ALFRED K. LEACH

Submitted by Jonelle Leach Prince

ALFRED K. LEACH

Uncle of Vurlura, Vernon (John Kelly), and Gamalia (George) Shalto Leach

Kentucky Genealogy & Biography Vol III Reprinted sketches from Kentucky:  A History of the State  by Battle-Perrin-Kniffin   1885.

Alfred K. Leach, postmaster, Ohio County is the son of John and Nancy Borah Leach, natives of Kentucky, both now deceased.  The father was born in 1802 and died in 1881 in Ohio Co., Ky; his parents came from Maryland and the mother, whose ancestors were Germans, from Pennsylvania, both died in 1881.  Mr. Leach was born July 19, 1839, in Cromwell Precinct, and was educated at the common schools.  He was the second of three children; his sister, Sarah Ellen, wife of James Gentry, a farmer in Cromwell, and a younger brother, George W. Leach.  Their parents were farmers and members of the Baptist Church.  Mr. Leach was married in 1875, to Alice Paxton, who died June 1, 1883, and he made her sister, Iduma, his second wife, September 1884. He had by his first marriage two children: Mittie Birchie and Cora Ella.  Mr. Leach enlisted in Company D, Seventeenth Kentucky (Infantry), subsequently consolidated into Company H.  On January 4, 1862, he entered the United States service and served three years; was at Fort Donelson, Pittsburgh Landing and many other engagements.  He came to Cromwell in December, 1865, and engaged in the grocery and hardware business, and was appointed postmaster.  He now conducts one of the largest stores in town; he is a member of the Baptist Church, and in politics a life long Democrat.

Information was verified in 2004 by Estelle Leach Barnard and Vambra W. Shepherd  – granddaughter and grandson of George William Leach.

Alfred K. Leach died in 1909 and had a third wife, Ophelia Plummer.   He is buried in the Paxton Cemetery, Ohio Co., KY. on Apple House Pike.  His daughter Birchie never married and lived at home but his youngest daughter married Frank Casebier and started Casebier Funeral Home in Beaver Dam.  Their children: Erwin Leach Casebier, Frank Kelly Casebier, and Paxton Casebier.  Erwin’s widow (Annabelle King) is still living in Beaver Dam, KY and Paxton is in Florida.  Mrs. Erwin L. Casebier was on the Library Board when Hartford Public Library was built.

Another relative was a Dr. Joseph Cox of Rosine, Ohio Co., KY in the 1800’s.  His grandmother was Miranda Leach who married a Cox.

Another relative, Nancy Ellen Leach (daughter of Joseph and Altha Leach), was married to Archibald P. Montague who for many years was a leading merchant at Cromwell in Ohio Co. and both became members and leaders in the Green River Missionary Baptist Church in 1860’s.  The church celebrated its sesquicentennial (1836-1986) and had a book written and compiled by Wendell Homes Rone, Sr. in 1987.  The Montague’s are buried in the East Providence Cemetery, Prentiss, Ohio Co., KY.

May 24, 2005

I, Jonelle Leach Prince, visited Paxton Cemetery on Apple Hse. Rd. (turns off Hwy. 369 and ends at Napa Store on U.S. Hwy. 231) and found the graves of two infant children of A. K. and A. E. (Alfred Kelly and Alice E. Paxton) Leach, his first two wives and his grave. The cemetery is on a hill at the end of a paved drive approximately one tenth of a mile off Apple Hse. Rd.  As you enter the cemetery, the graves are at the end of the first row with Alfred K. Leach’s large monument at the far end.

Infant tombstones are identical. The tombstones read as follows:

l.  Infant of A. K. and A. E. Leach, born and died on Nov. 11, 1877

2. Fernando G. Leach, infant of A. K. and A. E. Leach, born Dec. 27, 1882 and could not read the date when died.

3. Alice E. Leach, born July 9, 1856 and died June 1, 1883.  Her epitaph was “She welcomed death not only a release from bodily suffering but at the reunion of her hopes of eternal happiness.”

4. Iduma Leach was born Nov. 29, 1857 and died Aug. 13, 1888. No epitaph. Tombstones are otherwise identical.

5. Alfred K. Leach, born July 19, 1839 and died Jan. 22, 1909.  His epitaph was “Life’s latest struggle cheerfully he passed, unwearied still, unflinching to the last.”

