Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 3203, James Courtney, Va

Va
Courtney, James or Coatney (papers under)
8 3203

The State of Mississippi's Declaration in order to be- Simpson County of the retain the benefit of the Act Brother Circuit Court of Congress passed June 8th At October Term 1852 1832.
On this the fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally ap- peared in open court before the Honorable Edward Turner Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of the County of Simpson and State of Mississippi now sitting James Courtney a re- sident of the said County of Simpson and a State of said aged sixty eight 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 eighth 1832. That he the said James Courtney entered the service of the United States about the 1888 as a volunteer soldier in the Virginia militia under one Capt. Joseph Cole not for a definite period but to remain until dis- charged by his officers and that at that time he continued in said service but for a short time say a few months. That he afterwards volunteered and entered said service again under one Capt. Robert Edmiston and mar- ched down Holston River to what was call- ed Wolf Hills continued but a short tour and was discharged. He recollects that he vo- lunteered and served one short campaign un- der Capt. William Edmiston. And that he volunteered under the said Robert Edmiston for a period of twelve months to march to Charleston South Carolina and entered said service and continued in the said County of Washington in the State of Virginia in readiness and daily expecting orders to

march to Charleston and forward for the term of at least three months, and during said period of three months he continued in said service in a state of discipline and readiness to march at a minutes warning until or- ders came to the officers under whom he was placed that they were not to march to Charleston whereupon said officers dis- charged their men. That during the period of about three years in the latter part of the revolutionary war he the said James Courtney when he was not actually engaged in said service stood as a minute man ready to march at the shortest notice and frequently marched on short excursions, the particulars of which he has almost entirely forgotten. That he recollects of seeing Major Wm. Outlaw and Col. William Campbell. That he does not recollect that he ever received a discharge from said service. That he believes he served as a volunteer soldier in aforesaid all the said service. That he was living when called into the State of Virginia. That he was below in the year 1784. at the 19th October in Craven County (British style) in the State of South Carolina and has resided since the revolutionary war in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi where he now resides in Simp- son County. That he is known in his present neighborhood to Bruce Miller, Edmund Barren and Rev. James Powell and others who can testify as to his character for veracity and the length of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. And that he the said James Courtney hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity.

except the present, and hereby declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State of the Union. Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.
E. Turner Presiding Judge      James Courtney
We William Morris a clergyman and Brice Miller both residing in the said County of Simpson and State of Mississippi do hereby certi- fy that we are well acquainted with James Court- ney who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age, that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we con- cur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid before E. Turner Presiding Judge      Wm Morris Brice Miller
And the said Court do hereby declare their opin- ion 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 William Morris who has signed the preceding certificate is a cler- gyman residing in the said County of Simpson and that Brice Miller who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Simp- son and is a credible person and that their state- ment is entitled to credit -
E. Turner Presiding Judge

John R. Hubert Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Simpson and State of Missis- sippi do hereby that the foregoing contains the ori- ginal proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Courtney for a per diem.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of of- fice this the sixteenth day of Oc- tober in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and fifty seven the year of American Independence
John R. Hubert Clerk
James Courtney Temporary Administrator
1832 21827

13. 386. 21627
James Courtneys Simpson County Mississippi
Return 121
Abn 1 year 8 months
Charles H. Brown Waterville Simpson County Mississippi

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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. 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, shewing the Service of James Courtney Simpson City Miss
   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.     1778 3 for Lt. Col. Saml. Don Major Butler 58 Huntingdon Pa. Affidavit   1780 9 Col. Barn   1781 3 Brill  
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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
[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.

August 2, 1939.
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BA-J/60 James Courtney S.9285
Ruth Ritchie Box 1074 Charlottesville, Virginia
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim S.9285, based upon service of James Courtney in the Revolutionary War.
James Courtney was born October 17, 1764, in Craven County (British style), South Carolina. Names of his parents are not shown.
It is believed he might have meant Pvt. Edmundson as he was killed at Kings Mt. & 2 sons were only wounded
While a resident of Washington County, Virginia, James Courtney volunteered sometime in 1778, served three months as private in Captain Joseph Cole's company, Colonels William Campbell's and Edmondson's Virginia regiments; volunteered sometime in 1780, served as private nine months in Captain William Edmondson's company, Colonels William Campbell's and Edmondson's Virginia regiments; volunteered in the spring of 1781, served three months as private in Captain Robert Edmondson's company, Colonels William Campbell's and Edmondson's Virginia Regiments.
After the Revolution he resided in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Simpson County, Mississippi. He was still there in 1835.
No family data are shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of James Courtney, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and cite the following data:
James Courtney Certificate #13356 Issued July 3, 1883 Rate $50.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1881 Act of June 7, 1872 Mississippi, Agency.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWETT Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

