Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 12,028, for Joseph King, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE
Penn

King, Joseph
Sarah

NUMBER
W 12,028
B.L. Wt. 108973-160-55

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CONTENTS
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/////// P. 5 Jun
Free

Honble. J.C. Calhoun

Secretary of the Department of
War at the City of Washington

one case 
Judge Moore - Penn
Recd16 Jun 1818
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Statement of Joseph King residing in Crawford County, in the
State of Pennsylvania, who applies for a pension from the
United States in pursuance 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 the 18th day of March 1818

Said Joseph King Saith, that in the face of the year
1776 he enlisted for three years in Captain Hawkins Boones
Company, in the 12th Regiment commanded by Colonel William 
Cook, in the Pennsylvania line on the Continental
establishment, and continued in the said company & regiment
until some time in the ensuing spring, when he was drafted
into Captain Michael Simpson's company in the Rifle corps
commanded by Colonel Daniel Morgan, and continued
in said company & corps until after the expedition of Genl
Sullivan against the hostile Indians on the frontiers of
the State of Pennsylvania and New York, and was afterwards 
transferred into Captain George McCulleys company
in the third Pennsylvania regiment command by
Colonel Craig, and continued in said company & regiment
for about six or eight months, when he was transferred into
a rifle corps commanded by Major James Parr, and
continued in the same until the revolt of the Pennsylvania 
line, when he received an honorable discharge
which has been long since lost

The said Joseph King hereby relinquishes all claim
to any pension that may heretofore have been allowed to
him by the laws of the United States, and further saith, that
from his reduced circustances, he needs the assistance of
his country for support, being now in the fifty eighth year
of his age and that he hath now in his power no other evidence
of his said services than is exhibited in this declaration.
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The said Joseph King further saith, that he was in the
battle of Monmouth and in the expedition of Genl Sullivan
against the Indians; and was at the taking of Genl Burgoine
and in various skirmishes during the time he was in the
service, and although he enlisted but for three years, he
served four years & six months before he received his discharge
Jos King /s/

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Crawford County  ss
On the twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred & eighteen, personally appeared before me Jesse
Moore, President of the Sixth Judicial district of Penna Joseph
King, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing statement, and
having been sworn as the law directs did declare and say, that the
said Statement was just and true
Jos King /s/
Sworn & subscribed the day & year
above written before me
Jesse Moore /s/

Crawford County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss
To the Secretary of the Department of War

I the Subscriber, President of the Court of Common Pleas in
the Sixth Judicial district consisting of the counties of Butler
Mercer, Venango. Crawford & Erie in the Commonwealth of
Penna aforesaid, do hereby certify, that from the deposition of
Joseph King, which I believe is entitled to full credit, it appears
to my satisfaction, that he the said Joseph served in the revolutionary war, as he has stated in the foregoing deposition, against
the common enemy. In testimony whereof this 28th day of
May 1818, at Meadville in the County of Crawford aforesaid,
I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal
Jesse Moore /s/
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Joseph King (Priv.)

12th & 3d Penna Reg

Fall of 1776 in different compys
& Regts till revolt of Penna
Line in fall of 1778 - revolt was
in Jan. 1791 -

28th May 1818-
Col Butler commanded the
3d rgt

Proof of Service
waited judgement 
must certify to
the credibility of 
his witness

Service proved by
John Bryan ////
Wanted the Judges certificate
of "//////// circumstances"
of applicant -
///dmitted
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Crawford County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss

To the Secretary of the Department of war,
I the subscriber, president of the aforesaid sixth judicial in the said 
commonwealth do hereby certify, That, - from the declarations made on oath of
William Foster Esqr. and Ebenezer Felton, two disinterested and credible 
witnesses, who know the circumstances of Joseph King the applicant within
named and say that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he
needs assistance from his country for support.-- I am fully satisfied
that he the said Joseph King by reason of his reduced circumstances
in life is in need of assistance from his country for support  In
testimony whereof at Meadville in the said County of Crawford this
thirtieth day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen I have
hereto subscribed my name and affixed my seal
Jesse Moore /s/
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one Case

