Allen County KyArchives Military Records.....Perdue, Jesse February 4, 1851
Warof1812 4th Regiment Virginia Militia
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Bounty Land Application
State of Kentucky
County of Allen
On this 4th of February 1851. personally appeared before me, a justice of the 
peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Jesse Perdue aged 58 years, 
a resident of the County of Allen in the State of Kentucky, who being duly 
Sworn according to law, declares, that he is the identical Jesse Perdue, who 
was a fifer in the Company commanded by Captain William Pepper in the 4th 
Regiment of Virginia volunteers commanded by Col Kountz in the war with Great 
Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812, that he 
volunteered at Joshua Starkies in Franklin County in the State of Virginia on 
or about the 12 day of September A. D. 1813 for the term of six months, and 
continued in actual service in said war for the term of Six months and was 
honorably discharged at Norfolk in the State of Virginia on or about the 12th 
day of March 1814, as will appear by his original certificate of discharge here 
with presented but which he States has been by some accident Mutilated and as 
will appear by the Muster rolls of Said company. He makes this declaration for 
the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the 
act "granting bounty land to certain officiers and Soldiers who have been 
engaged in the Military Service of the United States," passed September 28th 
1850. 
Jesse Perdue
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year above written, And I herby 
certify that I believe the said Jesse Perdue to be the identical man who served 
as aforesaid and that he is of the age aboved Stated. 
G. M. Mulligan J.P.A.C.
State of Kentucky
County of Allen
I Lemuel Sumaingen clerk of the county and State aforesaid do certify, that G. 
M. Mulligan is a justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned 
and sworn and return above written is genuine. Given under my hand and Seal of 
(unreadable) 4th day of February 1851. 
Lemuel Sumaingen, clerk, Allen County Court, Ky

Additional Comments:
Jesse Perdue born 1793 in Franklin Co., VA to Daniel and Kerenhappuch Ward 
Perdue. He married to Lydia Blankenship in Franklin Co., VA about 1816. They 
were living on 200 acres along Lick Creek in Allen Co., KY by 1817. Jesse and 
Lydia had nine children. They continued to live in Allen Co., KY until after 
1870 when they moved to Macon Co., TN where both died. They maybe buried in 
Perdue Family Cemetery in Macon Co., TN

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