"A Hundred Miles; A Hundred Heartbreaks" by John Blackburn: "Alfred K. Leach was in Company D at the time of the Battle of Donelson, but later was in Company H.  Alfred said that he was thinking, as he listened to the blasts of the guns from the river, that "it would be bad if these shells were being thrown from Green River into Cromwell."  Leach lived near Cromwell before the war and afterwards became the postmaster there."

Hartford Herald  Wednesday, February 3, 1909:  Died at his residence in Beaver Dam on the 22nd, ult. of a complication of diseases incident to old age, Mr. Alfred K. Leach.  After funeral services conducted at his residence by Rev. A. B. Gardner his pastor, on 23rd, ult. his remains were interred in the Paxton burying grounds near Beaver Dam.  Mr. Leach, who had been a member of the Baptist church for nearly a quarter of a century, was one of Ohio County’s best citizens and had for several years been one of the directors for the Beaver dam Deposit Bank.  The deceased leaves a wife, two children, Mrs. J. B. Casebier and Miss Berchie Leach, together with numerous other relatives and friends to mourn his sad demise.  The Herald extends condolence to the bereaved family.

ANDERSON D. PARK, M. D.

I found the following in a book titled History of KY by William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter, Vol 5, published 1922.  

"ANDERSON D. PARK, M. D. While one of the busiest physicians at Rockport, where he began practice after graduating in medicine twenty years ago, Doctor Park is perhaps even better known for his active leadership in business affairs. He has been president of the Rock­port Deposit Bank from its establishment, has several other active business interests, and at the same time has been deeply concerned with movements representing the civic enterprise of his locality. Doctor Park was born at Olaton in Ohio County, Ken­tucky, January 31, 1875. The Park family is of Scotch ancestry. From Scotland they first moved to Nova Scotia, but established a home in Pennsylvania in the Colonial period of history.     

Doctor Park's grandfather was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and spent most of his life there on a farm. He lived for a few years at Dayton, Ohio, and late in life came to Ohio County, Kentucky, and died near Olaton in 1861. He married a Miss Fitzgerald, a native of Maryland, who also died in Ohio County.

Jesse B. Park, father of Doctor Park, was born at Dayton, Ohio, in 1826, and was about fourteen years of age when the father moved to Ohio County, Ken­tucky, in 184o. He became a farmer near Olaton, and when the Civil war came on he espoused the Union cause and enlisted in Company B of the Seventeenth Kentucky Infantry. He was in service about a year, participating in the battle of Shiloh. He always voted as a republican and was an active member of the Meth­odist Episcopal Church. Jesse B. Park who died near Olaton in 1879, married Mrs. (Iler) Daniel, who was born near Rosine in Ohio County in 1832 and died at Hartford, this state, in 1911. They were the parents of five children: Joseph, a farmer near Horse Branch, Ohio County; James F., a rural mail carrier living at Hartford; Janie, wife of Lee Mason, a merchant at Rockport; Fannie, who died at Olaton in 1894, wife of Henry Felix, now a farmer at Olaton; and Anderson D.

Anderson D. Park was four years old when his father died, but he grew up in the country district of Ohio County and had his first advantages in the rural schools there. In intervals of other employment he acquired a liberal education both in general subjects and medicine. He attended Hartford College at Hartford, Kentucky, and in 1897 received the Bachelor of Science degree from the West Kentucky College at South Carrollton. For two years he was a student in the Hospital College of Medicine at Memphis, and completed his course with one year in the Hospital College of Louisville, where he graduated in 1901. Doctor Park at once began practice at Rockport, and his work has identified him with this community continuously except for six months during 1905-06, when he had his office in Hartford. His professional offices are in the Rockport Deposit Bank Building.

The Rockport Deposit Bank was opened to business in January, 1904. It is a state bank, has capital of $15,000, surplus and profits of $7,500, and deposits of $75,000. The officers are A. D. Park, president; Ernie Curtis. vice president, and C. H. Fraim, cashier. Doctor Park has been president and active head of this institu­tion from the time of its organization. He is also a stockholder and manager, secretary and treasurer of the Rockport Lumber Company, Inc. This is a business operating saw mills on the bank of the Green River along the Illinois Central track, and manufacturing rough lumber, beams, and other hardwood products.

Doctor Park represented Ohio County in the State Legislature during the Sessions of 1904, and for four years served as town trustee of Rockport. He is a republican and was prominently associated with the various war activities in Ohio County.