Crawford County Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

The subscriber Prothonotary in and for the said County in the
said Commonwealth hereby certify that Honble Jesse Moore  whose
name in his proper hand /////// is subscribed to the above certificate is
President of the sixth Judicial district of the said Commonwealth that
he is duly commissioned & sworn and that faith
and credit is due and of good right ought
to be given to all his official acts as ////// a
well in Courts of Justice of the United States, as
elsewhere. In Testimony of which I have
hereto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the said
County the 2nd of June 1819 Chae Arthur Prothy
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Crawford County in the Commonwealth of Penna.  SS

I William Lee Arthur Prothonotary in and for the
County of Crawford in the Commonwealth of Penna
do by these presents certify that the Honorable Jesse
Moore whose name is subscribed to the deposition on the
preceding page of this paper, and also to the certificate thereon,
is President of the sixth Judicial district of the
said Commonwealth consisting of the counties of Butler
Mercer, Venango, Crawford and Erie. That he is duly
commissioned and sworn, and now acting under the
authority of the said Commonwealth, to whose official
acts as such faith and credit is due and of good ///ight &
ought to be given as well in courts of Justice of the
United States of America as elsewhere.

In testimony of which I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the County
seal at Meadville the Second day
June in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and Eightteen
William Lee Arthur  Pro
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Widow's
claim for
Bounty Land under
Act of Mch 3" 1833
925.658
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Mrs Sarah King widow of
Joseph King Pvt. in the
Revolutionary War
=====
Rec'd by me from-
F.F.A. Wilson Esq
Meadville, Pa.
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Filed by-
R. W. Walker
Washington D.C.
Sept 8/69
=====
For proof of her husbands death
&c she respectfully refers to
he appln for pension filed Sept
8" 1869,
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925.658
State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County   ss

On this 3d day of
September AD. 1869, personally appeared before the
The Clerk of the Court of Record, holden in and
for said County and State aforesaid,
Mrs. Sarah King, aged 68 years, a resident of
Athens Township Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Who, being duly sworn according to Law, declares
That she is the widow of Joseph King late of said
County and State deceased, who was a Soldier
in the American Revolutionary War. And severed
she has many times heard him say in the
Pennsylvania Continental Line, about four years
and that her said Husband in his lifetime
was a pensioner of the United States,

She further States that she was Married
to the said Joseph Kings, dec'd at the County and
State aforesaid on 6th day of February AD. 1827
by one James Brawley Esqr Justice of the Peace,
and that her name before her marriage was Sarah
Hays, and that her said Husband, died at the
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County of Crawford Pennsylvania, on or about the 15th
day of July A.D. 1828   that she has not
married since his death. But remained his
Widow. that she has not any certificate or Family
Record of her said Marriage at present, the same
having been destroyed by fire, with her House many
years since. But is informed that the public Record
of her marriage is yet extant on the docket entry of
James Brawley, Esq, a duly certified exemplification
of said Record is hereunto annexed,
That she had by the said Joseph King dec'd the
following named children, To Wit. Joseph Titus King
Margaret King and Sarah Ann King all now
living.  She makes this declaration for the purpose
of procuring the Bounty Land to which she may be enti
-tled under Act of Congress approved May 14, 1856,
That she has not any knowledge of her said Husband
ever receiving and Land Scrip from the United States
for said Military Service, in the American Revolution.
That she has not heretofore applied or ever Received from
the United States Government a Land Warrant, under this
or any other act of Congress, And she hereby constitutes
and appoints, R. J. Walker, Esqr of Washington, D.C
her duly constituted attorney &c.
and that she is still his widow.
Sarah Hays  X her mark
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We James W. Osborn and Sampson Looker, residents of the
County of Crawford, Pennsylvania, upon our oaths
declare the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged, 
by Mrs Sarah King, by making her mark, in
our presence, and that we believe from the appearance
and Statements of the applicant, with our own personal
knowledge, that she is the identical person she represents
herself to be and is still a widow, and that
they have no interest in her claim to Bounty Land.
James W Osborn
Sampson Looker

The foregoing declaration and affidavits, were
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and
year first mitten, and I hereby certify that I know
The affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant
is the person she represents herself to be, and is still
a widow. That I have no interest in her claim
to Bounty Land, That in consequence of the
Applicant infirmity, having been for many years, an
invalid, confined to her bed, and unable to appear in
open Court. I have taken this evidence at her own
House, and place of abode that I have no interest in her
claim to Bounty Land,
W. F. Chalfant Prothy
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County  ss

Also on this day of September
1869. personally appeared before me William R. Brawley
Esq. he being duly sworn according to law, declares,
that he is a son of James Brawley, late Justice of the Peace
in and for said County who died many years since, that he
your deponent, in the custodian of the Original Record
of Marriages Solemnized by the said James Brawley Esq.
While ading as Justice of the Peace, that the Marriage
of Joseph King, and Sarah Hays, is contained
and entered in said Marriage Record, in his own proper
hand writing of which the following is a correct and
true Copy"
"Tuesday 6th February 1827 married"
"Mr. Joseph King, to Miss. Sally Hays"
Wm R Brawley J. P.

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first
mitten, And I certify the affiant to be a credible person.
W. F. Chalfant Prothy
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1869 Oct 27 Allowed
Widow 160 acres
Bounty Land
R. W. Walker
atty

Certification sent July 10th 1820 to
William McArthur
Meadville
Crawford County
Pennsylvania


14.965
Pennsylvania
==========
Joseph King
of of Crawford Cy in the State of Pennsa
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Butler of the Pennsylvania
line, for the term of 4 years 6 ms
==========
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 28 of May 1818
==========
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of Sept 1819
and sent to Jesse Moore
Judge, Meadville, Pa.
==========
Arrears to 4th of September 1819 $122.9
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1820 48.-
15Ms 4/31 4/30
$170.9
==========
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

not entitled
-unclear-
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Ese B

325.658 Act Mar. 3rd 1855
Sept. 10th 1869

1088973
//?// Oct 28/69

Sarah King - wid of
Joseph King
Private

Capt. Boon
Col. Butlers Regt. Pa. Mil
Revolutionary War
//////revcd 100 Acres
for 4 year 6 mos services &
husband

W. E Trask  
Ex
Oct 27. 1869

R. W. Walker
Present
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No. 7249
Pennsylvania
============
Sarah King
widow of Joseph King
who served in the Revolutionary War
as a Private
Pa
============
Pittsburgh agency
Rate 96 Dollars
cents per annum.
Commencing 10th Sept 1869
============
Certificate dated November 4th 1869
and sent to R W Walker
Resent
============
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb-
ruary 3, 1853, Page 138   Vol.  H
/////27th 1868
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Reinstated

Feby 27. 1823
& to be paid on
the 4th of Sept 1823

Sent to 
//on. R. Farrelly
Hon Pa L
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Crawford County
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss

On the tenth day of June 1820, personally appeared in
open Court, being a Court of Record in and for the said County
of Crawford in persuance of an act of the legislature of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania establishing it as such Joseph
King aged sixty years on the 15th day of July next, resident
in the said County and Commonwealth, who being first duly
Sworn according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he
served in the revolutionary war as follows. In the fall
of the year 1776, he entisted for three years in Captain Hawkin
Boone's Company in the twelfth Pennsylvania regiment on the
Continental establishment, which regiment was commanded
by Colonel William Cook, served in said Company and regiment 
until the month of May or June 1777, when he was
drafted into Captain Michael Simpson's Company in the
Rifle regiment commanded by then Colonel Daniel Morgan,
served in said Company and regiment for upwards of two years
and until the said Rifle regiment was reduced, was then
transferred in Captain George McCullys Company in the
third Penna regiment commanded by Colonel Thos Craig,
continued in said Company and regiment for six or eight months
and was afterwards drafted into a Rifle corps commanded by
Major James Parr and continued in the same until the month
of January in the year 1781, when he received an honorable discharge 
from the service having served the United States for
years and five months, and one year and five month more than
the term of his inlistment.

The said Joseph King receives a pension from the United States
in pursuance of an act of Congress of the 18th of
March 1818 on his application therefor dated the 28th day
of May 1818 and the certificate of the Hon. Secretary of
War, placing him on the pension list, is dated the 27th day
of September 1819, which certificate is numbered 14.965.

