Kentuckiana Genealogy: Pensions: Conn, Samuel

By Board Administration (Admin) (74.128.208.31) on Friday, September 08, 2006 - 03:51 pm:

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By Board Administration (Admin) on Friday, July 14, 2000 - 12:33 am:

On this 27th day of March, 1834, personally appeared before me, Trammel Conn, a Justice of the Peace in and for the
said County, and one of the Judges of the county Court of Jefferson County, Samuel Conn, aged 74 years, who being
duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of an act
of Congress passed the 7th June, 1832.

This declarent states he was residing in Loudoun County, State of Virginia, when he entered the service of the United
States and served as herein stated that sometime in the year of 1777. That he joined Captain Thomas Lewises
Company of Volunteers and that in the month of September in the year 1777, Captain Lewises company was called
into service for the purpose of protecting the country along the shores of the Potomac, when he states that he did
under the command of said Lewis rendezvous at Leesburg, said county of Loudoun, and marched into the service for
a tour of three months. He states that he marched from said place of rendezvous to Alexandria where he states they
stayed for a short time; thence, he states, they were marched down the Potomac River in order to deter the British
from landing and plundering country as they were in the habit of landing and taking off the Negroes whenever they
were permitted to land, he states that during his three months that he was constantly and actively employed in
guarding said country until December when he was verbally discharged by his said Captain lewis. He further states
that he again volunteered under Captain Richard Speer and in the month of June he states that Captain Speer's
Company of Volunteers was called into service and rendezvoused at Leesburg in the said county of Loudoun, where
he states that in Captain Speer's Company was marched from said place of rendezvous to Fredericksburg on the
Rappahannock River where he states they remained for some time, thence they were marched to Bowling Green
thence he states they were marched to Richmond where he states that they were stationed for some time. After
leaving Richmond, he states, they were marched to Petersburg and after remaining there for some time they were
marched across the Rappahannock River, thence they were marched to Gloucester Point where he states they were
stationed until the surrender of Cornwallis and after the surrender of Cornwallis he states that he did guard part of the
prisoners that were surrendered by Cornwallis from said town of York up as high as Leesburg, thence he states that
he guarded said prisoners form Leesburg to Nolan's Ferry. He states that the militia from Marshland took charge of
said prisoners, and his tour of six months being expired, he states that he was discharged in writing by his said
Captain Speer. He states that he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no living witness by whom
he can prove said service. He states that being very old and infirm that he is unable to appear in open Court to make
his declaration. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and
declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state or territory.

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subscribed and sworn to before me the 27 day of March, 1834
Trammell Conn, J.P.J.C.

Answers to the questions put by the magistrate:

I was born in Fairfax County in the year 1760 and I have a record of my age as left in my father's Bible and when I
went into the service I was living in Loudoun County State of Virginia and stayed there until the year 1796. I then
moved to Jefferson county State of Kentucky where I have lived ever since. I volunteered once for three months and
once for six months and on the first tour there were no regular officers where I served, neither were there any
Continental or Militia regiments and only the one company commanded by Captain Lewis. On my second tour there
were General Washington, General Wayne, and General LaFayette of the regular officers, and there was General
Meadow's regiment of Militia. On my first tour, I was verbally discharged by Captain Lewis. On my second tour, I
was discharged by Capt. Richard Speer at Nolan's Ferry on the Potomac River. My discharge I have lost many years
since and I will state the name of William Procter and Mungo Herndon who can testify to my character veracity and
their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.

We, William Procter and Mungo Herndon, residing in the neighborhood of Samuel Conn, who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration, say that we are well acquainted with him and believe him to be 74 years of age. He is
reputed (sic) and believed in his neighborhood to be a man of veracity and a soldier of the Revolution and we concur
in the opinion of his neighborhood. William Procter Mungo Herndon

Sworn to and subscribed this 27 day of March 1834

I Trammel Conn, a Justice of the Peace in and for Jefferson County do hereby declare my opinion that after
investigating the matter, and putting the interrogation prescribed by the War Department, that Samuel Conn, the
above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he has stated in his declaration. I further certify
that the foregoing opinion in our neighborhood is general. I further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that
William Procter and Mungo Herndon who have sworn to and subscribed the preceding certificate, are persons
residents in the neighborhood of said applicant and that they are creditable persons and that their statements are
entitled to credit. I further certify that there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood of the said applicant and
that from old age and bodily infirmity, he is unable to appear in open Court to make his declaration.






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