Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16218, for Robert Patrick, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
Penn.

Patrick Robert
NUMBER
$16218.
Carded
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3305
Indiana
Robert Patrick
Clerk -- in the State of Indiana
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain McCoy of the Regt commanded
Col. Clark in the Penna
line for 2 years from 1776-

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 80 - Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Dec 32
and sent Hon: John
Carr. House of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33
120-
40 -
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$160-
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book D Vol. 9 Page 192
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The State of Indiana
Clarke County
Clark County Circuit Court
October Term 1832

On this 24th day of October 1832
Personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable
John F. Ross president Judge of the 2nd Judicial Circuit in
the State of Indiana aforesaid, and John Carr and Samuel
Prather Esquires, his associates now sitting, Robert Patrick
a resident of the said County of Clark and State of Indiana
aged seventy seven years who being 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States
under the following officers hereafter named and
served as a private soldier as herein stated, he states that 
in the month of April or May 1776 he enlisted in Casha - 
Harper County about 30 or 40 miles above Philadelphia in
Pennsylvania in the service of the United States and marched
to Trenton in New Jersey from there was marched to
.Princeton in said State under the command of Captain Follederoup, 
 that the name of the Regiment or Command and
thereof he does not now recollect, that from Princeton
he was then marched to Brunswick that at an engagement on Statton Island with the British and Hessians
in the month of August following the said Captain Follederoup 
complained of an illness and requested Lieutenant
George Trumbour to take command of the Company, that
accordingly he did command the said Company, that
in said engagement was taken from the British six
Baggage wagons, and five or six field pieces of Brass
together with three hundred prisoners, and marched them over
to Amboy where we were pursued by the British troops.
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that Captain Folledoup was arrested and broke for cowardice at
the Town of Amboy in the said State of Jersey: after which the
said Lieutenant Trumboy was promoted to the rank of
Captain of the Company aforesaid in which company he
served seven or eight months, 
that from Amboy they
were marched to Fort Lee, that from
Fort Lee they were marched and crossed over to Fort
Washington on York Island, that in November following
in an engagement with the British and Hessions the
Fort was taken together with 2700. filed and taken
prisoners. the prisoners were then marched to New York
where they were detained by the British two months
when they came out on parol of honor that we
were taken down to South Amboy and from there was 
marched to Philadelphia and was discharged sometime
in February 1777. That in the month of November 1778 he
enlisted for nine months under the command of Captain
McDonald in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Piper in
Bedford County Pennsylvania that he continued in the service
of the United States during that time and afterwards
volunteered for two months under the command of said
McDonald and was at the expiration thereof discharged,
that sometime in the month of April 1779 he enlisted for
a tour of four months under Captain James Coulter in
Northumberland County Pennsylvania and was stationed
at Shermans Valley on Juniatta River where we remained
during the time aforesaid, and was discharged  - and
that in the month of May 1780 he enlisted for 7 months under the
command of Captain Gilbert McCoy in General
Potter Regiment and was marched to Potters Fort in
Actney Valley, where a part of the company was
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retained, and the Ballance with himself was marched
down to Buffaloe Valley and was stationed at Colonel
Clarks in said Valley and was discharged at the end
of said term of seven months - 
he further states that 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 - he was born in the
State of New Jersey he does not recollect the name of the
County, nor the date of his birth, he has no record evidence
of his age, he was living in Casha harper County in the
State of Pennsylvania when first called into the service
he has resided in the state of Kentucky for forty years after which
he removed to the State of Indiana in the
County of Clark, where he resides at the present,
that he left his discharge with Mrs McDonald wife
of Capt. McDonald under whom he served not knowing
 it would ever be of any further use to him
he was a
substitute in the review of William Pitten
son of Ludwick Pitten a Tanner to whom he was bound
an apprentice. he exceed Colonel Bull, Colonel Samuel
Jackson, and Colonel Baxter and Col. McGaw. he
further states that he is known to Robert Jackson
and Hugh Kelley
who reside in his neighbourhood and
can testify as to his character for truth and veracity
and their belief of his services as a soldier of the
Revolution
Sworn and subscribed to
in open Court the day and
year aforesaid
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Mr Robert Jackson and Hugh Kelley residing in
the County of Clark and State of Indiana hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Robert Patrick
who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration
that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age
that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood 
where he resides to have been a soldier
of the revolution and that we concur in
that Opinion.
Sworn and subscribed to in
Open Court the day last
aforesaid.
Test. Henry Harrior
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories 
prescribed by the war department, that the
above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier 
and served as he states and the Court further certifies
that Robert Jackson and
Hugh Kelley
who have signed the proceeding certificate are
residents of the County of Clark and State of 
Indiana aforesaid, and that they are credible persons, and
that their statement is entitled to credit
Robert Jackson
Hugh Kelly
Harry Harrod Clerk of the Circuit Court of Clark County do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Robert Patrick for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto at my hand & use
of office this 24th day of October 1832 
Henry Harrod Clk
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The within is the declaration
of Robt Patrick for a pension
Have will that Patrick
as well as the witnesses have
signed their names to
the
wrong
certificate. This is
an fault of my own. I
was at the taking of
the declaration and wrote
Mr. Patrick's name for him
under the wrong certificate
I know to the oaths were property
administered and
all that was done was
in open court under the
inspection of the
Court
John Carr
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I have been acquainted with most
of the Individuals within named
for the last 20 years & with some
them longer and concur in opinion
with those who have testified.
John Carr
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Robert Patrick

from 1776 private
2 years   $80.
Hon. J. Carr
R. R
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Rob Patrick which require
further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III.
If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension
he is entitled?
yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes.
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?
yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?
two citizen.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No.
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
No
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For______year_____ months and ______ days. I served as a __________.  For ________ months
________ days, I served as a ____________; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served;
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as 
well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
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16218
INVALID.
File No. 16.218
Robert Patrick
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 290
[Arrangement of 1870.]