Person:Timothy Corn (1)

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. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Corn, Timothy - moved with father's family from Redstone, Pennsylvania, to area of Virginia, later Mercer County, Kentucky, near McGary's Fort where he entered service in 1781; granted Pension abt. age 74 in Mercer County, Kentucky, 1834, where he died 8/21/1848; married 7/17/1831 to widow Elizabeth Yeast, (Marriage Bond 6/23/1831 signed by George B. Click), Harrodsburg, that County; her eldest son by first husband married 4/1832 & ha daughter born 18 months later, both mentioned but not named; widow granted Pension in 1853 there; no mention of any children of soldier by Elizabeth; query letter of file in 1940 from descendant Mrs. B.B. Sisco Jr., Bardstown, Kentucky, also descendant of Virginia Revolutionary War soldier William Hicks who was granted Pension in 1818 & died 12/19/1822' query letter in file in 1937 from James F. Corn, Cleveland, Tennessee. R655.

1.   United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).

   Name Timotha Corn [Timothy Corn]
   Enumeration Date 7 Aug 1820
   Home in 1820 (City, County, State) Mercer, Kentucky, USA
   Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 1
   Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18 6
   Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25 2
   Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1
   Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 1 [b. 1775 or before]
   Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 2
   Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 1 [b. 1775 or before]
   Foreigners not Naturalized 4
   Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture 1
   Free White Persons - Under 16 1
   Free White Persons - Over 25 3
   Total Free White Persons 8
   Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other 8

2.   United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704).

   Name Timothy Corn
   Residence Date 1840
   Home in 1840 (City, County, State) Mercer, Kentucky
   Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19 1
   Free White Persons - Males - 80 thru 89: 1 [b. bet. 1751-1760]
   Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19 2
   Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59 1 [b. bet. 1781-1790]
   Persons Employed in Agriculture 1
   No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write 1
   Free White Persons - Under 20 3
   Total Free White Persons 5
   Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves 5