Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 40434, for William Simmons, Maryland
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE 
Md.

Simmons, William 

NUMBER 
S40434
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12.801 
From R 
Maryland 
to Ohio Pittsburgh Agency 
William Simmons 
of Baltimore in the State of Maryland 
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gunby of the Maryland 
[l]ine, for the term of Maryland Line 
PO 3 yrs

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland 
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence o[n] the 27th of April 1818. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th of July 1819 and sent to Wm McMechen Esq 
Judge, Baltimore Maryland 

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 [illegible] 82:9 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 1819.     48: 
[Total:]   $130:9
War
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

C]ontinued
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One Case 24 
Judge McMechen 
Baltimore 
Recd [received] 30th April 1818- 

William Simmons 
application 
for a pension 
Private 
1st Maryland regt [regiment]
1780 - 3 years 
April 27, 1818 
The Judges certificate of 
“reduced circumstances in 
life” wanting
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State of Maryland, City and County of Baltimore ss: 
On this Twenty Seventh day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, 
one of the associate Judges of the City Court, in and for the City 
of Baltimore, in the State aforesaid, personally appears 
William Simmons aged fifty four years, resident in the said City of 
Baltimore in the State aforesaid, who being by me duly sworn, 
according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, 
in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:” That he the said William Simmons 
enlisted in Chester Town, Kent County, in the State of Maryland 
aforesaid, the Company commanded by Captain James Woolford Gray 
of the first Maryland Regiment, in the month of July, 
in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty; that he continued to 
serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the United States until 
the Peace when he was discharged from service in Frederick 
Town, in the State aforesaid, that he was in the battles of the 
seige [siege] of York and Blueford River, in South Carolina and that 
he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance 
of his Country for support: and that he has no other evidence 
now in his power of his said services.

sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid. 
William Simmons his X mark 

I William McMecken associate Judge of the City Court 
in and for the City of Baltimore, in the State aforesaid, do certify that
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that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said William Simmons 
did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceeding [preceding] 
declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit 
the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the 
Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. 
April 27th 1818 
W McMechen 
associate Judge 
of Balto [Baltimore] City Court 

City of Baltimore Sct. 
I hereby Certify that it appears to my entire 
satisfaction that William Simmons served in the revolutionary 
war against the common enemy for more than nine 
months in continuce [continuance] as appears by the Auditors Certificate 
hereto annexed & the declaration of the said William Simmons 
& also that he is in reduced circumstances 
and stands in need of assistance from his Country 
for Support as appears by the deposition of of [sic] Moses Smith & James Richardson also annexed. 

Given under my hand this thirty first day of may one thousand eight hundred and nineteen 
W McMechen 
associate Judge 
Balto [Baltimore] City Court
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City of Baltimore to wit: 
On this Twenty Seventh day of April one thousand who hundred and eighteen personally appeared before me 
the undersigned James Richardson and made oath 
on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that he 
is acquainted with William Simmons that he 
the Deponent and William Simmons were both 
enlisted at the same time in Chester Town Kent County State of Maryland in a company commanded 
by by Captain John Hawkins of the eighth Maryland 
Regiment in the month of July 1780 for the term of three years & were afterwards drafted and transferred into other Regiments the said William Simmons was transferred 
to Capt. James Woolford Grays Company of the 1st Maryland Regiment 
Sworn to & subscribed before me 
James Richardson 
Sworn to before me Wemechen Associate Judge of Balto City Court City of Baltimore Sct on the 31 day of May 1819 personally appeared 1 before me the subscribed Moses Smith & James made Oath that they are acquainted with William 1 Simmon an applicant for a pension and doventy believe that he is poor & in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his County for support. W Meehan Moses Smith his hard for as Judge Ball City Cent
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City of Baltimore Sct
I Thomas Harwood Clerk of a Baltimore City Court 
hereby certify the Honorable, William McMechen before 
whom the foregoing proceedings appear to have been 
taken and certified and who has thereto subscribed his 
name was at the time of taking and certifying the same and 
still is Associate Judge of Baltimore City Court duly 
commissioned and qualified; and to all whose acts as such 
full faith and credit are and ought to be given as 
well in Courts of Justice as thereout.

