Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1173, Robert Hamill, Penn.
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Penn Wamill Robert  or Wammell  W 1173
BLWt 26538-160-553
Jane
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N 18901
Pittsburgh
Robert Hamill
of West [Westmoreland?] Co. in the state of Penna. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Pourry of the Regt, commanded by Col. Campbell in the Penn Militia time for 14 months and 28 days.

Inscribed in the Roll of Pittsburgh for the rate of 49 dollars and 78 cents  per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Oct. 1833 and sent to Jos. J. Young Greenburg, Pa.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833         124.45
Semi anl allowance ending  March 34 24.87
                                                          $147.34
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk
Book E  Vol. 5  Page 79
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(Document damaged and torn on all sides)

______________
widow of Hugh Hammel who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars 00 cents on the 4th day of March,1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the ____ day of March 1837 and sent to Joseph Stokeley  ____ West Newton Westmoreland County Penna.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners on February 2, 1848 Page 224 Vol. 2
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15,894 Oct [?]
SERVICE NUMBER
March 27/5[6?]
Jane Hammell widow
Robert Hammell [son?]
Continental Mil
Revolutionary War
Revolutionary Pensioner
AD: 160 Ac May 15/56
Joseph Stokely
West Newton, Penna

Duplicate Issue [written sideways]
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Feb 2/57 Letter to Gen Land Office has caveat been filed
on 12/57 his [widow?] of caveat filed in 1781 [illegible]1
March 21/64 Original [?] cancelled assignment forged Settle to [Con?] 
Genl Land Office returning [?] See his letter within RH.
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Joseph Stokeley
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January 12/56
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Feb 12/57 Give duplicate to be sent to Joseph Stokely, Prothonotary
[other text illegible]
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Illegible
[It looks like it may be an obituary--"the glory of God did lighten? and the Lamb is the light thereof."]
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[Illegible]
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State of Pennsylvania } Ss
Westmoreland County }
On this twenty seventh day of May A.D. 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before the Honorable John Young and his Associates Judges of a Court of Common Pleas now sitting Robert Hammill a resident of Fairfield Township in the County of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania aged Seventy three years, who being first-duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832- 

That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated- This Declarant states that he was drafted to serve in the Company Commanded by John Pomry for a two months tour sometime in the month of December of the year 1776 and was notified by one Joseph Smith in the same month and year at his fathers residence in Fairfield Township in the County and State aforesaid to proceed to Fort Ligonier where we rendesvoused from the twenty fourth of December 1776 until the First day of January of the ensuing month- There were at this time, at Fort Ligonier six or eight Companies the respective commanders of which were Shannon, Knox, John Shields, Campbell, Baird and Pomry, the subordinate office[rs], under the last, to whose Company this Declarant was attached, were 1st Lieutenant Alexander Craig- 2d Lieut. Thomas Lemmon and Andrew Lowers, Ensign - On the first day of January 1777 This Declarant proceeded with the several companies by the Order of Colonel Procter to Head Quarters in New- Jersey, which Colonel only accompanied us as far as Lancaster when by a vote of the Battallion Capt. Campbell was advanced to the rank of Colonel and took us by the way of Swades Fording [Swede’s Ford?] and Trenton Falls to Morristown in New Jersey where we met with the Army under Washingtons Command and remained One night then proceeded by the Order of Genl. Washington to the Lines at South Amboy where we remained until sometime in March following as a Piquet Guard, when they were relieved by a Company
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from some of the New England States- The Battallion and Company to which this Declarant belonged were then marched by the way of Morristown to Philadelphia where they were all discharged and where this Declarant received a Certificate from Captain Pomry of his service to prevent him from being suspected or taken as a deserter when on his way home- 
This Declarant was again drafted to serve in a Militia Company commanded by John Hingston, First Lieutenant David Wilson, Second Lieutenant Samuel Sellers and Ensign John Woods for the term of two months against the Indians who were besides murdering the Whites committing all manner of depredations- For this tour This Declarant was drafted and entered the Company of Hingston about the twenty seventh day of September in the year 1777 and was nearly all the said tour employed in scouting and escorting from Ligonier to Hannahstown persons who were engaged with Pack Horses in providing the Western Forts with ammunition and provisions The rendesvous of this Company was at Palmers Fort in Fairfield Township Westmoreland County- This Declarant thinks that it was sometime in December of the same year that they were all dismissed- 
This Declarant again was called to serve in the Militia Company of Captain Knox for the term of two months from the First day of April 1778 to the first day of June following as a substitut for his Father John Hammil against the Indians- They rendesvouzed generally at Fort Ligonier commanded by Edward Hafferty but for the most part of the time was engaged in Scouting and Escorting Pack Horses that were employed in supplying the different Forts with Provisions and Ammunition- We were all discharged sometime in June at Fort Ligonier-
This Declarant was again drafted at his fathers in Fairfield Township to serve another tour of two months in the Militia Company commanded by Samuel Shannon and First Lieutenant Edward McDowel which tour commenced on the first day of September 1778 and ended sometime about the first of November following- This service was also against the Indians and of like character with the former service under Captain Knox. This Declarant was dismissed with the rest of the Company by their Captain after their performance of the said two months tour at Fort Leginier [Ligonier] in Westmoreland County-
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This Declarant again returned from Bedford County to Fort Legonier [Ligonier] where he volunteered in the same company commanded by Capt. Shannon on the first of September in the year 1780 for the further term of three months- This last service was various in its nature- such as scouting, doing Garrison duty, and protecting and watching the frontier- This Declarant was dismissed sometime in December following by Capt. Shannon.
In these various tours against the Indians This Declarant suffered much from the inclemencies of weather, fatigue, & hunger. The tours in which he volunteered he was provided with nothing Except ammunition - This Declarant was never any thing more than a private- This Declarant states that the facts in this Declaration are true and that he has no Documentary Evidence to Establish the same, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service, Except Mathias Fisher who this Declarant believes lives in Ligonier Township in Westmoreland County and his Brother Hugh Hammil who lives in Fairfield Township in the same County - Both of which this Declarant Believes will be able to testify to at least a part of said Service and whose testimony, if possible, this Declarant will have [torn page] ed to this his said Declaration- This Declarant also [torn page - served two?] weeks in Bedford County against the Indians under Captain John Gownoway [Conoway?] in the month of June in the year 1781, and also the further period of two weeks under the command of Colonel Paxton in Bedford County in the month of September of the same year –
This Declarant thinks himself entitled to a pension for fifteen months service; and for such he lays his claims to wit: two months under Capt Pomry- two months under Capt. Hingston- two months under Capt. Knox - two months under Capt. Shannon in the year 1778, three months under the same Captain in the year 1780-  three months in the same year and under the same Captain- two weeks under Capt. Gownoway [Conoway?] - & two weeks under Colonel Paxton - This Declarant gives as a reason for his inability to procure a Clergyman in the following Certificate respecting the report of his neighborhood as regards his services &c [etc.?] the distance of his residence from the County town and the little acquaintance out of his own Township – 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State -  This Declarant further saith that since this declaration was drawn up and before presentation to the Court he saw Mathias Fisher whose memory is so much impaired by old age that he remembers little else than the
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[This page is out of order, it should follow the page that ends with “This Declarant was dismissed with the rest of the Company by their Captain after their performance of the said two months tour at Fort Leginier [Ligonier] in Westmoreland County-“]

