Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40063, William Guthrie, Penn
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn

Guthrie (or Guthery) William
Guthery

NUMBER
S. 40063

CONTENTS
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Notification sent November 17. 1820 to
sent to Jas Brady, Greensburgh, 
Westmoreland County, Pa

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Duplicate issued
Sept. 11th 1819 &
sent to Greensburgh, 
Pennsylvania 
to James Brady Esq
Recd Aug 6 1829

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11.641 [R]
Pennsylvania
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William Guthrie, of Westmoreland in the State of Pennsylvania, who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brodhead of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of one year and nine months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 4th of May 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9th of June 1819 and sent to William Jack Esq.,  Ass. Judge
of Westmoreland Cty. Court house
[Va crossed out] Pen
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Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 mo 21/31  $80.25
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819         48
           [double underlined]               $128.25

{Revolutionary claim, }
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

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Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County SS
William Guthrie of the County of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania personally appeared before the subscriber
one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, did depose and say that he enlisted as a private soldier in
the army of the United States in or about the year 1776, as near as he can recollect, in Captain Joseph Irvin's company of riflemen, 2nd Battalion, Major Patten, Col. Brodhead Regiment, that he was marched to camp and was in the Battle of Long Island where this deponent was made prisoner, that he was kept
in close confinement by the British for near eighteen weeks until he was exchanged, that after his exchange for several months he was unfit for duty and was ordered to Philadelphia
when he remained until about the month of March, when he was ordered to Billingsport next to Mud Island then to Redbank below
Philadelphia when he was employed building and repairing the forts until about the last of May or first of June next. Following his capture,  he was put into the company commanded by Captain James Carnahan, then of a regiment commanded by Col. Bull and afterwards by Col. Stewart, that he was continued in said company and regiment until the expiration of the term of his enlistment which was one year and nine months. That he served the whole of said term of time and received an honourable [sic] discharge signed by said Col. Stewart at Valley Forge. That he had said discharge for about seven or eight months. That his Pocket Book containing said Discharge was stolen from him at Charles Gills Tavern, Burnt Calkins, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. That he has never seen it since. That he was in the Battles of Long Island, Brandywine and Germantown, that he was afterwards upwards of six months in Captain
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Matthew Jack's company of Rangers in what was called Coll [sic] Brodhead's Campaign against the Indian Towns on the Allegheny River in the State of Pennsylvania.
He further states that he has for several years past been on the pension list of Pennsylvania and has drawn forty dollars per annum but that he never was allowed any pension from the United States, and further from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his
Country for support.

/s/ William Guthery

Sworn and subscribed       }
before me this 4th day of  }
May 1818                          }
/s/ Wm Jacks

It having appeared to my satisfaction that the above-named William Guthrie served in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy in the manner set forth in the above deposition, I do certify the testimony and proceeding had in the case to the Secretary of War arguably to the act of Congress passed the18th March 1818. Witness my hand and seal the 4th day of May AD 1818
/s/ Wm Jack [SEAL]

I, James Reed Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Westmoreland County in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that William Jack, before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken & whose name is subscribed thereto & also to the above certificate at the time of taking said affidavit & making said certificate,
was and yet is one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County duly commissioned & sworn., to all whose
acts as such full faith & credit is due. In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Greensburgh in said County this thirteenth day of June AD 1818
For Jas Reed, proth Morrison Underwood [SEAL]
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Westmoreland County Ss   Pennsylvania

On the seventeenth day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Westmoreland aforesaid, being a Court of record, William Guthrie, resident in said County aged upwards of seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth in his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war
as follows to wit: That he enlisted in Captain Joseph Irwin's company in the Regiment then he believes commanded by Col. Miles in the spring of the year 1776 for the term of one year and nine months. That the company
was marched from Hanna town in this County, the place where he enlisted, to Marcus Hook. That he was in the battle of Long Island where he was taken prisoner and was detained as such for about 18 weeks - was then exchanged and put into the company commanded by Captain James Carnahan in the Regiment then commanded by Col Brodhead and afterwards by Col Walter Stewart. That he served the whole term of time for which he enlisted in the Pennsylvania line and received an honorable discharge at Valley Forge, which discharge
he lost or was stolen from him together with his pocketbook at Charles McGill's tavern and burnt cabbins [sic] in Bedford County in the state on his return home. That he was also in the Battle of Brandywine and Germantown. That he was afterwards two months in the militia service in the company commanded by Captain Patrick Jack, Col Dunlop regiment. That he served eight months in Capt. Matthew Jack's company of Rangers in the Regiment commanded by Col. Brodhead, and six months more in Capt. Thomas Stokeley's Company guarding the frontier of Westmoreland County. That he has been already placed on the pension list under the law of Congress of the 18th day of March 1818. That his original declaration was made as he believes in the 4th of May 1818. That his pension certificate is dated the 11th of September 1819 & numbered 11,641.
And I, the said William Guthrie, do solemnly swear that I was a resident of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or 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 and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War
passed the 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or duties, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any other income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto
annexed and by me subscribed except my pension.
Schedule
1 Horse, a creature of the value of twenty Dollars

/s/ William Guthrie
Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court this 17th July 1820
/s/ Jno H Wise, Prothy
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I the said William Guthrie do solemnly swear and declare that I am by occupation a Farmer that from my very advanced age, and infirmities and owing to having shoulder dislocated I am unable to do any (or at least) very little for my support--I have no wife nor family--nor never had any

/s/ William Guthrie

Sworn to and subscribed in
open court this 17 July 1820
/s/ Test Jno H. Wise Prothy

In testimony that the preceding is a true copy taken from and compared with the original remaining of file in my office I, John H. Wise Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for said County at Greenburg this 21st day of September 1820 have hereto set my hand & seal of office
/s/ Jno H. Wise Prothy [SEAL]

I the said John H. Wise protonotary as aforesaid do hereby certify that the said Court did on the sixteenth instant at a Court of Common Pleas [illegible] holden for said county value the property specified in the within schedule of Wm. Guthrie at the sum of twenty dollars as from the record thereof appears.

