Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1004, Andrew Uhler, Navy Penn.
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(3-1776)

Service                                   Number
Navy        Uhler, Andrew        R. 1004
Penn.       Bones, Rachel
                            former Widow
                  Samuel (Bones)
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Contents
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V2873
Rachel Bones
Pennsylvania




Joshua J. Moore
Philadelphia
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia} ss

     On this eighth day of August A.D. 1837 personally appeared before me a Judge of the County of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Philadelphia Rachel Bones a resident of the district of the Northern Liberties in the County and State aforesaid aged eighty-three years who being first duly affirmed according to law doth on her solemn affirmation make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th, 1836 and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3rd, 1837 that she was lawfully married to Andrew Uhler who was a Marine Soldier in the Revolutionary War that he enlisted at the commencement of the war and served onboard the Frigate Columbus commanded by Capt. Whipple for the term of thirteen months and that he received a sever wound in his thigh at the taking of an English Frigate and that he received his discharge which has since been lost of mislaid, and that he afterward volunteered in the land service and was at the battle of Trenton and the battle of Princeton under Capt. Morris who fell at the Princeton and was succeeded by Capt. Ash under whom the said Andrew Uhler served out the campaign.  She further declares that she was married to the said Andrew Uhler on the eighteenth day of February in seventeen hundred and seventy two as appears by the annexed certificate of marriage and that her husband the aforesaid Andrew Uhler died on the tenth day of October in the year 1798 and that she was afterwards married to Samuel Bones on the twenty seventh day of August in the year eighteen hundred and one who died in the year 1820 and that she was a widow on the fourth day of July AD 1836 and still remains a widow as will   more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed she further declares that she makes this declaration before me a judge of the court on accounting of her inability to appear in open court and I the said Judge do certify that the same affirmant is unable to appear before the court by reason of her bodily infirmity.
                                    Rachael her mark Bones
Affirmed and subscribed before
on August 8th, 1837
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 Arch Randall
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Philadelphia County ss.

    I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Philadelphia do certify that the Honorable Archibald Randall before whom the within declaration and affirmation was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas which is a Court of Record duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Judicative as thereout.

    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court the eighteenth day of August A.D. 1837.
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                            Rob. Morris
                                    Prothonotary
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    On the eighteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-two, Andres Uhler, baker, and Rigina Weissman, daughter of John Weissman, both of the city of Philadelphia & single persons, were after due proclamation joined in holy matrimony.
    That the above is a true copy from the records of the German Lutheran Congress of St. Michaels of Zion in the city of Philadelphia, I certify with my hand and seal.
       
Philadelphia
April 18th 1837.

Chs. R. Demmi
Pastor of the said Congress.
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia
On this tenth day of August A.D. 1837 personally appeared before me the subscriber an Alderman and Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia Margaret Hand a resident of the District of the Northen Liberties in the County and State aforesaid who being first duly affirmed are according to Law doth on her solemn affirmations declare and say that she is personally acquainted with Rachel Bones named in the annexed declaration and that she knew her husband Andrew Uhler previous to his death which took place on the Tenth day of October A.D. 1798 and that he the said Andrew Uhler was reputed and believed to have been a marine soldier [illegible] on board of the Frigate Columbus in the War of the Revolution and that after the decease of her first Husband she the said Rachel Bones was married to Samuel Bones on the Twenty seventh day of August in the year Eighteen Hundred and one who died in the year Eighteen Hundred and Twenty and that she the said Rachel Bones was a widow on the fourth day of July A.D. 1836 and still remains a widow as she state in the annexed declaration. 
Affirmed and Subscribed Margaret X her mark Hand
Before me, by the above
named Margaret Hand,
who has been long known to me and I verily believe is a woman to whose affirmation, full credit is to be given, Witness my hand and Seal, at the County of Philadelphia, the day and year first above written. Mordecai Y Bryant 
Alderman Justice of the Peace Pha. County.
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Philadelphia County [illegible]
I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County do Certify that Mordecai Y Bryant Esq. before whom the above acknowledgment was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and still is an alderman of the County of Philadelphia and Ex officio Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Judicature as Elsewhere
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Philadelphia this Eighteenth day of august A.D. 1837
R Morris
Prothonotary
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia
On this tenth day of August A.D. 1837 personally appeared before me the subscriber an Alderman and Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia Jeremiah Hand a resident of the district of Northern Liberties in the County and State aforesaid who being duly affirmed according to law doth on his solemn affirmation declare and say that he is personally acquainted with Rachel Bones named in the annexed declaration that he knew her shortly after the decease of her first husband Andrew Uhler and that she was afterwards married to Samuel Bones on the Twenty seventh day of August in the year Eighteen Hundred and one who died in the year Eighteen Hundred and Twenty and that she the said Rachel Bones was a widow on the fourth day of July 1836 and still remains a widow as she states in her annexed declaration
Jeremiah Hand
Affirmed and Subscribed before me, by the above named Jeremiah Hand, who has been long known to me, and I verily believe, is a man, to who whose affirmation, full credit is to be given, Witness my hand and seal, at the County of Philadelphia the day and year, first above written.
Mordecai Y Bryant
Alderman Justice of the Peace Pha. County
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Philadelphia County
I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County do certify that Mordecai Y Bryant Esq before whom the above acknowledgment was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and still is an alderman of the County of Philadelphia and ex official justice of the Peace duly [illegible] and qualified to all whom acts as such full faith and credit one and ought to be given as well in courts of indicative as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal aforesaid Court at Philadelphia this eighteenth day of August A.D. 1837 
Robert Morris
Prothonotary
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia
On this eighteenth day of August AD 1837 personally appeared before me John Laws one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia and state aforesaid John Uhler Jr resident of the Northern Liberties in the said County of Philadelphia who being duly sworn according to law doth on his solemn oath depose and say that he was personally acquainted with Andrew Uhler before and during the War of the Revolution, and that he the said Andrew Uhler enlisted at the Commencement of the Revolutionary War on board of the Frigate Collumbus commanded by Captain Whipple and served on board thirteen months, and that he was wounded in the thigh at the taking of the English Bomb Brig and that the said Andrew Uhler was discharged thirteen months from and after the date of his enlistment, and that the said Andrew Uhler subsiquently volunteered in the land service under Captain Morris and was at the Battle of Trenton and at the Battle of Princeton, and that Captain Morris fell at the Battle of Princeton and that Lieutenant Ash took command of the company and that the said Andrew Uhler served under Captain Ash during the campaign, and Deponent further states that the said Andrew Uhler died in the year seventeen hundred and ninety eight and that his widow Rachel Uhler married with Samuel Bones in the year Eighteen hundred and one and that the said Samuel Bones died in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty, and that she the said Rachel Bones has remained a widdow and unmarried ever since the period of the said Samuel Bones decease. 
Sworn to and subscribed          John Uhler
before me this 18th day of
August AD 1837
Jno Laws
Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named deponent John Uhler Jr and that he is a highly respectable old gentleman and that he is intitled to full credit and belief as a Witness
Jno Laws
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Philadelphia Country [illegible]
I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County do Certify that John Laws, Esq before whom the above acknowledgment was made and has thereunto Subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and Still is an alderman of the County of Philadelphia and Ex officio Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Judicature as Elsewhere
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Philadelphia this Eighteenth day of august A.D. 1837
R Morris 
Prothonotary
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Ex'r              INVALID
REJECTED

1004

P.O. Rachel Bones family
widow of Andrew Uhler

Service: _______
Enlisted: ______, 18__.
Discharged: ______, 18__.

Application filed: ______, 18__.
Alleges: ______
Reenlisted: ______
Attorney: _______
P.O.________