Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,603, John Gorden, Penn.
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(3—1776)     [small black star]
SERVICE     NUMBER
Penn.     Gorden, John     S. 39,603
or Gordon
CONTENTS
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(3,826) 
Pennsylvania Roll
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John Gordon 2"d
Capt Slough
Private 
Pennsylvania line 9 months
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month to commence on the 25 of May 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of October and forwarded to Andrew Bodin
Carlisle, Penna
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818              $26.86
Semi-anl. all'ee ending 4 Mar 1818 $48.00
                            [double underlined]  $74.86
3 mo 7/31 4/30

{Revolutionary claim ,}
{Act 18th March 1818.}

Dickinson Township
Cumberland Co. Pa
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39603
INVALID
Revy

File No. 39.603
John Gordon
Pri Rev War

Act:  18 March 18

Index: --Vol.  3,  Page 201

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

1914 Nov. 27, History
to Leon French  aw
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TRACY, CHATFIELD BECKER
LEON FRENCH
TELEPHONE A 5957

BECKER & FRENCH
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SUITE 1006 CALIFORNIA BUILDING
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Los Angeles, Nov. 18, 1914.

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
U. S. Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 

My dear Sir:

From the pension rolls of 1835, covering Cumberland County, Penna., I note that there are two John Gordons listed as pensioners in that county,  the first having been pensioned January 17, 1816, and the second having been pensioned May 15, 1818.

I had an ancestor by the name of John Gordon, who served in the Revolution from Cumberland County, Penna., and am very anxious to get a statement showing his military service and such family information as may be contained in his application and the other papers in his file.  However, I am at a loss to know which of the above John Gordons is my ancestor and, if it is not asking too  much, I would greatly appreciate receiving your usual from of abstract certificate covering all of the John Gordons of Cumberland County, Penna., who applied for or were granted pensions for service in the Revolutionary War.

Samuel Lindsay, of Cumberland County, Penna, was Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania "Flying Camp" during the Revolutionary War, losing an eye at the battle of Fort Washington in 1776, at which time he was taken prisoner.  The fact of his having been so seriously injured while in the military service leads me to believe that he, too, may have been a pensioner, although he died in 1800 and I am under the impression that the United States government did not grant pensions until after that date.  However, if your files show anything with regard to the above Samuel Lindsay, I would also greatly appreciate your usual form of certificate showing the same.

I trust that I am not requesting more than I should, but limit my inquiries to those in whom I am particularly interested.

Yours in sincerity,
(signed) Leon French

LF/VS


[insertion with arrow pointing away from first paragraph of letter]
See John Gordon's
Old War Sr File 10190
1 N. S. Lt. Drag.
War 1812.
of Cumberland Co Pa

answered
see Saml Lindsay
Penn. Dis.
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John Gordon priv't
25 May

To Andrew Boden
Carlisle Penna

Admitted
on the Penna Rolls
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Cumberland County Ss
State of Pennsylvania

On this 25th day of May A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Cumberland County, and State of Pennsylvania personally appears John Gordon aged sixty five years resident in Dickinson Township County and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the promise made by the late 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"  That he the said John Gordon enlisted in the Borough of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain Slough in the 3rd regiment of Penn. Commanded by Col. Butler  (which regiment belonged to the Continental army) he enlisted some time in the month of July or August 1782 (which of the two months he does not now distinctly recollect) for during the war, that he was marched from Lancaster to Carlisle & then from there to Lancaster again and was then Marched from Lancaster to Elizabeth Town point to a post in guarding prisoners and he was there attached to the 2nd Regiment commanded by Col. Hampton and was marched back to Philadelphia in Pennsylvania where he was discharged from service in the Month of June 1783.  Deponent further states that he had his discharge for a number of years after the war
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but that he finally lost it and does not recollect how or when and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service.
(signed) John Gordon

Sworn to & declared before me }
the day and year aforesaid }
(signed) Jacob Hendel

Cumberland County ss
I Jacob Hendel Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Cumberland County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Gordon did serve in the Continental in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceeding (sic) declaration against the common enemy & I now transmit the proceeding and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25th day of May A.D. 1818
(signed) Jacob Hendel  [ SEAL ]
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Cumberland County }
State of Pennsylvania } ss.
[ SEAL ]   I, Robert McCoy Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cumberland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do by these presents certify, that Jacob Hendel Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, and who hath thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such affidavit and now a Judge of Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts as such, due faith and credit is and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed, the seal of the said Court, at Carlisle, in the said county, this twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the forty second.

ATTEST,  
/s/ Rob McCoy, Prothy
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  
[initialed]    
S.39603

3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
_______________, 19____


In reply to your request of [BLANK], received [BLANK] for a statement of the military history of John Gorden or Gordon  a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
July or August 1782

LENGTH OF SERVICE
to June 1783

RANK
[BLANK]

OFFICES UNDER WHOME SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN  Slough
COLONEL Butler
COLONEL Humpton

STATE
Pa

Battles engaged in, [checkmark]

Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Enl. in borough of Lancaster, Pa.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 25, 1818.  His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Dickinson Township Cumberland Co Pa.
Age at date of  application, 65
Remarks:  There is no data on file as to family

Respectfully,

Commissioner.