In the year 1779 in the month of April this Declarant moved with his Parents to Bedford County where he remained until some time in December of the same year when he returned to Fort Ligonier on some business of his father, and continued in the neighbourhood thereof, until he learned of two Deserters (who were then supposed to be spies) that had broken the Jail at Hannahstown where they had been confined by the authorities of Law-- This Declarant volunteered to apprehend them, which he did with the assistance of Robert Laughlin and One Dougherty from whom they escaped taking with them two of their Guns one of which was this Declarants- This Declarant pursued them alone from the neighbourhood of Fort Ligonier to a place called Demans Creek below Bedford when he apprehended them with the assistance of a certain John Lafferty who resided thereabouts, and brought them back to Hannahstown then the County town of Westmoreland-- All this occurred in the month of February and March in the year 1780 –
This Declarant after his return with the Deserters to Hannahstown again volunteered his services in a Company commanded by Samuel Shannon and First Lieutenant Edward McDowel for the term of three months against the Indians- This term of [paper ripped]service commenced on the first day April 1780, but a few days [paper ripped]previous to which the Indians had committed many outrages in the settlement among which was a grist mill belonging to Robert Laughlin which they burned to the ground and then captured the family of Dudley Dougherty with whom and his family as prisoners they pursued their course towards the Conemaugh River- All of which outrages were the only inducement to this declarant [illegible] volunteering- On or about the first of April as aforesaid this Declarant in the aforesaid Company pursued the said Indians until near the Conemaugh River, when not being able to discover their trail any farther they returned to Fort Ligonier in Westmoreland County- In said pursuit they found Dougherty’s Youngest child which they had murdered in their flight- This Declarant continued in service under Captain Shannon until the first week in the following July, when the said Captain dismissed him with the rest of the Company which was at the Expiration of the tour for which they volunteered to served. (This Declarant then returned to his Parents in Bedford County, where he remained until sometime in August.
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fact of seeing with but once in the service, he is now confined to his Bed with Sickness. When in a Better State of heath his Deposition will be taken 

Interrogatory 1st Where and in what year were you born ?
Ans. -  In Ireland in the County of Antrim on the twenty fifth of Sept [crossed through] November 1759 – 

Int. 2d Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war: and where do you now live? 
Ans. 2d In Fairfield Township Westmoreland County Penna- have lived there since- and now live there- 

Int. 3d How were you called into service; were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute. And if a substitute for whom ?
Ans. - I was always Drafted except for the two last three month tours - was a substitute for my father in a tour of two months under Capt. Knox – 

Int. 4th Have you any Record of your age; if so where is it? 
Ans - I have none other than a copy as kept by my father which I have at my Residence- 

Int. 5th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served such continental and Militia Regiments as you can reccollect and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer -  The answer to this Interrogatory is embodied in the foregoing Declaration- 

Int. 6th  Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
Answer - Never received but the one, written by Capt Pomry which this Declarant is unable to say what has become of it - as he considered it of no other use than to protect him on his way home from arrest as a Deserter – 

Int - 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & good behaviour your services as a soldier in the Revolution?
His Honor Judge Pollock, Thomas Smith, Martin Knox, William Crawford Alexander Johnston Esquire _& the Reverend Joseph Scroggs
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Sworn and subscribed to the above declaration   and interrogatories in open Court this day and year first above written notice of Mathias Fisher before signing -
Randal McLaughlin Proth
Robert Hammill

The Robert Piper residing Ligonier Township and Hugh Hammill residing in Fairfield Township Westmoreland County and State of Pennsylvania - Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Hammill who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 

Sworn to and subscribed the ____ day and year aforesaid in open court
Hugh Hammill
Robert Piper 
_____ Randal McLaughlin, Proth

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he state.  And the court further certifies that it appeared to them that Robert Piper who has signed  ____ _____ is a resident of Ligonier Township in Westmoreland County and State of Pennsylvania and that Hugh Hammill who has also signed the ____ is a resident of Fairfield Township in the same county and State and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit -  and further that Hugh Hammill whose deposition was taken in court and is hereto ___ is entitled to credit and full faith.

J. Randal McLaughlin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas

Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of application of Robert Hammill for a pension.  And further do hereby certify that the named McKelny Esquire before whom the named depositions of Matthew Fisher and Joseph ____ were made, and whose name in his  proper hand writing as to the said deposition appended was then and now acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Westmoreland duly commissioned and appointed and to all whose official acts and deeds full faith and credit are right due.

In testimony whereof I have hereunder set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court ____ the ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three.

Randal McLaughin, Proth
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Application of Jane Hammell widow of Robert Hammell due a Revolutionary Pension from Penna. for a pension under act 3 February 1853 by her atty
Joseph Stokeley
West Newton
Penna
May 14th 1853
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State of Pennsylvania on this 30th day of April 1853 (Westmoreland County) personally appeared before me a Judge of the Court duly authorized to admin within and for the County and State  aforesaid Inae Hammill who being duly sworn _____ ___ that she 74 years of age a resident of Westmoreland County Penna who makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the act of Congress papers on 3rd February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary  war that she is the widow of Robert Hammell ____ who was placed upon the pension roll of the United States on the 25th October 1833 who was then 74 years of age he was paid at the Pennsylvania Agency at Pittsburgh forty-nine dollars seventy-eight cents per annum and belonged to the Penna Continental Militia the evidences of his service are filed in the archives of the government to which is ____ to for his _____.

She further declares that she was married to him the said Robert Hammell on 20th day of July eighteen hundred and two that her said husband died on the 9th day of April 1841 that she was not ____ to him prior to the 2nd of January eighteen hundred but at the time above stated she further ___ that she is now a widow and has been ever since the death of her husband aforesaid and that she has no record or documentary evidence of her claim further than they evidence hereto ____ sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year above written.
James Bell     Signature: Inae Hammell
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I do hereby certify that the within declarant from bodily infirmity is unable to appear in court in that I am well acquainted with her and was also with her husband Robert Hammel in his lifetime and as well know her to be widow as she has declared they lived together as man and wife and raised a respectable family. She is a woman of reputable character her evidence is entitled to the fullest credit.  James Bell, Esq. [?]

I do hereby certify that I was present when the written declaration was made and do say that from bodily infirmity she was not able to appear at court and also that [inserted] I know her to be the widow as she declares.  David Hutchison  [JP?]
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Know all men by these presents that I Jane Hammell widow of Robert Hammel deceased a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States doth by these presents constitute and appoint Joseph Stokely [?] of West Newton Westmoreland County Penna my lawful attorney for me and in my name to obtain from the United States a certificate of pension and to do all lawful acts thing [?] or things relative to obtaining the same [?] and having me put upon the pension roll of the United States hereby ratifying whatsoever my said attorney may lawfully do in and about the same given under my hand and seal this [blank space] day of [blank space] 1853.  Jane Hammell [hand drawn seal] Sealed and delivered in presence of us Sarah McHamill David Hutchison

Westmoreland County Penna  Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county Jane Hammell who acknowledged the above power of attorney to be her act and deed [?] and desired the [illegible - same?]  [illegible - right?] be respected as such.  Given under my hand and seal the 30th day of April AD 1853. David Hutchison JP (hand drawn seal)
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I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
the [written] [witness] and do say he is a man
of truth and veracity whose evidence is intitled
to the fulest credit
David Hutchison
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Know all then by these presents that I Jane Hammell widow of Robert Hammell _____ a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States doth these presents to constitute and appoint Joseph Stokely of West Newton Westmoreland  County Penna by lawful attorney for me and ____ to obtain from the United States a certificate of pension and to do all lawful acts or things relative things ____ the same ends having me put upon the pension rolls of the United States hereby ____ whatsoever my ____ attorney may lawfully do in and about the ____ given under my hands and ___ this ____ day of 1853

Sealed and delivered in person _____.
Signature:  Jane Hammell

Sarah M. Hamill
David Hutchinson
Westmoreland County Penna

Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Jane Hammill who acknowledged the above power of attorney to be her act and ____ and ____ the ____ be respected as such given under my hands and seal this 30th day of April A.D. 1853
David Hutchinson
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State of Pennsylvania Westmoreland County SS (official seal) I Jos. [surname illegible] Prothonotary in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that James Bell before whom the foregoing affidavit was duly acknowledged and whose name, in his own proper handwriting, is to the foregoing certificate appended, was then and now is an acting Associate Judge in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly elected and commissioned, and to all whose official  acts and deeds full faith and credit are of right due. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Greensburg the 13th  day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. Jos. [illegible surname] Prothonotary.