In 1903, at Hartford, he married Miss Ida Smith, daughter of Joseph H. and Diana (Platt) Smith, both now deceased. Her father was a stationary engineer in the mines at Echols, Kentucky. Doctor and Mrs. Park have four children: Helen, born August 3, 1906, a student in the Rockport High School; Woodrow, born October 21, 1910; Edmund, horn February 21, 1915; and Dorothy, born December 24, 1918."

THE OHIO RIVER – PIONEER TRAVEL

THE OHIO RIVER – PIONEER TRAVEL

Most of our ancestors came to Ohio County by floating down the Ohio River on a flatboat – to the mouth of the Green River – and up the Green River to Ohio County. Read the following for more information about pioneer traveling on the river.

            The Ohio River begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at the Point in Pittsburgh, PA, and flows 981 miles to join the Mississippi at Cairo, Ill. The importance of this great river for navigation and trade was recognized first by the 17th century European imperial powers in North America. France claimed the territory drained by La Belle Riviere on the basis of explorations made by La Salle in 1669. England later claimed the same land by a purchase from Native Americans in 1744. Conflict over their colonial possessions drew the two countries into the French and Indian War, which lasted from 1756 to 1763.

            The English victory in the war cleared the way for westward expansion from the English colonies of the eastern seaboard, and thousands of settlers began moving into the Ohio country. This immigration was slowed by the American Revolution, but after the war, the great migration into the western lands continued.

            In that era of primitive transportation, the Allegheny Mountains posed the greatest barrier to westward expansion. The two principal routes were overland from Baltimore to Redstone on the Monongahela River via the National Road; or by the Forbes Road from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. At the end of these two overland treks, the settlers bought or constructed boats and rafts and continued their journey by water.

            The flatboat was the cheapest of the many types of boats used and became the standard conveyance for families moving west. All of the boats in this period were hand-powered, with poles or oars for steering, and usually floated with the current. They were not intended for round trips since the settlers used them only to get to their new homes and then broken them up for their lumber.

            This situation changed dramatically in 1811 with the launching of the first steamboat on the western waters, the New Orleans, which was built near Pittsburgh. Steamboats made it possible to increase the speed of the trip downriver and made the return trip easier. Commerce on the rivers increased and by the end of 1835 more than 650 steamboats had been built in the west, including 304 in the vicinity of Pittsburgh.

            However, the conditions of the rivers made navigation difficult. Shifting sand bars, snags and rocks combined with seasonally fluctuating river depths made river travel dangerous. Mark Twain has immortalized the era of the river pilots who were required to memorize every foot of the river in order to steer the steamboats safely through the many hazards. Even so, boats were wrecked and the increasing amount of trade on the rivers made navigating safely on them of primary importance. River users demanded the federal government step in and improve the rivers.

            The first steps were taken in 1824, with an act of Congress authorizing the removal of snags and sandbars from the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was put in charge of this work.

            In the year following, hazards were removed from the river and travel became safer, but the problem of low water remained. State and local governments and private companies attempted to solve this problem but they lacked the resources or the jurisdiction to undertake the massive project.

            Again Congress acted, and in 1878, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began the first federally -built lock and dam on the Ohio at Davis Island about five miles below the Point in Pittsburgh. This lock and dam was completed in 1885. The lock was 110 feet wide and 600 feet long and was the largest lock in the world at that time. The dam was composed of wooden bulkheads hinged on the river bottom which could be lowered when the river flow was high. Boats could then pass without using the lock. When the level of the river began to fall, however, the wooden wickets were raised to catch the water and create a pool behind the dam to maintain the level of the river for boats. These wicket dams were eventually built for the entire length of the Ohio River from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois. The last one, Dam 53 at Cairo, was installed in 1929. It and Dam 52 are the only wicket dams remaining on the Ohio River.

            Commercial traffic on the Ohio River has increased over the years with the growth of heavy industry in the tri-state area. In the first year that tonnage records were kept by the Corps (1917), the Ohio River carried about 5 million tons of cargo. Now, commerce is approaching 150 million tons a year. The increase in traffic over the years has been met by improvements and modernization of the navigation facilities.

            As the tows on the rivers became larger, the wicket dams with their small lock chambers were inadequate and new facilities were built. Even before the wicket dam system was completed in 1929, some of the old structures were being replaced. The original Davis Island Lock and Dam was removed from the river and replaced in 1922.

