PENSION: William & Dictus Cornwell, 1819 Bullitt Co., KY


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Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 19:52:14 EDT
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From - "Abstracts of Pension Papers of Pensioners Residing in Bullitt County in the State of Kentucky" compiled by 
Lucy Kate McGhee.  The paper is quite aged, as is the binder it was in, and it was typed, not word processed. There is 
no copyright date or information on the papers

CORNWELL/ CORNELL/ CORNWALL, William and Dictus
Continiental New York
Pension #S.35855
Warrant #6884-100 and it was issued to Thomas RUSSELL, the assignee of June 
24 of the year 1793

On July 23 of the year 1819 in Jefferson county in the state of Kentucky, the said pensioner at the age of 58 years 
appeared in open court and made the following statements.  He said that he enlisted on March 17 of the year 1781 
in Orange county in the state of New York to serve under the command of Captain William STEVENS and Colonel John LAMB 
in the Second Regiment Artillery.  He was honorably discharged at the end of the War of the Revolution at West Point 
in Orange county in the state of New York.  He served during the Battle of York in the state of Virginia and also at 
the time of the taking of Lord Cornwallis.  Captain John NELSON swears that the said pensioner really did serve as he 
had stated from the spring of the year 1781 until the end of the said war.

On September 12 of the year 1820 in Jefferson county in the state of Kentucky, the said pensioner at the age of 60 or 
80  appeared in open court and stated that by occupation hew was a farmer.  He said that he had served for two months 
in the year 1779 as a following guide under the command of General SINCLAIR at the time when Stoney Point was stormed 
and that he also served for three months under the command of Colonel John MACLOM (Malcolm ???) in the state of New 
York under the command of Captain McKINSTER and that he was sent to West Point Fort in the state of New York at the 
time of ARNOLD's treason.  He also stated that he had served for two years and nine months in the regiment under the 
command of Colonel LAMB.  His pension was numbered 15177.  His alias was Dictus CORNWALL and he had a daughter at the 
age of 23 years who was a Femi S le (????) and who maintains herself and another daughter at the age of 21 years who 
is a Femi Convert and with whom he resides .  He states in conclusion that he had been a widower for 19 years.

On May 10 of the year 1822 in Jefferson county in the state of Kentucky, the said pensioner again appeared in open 
court and stated that on November of the year 1820 he had lost his pension certificate when he had left it with 
Colonel ANDERSON in Jefferson county in the state of Kentucky to ber sent to Congress.

On September 12 of the year 1826 in Jefferson county in the state of Kentucky the pensioner again appeared in open 
court and made the following affidavits--  He appoints Charles a WICKLIFFE to be his lawful Attorney and to do all for 
getting his pension.

At the same time in and in the same place as the foregoing the affidavit of John NELSON was given.  The said deponent 
stated and swore that at one time he had been both well and favorably acquainted with the said pensioner, and 
he furhter swears that the said pensioner is the identical person he claims himself to be.  In conclusion the said 
deponenet stated and swore that in the neighborhood in which the pensioner resided he was reputed to have served in 
the War of the Revolution on the side of the United States of America.

The said pensioner, William Cornwall, Cornwell, was on the Kentucky Roll of Pensions at the rate of $8 per month to 
commence on July 22 of the year 1819 and his certificate of pension for that amount was issued on October 2 of the 
year 1819 and it was then sent to the Honorable R. C. Anderson at Louisville in the state of Kentucky.