Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35921, Samuel Fate, Penn.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Penn

Fate, Samuel
[stamped star above name]

NUMBER
S.35921
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CONTENTS
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35921

Revy  INVALID.
[initials]

File No.  35,921

Samuel Fate

Pri  Rev War

Act:  18" March 18"

Index: -- Vol. 2  ,  Page  132

[Arrangement of 1870]
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3300
Kentucky Roll

✔  Samuel Fate,         [Large 4 written in]
Capt. Alyer  Private
Pennsylvania line -- 1776 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 27. of June 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d of Oct. 1818, and delivered to David R. Murray, Esq.

  18.13  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818
  48. 00 Semi-anl all'ee ending of March 4 1819
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$66.13  and 2 mos. 8/30


{Revolutionary claim, }
{Act 4th March, 1818}

Kentucky, Breckenridge Co
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Samuel Fate,

Certificate,

Kentucky Roll

David R. Murray, Esq.
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Kentucky
Breckinridge County SS

County Court June Seven 1818

Samuel Fate aged about 62 or 63 years came into  Court under oath that he served in the war of the revolution as a soldier in the 8th Pennsylvania regiment that he enlisted for 3 years if not sooner discharged, that he served out the time of his enlistment and something longer on account of being on a campaign under Col. Broadhead up the Allegana [sic] [Allegheny]  at the time his term of service expired that when he returned from Pa. campaign he was honorably discharged that he kept his discharge until 7 or 8 years ago and considering it of no consequence he took no further care of it & that it is now lost.  That when he entered the service the Regiment to which he belonged was commanded by a Col. McCoy.   That Col. McCoy afterward died in Trenton in New Jersey and that the regiment was afterwards commanded by a Col. Broadhead.  That the  Company to which he was attached was at first commanded by a Capt. Eli Meyers and afterwards by a Capt. Hufnoggle and afterwards by Captain James Carnaham.  The said Fate further states, that he cannot recollect the date of his enlistment nor discharge.  

Joseph Beaty came into Court and made oath that he was acquainted with Samuel Fate while in the service of the United States that the said Beaty was a Sergeant in the  same regiment but not in the same company that he well recollects the said Fate that he believes as well as he now [sic] that the said Fate entered the services in the month of August 1776 and that he, the said Beaty frequently saw him and was   well acquainted with him while In the army and  never heard anything but that he served out his time & was regularly discharged & believes he was on the campaign under Col. Broadhead for he recollects to have seen the said Fate at Pittsburg before the campaign started.  

Edward DeHaven came into Court and made oath that he was in the service of the United States at the time above stated and served some part of the time in the same regiment above stated that he frequently saw the above named Samuel Fate in the regiment performing the duties of a soldier.
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that he has frequently seen him since & knows him to be the same man and never heard but that he served out his time & was regularly discharged.
    This court do certify that they are acquainted with the above-named Samuel Fate and the said Fate has been exempt from the payment of County Levy & Revenue Tax and all public services on account of age infirmity & poverty that the said Fate although not a county charge is entirely unable to support himself by his labour [sic] and is a man of very small property and lives unasurably [sic] by the assistance of his children as this court believes.
    The said Samuel Fate also declared on oath in court that he never has had any pension allowed him as he knows of but that if any pension has heretofore been allowed him he, the said Fate doth relinquish all his claims to the same And prays the benefit of the act of Congress approved the 18th day of March 1818 passed for the benefit of persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War.

    I Jo Allen Clerk of the County Court of Breckenridge County aforesaid do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true transcript of the record as fully and the same now remains in my office.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 27th day of June 1818

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Jo Allen
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Kentucky }ss

   I James Moorman presiding Justice of the Court of Breckenridge County do certify that Joseph Allen whose certificate is to this foregoing transcript was at the date thereof and still is clerk of said court duly qualified to act and that the attestation is in due form agreeably to the laws of this commonwealth.
   Given under my hand and seal this 27th day of June 1818.

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Ja. Moorman [seal]