In Testimony I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said 
Court this Twenty seventh day of April 
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 
Th. Harwood Clk
Baltimore City Court
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William Simmons 
Revy Pensioner 
$8.00 
12.801 
Sept 1819
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SCHEDULE. 
United States of America 
State of Maryland, Harford County ss:
On this 28th day of Augt. 1820, personally 
appeared in open court, being a court of record, that is to say Harford County Court 
William Simmons aged sixty one years, 
resident in Harford County aforesaid in said State 
who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: 
That he was enlisted at Chester Town 
on the Eastern Shore of the State of Maryland by Col. 
Richard Boardley, first mustered under Cap John Hankins [John Hawkins?] ordered to Annapolis under 
Captain Sheppard from thence sent on an expedition to Philadelphia 
with Horses, returned to Annapolis joind [joined] the 2d Regiment Md Line 
in Cap. Woolford Grays Company in which Company & Regt 
Continued to serve the U States on the Continental establishment 
to the end of the War when he was honorably discharged at Frederick Town in said State, as will appear by reference 
to his to his certificate of discharge bearing date October 1783, 
That he hath been placed on the Revolutionary Pension 
Roll of the Maryland agency, as will also fully appear 
by his Pension Certificate bearing date [?] 9th day of 
July 1818, and numbered on the ba[ck?]
and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 and 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.
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Schedule referred to within Viz. 
That his property consists of one cow & yearling value @ $15.00 
Four Shoats or pigs $10. One small plow hoes axe &c $5.   15.-
half a dozen old Rush bottomed chairs 2.-
One pine Table & one mahogany breakfast Do.[ditto], both old   5.-
Two Iron pots Kettle, Baker, old andirons & $ 5.-some trifle of Crockery ware water buckets knives & forks &c 5.-
[total:] $47.00
Applicant hath also purchased an old mare 
for which he hath promise to pay $20. also an old one horse cart worth about $10 - but neith[er] of them being 
paid for, does not conceive it to be correct for him to [?] 
them. That he hath no trade, rents about ten acres 
of poor Land, for which he pays $50. per annum, by the 
cultivation of which & the Pension he Receives for his Revolution 
services he makes out to live in a very frugal way. That 
his family consists of his wife named Elizabeth upwards of 
thirty years of age Son Joseph 10 years James 7 years & John 2 
years of age, and were it not for the assistance of his 
Pension aforesaid it would not be in his power to 
support himself, except by private or public charity as 
he is greatly afflicted with Rheumatic Pains &c. Wm Simmons his X mark

SWORN to and declared on the 28th day of Augt 1820 BEFORE, Walter Dorsey Chief Judge of said Court in open Court Harford County in 

I, Henry Dorsey Clerk of the sixth Judicial District of Maryland do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of 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 Forty Seven --- dollars and - Cents. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this 29th day of August 1820
Henry Dorsey Clerk of Harford County court for the sixth Judicial District of Maryland
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER. 
State of Ohio 
County of Stark ss.
On this tenth day of November 1826, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Stark personally appeared William Simmons who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain James W. Gray in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stewart in the service of the United States ; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Maryland from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Ohio Stark County where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there payable, in future; and that his reasons for removing to the State of Ohio are to improve his situation 
William Simmons his X mark
Sworn and subscribed to, before 
me, the day and year aforesaid } 
Geo Dunbar 
Justice of the Peace 

NOTES. -- The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be proved by the certificate of the proper officer, setting forth that the person taking the testimony is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
The Pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also have the authentication as above required
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State of Ohio 
Stark County } ss
[Seal]
On this tenth day of November 1826 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Stark, personally 
appeared Ephraim Hardgrove, a person of veracity who on his oath 
declares that he well knows the within mentioned William Simmons 
to be the same person described in the within affidavit 
Ephraim Hardgrove
Geo Dunbar 
Justice of the Peace 

Stark County Ohio said
I John Myers Clerk of the Court of Common 
of said County do certify that George Dunbar Esquire before 
whom both the foregoing affidavits appear to have been 
made is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County 
of Stark and that signature purporting to be his is genuine 

In testimony whereof I hereto sign my name 
and affix the seal of said Court at Canton 
in said County of Stark the 10th day of November A.D. 1826 
Jno Myers Clk 
Com Pleas Stark Co. Ohio
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Auditors Office 
Annapolis 13th Feby 1819 
I certify that it appears by the Pay Roll 
of the Troops in the Maryland Line that 
William Simmonds a private Received Arrears 
of Pay from 1st Augt 1780 to the 15th Nov. 1783 R Loockerman Audr, Genl
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General Reed Certificate 
for Wm Simmons 
Claims a pension as a 
Revolutionary soldier
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I certify that William Simmons to 
have [?] and was a soldier 
In the war of the [?]
and of the Maryland line that I have 
[?] to believe and do believe that 
he served a considerable time in 
the army during the war, and to the 
end thereof. Given under my 
hand this 30th day of august 1818[?]
Philip Reed Captn.
of the Maryland 
Line in the war
[illegible]
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City of Baltimore Sct 
I Thomas Harwood Clerk of Baltimore City 
Court hereby Certify that the Honorable William 
McMechen before whom the foregoing proceedings 
appear to have been taken and Certified and who 
has hereto subscribed his name at the 
time of taking and Certifying the same and still is associate Judge of Baltimore City Court duly commissioned and qualified; and to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout 
In Testimony I have hereunto subscribed 
my name and affixed the seal of 
Said Court this thirty first day of 
May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, Th Harwood Clk
Baltimore City Court
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40434 
INVALID. 
Revy
File No. 40.434
William Simmons 
Pri Rev War 
Act: 18th March 18 
Index: 8 [or 3?] Vol. , Page 462 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Recd. [received] from Canton, Ohio,
 Nov. 20. 1826 

Wm Simmons, 
for transfer 
Pensioner, 
Canton, Ohio.
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Harford MD
Aug 30th

Free

Department of War
Revolutionary Pension Office
Washington D.C.

MD
Rec'd 1 Sept 1820
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Bell Air, Harford County Maryland 
August 29th 1820 
Sir
I have the honor to enclose herewith my additional declaration 
for perpetuating my Revolutionary Pension, agreeably to the provisions 
of the late Act of Congress in that can made and provided 
when the same shall have been passed by the Hon. Secretary of War 
have the goodness to notify me thereof [?] to care of [Thomas?] Bache[?] No. 10 Harrison Street Bal[Baltimore?]

I have the honor to be with great respect 
Sir your mo. ob. Serv
William Simmons his X mark

J. L. Edwards Esq 
Pension Office 
Washington