State of Pennsylvania Westmoreland County SS (official seal) I Jos. [surname illegible] Prothonotary in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that David Hutchison before whom the foregoing affidavits were duly acknowledged and whose name, in his own proper handwriting, are to the foregoing certificate appended, was then and now is (crossed out) are an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly elected and commissioned, and to all whose official  acts and deeds full faith and credit are of right due. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Greensburg the 13th  day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred fifty-three. Jos. [surname illegible] Prothonotary.
I certify that John Pollock Joseph Scrogg [?] & Robert Piper whose depositions are hereto annexed are credible persons and that their testimony is entitled to full faith & credit.  Jos H Kuhus [?] 13 May 1853
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Mrs Hammel
Mrs Robert Hammel Revolution 
[Con] under Act 30 March 1855 from Penna
The applicant is on the Pension List 
under Act 30 February 1853
15,894
Joseph Stokey  Atty
West Newton
Westmoreland County
Penna
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State of Penna
On this 20th day of March (Westmoreland County) 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths written in and for the County and State aforesaid Jane Hammel aged 75 years a resident of Westmoreland county and State of Penna and who being sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Robert Hammel deceased who was a private in the Continental Militia in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain from Penna that he was put upon the pension list roll October 25th 1833 at $49.78 in Westmoreland County Penna and further was placed upon the pension list at the _____ of my husband and that my husband died and I was never entitled to have land until now under the act of Congress ____ in 1855 and that he as I understood was honorably discharged.   She further states that she was married to him this said Robert Hammel after the year 1802 as will offer from her papers filed with her application for his pension under the act of 3 February 1853 that her name before her husband ___ age was Jane McKelvy that her said husband died in the county aforesaid about the year 1841 and that she is a widow.  

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the county _____ to which she may be entitled under the act ____ 1855 the 3 of March and that she never received a certificate or warrant and never before made application.
Signature: Jane Hammel

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and further that she certify that have lived her neighbors long before and at this time she was pensioned under act of February 3 1853 and she is the person she represents herself to be. I have no interest in this claim. 
 T. L Beam
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State of Penna
Westmoreland County

   Know all men by there presents that I Jane Hammell a Revolutionary Pensioner from Westmoreland County Penna do hereby constitute Joseph Stokely my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Department of the Interior a Certificate or Warrant for whatever bounty in Lands to which I may be entitled to for the previous mentioned in the foregoing declaration and to recpt for the same and ratifying whosoever my said Attorney may lawfully do about the same.  Witness my hand and seal this 20th day of March 1855.
     Sealed and delivered            Jane Hammill
     in presence of us

Tho L Beam
Sam Brineman

Westmoreland County
Penna      SS

Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oath withing and for said County and State aforesaid Jane Hammel who acknowledges the foregoing power to be her act and deed given under my hand and seal this 20th day of March 1855.

                Tho L. Beam, J.P.
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the William Clark and John Serena residents of Ligonier Township Westmoreland County Penna upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statement of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
                     William Clark
                      John Serena

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on this day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.

                        Tho L. Beam J.P.

State of Pennsylvania,
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, SS.

    I Jos Gross PROTHONOTARY of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do hereby certify that Tho L. Beam before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made and the Power of Attorney duly Acknowledge and whose name, in his own proper handwriting is the foregoing certificate [illegible], was then and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly elected and commissioned, and to all whose official acts and deeds full faith and credit are of right due.

THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the SEAL of said County of Greensburg, the 22 day of March 1855 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

              Jos Gross - Prothonotary.
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Westmoreland County 
Pennsylvania

Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for said county and State aforesaid Robert Piper who being sworn according to law _____ that he had given his deposition relative to the marriage of Hugh Hammel and his wife who had made application to the United States for a pension and inasmuch as Commission of Pension requires certain ___ to be referred to  I will make the following to wit in the month of March seventeen hundred and ninety-two Hugh Hamel and his wife was married and in order to enable me to fix the time in the month of April 1792. I was drafted into the for service two months which ended in June and the said year 1792.  I rendered to county service to the government and in August the same year I was myself married all in the same year seventeen hundred and nine-two which enables me to fix the time of their marriage and further on the 7th July 1793.  I had a son born the records of his birth I hereto attach to this deposition having cut it out of the book myself and the same way in my hand writing this all having taken place this ____ often ____ it clears defeat by the Indians and about two years before ____ treaty with the Indians or the whiskey insurrection are which now enables me to speak with certainty that they were married in the month of March 1792.  Sworn and subscribed before me the 6th ____1851.
Barney Cole
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I do hereby certify that Robert Piper the written witness is a icon of truth and veracity and of intelligence.  February 6th 1851
                  B. Cole

I certify that I have known Robert Piper who has made his a foregoing affidavit, personally for a great many years and that he is a person of truth and veracity and upon whose testimony full reliance may be placed.
    Greensburg February 7th 1851  
                   Jos. H. Kuland 

I do certify that I have been for many years well acquainted with Robert Piper who has made the foregoing affidavit.  He is a man of good character for truth and bounty and is noteworthy and entitled to full credit  Feb 7 1851
                          NO Porter
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STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
WESTMORELAND COUNTY

A Graham PROTHONOTARY of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do hereby certify that B. Cole, Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration was made and whose name, in his own proper handwriting, is to the foregoing certificate appended, was then and now to an acting JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly elected and commissioned and to all whose official acts and deeds full faith and credit are of right due.

IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the SEAL of said Court, at Greensburgh, the 7 day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.

A. Graham  Prothonotary
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26791
Robert Hamill
Admitted
14 mos' [2800]
J.J. Young 
Greensburg PA
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WAR DEPARTMENT
PENSION OFFICE

Sir
     The evidence in support of your claim under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined and the papers are herewith returned.     The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.     On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections
Exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.    The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.     Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).     You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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A STATEMENT, shewing the Service of Robt. Hamill. Westmoreland Co., Pa
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8 Columns:
Period when the service was rendered.
DE. 1770, 1777, 1777, 1777, Sept 27 1777,
APL 1778. - Sept 1778 - June & Sept 1781 -
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Duration of the claimant’s service -
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Years, Months & Days -
1, 2,  - Sept 77 2 months APL 78 2 months, Sept 78 - 2 months
1780 3 months , 1781 3 months 
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15 pr -
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Rank of the claimant:
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1770 Private
1778 Private
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Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
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Capt. J. Pomry 1770, Col Paxton was crossed through 1777, Col Campbell 1777, Capt I. Kingston 1777, Capt Knox 1777, Capt S Shuman 1778, (3 x in 78-80) Capt. J. Pomry 1780, Col Paxton, 81
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I am respectfully
Your obedient servant
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch as to the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms “Continental Line,” “State Troops,” “militia,”  and volunteers,” all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil constructs, such as Clerks to Commissioners and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen,  &c., Persons who served on board of private armed vessels, are also excluded  from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
     Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service
4. Indian Spies
     As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.   And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
                           DECLARATION
     In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of }
County of.                                } ss
  On this.   Day of.     Personally appeared (a) before.      A. B. A resident (b) of.    In the county of.    And State, Territory or District of.    Aged (c).    Years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.     That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d).    , with.    And served in the.     (E)regiment of the.     Line, under the following named officers:

     [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he most specify the particular period, and Rank and names of his officers and persons who belonged to his militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
     He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the 
Present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any ) only on that of the Agency in the State of:
     Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                                        ; A.B.
     (And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I,              Of the Court of.    Do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of.               For a pension.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of.    &c.
     If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce each proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
     Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
     (K) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the     And C.D. Residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with.      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be.       Years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
          Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
     [And then will follow the certificate of the Courty.]
     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them A.B. Who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the.       And that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the.       And is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
   I,       Clerk of the Court of.    Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of.     For a pension.

