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State of Kentucky
Fayette County Court
Be it remembered that on this second day of June in the year One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty four before me the undersigned Benjamin F. Graves Presiding Judge of the county court for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared Samuel H. Offutt aged 29 years as resident of the county of Bourbon in the state of Kentucky who being first duly sworn according to Law declares and says that he is the identical Samuel H. Offutt who was a Corporal in the company commanded by Captain Jessee Morin (?), Company C in the Regiment or Battalion of Missouri Volunteers commanded by Col.s Price and Willock. That he was mustered into the service of the United States at Fort Levansworth Missouri River Indian Territory. Sometime in the month of July AD 1846 for the term of twelve months that on or about the (?) day of August AD 1846 the company left Fort Levansworth on the rout to Santafee and on the - day of October AD 1846 he thinks they arrived in Santafee New Mexico and that said company performed various duties in New Mexico for the space of about twelve months about which time they commenced their return (?) to the place from whence they started and that on the 4th day of September AD 1847 on the plains between Santafee and Fort Levansworth about three hundred and fifty miles from the laterplace at a place called Coon Creek the company having encamped there for the night that he was engaged in preparing supper and on his way to the creek top procure water it being very dark and on the way to the creek the sergant of the company and one of his mess had striped his horse and left the sadle (?) on the ground his muskett & Corbean the muzzle on the sadle and the britch on the ground he was in the act of steping he struck his right foot against the muzzle of the gun and it fired off the Ball and three buckshot passed through his right foot entering in front of the instept passin through ending a little outwards to the right He was on his way to the creek for water for the mess as afore said and in the line of his duty that he was conveyed from thence in a swing bead in a wagon to Fort Levansworth at which place they arrived about the latter part of September where he was met by his Father and taken home that his pay and an Honorable discharge was sent to him at his Fathers during the time he was there confined with said w(?)nt that he was confined at his Fathers by reason of said wound from six to Eight months that he remained in Missouri until about the year 1850 he the came to the State of Kentucky that he has made several trips to the State of Missouri and for the last two years he has been located permantly in Bourbon County Kentucky. That said wound has never been cured or healed un sometimes it is beter for a short time a great many bones small particles have come out at times and it constantly runnig nearly all the time and is at this time soar and running That there is but little or no differend for the last 3 or 4 years at times now it is (?)ute panefull and that it totally disqualifes him from performing and hard labor and that he is entirely disqualifed from walking or from performing millitary duty or from earning his living from manual labor that he is a citizen of the United States born in the county of Jessamin and state of Kentucky that he desires if a pension is allowed him to have the payments made at the agency at Louisville Kentucky. He hereby requests the pension agent to send pension certificate and all communications addressed to him at Centerville Bourbon County and State of Kentucky..
Signature of Samuel H. Offutt
Witness
Signature of
Signature of
Sworn and subscribed by Samuel H. Offutt this 2d day of June AD 1854 before me and I further certify that I belive he is the person he represents himself to be in the foregoing affadavit
Benjamin F. Graves Presiding
Judge of the county court of
Fayette County Kentucky