Witness my hand & the seal of
my office as above this 19th day
of October A D 1820.
/s/ Jno H Wise Prothy [SEAL]
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Guthrie
William Guthrie
11 641
June 1819

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The law of May 1-1820 requires the Clerk to certify the opinion of the Court as to the value of the property exhibited in the Schedule-The Clerk will perceive that he has neglected to so in every case.

Hol 44 Con.

877 [2] [illegible] cert 372
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OWTU
ECL

[Departmental Stamp]
O. W. & N. DIVISION
MAR 30 1900
RECEIVED

Chicago March 28th [Illegible]

War Dept
Can you give me the war record of William 
Guthrie who enlisted in the war of the American Revolution probably from New Castle Co Del or Chester Co Penn.  I would consider it a great favor
Very truly
Mrs C. N. Griffin
2018 Adams St
Chicago 
Ill

[Departmental Stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
K
MAR 28 1900
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Hist to
Chicago Ill
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40063
INVALID. [initialed]
Revy
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File No. 40,063
William Guthrie
Priv Rev War
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Act: 18 March 1818
Index: -- Vol. 3..., Page 208

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Apl. 9-1900
Mrs. C. N. Griffin
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Mr Edwards
will attend to this case
[initials]
Greensburg, P
The Honorable The Secretary of War
City of 
Washington
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Greensburg Sept. 1 1819

Sir.

My application for a pension has been before the Honorable the Secretary of War for nearly Eighteen months (except a short time when it was returned for further proof)  The additional proof required has been obtained, my application again forwarded & no answer has as yet been received by me - I had hoped that the relief intended for old soldiers (of whom I am one and as poor & needy as any of them) would not have been so long withheld from me. If I am again put off till next March, I may from old age and want be gone to another world where I will stand in no need of pecuniary relief from my Country.

I am with great esteem
yr. mo. ob. serv.
/s/ William Guthery

To the Honble. the Secy of War.
P. S.  Direct my certificate to James
Brady of this please
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Greensburg Pa
29 day 

Free

Honbl Secretary of War
Washington City
Admd:

old case
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Penna May 29 - 1819 -

Greensburg Westmoreland County Penna May 29 - 1819

Sir
I have been requested to forward the inclosed [sic] application of William Guthrey to the Secretary of War.
/s/ James Brady

The Honbl Secretary of War -
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Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County Ss

William Waddle of the said county, a credible witness being sworn before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county on his oath deposeth & saith, that he is and has been for many years been well acquainted with William Guthrie the within named applicant. That he knows he enlisted as a private soldier in the revolutionary war in the Pennsylvania line, and that he served upwards of eighteen months the term of his enlistment.  He knows he was in Capt Irwins company in Broadhead Regiment, and that he was taken prisoner at Long Island & was for some time confined in the prison life.  That he was afterwards in Capt Carnahan's company in Col. Bull's Regiment. And that he was honorably discharged at the Valley Forge - And further that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his Country for support.

/s/ William Waddle

Sworn & subscribed before
me the 18th July 1818 -
/s/ Wm. Jack

I further certify that it fully appeared to my satisfaction that from the reduced circumstances of the above named William Guthrie, that he needs the assistance of his country for support.  Witness my hand & seal this 18th July 1818.

/s/ Wm. Jack [SEAL]
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Westmoreland County Ss

Before me the subscriber President of the 10th Judicial ^ District of Pennsylvania personally came William Nelson a credible and disinterested witness who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with the within named applicant William Guthrie before and at the time he enlisted in Captain Joseph Irwins Company.  That he knew him the said Guthrie to perform duty as a private in said company until the day of the Battle on Long Island with the British, that this deponent understood that the said Guthrie was made prisoner on that day but he did not see said Guthrie until after the expiration of the term of their enlistment & then not again in Westmoreland County.  He the said Deponent being severely wounded and made prisoner on the same day, and was not ever since fit for military ^ duty; therefore did not join his Regiment afterward said Guthrie has ever since resided in Westmoreland County and is & has been well known to the Deponent ever since the time of their enlistment and is the same William Guthrie whose service is set forth in the within application for pension and he this Deponent has ^ no doubt said Guthrie served out his term for which he enlisted for at least eighteen months -
/s/ Wm. Nelson

Sworn & subscribed the 25th of May
1819 before
/s/John Young

Westmoreland County Ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber President of the 10th Judicial District of Pennsylvania Archibald Leech a credible an disinterested witness wo being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say tat he was well acquainted with William Guthrie the within named applicant at the time he enlisted in Capt Joseph Irwins Company in the year 1776.  That the said Guthrie was made prisoner at the Battle of Long Island.  That said Guthrie after his release (he believes in or about the first of January after he was taken prisoner) joined his Company again and served as a faithful soldier untill [sic] the time for which he was inlisted [sic] was fully ended.  And he this Deponent declares he was present when said ^ Guthrie was honorably discharged at Valley Forge.
This Deponent further declares that said Guthrie has to his knowledge generally resided since the revolutionary war in the County of Westmoreland is now present and he is certain he is the same William Guthrie who served in the Pennsylvania line in the Revolutionary War as he has stated in his the within Declaration.

/s/ Archibald Leech

Sworn & subscribed the 26th of May 1819 before /s/ John Young