Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7816, for Thomas Orr, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE   Penn.
Orr, Thomas
NUMBER  R. 7816
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V 27,307
Thomas Orrs Application for a pension 
Ohio
Hon B. Storer
HR
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The State of Ohio 
Hamilton County } ss 
On this 23d day of September 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Thomas Orr a resident of said County aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated viz: Captain Means, Lieutenant David Colton - The name of his ensign he does not recollect. In Penns Valley Cumberland County Pennsylvania  - and remained in that neighborhood guarding and acting as a scouting party for the period of two months there was no field officer attached to the company to which he belonged - this was in the year 1778.  
And again entered the service at what was called the Lead mine Fort in Bedford County Pennsylvania under the following named officers viz Captain Richard Colton,  Lieut James Carmikle and remained in that neighborhood protecting the property of the inhabitants from the depredations of the Indians who where then in that neighborhood
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named officers viz Captain Richard Colton, Lieut James Carmikle -and remained in that neighborhood protecting the property of the inhabitants from the depredations of the Indians who where then in that neighborhood except four hours in each day when they were detached to work the lead mines under the command of General Doe who at that time had charge of the same, and continued there for Two months and was again discharged this he thinks was the year 1779. And again entered the service at the place last named under the following named officers viz Captain Young, Acting Lieut Samuel Drake and continued employed in the same manner as described in the last mentioned tour for two months and was again discharged.  This was in the year 1779 - and soon after volunteered In Kishkocolas Valley in Bedford County aforesaid under Col Brown, Capt McClellen and Lieut David Coulter and immediately marched to the Lead mines aforesaid to bury the dead which had a short time before been massacred by the
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Indians and after performing that duty and scouting about in that neighborhood for the Indians but without effect was discharged Forty days making his whole term of served six months and thirty days and again entered the service soon after at the place aforesaid as a substitute for one James McKoy under Capt. Hugh McClellen and Lieut John Reed and continued at the said Fort performing the same service as above stated for two months and was again discharged - making his whole term of service Eight months and Forty days - That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state – 
Thos Orr
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid – 
Danl Gano Clerk
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Danl Gano Clerk 
We Stephen Barmore a Clergyman residing in the County aforesaid and Thomas J. Henderson residing in the said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Orr who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Stephen Barmore 
Thomas J. Henderson 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid – 
Danl Gano Clerk PT  
Interrogatories propounded by the Court to the applicant 
1 Where and in what year were you born
 Ans. In the town of Bethel in the State of Delaware In the year 1762 
2 Have you any record of your And if so where is it
Ans None that I know of
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3rd Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live – 
Ans In Cumberland County Pennsylvania since the revolutionary war I have resided in the States of Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Ohio and now reside in this County  
4th How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom 
Ans   Allways drafted except the last tour when I was a substitute for James McKoy & once that I volunteered 
5 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and Militia Regiment as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service 
Ans General Doe - I do not recollect of seeing any other general officer during my service the general circumstances of my service are contained in my declaration – 
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it 
Ans None other than a verbal one from my officers 
7 State the names of some of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution 
Ans Capt John Scudder, Thomas Webster, John Barr
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Ans. None other than a verbal one from my officers 
7 State the names of some of the regular persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution 
Ans Capt John Scudder, Thomas Webster, John Barr, Samuel Byers, Mahlon Broadwell, Philander Baldwin – 
Thos Orr
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Danl Gano Clk PT  
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Stephen Barmore who has subscribed signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident of the County aforesaid and that Thomas Henderson who has also signed the same is a resident of the County aforesaid and is credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
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The State of Ohio 
County of Hamilton }ss
I Daniel Gano Clerk of the Court of Common pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas or for a pension 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 23d day of September A.D. 1833 
Danl Gano Clerk PT
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7816
REJECTED
Thomas Orr
AOT
Aug 25, 1906
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Rejected 
let Jany 1836 
B. Storer, 
Let 13 Dec 37 Hon  J. Chambers 
did not see regularly organized corps 
7816
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. Pensions
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Dear Sir 
I have rec’d  by this [unreadable] the widow application.  I will thank you to examine it & if proper be allowed, send me the pension certificate. The old man was before I left Cincinatti  and the gentlemen, who have certified as to their knowledge of his character & I am acquainted with - They are man of high respectability – 
Yours respectfully 
B. Storer 
Dec 28 1835
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Thos Orr Dec 12
WAL
Hon J. Chambers
J. L. Edwards Esqr Comm of Pensions
Pension Office
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House of Representatives 
12th Decr ‘37 
Sir
I am requested to ascertain whether the declaration & evidence of Thomas Orr in support of his claim for a Revolutionary pension have been filed in your office; if so, they were presented by the Hon Mr. Storer (of Ohio) at One of the Sessions of the last Congress, the declaration was made I think at Cincinnati tho Orr is an inhabitant of Kentucky.  Please inform me.
 Respectfully 
Your obt Servt 
John Chambers 
J. L. Edwards Esq 
Comr of Pensions Pension Office
P. S.  If the papers are not in your office please inclose me the forms & instructions to enable him to renew his application.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 
NAME   Orr, William   GRADE   Private    LINE   New York
WARRANT NUMBER  7572    ACREAGE  100  ISSUED   Sept 28, 1790
To Bartholomew & Fisher, assigned
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives. registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in the General Land Office records in the National Archives.