Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,714, John Evans, Penn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Penn.

Evans, John

NUMBER
S.42.714


CONTENTS
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17.905
Ohio
John Evans

of Jefferson City in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Craig of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of 4 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24th of March 1820

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 of October 1820 and sent to James Fred King Esr
Mount Pleasant, Ohio

Arrears to 4th of September 1820  $43.12
Semi-anl. all'ce ending  4 March 1821  48.-
                                                                      $91.12

arv 5 mo. 64
31.30.

d. May 9, 1826 see Agency Book

{Revolutionary Claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
4 May 1820

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FV

In reply to your request of         , received        for a statement of the military history of John Evans a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) crossed out S. File 42714. application for pension on file in this Bureau.

STATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Feb. 1776 to

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Jan. 1781.

RANK.
Pri-.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Youling (Huling is correct never  of this Capt)

COLONEL.
Arthur Sinclair
Thomas Craig

STATE.
Pa

Battles engaged in, Three Rivers, Elizabethtown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Lancaster Co., Pa
Date of application for pension, March 24, 1820. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Jefferson Co., Ohio.
Age at date of application, B. in Aug. 1749.  He died May 9, 1826
Remarks:  There is no data relative to family.  It is not stated whether he was ever married.  The above is the only John Evans, of Pa. service, found on the Rev. War records of this [illegible]

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

3-285G
(Date of death taken from Agency Book.)
(also-rec. report from Auditor)
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November 30, 1932
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BA-J/EEL
John Evans-S.42714

Mrs. D. C. Akers
181 Greenwood Avenue
East Orange, New  Jersey

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you ask to be informed whether the pension of John Evans, a Revolutionary War soldier, was paid to his widow after his death May 9, 1826.

There is no claim for pension on file by any person as the widow of the above names John Evans, S. 42714..

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid in the case of John Evans, Revolutionary War soldier, S. 42714, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:

John Evans, Certificate No. 17905, issued October 26, 1820, rate $8 per month, commenced March 24, 1820, Act of March 18, 1818, Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

See 3rd anl. Report at back of this corres.
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June 14, 1932

John Evans-S.42714
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BA-J/EEL

Mr. Timon E. Owens
615 Richfield Building
555 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, California

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letters relative to John Evans, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.42714, based upon the military service of John Evans in that war.

John Evans was born in August, 1749, place not stated.

He enlisted in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in February, 1776, served as a private in Captain John Huling's Company, Colonel St. Clair's Second Pennsylvania Regiment, and under same Captain in Colonel Thomas Craig's Third Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battles of Three Rivers and Elizabethtown and in a number of smaller engagements, names of these engagements not given, and was discharged in January, 1781.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 24, 1820, while residing in Jefferson County, Ohio. (At that time, he stated that he had no family and resided among his friends.) used only for this inquiry

He died May 9, 1826. (from AB)

It is not stated that soldier was ever married.

In 1820, one William Evans made affidavit in Belmont county, Ohio in support of soldier's claim; no relationship was shown.

The above is the history of the only soldier named John Evans, who served with the Pennsylvania Troops, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Rev. War Section (initials FW and AW)

October 19, 1917

Mr. Stephen D. Evans,
1614 Chase Avenue, Station A,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sir:

In response to your letters of the fifteenth instant, you are advised that in the record of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Evans, of Pennsylvania, S.F. No. 42,714, which was sent you September 6, 1916, and is herewith returned, the dates of service, his rank and names of his officers are taken from his sworn statement as to his services, upon which his pension was allowed, and the date of his death from the record book of the payments of Pensioners of the State of Ohio.  it is presumed that the Captain's name, Youlin, was an improper spelling  of Huling.
For your further aid in this matter, you are advised that the soldier stated under oath that he enlisted as Private in February, 1776,  in Captain John Youlin's company, Colonel Arthur St Clair's 2" Pennsylvania regiment, and after a year had elapsed, he re-enlisted for three years in the same company, commanded by Captain Youlin, and was placed by a change of Regiment, in Colonel Thomas Craig's 3" Pennsylvania Regiment, and continued to serve in said Corps until sometime in June, 1781.
As this statement precludes the possibility of his having rendered service as Corporal in the 4" Pennsylvania regiment  covering the same period, as quoted from the Pennsylvania Archives, 5" Series, Volume 2, page 1077, and to which the date of pensioner's death has been added, it is suggested that you should consult with the custodian of the Public Records of the Pennsylvania State Library, who furnished you the enclosed certificate, as to the two soldiers named John Evans, and why the date of death was attached to the record of the Corporal.
It is also suggested that you consult said printed archives which may be found at any large library, where you will see, in the index to the 5" Series, which is contained in 6" Series, Volume 15, on page 635, the many references to soldiers named John Evans.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.