            The Pittsburgh District now has six modern lock and dams on the Ohio River where once 14 wicket dams were needed. The last of the old dams was removed from the river in 1975 with the completion of Hannibal Lock and Dam.

            For more information on this subject there is a book written in 1906 by Archer Butler Hulbert titled “The Ohio River: a course of empire” that can be found at the following link: http://tinyurl.com/cj4jqlc

            As mentioned above, the Ohio River starts at Pittsburg where the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River meet.   From there the Ohio River actually runs north, then turns west and then south to Wheeling, W. VA;  pioneers often chose to walk (or wagon) from Redstone to Wheeling, a trek of about 50 miles that saved a long and dangerous river journey on the Ohio (the loop to the north).  Thus, some started their river journey at Redstone, some at Pittsburg, and some at Wheeling.

            The Green River intersects the Ohio River about 30 or 40 river miles west of what is now Owensboro.  Cromwell looks to be approximately 100 river miles from the Ohio River.

Rev. B. F. Jenkins - Obit

Obit from "The Ohio County News" - Friday, May 13, 1932:

AGED MINISTER'S FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
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Rev. B. F. Jenkins Had Baptized 7,500 in 55 Years as Pastor

    Funeral services for Rev. Benjamin Fulton Jenkins were conducted at the Third Street Baptist church in Owensboro, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and included brief talks by Rev. C. G. Cagle, Rev. Norris Lashbrook, Rev. J. J. Willet, Rev. Sam Coakley, Dr. O. C. Robertson and others.  Interment was in        Elmwood cemetery beside his last wife.  His death occurred in Springfield, Missouri, Thursday, May 5.  His age was 90 years, 2 months and 13 days.

    Rev. Jenkins was born March 22, 1843 in Meade county and moved to Cromwell at the age of 12 years.  When the call came in 1861 he enlisted in Co. K 17th Kentucky Infantry serving his country as a soldier 3 years, 3 months and 17 days and engaging in some of the fiercest conflicts of the war between the states.    Just after the war he was ordained as a Baptist minister and remained active until the age of 78, serving as pastor of 44 churches within a period of 55 years.  He assisted in 294 revivals and baptized 7,500 converts.  He ordained 44 young men into the ministry, 26 of them having been immersed by him.  Much of this service was in Ohio county, where he is remembered by most of the older citizens.

    In 1867 he was married to Elizabeth I. Arnold, whose death occurred October 17, 1882.  Six children were born to this union.  Sue, John, Altha, Laura, Frank and Smith.  Only the two last named survive.  Frank resides at Memphis, Tennessee and Smith at Springfield, Missouri.   On December 24, 1884, he was married to Nancy Emmaline Miller, who also preceded her husband to the grave.  Four children were born to this marriage.  All died in infancy except Joe C. Jenkins, who resides in Gainesville, Florida.

    Thanks to Janice Brown for this information.

Occupations in Cromwell - 1860

Information from Janice Brown – 7 Feb 2010

I'll share a study of occupations (except Farmer/Tenant) as taken from the 1860 Census for Cromwell District/Post Office, reported by R. T. Bell, census taker, using his spellings (as I interpreted them). 

Occupations and ages (other than Farmer/Tenant) in 1860 Cromwell, Ohio Co. KY 

BLACKSMITH:

John P. Austin, 29

John W. Shepherd, 23

John M. Williams, 27

William W. Angell, 43

Jacob B. Stewart, 37

Virgil A. Stewart, 16, apprentice

F. F. Paxton, 32

Nathan H. Monroe, 18, apprentice

WAGON MAKER:

Benjamin F. Jinkins (Jenkins), 18

Micajah McDowell, 23 (brother-in-law)

William Valentine, 56

APPRENTICE:

Willis Dockery, 19 (listed in household of farmer - Harrison Fleenor, 43)

  

BRICKMASON:

John W. House, 28

CABINET MAKER:

Milton Rogers, 53

CARPENTERS:

D. C. Mitchell, age 28

John Shields, 22

John E. Ragsdale

James Milton, 30, Apprentice

Martin V. Porter, 24

Leonard Taylor, 22

Curson Porter, 40

Matthew Brown, 37

E. G. Phillips, 25

Peyton Brown, 25

John Gentry, 23

John Hess, 23

Moseby James, 48

Henry Austin, 40

James M. Shields, 21

CLERK (Runs Store):

A. Keohn, 24  (Keown?)

CLOCKMAKER:

Robert A. Frauize, 44

COOPER:

Charles, Henchrist, 37

ENGINEER:

Felix Robertson, 26

GROCER:

Woodford Stewart, 29

MERCHANT:

Charles E. Hayes, 32

Joseph Leach, 64

David Sandifer, 40

Joseph Keohn, 33 (Keown?)

