Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,440, John Cunningham, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Cunningham John
S 43 440
CONTENTS
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(12,700 4 New York
John Cunningham of Canajoharie in the state of N. York who was a Bombadier in the regiment commanded Colonel Lamb of the N. York line, for the term of the war.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of April 1810.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of July 1819 and sent to Sophia Hornan, Esq. Mondaga County N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10\frac{3}{30}\frac{4}{3} 81.83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 - 40.00
$129.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Mondaga County.

Bomb. John Cunningham, Jr. Colonel Lamb's Regt. New York Line 1777 War.
Roll The judge will certify that the above adverse statement of plaintiff, reduced to writing and executed before him, was deposed to.
Hardy 1849 20 th April 1849.
Admitted.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Onondaga County, } ss.
ON this 28 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Onondaga in said state, personally appears John Cunningham aged 82 years, resident in the town of Camillus in the county of Onondaga and state aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War:"
That the said John Cunningham enlisted in the town of New Windsor in the state of New York in the spring of the year 1776 in the Company commanded by Captain
Thomas Mather in Col. James' Regiment in the New York line
that he continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the United States, until the full end & term of the said War from the time of his enlistment forward
when he was discharged from service in or at West Point in the state of New York that he was in the battles of James River, Fort Montgomery & Yorktown.
and is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year first aforesaid. } John Cunningham
Squire Manno
I, Squire Manno Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Onondaga as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Cunningham did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Dated this 28 day of April 1818
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Onondaga County, } ss.
Squire Manno
I certify that Squire Manno before whom the foregoing declarations under oath were made, and by whom the foregoing certificate was made, was on the day of the date thereof, and still is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Onondaga duly commissioned and sworn as such Judge, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and know the foregoing signature to be his.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court, and my name subscribed.
Truman Adams Clerk

I Squire Manro Judge of the do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named John Cunningham is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that the subscription in my certificate within written in relation to his circumstances was made before signature by me Dated May 27 th 1819
Squire Manro
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STATE OF NEW YORK

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John Cunningham Bombardier Rev. Cav
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[Arrangement of 1870.]