. I believe him man persons living in his household who can testify as to his character for veracity and as to their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution as to the amount of his services I can give you 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 & year aforesaid John X Coonrod more G.W. Tuten C. 256
W. David Hornad, a Clergyman and Thomas Thomas P. Stewart Thomas P. Stewart residing in the County of Pike State of Indiana here by certify that we are well acquainted with John Boon and who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age: that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Several and subscribed the day - David Homaday Your aforesaid
Letter to Martin Ch
Thos Stewart Thos Pride
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories proposed 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 Daria Hornaday who has signed the preceding

What is in that your record you have? The certificate is a lingyman incident in the County of Pike and that Thomas C. Stewart and Thomas Pridde who have also signed the same are incidents in the County of Pike and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Have you any Record of your age and if so when is it?
Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the Revolutionary War & Where do you now live?
How were you called into service, were you drafted if so did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Question 5 th State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served: such Continental or Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
I John McIntire Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pike County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Coonrod for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11 th day of October A.D. 1832
J. McIntire C.P.C.

Question 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Question 7 th 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
Mr. Pease
21309

21309 Conrode Ind a
from 1776 private 9 months /30.
from Antie C.C. Pike county Petersburg. Ind a

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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those 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, shewing the Service of John Coonrod Pike as Ind n
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776. 3 1 st ser. Lt Col Talc Pa: 75 Lancaster Pa Tradg.   but June 1777 3 " Capt Under " "   " Oct 1777 4 " Capt Shaper " "  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons --one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , 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.
□ 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 in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
W. D. L. Withers Ex. Clk.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. John Coonrod.  116729
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1776 3 mos. Pvt. Lieut. Coates Flying Camp   June 1777 3 mos. Sneider Penn.   Oct. 1777 4 mos. Shafer          
Battles engaged in,  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lebanon Co. Pa.  Date of application for pension, Oct. 11, 1832 His ch. was ab.  Residence at date of application, Washington Twp. Pike Co. Ind.  Age at date of application, 75 - Born Sept. 5, 1757 in Lebanon Co. Pa.
Remarks:
For Tombstone purposes.

all out v. 2 m.
16.729 INVALID.
1908 Jan'y 11 Mrs. S. W. Chapp Petersburg. Ind. for monu 1924 Oct. 11 hist. to Mrs. W. E. Treanor M.S.
File No. 16,729
John Cornett
Pri Rev M
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 489
[Arrangement of 1870.]

from Mrs. W.E. Treanor 3627 Winthrop Ave. Indianapolis, Ind.
Department of Interior Section of Revolutionary Soldiers,
Sirs,
The secretary of the Caroline Scott Harrison chapter of the D.A.R. has referred me to you for information I need in regard to some men whose Revolutionary service is traditional, but unestablished.
I should appreciate very much knowing the state in which these men enlisted, their term of service, and any other particulars which would be pertinent to a history of certain families settling in Indiana between 1800 and 1816.
July 1 Johannes Coonrod ; he went also by the name John, but his tombstone is marked Johannes, and after his name, Revolutionary soldier.
James Brenton (or Brinton). He served in an Indian engagement in Lincoln County Ky. in 1782, but the place of his Revolutionary enlistment is unknown to me. His service has been established.
Paul Tislow. He emigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1776, and is thought to have served with troops from that state.
Woolsey Pride (also spelled Wilsey) , thought to be of Virginia
Henry Miley , thought to be of Virginia or Pennsylvania.
Moses Harrell , Nansemond County, Virginia.
Hosea Smith , N. Carolina.
If the names of these men do not appear on your records, is that conclusive proof that they did not ##### serve? Or are your records incomplete, so that the absence of their names may not be used as conclusive proof?
I shall appreciate very much your answers to these queries and assure you that they are of considerable interest to a large number of the descendents of these men.
Yours very gratefully,
Alvin Jean Treanor
Mrs. W.E. Treanor

October 11, 1934
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BA-J/MCS John Coonrod, S. 16729 James Brenton, W. 2518
Mrs. W. E. Treanor 3627 Winthrop Avenue Indianapolis Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War records of Johannes or John Coonrod, James Brenton, Paul Tislow, Woolsey or Wilsey Pride, Henry Miley, Moses Harrell and Hosea Smith.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of Paul Tislow, Woolsey or Wilsey Pride, Henry Miley, Moses Harrell and Hosea Smith.
As possible means of securing information in regard to the military services of these soldiers, it is suggested that you address The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 16729, based upon the military service of John Coonrod.
He was born September 5, 1757, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in June, 1776, and served three months as private in a company of Pennsylvania Flying Camp under the command of Lieutenant Contee. He enlisted in June, 1777, and served three months as private in Captain Snider's Pennsylvania company. He enlisted in October, 1777, and served four months as private in Captain Shafer's Pennsylvania company.

After the Revolution he moved from Pennsylvania to Jefferson County, Kentucky, and about 1812 he moved to Pike County, Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 11, 1832, at which time he was living in Washington Township, Pike County, Indiana.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
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The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 2518, based upon the military service of James Brenton.
While a resident of Virginia, he enlisted and served as private with the Virginia troops as follows: from August or September, 1780, served more than one month as private under Captain Peter A. Sturgus and Colonel George Rogers Clarke and was in an engagement with the Shawnee Indians at Piqua; in 1781, one month as private under Captain John Cowan, one month as private under Captain Ambrose Gordon, and one month as private under Captain Ellison; in 1782 he served three tours amounting to more than three months in all as private under Captains Joseph Kincaid, Samuel Kirkham, and Colonel Benjamin Logan and was in General George Rogers Clark's expedition.
After his service he lived in Kentucky and Indiana.
He was allowed pension on her application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was sixty-eight years of age and was living in Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana.
He died at Petersburg, Indiana, June 16, 1836.
James Brenton married September 21, 1830, Mary Ainsley who was born October 3, 1783, and both were residents of Pike County, Indiana.
She was allowed pension on her application executed May 9, 1843, at which time she was living in Washington Township, Pike County, Indiana. She was living in that county in 1855.

It was stated that James and Mary Brenton had no children. No reference was made to a former marriage of the soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator