Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,189, Abraham Faith, Penn.
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SERVICE
Penn.

Faith, Abraham

NUMBER
S 42.189
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6.982
Pennsylvania

Abraham Faith

of Somerset Bay in the state of Pennsylvania  who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel McCoy of the Penn. line, for the term of 3 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15th of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of February 1819 and sent to Gen. Col
House of Representatives 

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 3 months $29.44
semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 $48.00
$77.44

Nov 18, 1820

(Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March 1818)

Continued
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Notification sent November 13, 1820 to
Alexander Ogle, Somerset, Pennsylvania
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Notification sent November 13, 1820 to
Alexander Ogle, Somerset Pennsylvania
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Abraham Faith of Somerset County Pennsylvania applies for a pension under the act of 4th March 1818.

Pennsylvania Regiment
1776 to Nov. 1779

15th May 1818

Adm.
Gen Ogle

Pension office 18th Jany 1819
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Somerset County
Pennsylvania SS
Be it remembered that on the fifteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen Before me William Gore Elder Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in and for Somerset County aforesaid personally came Abraham Faith aged fifty nine years 26th Sep. 1817 and he Being Sworn according to Law Did Depose and Say that he was inlisted by Captain David Killgore and that he served three years in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment and on the 15th August A D 1776 he was inlisted and he Received an Honorable Discharge from Col. Bayard on the 9th November A D 1779 and that his Discharge is at the Seat of government for Pennsylvania where it was left when this Deponant was first on the pension List of the State of Pennsylvania aforesaid and that this Deponant is poor and in {illegible} circumstances in life and needs the assistance of his Countrys Support and that he never has Received any pension from the United States
Sworn and Subscribed Before me the same Day and year aforesaid
Wm Gore Elder {Seal} Abraham faith

Somerset County
Pennsylvania ss
I William Gore Elder Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas aforesaid Do hereby Certify unto the Honorable John C. Calhoun Secretary of war that it appears
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to my Satisfaction that Abraham Faith the Before named Soldier Did Serve in the Revolutionary War as Stated in his affidavit and that he is poor and his Situation is such as to Require the assistance from his country
In witness whereof I have Set my hand and Seal this 15th May Anno Domini 1818
Wm Gore Elder

To the Honorable John C Calhoun Secretary of War
The Petition of Abraham Faith one of the old Revolutionary Soldiers most humbly Showeth that he Served his Country faithfully for three years and was honorable Discharged and that he is now old and poor not able to Support himself by Labour he therefore prays your honor to place him on the pension List agreeable to the act of Congress passed the 18th March 1818 and he as in Duty Bound will pray
Abraham faith
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Pennsylvania 
Somerset County} ss
In Testimony that Wm Gore Elder before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is an acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County duly Commissioned & Sworn I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said County this 3 day of February 1819.
Alexander Ogle {illegible} Prothy
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Declaration of Pension
Certificate of Abraham Faith

Copy of Record
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42189

iNVALID.

File No. 42.189
Abraham Faith
Pri. Rev War

Act 18th March 18

Index Vol 8, Page 166

(Arrangement of 1870)