Union County OhArchives Military Records.....Curry, (Captain) James June 11, 1832
Revwar Virginia Continental Line 4th & 8th
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Witness For Andrew Wolfe Rev. War Pension
(On top it says:) Rec’d 20 June 1832		4872

	Hon: Secretary of the Treasury Washington

Sir,

	Yours of the 25th May 1832 was received, duly noted.

Andrew Wolfe the present applicant is ____ ____ ___ ___

and his statement very honest, though somewhat confused

which is easily accounted for by his being a poor uncultivated

dutch boy. – The Regiments being much reduced from various

causes, the 8th and 4th were joined and denominated the

4th and was Commanded by Col. Neville, William Forog(?)ham

Major, William D. O’Kelly adjutant. Wolfe was then

with the troops at Valley Forge and waited on Kelly and

took care of his horse. Kirkpatrick commanded the Company

then in which he was and afterwards in mine when I had

the Command of it _ The Virginia line were captured

at Charleston South Carolina, after a months siege on

the 12th of May –80 and the Officers paroled to (Hadrich?)

Point; where the Carolinians had built Barracks. we 

were allowed our waiters and Kelly retained Wolfe.

The prisoners were first aboard (Naples?) and getting naked

any relief not appearing near they became uneasy. Charles

Montague, who has been Governor of So. Carolina

Attempting to enlist a Corps from the prisoners, succeeded

in getting a number who expected to be taken into the

Country and then make their escape: but they were

immediately put in ____, and sent to the West Indies.

Adjutant Kelly went to the enemy but could not

get Wolfe to go with him which was honorable. 

The poor fellow .- of his latter statement – I have no knowledge

but have no doubt of his correctness, from the truth of us 2 as I know

Georgia, Charles. South then commanded the Brigade

as he says. Lafayette commanded the Virginia

division. he has an undoubted right to his land 

and until this late date he has not had the

means of obtaining it.

	I have with pleasure had it in

My power to have a number of the poor

Revolution fellows their claims are more

Difficult to obtain, or the questioning ____ of ____

Revolutionary Officers having leaved their Tour,

Have retired to rest and sleep with their Fathers.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You have my opinion

of Wolfes honesty.

	And hope there can

	Be no dispute about

	His obtaining his land.	

	

		James Curry.

		Captain 4th V. Regt

		____ Revolutionary

		Army

	

		Union County

		Near Columbus

		June 11th 1832

I cannot resist the impulse

Of congratulating you on the

____ of Van Buren ___ on

it is pleasing to see this imitate(?)

faction beat down with their

own weapons. We have a few

good men in Congress

But as Napoleon in his mode of 

comparison said of Lay. “ That

He was the bravest of the brave”;

so I would say of Thanb?_______,

he is the basest of the base.

I know your affairs at Washington

I have the Globe and the Echo.

And ____ sends me an ____

He is very obliging.



				August is ___ 12 hours (?)

Hammonds plan, Throw away his votes and get us into the house.



Additional Comments:
I have done the best that I can in deciphering the writing, please forgive me any
errors. 

These records are in the Georgia Archives in Microfilm format under Andrew Wolfe,
Revolutionary War Pension record.

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