Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,112, for David Marsh, Pennsylvania
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Service                                               Number

Penn.              Marsh, David               S.40.112
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19.168

Pennsylvania
David Marsh

Of Lycoming Co in the state of Penn.
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Allace of the regiment commanded by Colonel McCoy in the Penn. line, for the term of one year.

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of March 1823.

Certificate of Pension issued 17th of Jany 1824. and sent to Honr. W.C. Ellis, House of reps.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1823                    49.03
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1824     48.00
                                                              $ 97.03

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Acts March 18, 1818,}
{and May 1, 1820.}
March 1, 1823
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40112
Rev INVALID

File No. 40,112
David Marsh
Priv Rev War

Act: 18 March 1818
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 306

{Arrangement of 1870}
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Original Claim
District of Pennsylvania

    On this third day of December 1822, personally appeared in open court of record for the county of Lycoming, David marsh aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the Act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the first of May 1820 that he said David March enlisted for the term of one year, in the month of December, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five in the state of Pennsylvania county of Northampton in the company commanded by captain Henry Allace in the 3rd Regiment commanded by Colonel McCoy or McCaugh in the line of the state of Pennsylvania on the continental establishment that he continue to serve in the said corps until the end of his enlistment when he was discharged from the said service in the city of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania.
    That he was in the battle of Fort Washington and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service except the certificate of George Cole and Jacob Erb which accompany this application and in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with the intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War", passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, not has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed.

     I have the following property besides, necessary bedding and clothing.
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Schedule of Property

One cow                                 $8.00
Two small pigs                           0.50
A state pension of                    40.00 per annum

I have no debts due to me, and I am indebted in the following sums -

One debt of one hundred dollars.
One debt of eighty dollars
One debt of Five dollars
One debt of six dollars

//s//
David Marsh

I am by occupation a weaver but owing to age and infirmities have not been able to pursue that occupation for ten years past.  I have a wife aged fifty nine years and two children residing with me, viz - my son David aged seven years due my daughter Mary aged eighteen years - who owing to (??) is not now able, nor ever has been, to contribute anything to my support. 

//s//
David Marsh 

Sworn to and declared on the 5 day of December AD 1822. before  Seth Chapman Esquire presiding and his associate judges of our said county.

Lycoming County,

   I Phillip Kreb clerk of the said court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are turly copied from the records of the said court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is forty eight dollars and fifty cents.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this third day of December AD eighteen hundred and twenty two.

Phillips Kreb clerk of the
court of Lycoming County & the
district of Pennsylvania
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18.686

David Marsh, Pa

Phillip Krebs,
Williamsport, Pa

Recd 24 Dec. 1822.

Rejected. See letter to P Krebs 3 Jan 1823

Notes 

Pensions

Hon. the W.G. Ellis, H. Phillps in formed Dec. 23, 1823, would be reexamined.


Hon. J. C. Calhoun Esquire
Secretary of War
Washington

Recd. Dec. 24, 1822.

Williamsport, Pa.
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Williamsport Dec 17th, 1822.

Sir,

     Enclosed you will receive two certificates, one  (??)  and one as application to obtain a pension, which I hope will prove satisfactory.

                                  Yours very respectfully
                                              //s//
                                         Phil Wertz Scy
   
J.C. Calhoun
        Secty of War

I certify that David (Marsh) the within named applicant is a citizen of Muncy township,  Lycoming County, Penns.

                                        //s//
                                 M. Cox Ellis
                                 Jany 17th 1824
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Northampton County

    In the case of David Marsh an applicant for a pension under the act of congress granting pensions for relief of officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
    We the subscribers do depose and say that we knew the above applicant David Marsh , Pennsylvania line for one year, and that he continued in service to the end of his enlistment before and at the time he enlisted in the fall of the uear one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, as a soldier in Captain Henry Allace's Company in the third Regiment.
                                                George Casse
                                                 (unintelligible)
Northampton County
August  29th 19822 sworn and subscribed by the deponent before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county, both deponents being long well known to me and entitled for full faith and credit.

               In testimony whereof I have 
               hereunto sent my hand and 
                seal the day & year aforesaid.

                                    //s//
                                Peter Benning



    August 29
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Northampton County,

    I William Lattimore prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said county I do certify that Peter Bechay before whom the within deposition was taken is an acting justice of the peace in and for said county and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his actions as such.

Given under my hand the Seal of said court this third day of September A.D. 1822.

                             For Wm. Lattimore Proth'y.
                                             //s//
                                  (??) Lattimore