The State of Mississippi In the Court of Probates Simpson County ss At May Term 1855
Supplementary declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1852.
On this 27th day of May 1855. personally ap- peared in open court before the honorable Dwight H. Layne Judge of the court of Probates of the County of Simpson and State aforesaid now sitting James Courtney a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged about 69 years who after being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in addition to the one made by him in the Circuit Court of said County on the 15th day of October 1852. which is hereto annexed in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 7th 1852.
That in the year 1778. he the said James Courtney volun- teered and entered the service of the United States as a private soldier under Captain Joseph Cole Major Outlaw and Major Lewis, Col. William Camp- bell and Col. Edmundston officers of the United States in Washington County, Virginia and served under said officers with an embodied corps called into ser- vice by competent authority for the period of three months during which time he was principally enga- ged in guarding the frontiers of that country; but in what particular regiment he served he cannot now recollect by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory. That in the year 1780. he volunteered again and entered said service of the United States in the said County of Washington under the same officers above named except that Capt. Cole had resigned his commission which was conferred on William Col. Dunston who served as Captain of the company in which he served in which last mentioned engage- ment he served in said war with an embodied
Mississippi

corps called into service by competent authority under the officers aforesaid for the period of nine months in which said time he marched with said tramps to to New River to what was called Walling's Cotton an an expedition against the Tories and that afterwards during said last mentioned period of nine months service he marched with said corps from the said County of Washington to Kings Mountain in South Carolina where a severe engagement ensued between said tramps and the Tories under command of Col. Ferguson that said Ferguson was killed and his men generally taken prisoners and that the said James Gantney was not himself in said engagement but on guard near that place and that in said engagement Captain William Edmundson was killed by the Tories. After which battle at Kings Mountain he the said Gantney together with said corps returned to the said County of Washington where Robert Edmundson received the Commission of Captain in place of his uncle William Edmundson who had fell at the battle on Kings Mountain. He recollects marching afterwards while in said service from Washington County to what was called Wolf Hills. He stated in his declaration of 15 th Octr 1852. That in the Spring of the year 1881. he the said James Gantney volunteered and entered the said service of the United States under the command of the said Robert Edmundson as Captain and the other general and field officers in the former part of this declaration mentioned for the period of twelve months to march with said corps from the said County of Washington to Charleston South Carolina that he remained with said tramps in the said County of Washington in said service under the circumstances in the annexed declaration of 15 th October 1852. mentioned for the period of three months when he was discharged as in said declaration set forth. That the above mentioned periods of service was performed by the said James Gantney as there stated

with embodied corps of soldiers of the government called into service by competent authority. Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid. Witness Brewster H. Fayne Judge of Probate Simpson County } James Courtney
We James Murray a clergyman and John Darden both residing in the County of Simpson and State of Mississippi do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Courtney who has subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid. Before me James Murray Brewster H. Fayne Judge of Probate for Simpson County his John Darden Mark
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after having had the annexed declaration of 15th day of October 1852. read in open court 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 certify the opinion of the court that it appears that James Murray who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the said County of Simpson and that John Darden who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Simpson and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Brewster H. Fayne Judge of Probate for Simpson County Mississippi

I Richard A. Hargis Clerk of the Court of Probate of the County of Simpson of Simpson and State of Mississippi do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the supplementary application of James Cantrey for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th day of May 1858.
R. A. Hargis Clerk
21627
James Cantrey Simpson County, Miss. Pensionary Declaration Supplemental 1853
6. H. Brannon

21627
James Courtneys Simpson County Mi Pensionary Declaration Supplement 1835
W. H. Brown

Gen. Office
June 13, 1855
Curry was made of me by Randall clk, at the V. Ave's, the other day, as to the condition of this house - I find it suspended in 1834 & vouchers were referred to 3d Ard. for means, but the suspension never removed. 3d and so notified to day.
McRae clk

August 2, 1959.
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BA-3/60 Samuel Courtney S.98345
James Courtney S.98346
Ruth Ritchie Box 1074 Charlottesville, Virginia.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Courtney and of James Courtney both of Virginia.
You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War records of James and Samuel Courtney of Virginia. These are the only Revolutionary War pension records found on a James or Samuel Courtney of Virginia.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of James Courtney a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 9265
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1779 3 mos. Priv. Joseph Cole William Campbell Edinburg Va.   1780 9 mos. Wm. Edinburg East Edinburg   Spring 1781 3 mos. Robt. Edinburg  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Washington Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct 15 1822  Cl. allowed
Residence at date of application, Lincoln Co. Miss. in Craven Co. S.C.
Age at date of application, Oct 17 1764 H. O. S.
Remarks: There is no data as to family.
The above noted is the only James Courtney found in the Rev. War pension records.

June 23, 1939
Veteran's Administration Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
I will appreciate it very much if you will send me any information you may have in your files concerning Samuel Courtney of Virginia who took part in the Revolution. He is said to have received a pension.
Also if you have any information about James Courtney of Virginia, also in the Revolution, I should like to have it.
Thanking you for your courtesy in this matter, I am
Sincerely yours,
Ruth Ritchie Ruth Ritchie
Box 1074 Charlottesville Virginia

Petoskey, Mich. Aug 19, 1908.
Pension Department Washington D.C. Secretary Dept.
Wishing to join the Daughters of 1812 would like credentials of James Courtney who served in the navy and who was my grandfather.
Also if possible credentials further back which give me eligibility to the D.A.R. Hope to hear at your earliest convenience I remain,
Yours Respt.
Mrs Jennie Courtney Swan.

1908, Aug. 29. History etc Mrs Jennie Courtney Dwan, Petoskey, Mich. Ltr
1939 - Aug 2 Hirt to Ruth Ritchie re
Reuben
9265 INVALID.
File No 9265
Jennie Courtney Dwan Br. Ben. W.
Act: June 17 1932
Index: Vol. 1, Page 76
[Arraignment of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Courtney, Luke GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8209 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED August 11, 1789 TO First shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.