Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41806, for Henry Main, Maryland
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(3 - 1776 )

NUMBER
S.41806
service
Md. 

Main, Henry
contents
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18555
North Carolina
-
Henry Main
of Wilkes Co in the State of N. Carolina
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Williams of the Maryland
line, for the term of three years or more
the
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the [    ] of August 1820
Certificate of Pension issued the17 of April 1822 and but to his heir M Stokes 
Senate U. States
Arrears to 4th of March 1822 $153.03
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 11 Sep 1822 48.00
[totalling] $201.03
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818 }
& 1 May 1820
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Hon M. Stokes
Affidavit & Schedule of
Henry
Main
---
The name of
Henry Main does
not appear on the
Rolls remaining in
The Auditors office.
Thos Karney, Aud

Jany 26th 1821
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State of North Carolina Wilkes County} Court of Pleas + Quarter Sessions 
August 1st 1820. On this 1st day of August 1820, Personally appeared in open court Henry Main aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in Order to Obtain the Provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March 1878, and the 1st May 1820, that he the said henry Main enlisted for the Term of three years on or about the last of March or first of April in the year 1777 in the State of Maryland in the company of commanded by Capt. William Bell in the Regiment commanded Colonels Williams and Ford in the line of the State of Maryland on the continential Establishment and that he continued to serve in the said corps untill the 11th day of September following when he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Brandywine in the State of Delaware, from thence he was sent as a prisoner to the Island of Jamacia and from thence to Pensacola in West Florida where he was kept for upwards of One year when he ran away from the British + joined the Spaniards who afterwards wrested West Florida from the British, that he was in the Battles or Skirmishes of New Brunswick + Staten Island that he never had an Opportunity of Obtaining either a discharge or of being exchanged and that when he returned b Water from Florida to Philadelphia the Maryland line had been sent to the Southward + he was unable to join them and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said enlistment + services except his own Oath + the Recollection of Captain William Bell of Bladensburgh (if living) under whom he enlisted.
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And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820 I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th
day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time by gift sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part
thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor
has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and
by me subscribed. Vizt - One Cow. One two year old Steer two pigs. One Hor. and one at the whole worth $23.00

Sworn to & subscribed in open
Court 1st August 1820.
his
Henry Main [his mark]
R. Martin C.W.C.C
The deponent Henry Main further maketh Oath that he is
by trade a ditcher & that from age & infirmity he is totally

unable to pursue his occupation as a ditcher, & that he is
incapable of working in such a manner as to support him
self in any way, that he has no family except his wife
Mary aged sixty-nine years who is also very infirm and
almost totally unable to do any kind of work, & that no other
Person lives with him nor has any one else lived with
for many years.
Sworn to & Subscribed in open
court 1st August AD. 1820.

Henry Main [his mark]
R. Martin C. W. C. C.
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A Schedule of the property of Henry Main of Wilkes County
North Carolina. Vizt - One Cow $10.00. One two year
to Steer $10.00. One Hor., One at $1.50. And two pigs
at $1.50 Total worth $23.00--
Sworn to & Subscribed in open court
1st August AD. 1820.
 Henry Main {his mark}
R. Martin C.W.C.C


State of
North Carolina ⎬ 
Wilkes County

I Robert Martin Clerk of the County Court of pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the forgoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record
of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total
amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Twenty-three dollars; I testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 1st day of August 1820.
R. Martin, C. W. C. C.
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sion on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.

RANK.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.    
William Beall
COLONEL.
H. Williams Ford

STATE
Md.

was taken prisoner at the battle of Brandywine
was sent to the island of Jamaica and then to Pensacola where he was kept a year and then ran away from the British.  Joined the Spaniards and afterwards returned to Phila


Battles engaged in...New Brunswick, Staten Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment,...enlisted in Md.
Date of application for pension,...Aug 1 1820 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, ..Wilkes Co N.C.
Age at date of application,..68 years
Remarks: In 1820 his Wife Mary was 69 years
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LAW OFFICES OF
ALEXANDER S. BACON
37 - 39 LIBERTY STREET
NEW YORK

June 1, 1910.

Commissioner of Pension,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly advise me if there are any records in
your office concerning Nicholas Frownfelter, John Main, Henry
Main, and John Bohls, Boles, or Bolles. Each is said to have been engaged in the Revolutionary War, and probably in Maryland and Pennsylvania regiments.

Thanking you in advance, I am
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Violet Main Turner
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3 - 871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by W.T. C.
Claim No. 6/7/10

Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Henry Main
Service Md. or Pa. Rev
Additional Service.
No.
claim, State records 190_
No claim, combination records, 190_
REMARKS:
No claim as above
except OWIF 41,806.
Chief Division
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41806
INVALID.
Revy
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File No.  41.806
Henry Main
Priv Rev War
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Act: 18th March 1820


Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 307
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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1910 June 11 Hist
to Violet M. Turner
L.M.
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Auditor's Office Annapolis, Jany 26th 1821.
I hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls remaining in
the Auditor's Office, that Henry Manning-
---
enlisted as a prvt in the
2nd Maryland
Regiment, on the [   ]
day of [  ]
and was discharged on the 1st April 1780
Thos Karney A.G. S. Md.
Perhaps the name of
Henry Manning was
Intended for the name of
the applicant.
Henry Main
T. K.
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State of Maryland
Prince Georges County

This 9th day of April AD 1822
came Wm D. Beall before me a Justice
of the Peace for the said County of Prince
George, and made oath, that he was a
Captain in the service of the United States
in the Sixth Maryland Regiment
Commanded at first by Otho H William
and after wards by Col. Ford
that some time early the year 1777
as well as he recollects, he enlisted one
Henry Main into his company in said Regiment, for the term of three years (or during the War) and that said Regiment was in the action of
Brandywine when many of the men were
taken prisoner

Sworn before Horatio Moore