Not all death dates are found on death certificates and
tombstones. The following entries in county court order books [court minutes]
give the death dates of Revolutionary War pensioners in Union County, Kentucky
Court Order Book E (1845-1855). The
source is located at the end of each entry.
OB E = Order Book E
Satisfactory proof was this day made in open court by oaths of James Eddins and John J. Curry that Edward Curry late of Union County departed this life on the 14th day of May 1836 & that he was the identical person named in an original certificate here shown to court bearing date at the war office of the United States on the 27th day of March 1834 numbered 26588 signed by Lew Cass Secretary of War and granting to the sd. Edward curry a pension of $50 per annum and further proven that Edward Curry died leaving no widow. [OB E, p. 58, 20 July 1846]
Satisfactory proof was this day made to the Court by oaths of Benjamin S. Gardiner and Thomas S. Chapman that William Givens was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $20 per annum; was a resident of the county of Union and died in the County of Union on the 2nd day of February 1847 and that he left no widow. [OB E, p. 124, 16 Aug 1847]
Satisfactory proof was made in open Court by oaths of William P. Jackson and Joseph W. Cromwell that William Hammock late of Union County departed this life on the 2nd day of January 1849 & that he was the identical person named in an original certificate here shown to the court bearing date at the war office of the United States on the 14th day of April 1834 numbered 26647 signed by Lew Cass Secretary of War & granted to William Hammock a pensioner of $30 per annum and further proven that Hammock died leaving no widow. [OB E, p. 207, 19 Feb 1849]
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