           In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this      Day of.     &c.
      Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.   This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and each circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
     If such servicing witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence, or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the even of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case:

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.

6. 
To a Soldier. 
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?

To an Officer.
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court Upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, & c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith. that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grade: -- For ------ year --------- months, and --------- days, I served as a ----- -----. For ------- months and ---------- days, I served as a ---------; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, & c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any evil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[I] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [I] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by role in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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December 20, 1933

BA-J. Ill
Robert Haslet
S. 39661
Robert Hamill
W 1173

Mrs. Helen Pollock Bray
1882 Columbia Road
Washington, D.C.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Robert Haslet, S 39661, and Robert Hamell, W. 1173.

These records are furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claims numbered as above, based upon service in the Revolutionary War. 

Robert Haslet enlisted in the spring, 1776, in Hannastown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania as a private in Captain Joseph Erwin's company, Colonel Samuel Miles' regiment of Pennsylvania riflemen, served also in Captain James Carnaghan's company in said regiment, which was commanded by Colonels Daniel Brodhead, Bull, and Walter Stewart, was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Brandywine and Germantown and was discharged at Valley Forge in 1778, length of service twenty-one months. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 2, 1819, at which time he resided in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; he was then aged sixty-three years or more, the date and place of his birth and names of his parents not shown. In 1820, he stated that his wife, Elizabeth, called Betsey, was about six-six years of age and was living in Chie with her daughter, but he did not state her name or ____ in Chie in which she resided.  He referred to several children by his wife, Elizabeth, as living then, but their names are not shown.  The soldier's name was borne on the pension rolls as Robert Haslett. 

He died July 21, 1821.
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Robert Hamill - W. 1173.

Robert Hamill was born November 25, 1759 in the ["the" is crossed out] County of ["of" is crossed out] Antrim, Ireland, and at the time of the Revolutionary War was living with his father, John Hamill, in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; the name of his mother is not shown.

He enlisted and served as private in the Pennsylvania troops as follow:  from late in December, 1776, two months in Captain John Pomeroy's company, Colonels Procter and Campbell:  in the fall of 1777, two months in Captain Kingston's company:  from sometime in April, 1776, two months in Captain Knox's company, this service rendered as substitute for his father, and from September, that same year, two months in Captain Samuel Shannon's company.  In April 1779, the soldier moved with his parents to Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and in December of that year returned to the vicinity of Fort Ligonier;  he volunteered in the winter, 1780, and served three months in Captain Samuel Shannon's company, and a part of the time assisted in apprehending deserters, and in the summer of that year, served three months under the name captain; in 1781, he served two short tours in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, one under Captain Garroway, the other under Colonel Paxten.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 27, 1833, at which time he resided in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.  He had resided in that county ever since the Revolutionary War.

The soldier died April 9, 1841.

Robert Hamill married July 20, 1802, Jane McKelvy.

The soldier's widow, Jane, was allowed pension on her application executed April 30, 1853, aged then seventy-three years; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.  She signed her name both Hamill and Hammell.  She resided then in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

2.
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It was stated that the soldier and his wife, Robert Hamill and
Jane, had seven children, and that the oldest child was born in July
1803, but no names of children were designated.
In 1853, one Sarah M Hamill made affidavit in behalf of the
widow's application for pension in West moreland County, Pennsylvania.
no relationship between them shown.
In 1833, soldier's brother, Hugh Hamill was a resident of Fairfield
Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator
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Supplemental statement,
(Robert Hamill)
In April, 1775, he removed with his parents to Bedford Co.,
where he remained until sometime in December of the same year, when he
returned to Ft. Ligonier on business for his father, and remained in
that vicinity until he learned that two deserters (who were then
supposed to be spies) had broken jail at Hannahstown. He volunteered
to apprehend them, which he did with the assistance of Robert
Laughlin and a man named Dougherty, but the prisoners escaped and took
with them two guns belonging to their captors. He then pursued them
alone from the neighborhood of Ft. Ligonier to a place called Deman's
Creek, below Bedford, where he apprehended them with the assistance
of one John Lafferty, and brought them back to Hannahstown. This
occurred in the months of February and March, 1780.
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O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
F. S.
M. E. C.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., November 20, 1895.

Miss:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of -- Robert Hamill -- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATE OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Dec. 1776
Sept.1777
Apr. 1778
Sept. 1778
Apr. 1780
Sept. 1780
June 1781
Sept, 1781
LENGTH
OF SERVICE.
2 mos.
2 mos.
2 mos.
2 mos.
3 mos.
3 mos.
2 wks.
2 wks,
RANK.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Pomeroy
John Kingston
Knox
Samuel Shannon
Samuel Shannon
Samuel Shannon
John Gownoway
Not stated.
COLONEL.
Proctor & Campbell
Not stated.
Not stated.
Not stated.
Not stated.
Not stated.
Not stated.
Paxton
STATE.
Pa.
Pa.
Pa.
Pa.
Pa.
Pa.
Pa.
Pa.
Battles engaged in,                         None.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fairfield, Pa.
Date of application for pension.  May 27, 1833.
Residence at date of application, Fairfield, Pa.
Age at date of application, Born in County Antrim, Ireland, Nov. 25, 1759.
Remarks: During this term of service he acted as a substitute for his father, John Hamill. He married Jane (maiden name not stated) on
July. 20, 1802, and died Apr. 9, 1841. See Supplemental statement.
Very respectfully,
Miss Helen W. MacCalla,
2601 Calumet Ave.,
Chicago, Ill.
Commissioner
870blm
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Dec 6 - 1933
Veterans Administration
Please send me a copy
of pension record of Robert Hamill
N 1173
Mrs Helen Pollock Bray
1882 Columbia Road
Washington, D.C.
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November 20, 1935.

RS-J/ILL
Hugh Hamill
W.7695
Robert Hamill
W. 1173    [initials]