(hand written on bottom of page) Returned with this letter
Bureau Circular of Sept 6, 1916. and Report from Pa. State Library of Mar. 14, 1917 and certificate from Pa. State Library of Mar. 21, 1917 both of which cite John Evans of 5 Series Pa Archives, Vol. 2, pages 109 and 1077.
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Rev. War Section

October 19, 1917

The Auditor
For the Interior Department,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

For use in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. File No. 42,714, of John Evans, you are requested to furnished the date of last payment of his pension, name of person paid, and date of his death.  He was pensioned at $8 per month from March 24, 1820, under Certificate No. 17,905, which issued October 26, 1820, under the Act of March 18, 1818, Ohio Agency.
Very respectfully,

G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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161 Greenwood Avenue
East Orange, N. J.

Nov. 22, 1932.

Veteran's Administration, 
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-
I am seeking information as to one JOHN EVANS,(underlined) Revolutionary soldier.  He enlisted at Lancaster, Pa. in 1776 Capt. John Youlins Co.  He died May 9, 1826, Jefferson Co., Ohio.  I would like to know if his pension, which he received from Oct. 26, 1820 until his death in 1826, were
paid to his widow, subsequently, and if so, the name and place of residence, also the death date of said widow.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I beg to remain,

Respectfully,

Margaret H. Akers.
(Mrs. D. C. Akers)

(stamp RECEIVED PENSION FILES DEPARTMENT
NOV 23 1932 RECEPT [ILLEGIBLE])
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TIMON E. OWENS
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
615 RICHFIELD BUILDING
555 SOUTH FLOWER STREET 
PHONE TRINITY 6161
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

(stamp REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION  BUREAU OF PENSIONS MAY 5- 1932)

May 3, 1932

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

ATTENTION:DIVISION IN CHARGE OF RECORD OF SOLDIERS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR

I am interested in obtaining a record of the service of one John Evans (underlined) who, I am informed, was s soldier in the Revolutionary War.  At the outbreak of the war he was probably a resident of Chester County, , Pennsylvania, and doubtless in the command under Anthony Wayne, or perhaps General St. Clair.  He died June 5, 1827.

I understand that there were a number of soldiers in the Revolutionary War from Pennsylvania by the name of John Evans.  If your records give the date of the death of these Soldiers, and there is only one shown who died on or about June 5, 1827, he will undoubtedly be the one in whom I am interested.  Shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War he married Mary Hooper, by whom he had a number of children, she dying in 1807 in her forty-fifth year.  This John Evans was probably born in 1747, and after the Revolutionary War moved to Huntington, Pennsylvania.  He may later have moved to Ohio.

Any information that you can give me with respect to his service will be much appreciated.

Yours very truly,
Timon E Owens

TEO:W
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Rec' H/1

(Miss) Bertha C. Rowe,
241 S. Stone Ave.,
Tucson, Arizona.

Dec. 17" 1917.

Pension Office
Washington, D.C.

I should live very much to inquire if the wife of John Evans (who was a Private in 3d Pa. Continental Line  (underlined), Blackall War Bull, Lieut. 1780.) received a pension? (underlined).
Thanking you in advance for any information you may  give me.
Very sincerely,
 Bertha Rowe.
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Cincinnati Ohio October 15/17

Hon G. W. Saltzgaber
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
Enclosed please find papers relative to the Military Service of John Evans, in the Continental Army 1776 to 1781. I send you these papers to the pension department so the Record can be corrected, by, interlineation or either John Evanse or the person making a  out the application, have been  in  error, as to names, as shown by the records on file in the Pennsylvania Archives. Enclosed please find the Pa. Record.
Respectfully
Stephen D. Evans

1614, Chase ave
Stat A Cincinnati, Ohio
(stamp PENSION D OFFICE. U.S.  OCT 18 1917)
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Rev sec 5  LHM
 Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 29" 1916.


Hon. G. M. Saltzgarber
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

I would be pleased to have the army record of John Evans, who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, enlisting in 1775 at or near Philadelphia, Pa.
Also that of his three sons,

John Evans who was at the defense of Ft. McHenry, Md. 1815, supposed to have enlisted at Berkley W. VA  Martinsburg, Va.

George Evans who was in the Battle of Blaidensburg, Va. 1815.

William B. Evans who was at the Battle or defense of Craney Island near Norfolk, Va.  1815.

I think they were all on the pension roll.  Will you kindly refer this inquiry to the proper department?

Respectfully,
Stephen D. Evans
U.S. Gauger, 1st Dist. Ohio.
Late 5.O.V. I. 1861.

4146 Hamilton ave
Cincinnati, Ohio
Stat-a


(stamp PENSION 0  OFFICE U.S. AUG 30 1916)