PHYSICIAN:

Silella Turner, 35

SAWYER:

William Young, 54

SCHOOL TEACHER:

Thomas Rogers, 50

Alameda Mitchel, 16  (daughter of Jonathan Mitchell)

SHOEMAKER:

William L. Rogers, 36

Thomas W. Sharp, 26

STONECUTTER:

E. V. Brisendine, 53

STONEMAN:

Jessie Gilstrap, 47

TAVEREN KEEPER:

John W. Duke, 37

TRADER:

J. P. C. Norman, 28

WELL DIGGER:

Woodford Goff, 36

WHARF MASTER:

James A. Porter, 32

IRA A. LEE

IRA A. LEE, M. D.

            Among the well known medical men of western Oklahoma is Dr. Ira A. Lee, of Erick, a member of an early colonial family of English origin which was founded in the colony of Virginia and which gave to this country the great Confederate leader, Gen. Robert E. Lee. Doctor Lee first came to the Indian Territory in 1905, and with the exception of two years in Arkansas has been engaged in professional labors here ever since, having steadily advanced to a position where his talents are recognized as being of an order entitling him to be classed among the skilled and thorough devotees of the science of medicine of this part of the state. He was born in Ohio County, Kentucky. December 31, 1875, and is the son of John W. and Polly J. (Stidum) Lee.

            Robert Lee, the grandfather of Doctor Lee, was born in 1811, in Virginia, one of a family of six sons, whose descendants are to be found all over the south and Southwest. Robert Lee was married in Virginia to a Miss Elum, also a native of the Old Dominion, and after several years they removed to Ohio County, Kentucky, settling as pioneers on a plantation, where for many years the grandfather followed farming and stock raising. In later life he removed to Kansas, where his death occurred in 1881, the grandmother having passed away in Kentucky. Robert Lee served valiantly as a soldier of the Confederacy in a Kentucky volunteer infantry regiment during the Civil war, and lost an arm at the battle of Shiloh, this terminating his service. He was the father of five children, as follows: John W.; Elizabeth, who died in Ohio County, Kentucky; Hardin A., who was a physician and surgeon and met an accidental death in Indiana; Eliza Jane, who died in Ohio County, Kentucky; and Armina, who resides in Daviess County, Kentucky.

            John W. Lee was born in Virginia in 1840 and was a small boy when taken by his parents to Ohio County, Kentucky. There he learned the trade of stone mason, which he followed for a number of years, although later his attention was almost entirely devoted to the vocation of farming. When he retired from active labor he removed to Magazine, Arkansas, in 1905, and there made his home with his son, Ira A., and died in 1910. He was a democrat, but not active in public life, his activities therein being confined to the performance of the duties of good citizenship. Mr. Lee married Miss Polly J. Stidum, who was born in Ohio County, Kentucky, in 1848, and they became the parents of two children: Dr. Ira A., and Hardin R., who is a mechanic and resides at Erick, Oklahoma.

            Dr. Ira A. Lee received his early education in Ohio County, Kentucky, where he graduated from the high school in the class of 1893. Securing a certificate as a teacher he entered upon a career in educational work, and from 1893 until 1897 was principal of the county schools in Ohio County. During this time he had become interested in the study of medicine and finally entered Louisville (Kentucky) Medical College, which he attended two years. Subsequently he became a student at the Kansas City Eclectic Medical University, where he was graduated in 1905 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, and his first practice was at Magazine, Arkansas, where he remained for only a short time. In 1905 he came to Indian Territory and practiced two years, then returned to Arkansas for a like period. In 1909 he settled permanently at Erick, Beckham County, Oklahoma, and this flourishing little city has continued to be the scene of his professional activities and successes, his offices being now located in the First State Bank Building. He carries on a general medical and surgical practice and is regarded as a learned practitioner, skilled in diagnosis, and as a careful and steady-handed surgeon. He holds membership in the Beckham County Medical Society, the Oklahoma Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the Southwestern Medical Society, and keeps himself thoroughly informed with regard to the constantly advancing standards of his calling. He is a democrat but has not entered into public life, preferring to devote himself wholeheartedly to the duties of his rapidly increasing practice. His fraternal affiliation is confined to membership in Magazine (Arkansas) Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.