Mrs. Robert LeRoy Byrd
Manassas, Virginia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Hugh and Robert Hammill of Pennsylvania, who had relatives, John and Stephen.
The records have been found of a Hugh Hamill or Hammel, and of a Robert Hamill or Hamell, who was the son of John. The data given herein were obtained from the claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Hugh Hamill-W. 7695.
Hugh Hamill enlisted sometime in August 1776, in Ligonier, Westmore County, Pennsylvania, served as private in Captain Samuel Miller's company, Colonel McCay's (meant for Mackay's) 8th Pennsylvania regiment, remained in the vicinity of the Allegheny River until December, marched through New Jersey and continued until about May 1777; he was then selected as one of the one hundred soldiers designation the "Army of Observation", under Colonel Daniel Morgan, was in the campaign and Burgoyne in both battles of Stillwater, after which he wintered at Valley Forge; he then rejoined the 8th Pennsylvania regiment under Colonel Brodhead, was in the campaign against the Indians during which he assisted in building Fort McIntosh and Fort Laurens, burned Indian towns, and continued in service until sometime in September 1779, when he was discharged.
Hugh Hamill was allowed pension on his application executed February 26, 1833, at which time he resided  in Westmoreland County.
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Pennsylvania.  He signed his name Hugh Hamill.  He was then aged seventy-five years; the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
Hugh Hamill died April 21, 1836, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
The soldier married in March or April 1792, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Jane whose maiden name is not shown. They resided after their marriage in said Westmoreland County.
Jane Hamill, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed October 28, 1850, at which time she resided in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.  She was aged then eighty-two years, date and place of her birth was not shown.
Hugh Hamill and his wife, Jane, had a number of children; the eldest was a daughter who was not living in 1850, her name not given.  No names of their children were designated.
in 1850, Rachel L. Hamill and Jane B. Hamill witnessed the widow's signature in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, but no relationship between them, or to the soldier's family was stated.
In 1850, Robert Piper, aged eighty years, and John Pollock, both of Westmoreland County. Pennsylvania, stated that they had been intimately acquainted with Hugh Hamill and Jane, his wife, ever since their marriage.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of Jane Hamill, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and cite the following:
Jane Hammel, widow of Hugh Hammel (as name was borne on pension roll)
Certificate 5598, issued March 12, 1851
Rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848.
Ac t of February 2, 1848. Pennsylvania Agency.
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2.  ROBERT HAMILL-W.1173.
Robert Hamill was born November 25, 1759, in Antrim, Ireland; at the time of the Revolutionary War, he lived with his father, John Hamill, in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The name of his mother is not shown.
Robert Hamill enlisted and served as private in the Pennsylvania troops, shown as follows: from late in December 1776, two months in Captain John Pomeroy's company, Colonels Procter's and Campbell's regiment; in the fall of 1777, two months in Captain Kingston's company; from sometime in April 1778, two moths in Captain Knox's company, this service as substitute for his father, and from September, 1778, two months in Captain Samuel Shannon's company. in April 1779, Robert Hamill moved  with his parents to Bedford County, Pennsylvania. In April 1779, he returned to the vicinity of Fort Ligonier, Captain Samuel Shannon's company; in the summer of 1780, he served three months in Captain Samuel Shannon's company; in 1781; he served two short tours in Bedford County, Pennsylvania , one under Captain Garroway, the other under Colonel Paxton.
Robert Hamill was allowed pension on his application executed May 27, 1833, at which time he resided in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He signed his name, Robert Hamill. He had continued to reside in that county ever since the Revolutionary War.  He died April 9, 1841.
Robert Hamill married July 20, 1802, Jane McKelvey; the names of her parents are not shown, nor the date and place of her birth given.
The soldier's widow, Jane, was allowed pension on her application executed April 30, 1853, at which time she resided in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.  She signed her name both Hamill and Hammell. She was aged then seventy-three years.
3.
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Robert Hamill and his wife, Jane, had seven children, the eldest born in July,1805; no names of said children were designated.

In 1833, Hugh Hamill, soldier's brother, resided in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.  One James McKelvey, a Justice of the Peace for that county in 1833; no relationship to the soldier's family was stated. 

In 1855, when soldier's widow, Jane, made application for pension, one Sarah M. Hamill witnessed her signature, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, but no relationship between them was stated.

In 1853, Robert Piper and John Pollock, both of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, stated that they had been near neighbors of Robert Hamill and his wife, Jane, both before and after their marriage.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
 Jane Hammell, widow of Robert Hammell (name borne Hammell on pension roll)
Certificate # 1183
Issued August 6, 1853
Rate $49.78
Commenced February 3, 1853
Act of February 3, 1853
(Pittsburgh) Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[M] 1173 [illegible]
182 37th st., [Pittsburgh]
Nov. 22d 1895
[illegible] of Pensions,
Dear Sir I am in search of the "Revolutionary War
Record of an ancestor. His name
was, I think, Robert Hamill,
He resided near Fort Ligonier,
Westmoreland Co., Penna.
Will you please send me the record of any Hamill whose name appears among the Revolutionary
Soldiers, and oblige
Very Respectfully Yours
N.W. Brown
Old Army and Navy Div.
Pension Bureau
Interior Dept
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Chicago
2601 Calamet Avenue

The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,

Will you kindly furnish me with any record which may exist of Military Services of Hugh
and Robert Hamill, also of Nathanial Hamill, should there be any.

Nathaniel lived in Big Cove, Fulton County, Penna., during the Revolution.  Hugh and Robert, and Joseph, and John Hamill in Fulton
Westmoreland, Lancaster, and ["and" is crossed out] or Mercer Counties, Penna.   I know not where or when they enlisted nor how long any of the five served save that I
have always heard them spoken
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spoken of as honorable men, not "deserters."

Will it be possible, in your opinion
should no such records exist of the
application of any of the five above
mentioned Hamills, for any proof, official, and
valid, of their services during the Revolution to
be found elsewhere?

If so, to whom should I apply for such information?
Yours respectfully
Helen Wayne Mac Calla

October 26, 1895
[Circular stamp: U S Pension Office  Oct 28 1895]

Please address
Miss Helen Wayne Mac Calla
2601 Calumet Avenue
Chicago
Illinois
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1173
Jane Hammell,
Widow
Robert Hammell
Priv. Rev. War
Act. Feb. 3. 1853
Index: - Vol. A, Page 301
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Nov. 20/95 Hist to Miss Helen
Mac Calla. 2601 Calumet
Ave., Chicago, Ill.  M, El,

Nov. 1895 Hist to 
N. W. Brown
Pension Bureau
1933 - Dec. 15. Hist. to Mrs. Hel [cut off]
Pollock Bray - ILL.
1935 - Nov. 29 - Hist. to Mrs. Robert Le [cut off]
Byrd - see her letter in Hugh Hamill [cut off]
W. 7695-ILL
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S
26,538
Duplicate [Illegible]
Duplicate Issue 12 Feb/53
Helen Bray [Illegible]
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November 29, 1955

BA-J ILL
Hugh Hamill
W. 7695
Robert Hamill
W. 1175

Mrs. Robert LeRoy Byrd
Manassas, Virginia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made  to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Hugh and Robert Hamill of Pennsylvania, who had relatives, John and Stephen.

The records have been found of Hugh Hamill and of Robert Hamill or Hamell, who was the son of John.  The data given herein were obtained from the claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.

Hugh Hamill-W. 7695
Hugh Hamill enlisted sometime in August 1776, in Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, served as private in Captain Samuel Miller's company, Colonel McCay's (meant for Mackay's) 8th Pennsylvania regiment, remained in the vicinity of the Alleghany River until December, marched through New Jersey and continued until about May 1777; he was then selected as one of the one hundred soldiers designated the "Army of Observation", under Colonel Daniel Morgan, was in the campaign against Burgayne and in both battles of Stillwater, after which he wintered at Valley Forge; he then rejoined the 8th Pennsylvania regiment under Colonel Brodhead, was in the campaigns against the Indians during which he assisted in building Fort McIntosh and Fort Lawrence, burned Indian towns, and continued in service until sometime in September, 1779, when he was discharged.

Hugh Hamill was allowed pension on his application executed February 26, 1833, at which time he resided in Westmoreland County.
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Pennsylvania.  He signed his name Hugh Hamill.  He was then aged seventy-five years; the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.

Hugh Hamill died April 21, 1836, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

The soldier married in March or April 1792, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Jane, whose maiden name is not shown.  They resided after their marriage in said Westmoreland County.

Jane Hamill, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed October 28, 1850, at which time she resided in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.  She was aged then eighty-two years; date and place of her birth not shown.

Hugh Hamill and his wife, Jane, had a number of children; the oldest was a daughter who was not living in 1850, her name not given.  No names of their children were designated.

In 1850, Rachel L. Hamill and Jane B. Hamill witnessed the widow's signature in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, but no relationship between then, or to the soldier's family was stated.

