Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,886, Isaac Vanorman, Conn. Penn.
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(3─1776)

SERVICE
Conn.(?)
Penn.

★
Vanorman, Isaac or 
Vanormun

NUMBER
R. 10,886

CONTENTS
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No. 38,057
Isaac Van Orman
Ohio.
Act 7th June 1832
✔Letr. [Letter] Isaac Van Orman Decr [December] 3/50
10886
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1930 - May 5 - Hist. to Mrs Jed. B. Montis
Letter in case of Isaac Mimson, S. 40187 - EEL

[Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 9, 1873. crossed out] 
REJECTED
10,886
P. O.
Isaac Van Orman
Service:
Enlisted:  , 18  .
Discharged:  , 18  .
Application filed:  , 18  .
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O. 
Recognized.   Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for   , 18  .
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State of Ohio
Medina County ss ⎬
On the 17th day of August A.D. 1850 Before me Lyman Hemenway one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County personally appeared Isaac Van Orman and gave the following statement under oath viz
I am a native of the State of Pennsylvania & was born in the year of our Lord 1764 June 30th in lower Smithfield Township North Hampton County and my Father lived in the neighborhood of Colonel Jacob Stroud until the war came on, And in the year 1779 the Indians came into our neighborhood & carried off Hannah Lolleday & Margaret her sister in Law & Polly Ludlow and killed William Ludlow her brother and burned a house Then I withe the neighbors fled to the house of Col Jacob Stroud & fortified it as a fort .  
I believe this to have been about the first days of July in sd [said] year
About this time I began to carry a gun. The Neighbors collected themselves together and did their harvesting in companies
In the year 1781 nine men of us left Col Stroud's for Wyoming on the 17th of April And on the 19th of April arrived at Wilksbarre (now called Luzerne) Some of these men from Wyoming & the men at Wilk'sbarre agreed to go and take possession of Jacob's plains 3 miles West of Wilksbarre. Col. Zebulon Butler was Commander in Chief of the little Settlement. Capt Mitchel had Command of the Fort & the continental Stores On Examination by the Officers it was declared by them that my Gun was deficient & not fit for every emergency; therefore Capt Mitchel went & brought a Continental gun Cartridge Box Bayonet & Ammunition. I was now furnished with arms sufficient for the defence [defense] of my country against the Indian Warfare Five of us, Active young min [men] were paraded under Lieutenant Andrew Myres he was a continental Officer & he took our names down on a piece of paper 
I continued an active Soldier & defender of my country while the War continued until the year 1783 During the summer of 1781 & 1782 the Indians were very troublesome I oftentimes carried my gun into the field where I was at work expecting to be called into active service. At the firing of three Cannon was an alarm, a signal for action which frequently occured [occurred] 
Waterman Baldwin & a man by the name of Sandrie his brother in law were carried away by the Indians being the last
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This happened in the month of March 1783 they got back in the month of June I believe I left Pennsylvania in the year 1790 I gave my gun to Col. Butler at the time of my removal from that place and moved to the State of New York in the Township of Canandaigua County of Ontario in the year 1792 and in the year 1828 removed to the Ohio in the Township of Granger & County of Medina where I now reside and am in my Eighty seventh year
[signature] Isaac Vanorman

Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 17th day of August A.D. 1850
[signature] Lyman Hemenway J.P.

The State of Ohio
Medina County ss ⎬
I Herman Canfield clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Lyman Hemenway is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the 27th day of May 1848 & will expire on the 27th day of May 1851 and that his signature above written is genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Medina the 30th day of August AD 1850
Herman Canfield Clerk
By [signature] O Scodding Deputy

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]
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We the subscribers whose names are here under signed most respectfully certify that We have been acquainted with the within named Isaac Van Orman for the number of years set opposite to our names and do firmly believe him to be a man possessing strictly religious & moral principle and has the entire confidence of community & for truth and veracity there is not existing in our minds a single doubt and would cordially recommend him to your most favorable notice

[two sided table, each with two columns] 
| Subscribers Names | number of years | Subscribers Names | number of years]
[data presented in one column]
Lyman Hemenway J. P. 30

Adam Turner 21

I have been acquainted with Mr Van Orman since my earliest recollection say for fifty years. I know him to be a true Patriot and deserving the aid of his County
J Codding J. P

Erastus S. Bissell Justice of the Peace 14 Sharon Medina Co
Valentine Waltman 19
Caleb Hagebuch 14
Solomon Chrisman 19
Russel Abell 10
Win Graves 14
Norman Curtis 15
Wm Johnson 14
Reuben Fairchild 15
John Turner 21
Comfort Brewster 16

N. B. In addition to what is set forth in the above certificate it may be proper to state that Deacon Van Orman, the affiant is in indigent circumstances destitute of property and home and that he is in our opinion a worthy applicant for assistance from his native State, having no children in this State able to render him  that aid necessary for his Comfort in his evening of life - Granger [illegible] 1850.
John Colling Justice of the Peace 
Wm Crane jun [junior] 15 
G C Turner 21
James Turner 21
Henry Beaman 12
P A. Thove 22
I have been with Isaac Van Orman some 15 years having been a near neighbor some 8 or 10 years of the time & always found him a kind hearted & honorable man
Barnabas Crane [illegible]
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I hereby certify that I have known Isaac Vanormmon [Van Orman]  who has sworn to the Facts as Above stated - and read all that has subscribed as above and believ [believe] him justly Entitled to a Pention [Pension] from the Treasury of the United States
Medina August 22 1850 Noah. M. Bronson late an [illegible] Judge

No 38,057
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4 
Pension Office 
Decr [December] 1850
Sir: 
Your declaration under the act 7 June 1832, has been received. You must be aware of the fact that declarations made for the benefit of a law so long after its passage are naturally received with distrust and require to be sustained by the clearest evidence. If your service was performed in Pa. the Auditor of that [illegible] has [illegible] some record of them, and his certificate thereto must be examined. You must also prove the [illegible] of them by witnesses personally cognizant of the facts to which they testify - [illegible] required of you, also, to make a more detailed statement, showing the officers under whom you served, the character of the service, whether militia, [illegible] regular and the commencement and termination of each time
Isaac Van Orman Esq
Medina Ct H
O.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section 
EEL

May 5, 1930

Mrs. Jed S. Montis
406 North Gay Street
Mount Vernon, Ohio

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 10886, it appears that Isaac Vanor-man (the name also appears as Vanormun) was born October 30, 1764, in Lower Smithfield Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and at the time of the Revolutionary War, his father, whose name is not stated, lived in the neighborhood of Colonel Jacob Stroud.

He applied for pension August 7, 1850, at which time he was a resident of Medina County, Ohio, and stated that about July 1, 1779, the Indians having made an attack near his home, he assisted in fortifying the house of Colonel Stroud. 

He also stated that he enlisted April 19, 1781, at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and served at different times until 1783, names of officers and exact dates of service not given.

His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the alleged service as required by the pension laws.

In 1792, he moved to Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, and in 1828, to Granger Township, Medina County, Ohio.

In 1850, it was stated that he had no children living in the State of Ohio, and there are no other data as to wife or children.

The above is the history of the only soldier named isaac Vanorman found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

Very truly yours

Earl. D. Church
Commissioner