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John "The Silversmith" Peery
Facts and Events
John Peery was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Military Service
- American Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 4, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
Peery, John - born 9/28/1762; entered service in Virginia; married 1/8/1787 to Deborah Kidd, Montgomery County (area later became Tazewell County), Virginia & Pension Application rejected; family bible births (all surname Perry): Hiram 5/11/1788 (married 12/25/1811 to Ruth Wesley), William Kidd 8/26/1790, Mary 3/20/1793 (married in Fall of 1810 to Isham Tomlinson), Joshua 3/25/1795 (married in 1815 to nancy Powers), Sally 9/3/1797 (married in 1821 to Charles Seizen, Matty 4/15/1799 (married in 1816 to David Settle, John 3/23/1801, Nancy 5/7/1803 (married 1823 to Washington Perry), Elizabeth 1/29/1806, Clarissa 2/12/1808 (married 3/1825 to Reuben Steele), Rebecca 3/3/1811 & Peggy 8/32?/13; William Washington Kidd (no kinship given) b. 11/17/1829; Betsy Brewster made affidavit 1845 in Tazewell County, Virginia, that she was present at soldier's wedding, per that County Justice of the Peace C.H. Greever; widow's daughter Elizabeth Taber made affidavit there in 1845 when John Wynn presiding justice & George W.P. Browne County Clerk of Court; widow gave power of attorney in 1853 to agent there to apply for pension, per County Justice of the Peace William E. Neel & County Clerk of Court Samuel L. Graham; Pension Application rejected, surname also spelled Perry. F-R8127, R1903.
Will Abstract
- Tazewell county, Virginia, USA
- John Peery's will: John Perry (sic). Will probated Aug, 1844. Will Book No. 2, p.277.
- Devises his property as follows; "To his grand-son Hiram P. Peery and Clarissa Steel, his daughter and to Reuben Steel.
- [Source: "Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia from 1800 to 1922 in two volumes". volume 1, page 280]
References
- Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.
Pension application of John Peery (Perry) R8129 Deborah f16VA
Transcribed by Will Graves 10/8/12
State of Virginia County of Tazewell: SS
On this tenth day of July in the year 1845, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County of Tazewell aforesaid, Deborah Perry, a resident of said County, aged seventy-five 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 act of Congress passed July seven, 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of John Perry who was a cornet in the Continental line & served seventeen months. That she knows of one witness by whom to establish her husband's services, but she is advised that the rolls furnish evidence thereof: That her husband drew land & she presumes that the evidence upon which that was granted would be sufficient to entitle her to a pension.
She is able to give no detail of her husband services, never having been well informed on the subject & her memory being at present almost gone. She further declares that she was married to the said John Perry January 8, 1787, & that her husband the aforesaid John Perry died on the 5th of March 1844: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place prior to the 1st of January 1794 – viz. at the time above stated: & that she has since intermarried with no other person. She also declares that she is unable to attend personally in court by reason of bodily infirmity.
S/ Deborah Perry, X her mark
State of Virginia County of Tazewell: SS
This day personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for said County, Elizabeth Taber, who being first duly sworn according to law, says that the memorandum hereto annexed is taken from the old family Bible of her father John Perry & was made at his request, 15 or 16 years ago, by George Acken the preacher of the circuit. The family Bible had become very ragged & this copy was made to preserve the family record. The original had been in the possession of John Perry, ever since this affiant can recollect & the copy remained in his possession until his death & since that time her mother, the present declarant for a pension, has had the custody of it. The memorandum on the first page is in the hand writing of this affiant's father John Perry.
S/Elizabeth Taber, X her mark
William Washington Kidd was born November the 17th 1829
John Perry Senior was born September the 28th, 1762
Deborah Perry his Wife was born February the 11th 1770
John Perry
John Peery
William Washington
William W. Kidd
Hiram P Peery
John Peery Sen was born September 28, 1762
Deborah Kidd was born February 11th, 1770
Hiram Perry was born May 11, 1788
William Kidd Perry was born August 26, 1790
Mary Perry was born March 20, 1793
Joshua Perry was born March 23, 1795
Sally Perry was born September 3, 1797
Matty Perry was born April 15, 1799
John Perry was born February 25, 1801
Nancy Perry was born May 7, 1803
Elizabeth Perry was born January 29th, 1806
Clarissa Perry was born February 12, 1808
Rebecca Perry was born March 3rd, 1811
Peggy Perry was born August 23rd, 1813
Joshua
Marriages
John Perry Sen was married to Deborah Kidd January 8, 1787
Mary Perry was married to Isham Tomlinson in the fall of 1810
Hiram Perry was married to Ruth Lestey [Lesley?] on Christmas 1811
Joshua Perry was married to Nancy Powers in 1815
Matty Perry was married to David Steele in 1816
Sally Perry was married to Charles Seizn in 1821
Nancy Perry was married to Washington Perry in 1823
Clarissa Perry was married to Reuben Steele in March 1825
[f p. 10: Betsy Brewster gave testimony on July 15, 1845 in Tazewell County Virginia that she was present at the marriage of John Perry & Deborah Kidd in 1787 in what was then Montgomery now Tazewell County Virginia. She also testified that she recalls John Perry having been in the revolutionary war but does not know how long he served. She signed her affidavit with her mark.]
[From bounty land records in the Library of Virginia]
[This record MAY relate to this veteran]
I certify that John Perry is now a Cornet in Baylor's Regiment of Dragoons & has served the United States three years in different Offices in the said Regiment of Dragoons.
S/ Jos. Eggleston [Joseph Eggleston]
Ma: Jac's Legion
[From pension records in the Library of Virginia]
[Again, the following MAY relate to this veteran]
Know all men by these presents that I John Peery do hereby constitute & a point Edmund McGinnis my true & lawful attorney for me to act & in my name to collect or obtained from the treasury of Virginia my pension granted to me by the Commonwealth aforesaid in the year 1812 ratifying & confirming all & every act of said McGinnis relative to the premises as fully & completely as if I myself have performed the same in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this third day of October 1813
S/ John Peery
received a warrant of $60 January 21 1814
S/ Edmund McGinnis
http://www.revwarapps.org/r8127.pdf
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