In 1850, Robert Piper, aged eighty years, and John Pollock, both of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, stated that they had been intimately acquainted with Hugh Hamill and Jane, his wife, ever since their marriage.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of Jane Hamill, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:

Jane Hammel, widow of Hugh Hammel (as name was borne on pension roll)
Certificate #5598, issued March 12, 1851
Rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848
Act of February 3, 1848
Pennsylvania Agency
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ROBERT HAMILL-W. 1175

Robert Hamill was born November 25, 1759, in Astrin, Ireland; at the time of the Revolutionary War, he lived with his father, John Hamill, in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.  The name of his mother is not shown.

Robert Hamill enlisted and served as private in the Pennsylvania troops, shown as follows; from late in December 1776, two months in Captain John Pomeroy's company, Colonel ___ and Campbell's regiment in the fall of 1777, two months in Captain Kingston's company from sometime in April 1776, two months in Captain Knox's company, this service as substitute for his father, and from September 117, two months in Captain Samual Shannon's company.  In April 1779, Robert Hamill moved with his parents to Bedford County, Pennsylvania.  In December 1779, he returned to the vicinity of Fort Ligonier and in the winter of 1780, volunteered and served three months in Captain Samual Shannon's company; in the summer of 1780, he served three months in Captain Samuel Shannon's company in 1781, he served two short tours in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, one under Captain Garroway the other under Colonel Paxton.

Robert Hamill was allowed pension on his application executed May 27, 1833, at which time he resided in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.  He signed his name, Robert Hamill.  He had continued to reside in that county ever since the Revolutionary War.  He died April 9, 1841.

Robert Hamill married July 20, 1802, Jane McKelvey, the names of her parents are not shown, nor the date and place of her birth given.
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Robert Hamill and his wife, Jane, had seven children, the eldest born in July 1803; no names of said children were designated.

In 1853, when soldier's widow, Jane, made application for pension, one Sarah M. Hamill witnessed her signature, in Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, no relationship between them was stated.

In 1833, Hugh Hamill, soldier's brother, resided in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. One James McKelvey was a
Justice of the Peace for that county in 1833; no relationship to the soldier's family was stated.

In 1853, Robert Piper and John Pollock, both of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, stated that they had been near neighbors of
Robert Hamill and his wife, Jane, both before and after their marriage.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:

Jane Hammell, widow of Robert Hammell (name borne Hammell on pension roll)
Certificate #1183
Issued August 6, 1853
Rate $49.78
Commenced February 3, 1853
Act of February 3, 1853.
(Pittsburgh) Pennsylvania. Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

4.
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O. W. & N. Division.
F. S.
M. E. C.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., November 20, 1895.

Miss:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of -- Hugh Hamill -- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[Headings in CAPS]
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR  APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. COLONEL.
STATE.

From August, 1776, to May, 1777, he served as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Miller, in the 8th Pa. regiment,
commanded by Col. McCoy; then transferred to the regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Morgan (company not stated), participated in the battles which terminated in the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne, and passed the winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge; again joined the 8th Pa. regiment, then under the command of Col. Broadhead, and served therein until
Sept. 1779, when he was honorably discharged,

Battles engaged in,
As above
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fairfield, Pa.
Date of application for pension.
February 26, 1833.
Residence at date of application,
Westmoreland Co., Pa.
Age at date of application,
Seventy-five years.
Remarks: His widow, Jane, to whom he was married in March, 1792, was also a pensioner. He died April 21, 1836.

Very respectfully,
Miss Helen W. McCalla,
2601 Calumet Ave.,
Chicago, Ill.
Commissioner.

870blm
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RECEIVED
NOV 12 1935
MAIL SUB DIV.
MRS. ROBERT LEROY BYRD
MANASSAS, VIRGINIA
Nov. 19 - 1935
Veterans Administrations,
Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sirs,
Please send me record of Hugh Hammill who was a soldier of the Revolution and enlisted from the state of Pennsylvania.
There was also a New York Hamill of this war [but] I am interested in Hugh Hammill who
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MRS. ROBERT LEROY BYRD
MANASSAS, VIRGINIA
had relatives by the name 
given, of Robert, John and Stephen Hammill. I am related to the Hammill family.
Very truly yours,
Ethel M. Byrd
(Mrs. R.L. Byrd)
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[ineligible] WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7695
Jane Hammell
Widow
Hugh Hammel
[ineligible] Rev War
Act: Feby. 2, 1848
Index: - Vol. A, Page 305
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Nov. 20/95 Hist. E Miss Helen 
W. McCalla, 2601 Calumet 
Ave. Chicago Ill. M El.
1935 N. N. 29-Hist. to Mrs. Robert LeRoy
Byrd-ILL.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Westmoreland Sch
Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for 
said [ineligible], in the State aforesaid, personally came. Edward Keenan who upon
his solemn oath doth declare that he is the publisher of the Greensburg Demo -
crat a newspaper published the town of Greensburg, County and State afore -
said _ that on the sixteenth day of December 1856. Joseph Stokely [ineligible] caused
to be inserted, in said newspaper, an advertisement headed "Land Warrants Lost."
of which the following is a written  copy (a printed copy being also hereunto
attached) to [ineligible].

"Land Warrants Lost.
"Last by the undersigned, in the early part of November last, somewhere on the
"road between Greensburg and West Newton, in Westmoreland beauty, Pa, three
"Bounty Land warrants, [ineligible] warrant for 80 acres, lo. 41.791, in the name 
"of Mary C. Frantz. Warrant for 160 acres lo. 26.538 in the name of Mrs. 
"Jane Hamell and by her assigned to myself. Warrant for 120 acres -
"issues on application lo 122.306 - and on suspension, lo 3948 to Philip
"Miller for services in the Pennsylvania Militia, Wayne's war. 1794. and by him assigned to myself."
"It is my intention to apply to the  Commissioner of Pensions, at Washington D.C.
"for a duplicate of each of these warrants.
"Dec 16:6. [ineligible]
Joseph Stokely
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LAND WARRANTS LOST.
LOST by the undersigned, in the early part of November last, somewhere on the road between Greensburg and West Newton, in Westmoreland County, Pa, three Bounty Land Warrants, viz:  Warrant for 80 acres, No. 41,781, in the name of Mary D. Frantz.  Warrant for 160 acres, No. 26, 538, in the name of Mrs. Jane Hamill, and by her assigned to myself.  Warrant for 120 acres---issued on application --- No. 122, 306; and on suspension, No. 3048 to Philip Miller for service sin the Pennsylvania Militia Wayne's War, 1794, and by him assigned to myself.
  
It is my intention to apply to the Commissioner of Pensions, at Washington, D.C., for a duplicate of each of these warrants.

Dec.  16:6t.       JOSPH STOKELY.

And the said Deponent doth further declare that the said advertisement was published once a week in six successive regular weekly editions of the said newspaper.  And that he, the Deponent, has no interest whatever, either direct or indirect in this application for duplicates of the warrants within and above referenced to and further saith not.
    E.J. Kilnan

Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of
January 1837 - Before me
        J.M. Laird, J.P.

