Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [Blank], for John Modewell, Pennsylvania
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Service
Penn.
Modewell, John
Invalid pensioner - no papers
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Pension Department
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs: Can you tell me how long John Modewell of Penna drew a pension, he served in the Revolutionary War - Did his wife draw a pension, if so what were the years - Thank you in advance for any information
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[illegible] not sure of his state but think it was Pennsylvania-
Very Truly
Mrs. E.F. Hartley
September ninth-
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Record Division.
September 14, 1911.
Mrs. E.F. Hartley,
309 East Mansfield Street, Bucyrus, Ohio.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 9th and received the 11th instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau show that John Modewell was pensioned at $5. per month on account of disability, but there are no papers on file, the same having been destroyed in the burning of the War Office in 1801 or 1814. The list of Pensioners reported by the Secretary of War in 1835, Vol. II, under invalid pensioners of Washington County, Pennsylvania, shows, "John Modewell, Private in the Revolutionary Army, pensioned at $60. per annum, under the Act of June 8, 1785, and $96. per annum - from April 24, 1816. Died February 16, 1818." It is possible that further information relative to the soldier's company and regiment may be obtained from the Archives of the State of Pennsylvania.
Very respectfully, Commissioner.
[handwritten along side of page]  Found in Penna. book among invalid pensioners