REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - THOMAS DOWNEY, Henry Co

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - Thomas DOWNEY, Henry Co
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Henry Co.

DOWNEY, THOMAS PENNSYLVANIA #S.35895

The said pensioner had enlisted on February 10 of the year 1776 for a tour of 
one years duration to serve under the command of Captain John Nelson in his 
rifle company in the Fourth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line to serve under the 
command of Colonel John Dekoss and they first made a march to Lower Canada and 
then they marched from there back to Ticonderoga. They then marched to 
Philadelphia and there he received an honorable discharge by Captain John Nelson 
between the twelfth or the fifteenth of the month of March of the year 1777.

The said pensioner was born in Frederick County in the state of Maryland in the 
year 1754. Thomas Emerson swears that at one time they both well and favorably 
acquainted with him and he also states that in the neighborhood in which he 
resided he was reputed to have served in the War of the Revolution on the side 
of the United States of America. Thomas Barr, assistant Judge of Pickaway county 
in the state of Ohio, swears that at one time he was both well and favorably 
acquainted with him and he also states that in the neighborhood in which he 
resided he was reputed to have served in the War of the Revolution on the side 
of the United States of America. He stated this in open court and upon his oath.

At the time of this application the said pensioner was at the age of 69 years. 
By trade he was a common labourer. The said pensioner was on the Ohio roll of 
Pensions at the rate of $8.00 per month to commence on May 16 of the year 1818 
and his certificate of pension for that amount had been issued on November 12 of 
the year 1818 and it had thereupon been sent to Thomas Barr, esquire, at 
Pickaway county in the state of Ohio.

SOURCE: Kentucky Historical Society Library, Frankfort, Ky 40606 [Copied from a 
typed transcription found in Henry County, Ky files.]

NOTE: Original document should be checked to confirm dates and other information 
in this document. This THOMAS DOWNEY came to Henry County, Ky. He is probably 
the brother of John DOWNEY of Henry County, Ky.

KENTUCKY PENSION ROLL OF 1835

THOMAS DOWNEY, HENRY COUNTY, PRIVATE, PENNSYLVANIA LINE
$96.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE, $50.93 AMOUNT RECEIVED
NOVEMBER 12, 1818 PENSION STARTED, AGE 70
TRANSFERRED FROM OHIO
DIED SEPTEMBER 15, 1823