I John M Laird -  the Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing affidavit was made do certify the deponent to be a man of good character [ink blot] truth and veracity.
       J.M. Laird, J.P.
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State of Pennsylvania,
Westmore County, SS.
[county seal]
I Wm. McCall prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that Jos. Moorhead, J.M. Laird, S Rock & R. Sherman, Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were freely made and whose name, in his own proper handwriting is to the foregoing certificate appended, was then and now is acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly elected and commissioned, and to all whose official acts and deeds full faith acts and deeds full faith and credit are of right due.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Court, at Greensburgh, the Twenty first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven
Wm. McCall  Prothonotary
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[county seal]
I certify that Thos L Bean Esq, John Melville , Thos J Barclay Esq & Jos. Stokely whose affidavits an hereto  awarded are personally known to me  & that they are persons of respectability & whose  testimony full credit ought to be given.
Jos H. Kuhus
Greensburgh Jan 21st 1857

House of Representatives
Harrisburgh Jan 23 1857

I have long known the gentlemen whose names are mentioned in the above certificate of Mr. J. Kuhus & fully confer with him in all  [illegible] for Kuhus in reference to their credibility and Character
H D Foster
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Westmoreland County of
State of Penna
personally appeared before me a Justice
of the peace in and for said County Joseph Stokely who being duly sworn according to Law sayeth that he purchased two bounty Land Warrants, one from Jane Hamel widow of Robert Hamel a Revolutionary Soldier which called for one hundred and sixty acres and the other he purchased from Phillip Miller. They were both assigned to him for value Received and that going from Greensburg to West Newton in Westmorland County he the said Joseph Stokely Last said Warrants the
Hamel Warrant was No 26.538 for 160 ac the
Miller Warrant was No 79.598 that he never
sold said warrants to any other person and he
has entered a Correction in the General Land office to prevent the [illegible] the same through fraud and further that he acted as the agent of Mary G Fonty and obtained for her a eighty acre warrant No 417.81 which came to his hands the warrant never was delivered to [illegible] him which was lost by Stokely at the above time he said Stokely now makes application to the Commissioner of pensions for of the above Warrants. Sworn to
the 20th January 1857
Joseph Stokely
R Shrum J.P.
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I do hereby certify that Joseph Stokely is well known to me to be a [illegible] and veracity.
Reuben Shrum
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State of Pennsylvania
Westmoreland Co. SS
Th. J. Barclay being duly sworn before the subscriber says that by reference to her Cash Book he finds that on the 28' of October 1856 he bot (bought) a land warrant from Joseph Stokes that at the same time Stokely offered him for sale another Warrant issued to Philip Miller said warrant assigned on blank that he examined said Warrant but declined purchasing it said Stokely at same time spoke of a Warrant he had in town of Meadow Fence but same was not exhibited
The next time Depenent saw Stokely Stokely stated that he had lost said warrant & enquired if Deponent as he had been threw in his office on the 28th Oct. the time he sold to Deponent the warrant first referred to
Th. J. Barclay
Sworn to Subscriber before him this 20 Jany. 1857
Reuben Shum J P

I certify that the above applicant is a man of truth and veracity.
Reuben Shrum
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Philip Miller Con
Relative to Warrant
Lost
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State of Penna
Westmoreland County }
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County John Melville who being by me duly sworn according to Law- Sayeth that he was present ("when Philip Miller" crossed off) when he Philip Miller Executed an assignment of a bounty Land Warrant Granted to him for Services in the Indian or Wayne war this warrant was for one hundred and twenty acres having under the act of 1850 Received forty acres--this warrant he Miller assigned to Joseph Stokely I seen the money paid and I certified his identity and acknowledged of the Execution of that payment to said Stokely Philip Miller is my neighbor near Adamsbury Westmoreland County and Stokely Says he has lost said warrant it is now advertised in the Greenburg Democrat Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 12th day of December 1856
John Melville
Samuel Rock JP

I do hereby certify that the said John Melville is one of the acting Justices of the Peace of Adamsbury Westmoreland County whose Evidence is entitled to full faith and credit I do also certify that the above purchase was made
Samuel  Rock JP

I do
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(handwriting in several different directions overlapping)

Application to the 
Commissioner of Pension for 
Duplicates of the within 
-warants to him as he
held them-and to
Mary C Frantz her
own Warant to be in
her own name

4178182
Mary O Frantz
26538 PCV
Mr Hamill

Mrs Stokley will be
here for Unit 3
weeks Uycw

Joseph Stokely for
the two he purchased
and only acted as the
agent of Mary C. Frantz
her warrant come to my now
hereto never belived over
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Westmoreland County, State of Penna
 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and State aforesaid Thomas Beam Esq. who being sworn according to law sayeth that he was present when Jane Hamell widow of Robert Hammell a Revolutionary soldier transferred her bounty and land warrant for one hundred and sixty acres seen this money paid by Joseph Stokely of West Newton, Westmoreland County, Penna at the time he received the transfer according to the form laid down for transferring warrants and further that he was the Justice of the Peace who certified her identity and before whom the transfer was executed,  She being my neighbour witness my hands this 2nd day of December 1856.
Thos. L. Beam
Jos. Moorhead J.P.

I do hereby certify that the above witness is a man of truth and veracity his evidence is entitled to full credit.
Jos. Moorhead, J.P.
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Pension Office
Aug. 2/53

Sir,
Please state the time known within named pensioner was last paid; or (if in your power) the date of his death.
Very respectfully
S. Cole
Pen Commissioner

Hon F. Burt
Present}
Robert Hamill, Act 1832:-
Paid to 4th March 1841-no date of death on our Books.
F. Burt
Auditor
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[envelope]
15.894
[round stamp] 
West Newton PA

L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington County

FREE
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General Land Office,
March 2, 1864.

Hon. Jos. H. Barrett
Comr-. of Pensions-

Sir-
Enclosed please find for Casecellation Original B. L. Wt. Act /55 No. 26.538 for 160 acres, the Duplicate of which, issued by you Feby 12/57 as per your letter of that date on file, has been returned as located & has been Patented, 
The locator of said Original Wt. has failed, after ample notice, to comply with the requirements of the Act of June 23/60, there for its cancellation is asked on account of forgery in the assignment attached there to. The early return of said Wt to the files of this office is desired.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.

J. M. Edwards
Commissioner

Wt enclosed

Eastman
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Additional Evidence of
Jane Hamel

Mrs Hamel
widow of Robert 
Hamel a Revolutionary 
Claim to Bounty
Land out of 1885 this
being taken before
the Same Justice

Boynton


Jo. Stuckely
Present
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ACT OF MARCH 8, 1855
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE
June 30 1853Sir:


The claim of Mrs. Jane Hamill for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855, No.
15.894 has been examined and suspended.

The revolutionary service of Robert Hamill,
the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.

The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."

Proof of the applicants widowhood [illegible] Entity

Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim of Mrs. Hamill, will be favorably considered.
Very respectfully
L. P. WALDO. Commissioner.
Joseph Stokely, Esq.
West Newton, Pa.
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Westmorland County ⎬  
Penna

John Taylor appeared before me and was duly sworn according to Law sayeth that he is and has been well acquainted with Mrs Jane Hamel widow of Robert Hamel decd who sayeth that she was a widow at the written time of her application and that she is now a widow
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13th December 1855 -

Thos D Bean, J. P.
John Taylor
I do hereby certify that from Long acquaintance John Taylor the above witness is a man of truth and veracity
Thos L Beam J.P.
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Jane Hammill, Robert  W1173
widow of Robert
Westmoreland Co.
Penn. $49.78
18901
Adm'd $49.78/100 per annum
Commencing 3rd Feb'y 1853
Joseph Stokely
West Newton
Westmoreland Co
Pa.
 Envelope stamped
DEPARTMENT OF THE NITERIOR
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Hammill Jane    BL. Wt 26538-160-55
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[illegible - copy too dark to read]

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
49 Dollars 78
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848 [crossed out]
3 February 1853 [handwritten change]

Certificate of Pension issued the 
6th day of [illegible], 185 [illegible]
and sent to John Stokely
West Newton
Washington County
Pa

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under [illegible]
July 29, 1848 [corssed out] Page 105 Vol. [illegible]
3 February 1853 [handwritten change]
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Date of death
not on A. B.

