Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 46392, for John Markland, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE   Penn.
Markland, John
NUMBER   S.46392
{ B.L. Wt. 1432-200-Lieut.
Issued July 2, 1792, No Papers
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[3-230.]   Cert.
No. 8
46.392
OWN
Revy War P
Name:  John Markland
Rank:  Lieut.  Comp'y
Reg't  6th Pa. Line
Allowed.
Act 1828
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Revolutionary Claims       
[A.]     
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers.                  
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I,      John Markland            of         the City of Philadelphia      in the county of         Philadelphia      in the State of     Pennsylvania    --- do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution , and served as such*   to the end of the War -  
at which period I was a      Lieutenant        in the Sixth regiment of the Pennsylvania    line .     
And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780.               
Witness my hand, this sixth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight     
John Markland                       
Before me,   the subscriber one of the Aldermen of the City of Philadelphia --- in the State of Pennsylvania    personally appeared, this day     James Wentworth and John P. Schott          of the said county, who did severally make oath that      John Markland      by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.                    
Witness my hand, this   Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight                William Milnor  Ald’n      
I Matthew Randall     Clerk of the Court of the County of Philadelphia   in the State of Pennsylvania          do hereby certify, that    William Milnor Esquire   before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, an alderman of the City of Philadelphia exofficio Justice of the Peace,      and duly empowered to administer oaths.        
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L.S.] said Court, this Sixth  day of June Eighteen hundred twenty eight    Matthew Randall    
*Here insert. To the end of the war, or (as the case may be) to the time when the arrangement of the Army --- provided by the resolves of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October, 1780, was carried into effect;  and that I was reduced under that arrangement.  
+Here insert, The sum     dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of     
If the claimant has not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration may be omitted.   
++ A Justice of the Peace, or other magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case may be
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No. of org Part 8    14
Allowed Act 1828}
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
7th June 1828.
John Markland – of Philadelphia in the County of Philadelphia  in the State of Pennsylvania  has
applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled ""An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution,” approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the War               
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the Sixth regiment of the Pennsylvania line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing               
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.                
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickins               
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.                
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,                  
June 9th 1828                 
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Lieut John Markland in the Pennsylvania line, amounting to Sixteen hundred dollars It further appears that he is not not now on the pension list of the any agency, and has been since the 4th March 1826       
Peter Hagner Aud. [Auditor]   
No Record LD.S.
Rev 13 / 80
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# 46.392
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Philadelphia, June 6, 1828             
Dear Sir:
Enclosed you will receive the documents, and my three commissions as an officer in the Revolutionary Army ensign & 2d Lieutenant, Lieutenant, and Captain by Brevet)   The last corroborative of my services to the end of the War. I should be pleased to have them carefully returned. - My residence is in the City of Philadelphia, No. 297, Lassafoar Street State of Pennsylvania             
John Markland,                 
Captain by Brevet and late Lieut’t in the Revolutionary Army
 The Hon. Secretary of the Treasury
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Commission in favor of John Markland as Ensign dated 10 April 1779; to ranks 2nd Lieut from 19 Octr 1777 in 6th Penn Regt                    
Commission for same as Lieut in the 6th Penns’a Regt to rank from 1st July 6 1779 dated 1 Oct 1779                 
Brevet Captain 30 April 1784 per Act 30 Sept 1783