PENSION: John Goldsmith, 1823, Bullitt Co., KY


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Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 19:52:14 EDT
From: catmom1@aol.com
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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

GOLDSMITH, John
Virginia
File # S.35974

On July 4 of the year 1823 in Bullitt county in the state of Kentucky the said pensioner at the age of 88 years 
appeared in open court and stated that he had enlisted for a tour of two years duration in the month of February of 
the year 1776 in the state of Virginia to serve under the command of Captain James WOODSON in the Ninth Virginia 
Regiment which was under the command of Colonel MATTHEWS.  He was honorably discharged at Valley Forge in the state 
of Pennsylvania.  He further stated that by occupation he was a brick layer and that his wife was about the same age 
as himslef and that she had been sick for the past four years.  He said that he had four sons and two daughters who 
were all grown and who had left him and do nothing for his support.  His property was worth $20.50.

The said pensioner, John Goldsmith, was on the Kentucky Roll of Pensions at the rate of $8.00 per month to commence on 
July 4 of the year 1825 and his certificate of pension for that amount was issued on July 30 of the year 1825 and it 
was thereupon sent to G. F. POPE Esquire at Shepherdsville in the state of Kentucky.