Reg} m 55-18894
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Brief in the case of Jane Hammell, widow of Robert Hammell
Westmoreland County and State of Pennsylvania
act 3d February 1853.
Claim ("original" or "for increase") ["for increase" crossed out]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband was a pensioner under the
act of June 7th 1832
Marriage proved by part testimony
Witnesses duly certified to be credible

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Joseph Stokely Esqr
West Newton,
Westmoreland, Penna
Name and residence of Agent

R Geddes
Examining Clerk.
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State of Penna
Westmoreland County

personally appeared before me  a Justice of  the Peace and for said County John Pollock Esq 
[illegible] nine years ago who being fully Sworn according to Law Sayeth that he was well
acquainted with Robert Hammell a Revolutionary Soldier who drew a pension from the United State at the Pittsburgh Penna Agency who died the 9th of April 1841 that he lived a Near Neighbor and that he was also well acquainted with his wife previous to her marriage with said Robert Hammell that he was not at the marriage but
well recollects that the said Robert and Jane
his wife was married the 20th July 1802
Eighteen hundred and two that the lived
together as man and wife and was reputed to
he Legally man and wife his Recollection is
good on that matter that he the said Robert
had a large family of children who were
always reputed to be Legitimate Children
and from circumstances of the ages of his own
Children and them of the said Robert
Hammel and Jane his wife the above facts
is within his own personal knowledge and
that he is satisfied that there is no Record
Order of Marriage and further Sayeth
not that ["that" crossed out] the present Applicant is now a widow and has been ever since her husbands death
John Pollock

Sworn and Subscribed
before me ["me" crossed out, replacemnt word illegible]
first May 1853
David Hutchison
J. P
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27119
Hugh Hamill
Admit
3 years
$80-
Hon. R. Coulter
Greensburg
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Westmoreland County Pennsylvania

Before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace of
said County Personally appeared Captain Mathew Jack a Soldier of the Revolution & a person of credibility who on his solemn Oath declares that he is well acquainted with Hugh Hamill and knew him in the Revolutionary War and knows that he enlisted under Captain Miller in the 8th [Illegible] Regiment in the year 1776. and knows that he served out his term of three years & was honorably discharged. Deponent was a lieutenant in Captain Millers Company 1776 - and was afterwards a Captain in the Same Regiment
Sworn & subscribed 25th Febry. 1833
Matthew Jack
Before me
Daniel McKown
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State of Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County ss
 On this twenty seventh day of May A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Honourable John Young Esquire and his associated Judges of a Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting Hugh Hamill who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he is the Brother of Robert Hamill the Declarant in the foregoing Declaration that he saw said Declarant in a company under the command of Captain Pomroy in the State of New Jersey that the said Company was then on their way to Philadelphia where as he understood they were discharged -
This Deponent further saith that he saw said Declarant going out on a scouting expedition under the command of Captain Gonnahway
in Bedford County -
This Deponent further saith that he knew the said Declarant
to be out on other tours against the Indians from hearsay, and
the fact of the said Declarant's departure and return home, as
well as the frequent and long periods of his absence from home during
the Revolutionary War -
Sworn to and subscribed the                       Hugh Hamill
day and year aforesaid -
attest
Randal M. Laughlin Prot.
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Hugh Hammill Pa. Pittsburgh
Ageing. $80 per anim. To what time  
pain?   F.F.C. Fifteenth
Pension Office   Paulito H Marah
March 3 1837    1836.  J. B. Gallaher
[illeligble]
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Robert Hamill
26.791
Address
J.J. Young
Greensburgh
Penn
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Westmoreland County
Personally came before me the Subscriber
a Justice of the peace in & for said County Mathias
Fisher who is a person of good character & credibility
and who being first duly affirmed according to law doth
Affirm & say that he was acquainted with Robert
Hamill during the Revolutionary War with Great Britain
and that he believes said Hamill was a soldier in the Militia on a tour on the lines near South Auobay in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy Seven this affirmant thinks it was about the beginning of
said year
This affirmant further affirms that he saw
the said Hamill bearing arms at Fort Ligonier in the
year Seventeen hundred & Eighty in the service of his
Country during the Revolutionary War-
This affirmant further on his affirmation saith
that he believes said Robert Hamill to be of a perfect
good moral character and of unquestionable veracity
Affirmed and subscribed
the second day of July AD 1833    Mathias Fisher
before me Jas. McKelvey
Before me - James McKelvey, personally came the Reverend
Joseph Seroggt who is a [illegible] Clergyman resident in
Legonier Township & in the neighbourhood where the
above named Robert Hamill resides who upon his solemn oath deposeth & saith that he has been acquainted with
said Robert Hamill for more than seventeen years
has still understood that he had served as a private soldier in
in the militia in the revolutionary war with Great Britain
The fact so far as knows, is acknowledged by all his neighbours, & he believes that said Robert Hamills General Character
for veracity & good moral [illegible] his declaration on this
point to the fullest credit-- Joseph Scraggs
Sworn & Subscribed the
6th day of June AD 1833
before me Jas. McKelvey
Justice of the Peace
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J.L. Edwards Esquire

Dear Sir;

I transmit for by request the Declaration of Robert Hamill made in order to obtain a pension
 under the late Act of Congress.

I have the honor to be yours
Joseph J Young
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N.14250

Jane Hammel
widow of Hugh
Penn
Act of 7 July 1838
To Joseph Stokeley West
Newton Westmoreland Co
Pa Jan 22, 1857.
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Jane Hammel,
[illegible] of Hugh, Pa
Act 7 - July 1838
Add 2 yrs $80
per ann. from 21st
April, 1836, when
her husband died,
except 2 years.

[illegible] unit D
Joseph Stokely
West Newton
Westmoreland Co Pa
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COPT.
Pension Office
January 22, 1851.
Joseph Stokely
West Newton
Westmoreland County, Penns.

Sir:

The declaration of Jane Hammel under the Act of 7 July 1838 has been received. If her marriage occurred at the time claimed by herself, it is fair to presume that her application must have been made before this. Such presumption is not overcome by testimony sufficient to establish the claim even if made within due time. The witnesses speak of the marriage as occurring in 1792 or 1793. They show no facts that could enable them to swear with certainty that it did not occur in 1794 or later. If ther be no record testimony in existence, the date of the marriage must be established by witnesses who are enabled to fix the time by reference to some remarkable occurrence in their own lives or to some record which they have since preserved.
Very truly yours

F.S. Edwards, for Comms.
I. Lerch-November 29, 1935.
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No. 14250
Dec
Jane Hammel
recd. of Hugh
Penn
Add 7 July 1838

Com J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City


West Newton Pa 
Nov 20th
Publick business
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West Newton Nov'm 20th 1850
Westmoreland County, Penn'a.

(??)

  I L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
My  (??) I here (??) to your honour the application of Jane Hannel widow of Hugh Hammel a Revolutionary Pensioner of this county I presume the case is fully made out and I would request your early attension to this case.  The widow is now 82 years of age and by calling your attension to the case you will confer a particular favour I hope your health may be good at this time (??) offer my thanks for your attension to former business (??) sent to that office.
                                   Respectfully your tc
                                                 //ss/
                                      Joseph Stokley
NB I am of opinion your friend
H D Foster will be made United
States Senator from Penn'a in room 
of  (??) Stuyer.
                            I. S.
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)950

Penna Pittsburgh
Jane Hammel
widow of Hugh
who was a private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 80 dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued
the 12th day of March 1837
and sent to

   Joseph Stokely Esq
   West Newton
   Westmoreland Co, Penn'a

{Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 
                    17, 1844.}
recorded in Book a
Vol. 2,  Page 109