The signing of the Declaration of Independence

Transcribed by Bonnie Snow
Source:  Collins History of Kentucky

Please note:  The following is only a list of men who received a pension and it may not be complete.  Just because your ancestor did not receive a pension does not mean he wasn't a Patriot, there may be service records for him.

  

NAME OF PENSIONER	RANK & SERVICE	PLACED ON ROLL	STARTED	AMOUNT	AGE
Belew, Solomon	Private, Virginia Line	December 28, 1818	March 26, 1818	$96.00	-
Berry, Joel	Private, Virginia Militia	.	August 26, 1833	$80.00	81
Cleaveland, William	Private, Virginia Militia	.	August 22, 1833	$40.00	77
Colvin, Henry	Private, Virginia Line	.	November 21, 1832	$80.00	72
Conner, Isaac	Private, North Carolina Militia	.	January 9, 1833	$80.00	77
Cookendorfer, Michael	Fifer, Maryland Militia	.	August 22, 1833	$88.00	84
Demoss, Peter	Private, Virginia Line	.	October 14, 1832	$80.00	82
Gibson, Alexander	Private, Virginia Line	.	March 20, 1834	$80.00	78
Glinn, John	Private, Virginia Line	.	January 17, 1833	$40.00	75
Hammerly, James	Private, Pennsylvania Line	.	December 28, 1833	$23.33	73
Hand, John	Sergeant, Virginia Line	.	January 13, 1834	$120.00	83
Latimer, William	Private, Virginia Militia	.	January 10, 1833	$36.66	72
Lawless, John	Private, Virginia Line	February 16, 1819	May 29, 1818	$96.00	84
Love, Charles	Private, Virginia Line	September 16, 1819	June 15, 1818	$96.00	67
Mann, Benjamin	Private, Virginia Line	March 14, 1820	June 15, 1818	$96.00	77
Mountjoy, Alvin	Lieutenant, Virginia Line	March 14, 1820	June 15, 1818	$240.00	73
Mountjoy, John	Captain, Virginia Line	November 6, 1819	June 15, 1818	$96.00	77
Mullins, Gabriel	Private, Virginia Line	.	August 26, 1833	$88.00	76
Pollard, Braxton	Corporal Artillery, Virginia Line	.	March 29, 1833	$108.00	76
Pribble, James	Sergeant, Pennsylvania Militia	.	May 7, 1833	$80.33	72
Reardon, John	Private, Virginia Line	.	October 10, 1833	$80.00	82
Ridinhour, John	Private, North Carolina Line	.	April 25, 1834	$80.00	77
Taylor, Adam	Private, Pennsylvania Line	.	March 7, 1834	$80.00	70
Taylor, Robert	Virginia Militia	.	June 16, 1834	$36.66	76
Wharton, William	Private, Pennsylvania Line	November 25, 1819	October 29, 1819	$96.00	87
Wyatt, Henry	Private, Virginia Line	November 25, 1819	October 19, 1819	$96.00	67
Williams, Benjamin	Private, Virginia  Line	May 13, 1819	June 16, 1818	$96.00	70
Yelton, James	Private, Virginia Militia	.	August 26, 1833	$80.00	86
Yelton, William	Private, 4th Virginia Militia	.	July 21, 1820	$8.00	66

Note:  Two other Veterans from the Revolutionary War were living in Pendleton County in 1840 - James Cordy, age 87 and John Hammerly, age 70.

  Report from the Secretary Of War 
In Obedience To The:
Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3rd. of March, 1835

In Relation To The Pension Establishment Of The United States
Washington:
Printed by Duff Green -1835

Statement & Account of Pendleton County, Kentucky

Solomon Belew - Private; Annual Allowance - $96.00; Sums received - $74.57; Service - Virginia Line; Placed on Pension - Dec. 28, 1818; Commencement of Pension - May 26, 1818; Age - not listed; Suspended under act May 1, 1820.

JOHN LAWLESS - Private; Annual Allowance - $96.00; Sums received - $1513.80; Service - Virginia Line; Placed on Pension - Feb. 15, 1819; Commencement of Pension - May 29, 1818; Age - 84; no remarks.

CHARLES LOVE - Private; Annual Allowance - $96.00; Sums received - $165.29; Service - Virginia Line; Placed on Pension - Sept. 16, 1819; Commencement of Pension - June 15, 1818; Age - 67; Suspended under act May 1, 1820.

JOHN MOUNTJOY - Captain; Annual Allowance - $240.00; Sums received - $2332.90; Service - Virginia Line; Placed on Pension - Nov. 6, 1819; Commencement of Pension - June 15, 1818; Age -77; Suspended under act May 1, 1820.

"ALVEN" MOUNTJOY - Lieutenant; Annual Allowance - $240.00; Sums received - $412.90; Service - Virginia Line; Placed on Pension - March 14, 1820; Commencement of Pension - June 15, 1818; Age - 73; Suspended under act May 1, 1820.

BENJAMIN MANN - Private; Annual Allowance - $96.00; Sums received - $165.15; Service - Virginia Line; Placed on Pension - March 14, 1820; Commencement of Pension - June 15, 1818; Age - 77; Suspended under act May 1, 1820; Restored commencing January 7, 1826.

WILLIAM WHARTON - Private; Annual Allowance - $96.00; Sums received - $1345.80; Service - Pennsylvania Line; Placed on Pension - April 21, 1819; Commencement of Pension - Sept. 3, 1818; Age - 87; no remarks.

HENRY WYATT - Private; Annual Allowance - $96.00; Sums received - $44.58; Service - Virginia Line; Placed on Pension - Nov. 25, 1819; Commencement of Pension - Oct. 19, 1819; Age - 67; Suspended under act May 1, 1820.

BENNETT WILLIAMS - Private; Annual Allowance - $96.00; Sums received - $459.20; Service - Virginia Line; Placed on Pension - May 13, 1819; Commencement of Pension - June 16, 1818; Age - 70; Suspended under act May 1, 1820; Restored commencing February 11, 1831.

JOHN WALLER - Private; Annual Allowance - $96.00; Sums received - $69.29; Service - Virginia Line; Placed on Pension - March 14, 1820; Commencement of Pension - June 15, 1818; Age - 67; Suspended under act May 1, 1820.

WILLIAM YELTON - Private; Annual Allowance - $96.00; Sums received - $1211.86; Service - Virginia Line; Placed on Pension - April 6, 1822; Commencement of Pension - July 22, 1820; Age - 74; no remarks.

ACT OF MAY 1, 1820

Provided that proof of need be established for all pensioners placed on the rolls under the Act of March 18, 1818.  Pensioners were required to supply certified inventories of their estate and an account of their income.  If need was not established the pensioner was removed from the rolls but was allowed to reapply.

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