Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23948, for Charles Stuart, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                    NUMBER
Penn.         Stuart, Charles       S.23948
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Contents
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PENNSYLVANIA
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Charles Stewart  11480
Franklin Co, in the state of Penna. and was a Pvt. in the Company commanded by Captain Menno of the regt. Commanded Col. Menno in the Pennsylvania Line troops.
8 Mos. Private      $26.66
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Inscribed on the rolls of Pennsylvania at the rate of 26 dollars 66 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.
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Certificate of pension issued the 10th day of May 1833 and sent to Pensioner, Mercersburg, Pa.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833              53.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.           13.33
                                                              $   66.65

{Revolutionary Claim.}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J. S. Spraque Clerk
Book E,  Vol. 5  Page 53

Aug 3-1835       AB
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Charles Stuart
near Mercersburg
Franklin Co., Pena.

report to applicant

Adm.
to 8 mos.
$26.66

Pensioner
Mercersburg, Panna.

M. St. Clair Clarke Esq. C.H.R.
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Franklin County ss
State of Penna.

    Personally, before me the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Franklin came Charles Stuart of said county of Franklin and being duly sworn according to law saith that about the first of August 1776 then marched from Lancaster County, State of Penna. under the command of Capt. James Marrow as a volunteer. The field officers were Lieut. Col. Marrow and Major Cox.  They marched through Philadelphia, Trenton, Princeton, Brunswick to (illegible) Amboy & crossed over to Staten Island under the command of Genl Dickinson and took a small post with about fifty prisoners.  We continued with the Army under Gen. Washington through New Jersey and were dismissed having served the term of five months on the first day of Jany 1777 that early in May 1778 he marched under the same Captain on a tour of two months agreeably to a call of the militia law of the state and served principally in Lancaster guarding prisoners and public stores.  That at the time Fort Freeland in Northumberland County was taken by the English and Indians he went as a volunteer under the command of Col. Smith and remained in service one month.  I am now in my 77th year being born 24th May 1756.  Our pay was 50 shillings equal to six dollars and two thirds.  I (illegible) where and in what year were born. Ans. In Lancaster County now Dauphin on the 24th May 1756. Quest. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? Ans. I have a record in my bible which I tool from my father's bible.  Ques.  Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you live now?  Ans. I was living in Lancaster County, now Dauphin when called into service.  I have lived since in Bedford County and am now living in Franklin County.  Ques. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? Ans.  I volunteered in the first instance, I was drafted in the second and was a volunteer in the third instance. Quest. 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 recollect and the general circumstances of your service? Ans. In answer to this question to the foregoing deposition (next page)
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December 3, 1936

Charles Stuart
S. 23948
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Harmon Miller
171 Montford Avenue
Asheville, North Carolina

Dear Madam:

    Reference is made to your letter in chich you request the Revolutionary War record of Charles Stewart of Pennsylvania.

    The date which follow were obtained from pension claim, S. 23948, based upon the service of Charles Stuart in the Revolutionary War.  This is the record of the only Charles Stuart of Stewart, found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office, who served with the Pennsylvania troops.

    Charles Stuart (as his signature is shown in the claim) was born May 24, 1756 in Lancaster (that part later called Dauphin) County, Pennsylvania.  The Names of his parents were not given.

    While residing in said Lancaster County, Charles Stuart volunteered about the first of August, 1776, served as private in captain James Marrow's Company, Colonel Marrow's Pennsylvania regiment, was in an engagement on Staten Island and was discharged, January 1, 1777.  He enlisted early in May, 1778, served two months in Captain Marrow's company, guarding prisoners and public stores in Lancaster.  He again enlisted and served one month in Colonel Smith's regiment, dates of this service not given.

    After the revolution, he lived in Bedford County, and then moved to Franklin County, Pennsylvania. 

    He was allowed pension on his application exe (nest page).
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executed February 8, 1833, at which time he was living in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.  He died August 3, 1835.

    The papers in this claim contain no reference to the family of the soldier, Charles Stuart or Stewart.

    In order to obtain the name and address of the person paid the last payment of pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and give the following:

Charles Stewart (as he was pensioned)
Certificate #11480
Issued May 10, 1833
rate $26.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Pennsylvania Agency

                             Very truly yours

                              A.D. Hiller
                              Executive Assistant
                              to the Administrator
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23948
INVALID
Revolutionary
File No. 23,948
Charles Stuart
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7, 1832
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 392

{Arrangement of 1870.}

1936 Dec. 3, Hist. to Mrs. Harmon Miller.     AWG
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Mrs. Harmon Miller
Asheville
N.C.

November 16, 1936

Veteran's Administration,
Washington -

My Dear Sirs,

    Please tell me whether there is any record of D.A.R. - service only of Pa. rendered by Charles Stewart, of Upper Makefield township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, or any Charles Stewart in the state of Pennsylvania.  He died after the revolutionary War & was, I believe, at one time Captain of Penn. Military Force. 

Very truly,
//s//
Mrs. Harmon Miller,
171 Montford Ave.
Asheville, North Carolina