Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], John Downs, Penn.
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Service                                        Number

Penn.             Downs, John         Dis.
                                                   No papers
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Mr. Rosaky, 
     Old Records Div., War Department, reported that he found no John Downs in 3" Pa. regt. and no Colonel Anderson Penn. regt. in the War of 1812.  There was a Capt. Anderson in the 3" Pa. Regt. in the Rev. War shown by the Penn. archives  and a John Downs is recorded as having served in that company, which indicates that the report of the Sec. of War verified in 1835 should have "Capt. Anderson's Co. ,"or have 3 "Pa. Regt".

MVGT
3/5/38
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County of Blair
Office of
County Commissioners
Hollidaysburg, Pa.

John F. Boyer............President
3rd Avenue and 6th Street Lakemont
Clair C. Fleck--------Secretary
220 Franklin Street, Hollidaysburg
Daniel S. Brumbaugh- Vice President
3020 Broad Avenue, Altoona
Chester H. Edwards------Clerk
John J. Haberstoh--------Solicitor

February 9, 1938

Veterans Administration,
Pension Record Division,
Room 1851, Navy Building,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Kindly supply any military and genealogical information found in the files concerning John Downs, Pvt. Anderson's 3rd Penna., a Revolutionary War Veteran who was granted a federal pension under date of Mar. 22, 1816, a resident of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

                          Very truly yours,
                                    //s//
                          Floyd G. Hoenstine
                          Registrar, Veterans Graves

(Date Stamp)

Received
Feb 10 1938
Mail Sub-Div
VC'S Adm. 
Reader #44
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March 5, 1938
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Mr. Floyd G. Hoenstine               John Downs, Dis.
Office of County Commissioners BA-J/MCS
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

    Reference is made to your request for information relative to John Downs who served as private in Anderson's Third Pennsylvania and was granted a federal pension March 22, 1816, while living in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

    The report from the Secretary of War in relation to the pension establishment of the United States which was printed in 1836 shows that John Downs was a private in Anderson's Third Pennsylvania Regiment but the time of his service was not given.  His name was placed on the invalid pension roll under the Act of April 30, 1816, to received $48 per annum from March 22, 1816.  At that time he was living in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

    There are no papers on file in this relative to the pension claim of this John Downs.

    For information relative to the payment of said pension claim, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washinton, D.C. 

                             Very truly
                             A.D. Hiller
                             Executive Assistant
                             to the Administrator