Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 670-200, for Charles Martin, Pennsylvania
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Service:  Continental (Foreign)

Martin, Charles

B.L.Wt 670-200

Residence Penn in 1816
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NEW CASTLE CHAPER
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
New Castle Pa

(Stamped: OW&N DIVISION, JAN 30 1901 RECEIVED)

Jan 26, 1901

Commissioner of Pensions:

Dear Sir:

If Charles Martin, of Moylan's Cavalry, Armando Legion or 3rd Penn Line Troops, Revolutionary War, applied for a pension will you please give us such military or personal history of himself as may be given therein.

Yours truly,

J S DuShane, Pres

Old War & Navy Division
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Charles Martin's application for the delivery of his land warrant
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I do hereby empower the Honorable Thomas Wilson, member of Congress from the state of Pennsylvania, to draw the warrant or Patent , which may have in my name and for my use for my military bounty land due to me for my services in the Revolutionary War, for wich (which) I have made my application given under my hand and seal this fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord 1816

Charles Martin

Waterford - 29th November 1816

Dear Sir,

the enclosed papers I suppose will be all that will be necessary respecting my military lands.  Wish you will please to present, relying on your goodness.  please to accept my best respect.

I remain your humble servant, Charles Martin

Hugh Hooman wishes me to give him a Certificate of my knowing of his being wounded.  I am very sorry I have no recollection of the circumstances, as I knew him to have been a brace and faithful soldier.

Please to write to me when convenient.
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Crawford County

Before me one of the Justices of the Peace for said County Personally appeared Hugh Hafferman who being solemnly sworn, deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with the applicant Charles
Martin thro (through) a great part of the revolutionary War having served with him in the same Brigade. that the last time he saw him in the service was at the Seige of York in Virginia at the Surrender of Earl Cornwallis and that he is the same Identical person, as his statement certifies

Hugh Hafferman

Sworn and subscribed this Eleventh day of October 1816

James Cochran

Crawford County
State of Pennsylvania 

I William MacArthur Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Crawford in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by these presents certify that James Cochran Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was taken and who hath thereunto in his proper handwriting subscribed his name, was at the time of taking such deposition and now is, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts as such, due faith and credit is and ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.

In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Meadville the 12th day of November AD 1816

William Macarthur Prothy
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W Dep RT MT
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W.670

Charles Martin

Riding Mentor

Armand Corps

Revolutionary Army U>S.
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Warrant issued under act 7th March 1817 to Charles martin and del'd (delivered) to the Hon'ble Tho Wilson, M.C. on the same day

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Feb 8 - 19

JS DuShane
New Castle PA
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No 670
Revolutionary Claim
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Certificate of Military Service for Charles Martin
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Riding Master - Armond's Corps
Rank as Lieut
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I certify that it appears from the Record of Affairs returned for land during the Revolutionary War that Charles Martin, riding master, is returned amonst the Foreign officers of Armand's Corps, is entitled to land and that he is entitled to the quantity allowed as Lieutenant

Dep of War
A
March 3, 1817