Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1297-100, Charles Edwards, Penn.
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Penn. Edwards Charles B.L.Wt. 1297-100
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Franklin }Ss—

I William Edwards of the County aforesaid, heir at law of Charles Pounds deceased, do upon oath testify, and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the said Charles Edwards did enlist in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, or seventy six for a term during the Revolutionary War, and served in the Regiment of Dragoons of the Pennsylvania Line commanded by Col. Moylan being the eighth Regiment and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war— I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to the said Charles Edwards on the part of the United States; nor do I believe he ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever.  Therefore, Know all men by their presents, that I William Edwards aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint William Ramsey Esr. now a Representative to Congress from the State of Pennsylvania to be my true and lawful attorney & demand and receive for me and in my name from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land over to me as aforesaid: and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed—

Witness my hand and seal this 15th day of April A.D. 1828–
William Edwards Esq.
Attest—
A.J. Findlay
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County of Franklin Ss.

Personally appeared the within named William Edwards subscriber to the within declarations and in my presence acknowledges the within power of attorney to be his for act and deeds for the purpose therein mentioned—

15 April 1828.   T. L. Johns Justice of the peace

In testimony that the above written Thomas Johns was a magistrate authorised to a administer oaths and take acknowledgments &c. in the State of Pennsylvania at the above date, and that his name thereto subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature. I have hereunto affixed the County seal and subscribed my name and quality at Chambersburg in the County of Franklin aforesaid, the 15th day of April A.D. 1828

Jn. Hershberger Clk
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Rev’d
No. 1297
Wm. Edwards & other 
Heirs of Charles Edwards
Priv
Penna.
? to Hon Wm.
Ramsey
Penna.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Franklin } Ss.

Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, William Edwards, and made oath in and form of law, that he is the eldest son of Ephraim Edwards, late of the county of Allegany in the State of Pennsylvania, deceased, that as such, he is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the heir at Law of Charles Edwards, late a soldier in the war of the Revolution in the Regiment of Dragoons of the Pennsylvania Line commanded by Col. Moylan; being the eighth Regiment; that the said Charles Edwards was the brother of Deponents said father; and to the best of Deponents knowledge and belief, the said Charles Edwards is dead, although the time and place of his death have never been ascertained; he not having been heard of since shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War; and that to the best of Deponents knowledge and belief the said Charles Edwards died without having father or mother, widow or child, or any other Heirs than the said Ephraim Edwards; that the said Ephraim Edwards, left the following named children besides the Deponent: to wit, Joseph, James, Margaret intermarried with Hiram Cox, & Rachel intermarried with Henry Hart—

William Edwards
Sworn and subscribed
Before me the 15th day
Of april A.D. 1828.
Th Johns  J.P.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Franklin } Ss—
Before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the said county personally came Elizabeth Harrison of the said county, aged about sixty five years, and being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that she was the wife of Ephraim Edwards late of the County of Allegany in the State of Pennsylvanian, deceased; that the said Ephraim Edwards died about thirty two years since, leaving William Edwards his oldest son, and Joseph Edwards, James Edwards, Margaret Edwards, now the wife of Hiram Cox, and Rachel Edwards now the wife of Henry Hart, his legal heirs; that her said husband had an only brother named Charles who served as a Dragoon in the Revolutionary war; that about the close of the Revolutionary War the said Charles Edwards was in Baltimore in the State of Maryland , and to the best of deponent’s knowledge and belief was then a single man- that since the said period, the said Charles Edwards has never been heard of; that the husband of deponent made dibfint? Inquiry concerning him, but never was able to have any thing respecting him. And deponent further declares that to the best of her knowledge and belief house aid Charles Edwards is now dead, and that he died without leaving a widow or child, father or mother brother or sister, or any other heir, then the said Ephraim Edwards—

[signed] Elizabeth Harrison 

Sworn and subscribed
Before me the 15th day
Of our il 1828—
Th Johns J. Peace
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Franklin} Ss.

I, John Hershberger Clerk of the County Court do certify that Thomas Johns Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits of William Edwards & Elizabeth Harrison were taken, was at the time a Justice of the peace for said County— Given under my hand and seal of office this fifteenth day of april A.D. 1828–
Jn. Hershberger Clk