From: KyArchives [archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 2:09 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Comingore.John.Revwar.1833.Mercer.MILITARY-Pension Pension Application Of John Comingore, National Archives Microseries M804, Roll __, Application #s1190 Revwar Mercer County KyArchives Military Pension Pension Application Of John Comingore, National Archives Microseries M804, Roll __, Application #S1190 State of Kentucky, Mercer County Court On this 6th day of May 1833, personally appeared in open court, John Comingore, aged 84 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration… That he volunteered under Captain Hugh Campbell, Simon Vanarsdale was our lieutenant, in York County, Pennsylvania in the month of August 1776 and marched to Philadelphia, and from thence to Amboy, New Jersey, where we were stationed and served a tour of full three months under the command of General Putnam. We received our discharge at Amboy and returned home. Again in September 1777 I was drafted in Major Vanarsdale’s battalion, my captain’s name I cannot recollect. We marched from the same county of York to a place near Philadelphia called Darby, as well as he can recollect, where we were stationed for some time. We marched from thence by several? forges to a place near Mudfort. Early in the morning the cannon commenced firing from Mudfort and continued through the day and in the evening one of the enemy ships was struck by a hot ball fired from the fort and blew up with a tremendous explosion. At this place, our second tour of service having expired, we were honorably discharged by our major, Simon Vanarsdale and returned home, having served two tours of three months each, faithfully. I received my discharges but have long since lost or mislaid them. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state and further saith not. Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid, John Comingore. Submitted by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/