            In 1897, in Ohio County, Kentucky, Doctor Lee was married to Miss Nellie H. Martin, daughter of William H. Martin, a farmer of Ohio County, Kentucky, and four children have been born to this union: Myrtle, born October 21, 1901; Robert, born July 1, 1903; Mabel, born March 8, 1906; and Fitzhugh, born in June 1910. Doctor Lee is a citizen who at all times has been willing to support measures for the public welfare and through a high order of citizenship has won and retained the regard of his fellow-townsmen.

Peter Shull Revolutionary War Pension

Peter Shull Revolutionary War Pension

Contributed by Helen McKeown

Declaration of Peter Shull

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
State of Illinois
County of White

On this fifth day of September, 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Hon.William Wilson, Judge of White County, a resident of said County of White, aged 71 years. Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States in the Militia under the following named officers; and served as herein stated; General Potter, Captain Frederick Cutts. That he resided in McAllister, now Hanover, in the County of York and State of Pennsylvania and entered the service as a substitute for someone whose name he has forgotten. The Militia was marched from the town of York to near Philadelphia and remained there until two months, the time for which they were drafted, had expired. That this took place the winter that General Washington was at Valley Forge.

That after the above he went out as a substitute for some person, name forgotten and as Colonel Albright and Captain Gelwin and marched to Fort Robert Doe and remained there at this fort except while scouting in the vicinity until two months had expired the time for which the men had been drafted. That after the above time he entered the service as a substitute name of person forgotten under Major Bailey and remained in York County guarding prisoners until two months had expired the time for which the men had been drafted.

That he enlisted in the State Service for seven months in the month of September as he now thinks at McAllister town now Hanover, County of York, that he was then sent to Philadelphia and remained there six days and then to New Town Square, New Jersey and then put into Captain Patton's Company of the 10th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line Colonel Hoopely Commander. That soon after the Army marched to Taffari on the Hudson and remained there 6 or 7 weeks and finally returned to Morristown for winter quarters that he remained in the army until the time for which he had enlisted. That he received his Discharge at Pennytown, New Jersey. That he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his services.

That he was born in the County of Frederick, State of Maryland on the 11th of January, 1761, no record of his age. That he resided in York County when called into the service and remained there 3 or 4 years after the War. Then removed to Maryland County not recollected 11 miles from Fort Cumberland resided there 2 years and 6 months.

Then removed to Pennsylvania, Fayette County resided there 7 years then removed to Kentucky resided there 35 years then came to this state where he has since resided. That he was a substitute three first times when in service has forgotten for whom he was a substitute. That he received a Discharge the first two times he was out and that they were signed by his Captain and the third time his Discharge was signed by Major Bailey and the fourth time when he enlisted his Discharge was signed by Colonel Hoopely. That Abraham Bought and William E. Files are persons in his present neighborhood and can testify to his character for veracity, and can as to their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Rolls of any Agency of State
Peter Shull

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Ia Ratcliff

Declaration of Anna Dorotha Shull

In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congress of the 4th July 1836
State of Kentucky
County of Muhlenberg

On the 29th day of April in the year of 1841, personally before the County Court of Muhlenberg County in the State of Kentucky, Anna Dorotha Shull of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy-six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th, 1836; That she is the widow of Peter Shull who was a private in the Militia in the War of he Revolution. She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Shull on the 5th day of March in the year 1782. That her husband the aforesaid Peter Shull died in the State of Kentucky on the day of November 1834, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before the Court.
Anna Dorothy Shull (her mark)
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Muhlenberg County

Anna Dorothy Shull came into Court and made Oath that the within statement made by her for the purpose of procuring a pension are true.

In Testimony whereof I have as Clerk to the said County Court hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of he said court this 29th day of April 1841.
W.T. Wing

Be It remembered that Samuel Shull of lawful age and first being duly sworn desposeth and saith that he is the son of Peter Shull, and late of the County and state below said and Anna Dorothy Shull. That Peter Shull, his father, some years since left this State and County and removed to Illinois, where he resided with one of his children, and was placed upon the pension agency of that State and drew his pension for his services as a Revolutionary Soldier for several years at Carmi in White County in the State last aforesaid through his attorney of that place, that the said Peter Shull, this dependent's father, departed this life some time in the month of November 1834, and that the said Anna Dorothy Shull who is now the widow of the said Peter, has remained a widow ever since the death of said Peter and still so remains. And that said Anna Dorothy Shull received after the death of said Peter Shull the remainder of his pension that was due from the Government to the time of his death.
Saml Shull
Kentucky
Muhlenberg County

The foregoing deposition of Samuel Shull, was taken sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and I further Certify that I am well acquainted with the said Samuel Shull and believe him to be a man of truth whose statements may be relied on when on Oath.
Given under my hand this 17th day of May 1842.
R.S. Russell JP
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Muhlenberg County

I, Charles F. Wing, Clerk of the County Court for the county aforesaid Certify that Robert S Russell whose Certificate appears above was on the day of the date thereof and still is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County regularly commissioned and qualified according to Law and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 1st day of June 1841 and in the 50th year of the Commonwealth.
Chs. F. Wing

Declaration of Peter Shull Jr.

State of Kentucky
Ohio County

On this 29th day of June 1852, before the undersigned John W. Crow, the Judge of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally came Peter Shull of said County, who being duly sworn according to Law, on his Oath declares, That he is the son of Peter Shull and Anna Dorothy Shull, both deceased that the said Peter Shull was in his lifetime a pensioner under the Act 7th June 1832 at the rate of $41.67 per annum and died on the ____day of ____(1834) Eighteen hundred and Thirty-four, leaving the said Anna Dorothy Shull his widow, who survived him until the second of January Eighteen hundred and Forty-nine when she died leaving the following children (named surviving) who are her only surviving children to wit; Peter Shull (this declarant) a resident of said Ohio County, Samuel Shull, of the same County, and Mrs. Elizabeth Huntsinger and Mrs. Catherine Bottoms, of White County, Illinois, her children and his only surviving children excepting Mrs. M. Huntsaker who has since died. That the said Anna Dorothy Shull did not again marry after the death of said Peter Shull and continued his widow until her death. That his said father and mother were married in the State of Pennsylvania in the month of March Seventeen hundred and Eighty two, as he has always understood and believes. That he has no evidence of Record or Documentary of said marriage but that his mother in her lifetime filed a claim under the Act 4 July 1835, and to the papers filed by her he refers for evidence of the date of said marriage. And he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the Acts of Congress of 7th July 1838, 3rd March 1843, 17th June 1844, 2nd February 1848 and of the joint resolution of 12th July 1848, and due him as the Administrator of the Estate of the aforesaid Anna Dorothy Shull.
Peter Shull, Adm.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 29th day of June 1852, and I hereby certify that I am well and personally acquainted with Peter Shull the above declarant and believe all his statements above to be true and correct, the words “Excepting Mary M. Huntsaker who has since deceased” were interlined before signing.
J.W. Crow, Presiding Judge of Ohio County.

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Ohio County

To wit: I Charles Henderson, Clerk of the County Court of said Ohio County certify that J.W. Crow whose genuine signature appears to the above and foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same presiding Judge of the County Court of Ohio County duly elected commissioned and qualified and that as such full faith and credit are and should be given to all his official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29th day of June 1852.
Ch. Henderson, CLK
T.J. Henderson D.CLK
Ohio County Court, Kentucky

Monday July 5th, 1852
It is hereby ordered to be certified that satisfactory evidence has been presented to the court now in session that Peter Shull who was in his lifetime a Revolutionary pensioner on the Illinois roll died in the year 1834 leaving Anna Dorothy Shull his widow who did not marry again but remained his widow until the second of January 1849 when she died in this county leaving Peter Shull and Samuel Shull of this county and Mrs. Elizabeth Huntsinger and Mrs. Catherine Bottoms of White County, Illinois and her only surviving children at the time of her death all of whom are still living excepting Mary M. Huntsaker who has since died leaving heirs also, that letters of administration has been granted to Peter Shull on the estate of Anna Dorothy Shull aforesaid which letters has not been revoked but continue in full force and virtue.
State of Kentucky
Ohio County

I, Charles Henderson, Clerk of the Ohio County Court of said County, certify that the above and foregoing order is truly copied from the records in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6th day of July 1852
Ch. Henderson, CLK
T.J. Henderson D.CLK