And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen
of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I
have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed 
of my property, or any part thereof, with 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, nor 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 hereto annexed and
by me subscribed
Jos King

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
for the County of Crawford this 10th
day of June 1820 before
William Mac Arthur Prothy

Schedule
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Schedule of property belonging to Joseph King

No real property unincumbered. I have a claim to two
hundred acres of Land situate in Rockdale township, on which
I reside but the purchase money is not yet paid to the Common-
wealth - I claim it by actual settlement and have resided on it
about two years & six month there are about four acres of the same
in cultivation. One Mare, twelve or fifteen years old,
One Cow, one Shovel plough, Household furniture, Besides bedding
Aves not exced the value of twenty dollars and I have debts
owing to me to the amount of about fifty dollars, and I have to
different persons to the amount of two hundred and twenty seven
dollars, besides the purchase money due to the Commonwealth
for the above mentioned two hundred acres of land.   I have no
family but a step daughter who now resides with me, but she
is at liberty to leave me at any time the pleases. I have been
by occupation a farmer, but from my age and infermities and being
without assistance, I am totaly unable to obtain a livelihood
by labour, and unless assisted by my country I must depend
in public or private charity for support.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
for the County of Crawford this 10th
day of June 1820 before (signed) Jos King
William Mac Arthur  Prothy

Prothy fees  68cts, 25, 03

Joseph Kings Schedule of property after deducting debts due
is $76.-  Filed 10 June 1820
Copy forwarded to Washington 30 June 1820

Crawford County  ss:
I Daniel Le Fevre Prothonotary of the aforesaid
Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do hereby Certify
that the foregoing is a true Copy of the affidavit and
Schedule of property of Joseph King, and of the order
of the said Court thereon Indorsed, as the same remains
filed of record; and that on the 10 day of June
1820 the said Joseph King's Schedule of property after
deducting his debts amounted to Seventy six Dollars.
Copied & certified from the Records, Given under my hand and the Seal
of the said Court, at Meadville, this Sixth day of December in
the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.
D. LeFevre
Prothy
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Revolutionary 
War
Trash

WIDOW'S CLAIM
for
PENSION.
Act of /July 14, 18??/
==========
Mrs. Sarah King
Widow of Joseph King
Private Continental Line
Revolutionary War
==========
W
==========
FILED BY
R. W. Walker,
Washington, D.C.
Sept. 8/69.
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"To all people to whom these presents shall come"
"Know ye that I Joseph King of Rockdale"
"township, County of Crawford, being weak of Being"
"but of Sound, Do make ordain, establish, and"
"confirm this my last Will and Testament, one"
"desire that the same may be observed as such"

"I give and bequeath all my Estate"
"Real personal and mixed, To Joseph Titus"
"King, Margaret King and Sarah Ann King"
"my Son and Daughters their heirs or assigns"
"What ever may remain, after paying all my"
"just debts and Funeral Expenses, And I"
"do hereby constitute and appoint, my wife"
"Sarah King and Samuel Torbett, of"
"Meadville my Executrix and Executors ,to"
"this my last Will and Testament, In Testimony"
"Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal"
"This fourteenth day of April, in the year of Our"
"Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and"
"Twenty Seven."
"Joseph King"

"signed sealed and delivered"
"in presence"
"James Hamilton"
"Nathan Phelps"
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"Proved before me this 26th day of July, A.D. 1828."
"James Cochran"
"Register"

"Letters Testamentary"
"said to Samuel Torbett,"
"acting Executor of the"
"foregoing Will"


State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County   ss

I D. S. Keep Register of
Wills &c. in and for said County and State,
Do hereby certify, That the foregoing emplifica-
tion, is a true and correct copy of the last Will
and Testament of Joseph King do as
contained of Record in Will Book A pages
234 & 235, in said Office at Male
County & State aforesaid
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and fixed my office
at Seal, this 4" day of September
A.D. 1869,
C. Keep
Register
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I. W. F. Chalfant Clerk of the Court of Record
within and for said County & State do hereby certify
that I have this day examined the Grace Stone
Erected in memory of the aforesaid Joseph King
decd late of Athens Township County and State
aforesaid, that the following is a true copy of
the carved inscription on Said Head Stone
"Capt Joseph King
Died July 15, 1828
A E 69 yrs"

W. F. Chalfanth Prothy
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State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County  SS

Also to this 3d day of September
1869, personally appeared before me William R Brawley, 
Esqr. who being duly sum according to Law declares
that he is a son of James Brawley, late Justice of the Peace
in and for said County who died many years since, that he your
deponent is the custodian of the original Record, or the 
Docket, containing Record of Marriages Solemnize
by the said James Brawley Esqr. while acting as a
Justice of the Peace, that the Marriage of Joseph King
and Sarah Hays, is contained, and entered in same
Marriage Record, in his own proper hand writing
of which the following is a correct and true Copy
"Tuesday 6th February 1827 married"
"Mr. Joseph King to Miss Sally Hays,"
Wm R. Browley J. P.

Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year
first written.  I certify the affiant to be a credible witness.
W. B. Chalfant  Prothy
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WIDOW'S CLAIM FOR PENSION
State of Pennsylvania
County of Crawford  SS

ON THIS _____ day of September1869, personally appeared before me, a
_________ of a Court of Record in and for the County and State aforesaid, Mrs
Sarah King resident of Athens Township in the County of
Crawford and State of Pennsylvania aged 68 years, who being
duly sworn, makes the following declaration, in order to obtain the Pension provided by the Act of Congress approved
Februrary 31, 1853. That she is the widow of Joseph King dec'd who was a
Pensioner of the United States, in his life time, as
a private in Company ___ commanded by _____
in the _____ Regiment of Penna Continental Line in the War of the American Revolution; that
her maiden name was Sarah Hays and that she was married
to said Joseph King on or about the 6th day of February
1827 at Rockale, (now Athins) in the County of Crawford
and State of Pennsylvania by James Brawley Esqr and
that she knows of no record evidence of said marriage now an extant, except, the official
Entry, or Docket Record, a true copy of which is hereunto annexed.

SHE FURTHER DECLARE that said Joseph King her 
husband, died at Crawford County
in the State of Pennsylvania on or about the Fifteenth day of
July A D 1828, of age and infirmity.  She also declares that she has remained a widow ever since the death of
said Husband Joseph King and that she has not in any manner been engaged
in, or aided or abetted, the rebellion in the United States; and she hereby appoint R. W. Walker
Washington City D.C. as her lawful Attorney, with
power of substitution, and authorize him to present and prosecute this claim, and to receive her pension certificates. 
The following are the names of all the children
of her deceased husband,  That she had
by John King dec'd the following Children, To Wit:
Joseph Titus King, Margaret King and Sarah
Ann King, all now living
My Post Office address is Little Cooly Crawford County Penna
If mark is made, two witnesses who write sign here.
James M Osborn
Sampson Looker
Sarah King X her mark

ALSO PERSONALLY APPEARED before me, James W. Osborn
Sampson Looker residents of Athens Township and
County, and State of Pennsylvania to me well known as credible persons, who being
duly sworn, declare, that they were present and saw said Mrs. Sarah King Make her mark,
to the foregoing declaration, and that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of said
applicant, and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and know
that said deceased recognized said applicant as his lawful wife, and that she was so recognized by the community
in which they resided; and that they have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
and that she is now a widow
Signatures of Witnesses
James M Osborn
Sampson Looker
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Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 3d day of September 1869 and
I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. And that the contents
of the above were made known and explained to the applicant and witness before signing.  That inconsequence
the applicants infirmity, on many years I have taken the declaration
and testimony. at her own House,
W F Chalfant Prothy


Note -- If there is any record evidence of the marriage, insert - except that of which a true copy is hereunto annexed, and append a certified
copy of the record accordingly. The cause of death must be specified in the second clause of the declaration. The declaration
and evidence of identity, must be made before a Court of Record, or before some officer of such a court duly authorized to administer
oaths, and having custody of its seal, which must be attached.
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Rev WIDOW, &c.

Decd Aug 15, 75
Paid Jan. 4. 75

File No. 12028
Sarah King
wid of
John King
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1853. July 27/68.
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 401

75. Sept 25, Second Com
voucher for a/////
Bill $87.88 Due $19///
//unclear//
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reinstated Feby
27. 1823 & sent
to Hon. P. Farrelly
H Reps
16.states

288
48
----
336

336
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108973
160a
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Jos Kings Deposition
& Schedule of property
14965. 29 feby1819
Jos Kings schedule
of property is worth
after Debts paid $76.00

not entitled
March 1820
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Crawford County 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania  ss

On this tenth day of June 1820 personally appeared in open
Court being a Court of record in and for the said County of
Crawford, in pursuance of an act of the legislature of the Commonwealth 
of Pennsylvania establishing it as such Joseph King
aged sixty years on the 15th day of July next, resident in the
said City and Common all who being first duly sworn according 
to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary 
war as follows. In the fall of the year 1776 he enlisted
for three years in Captain Hawkins Boonis company in the twelfth
Pennsylvania regiment on the continental establishment, which
regiment was commanded by Colonel William Cook; served
in said company and regiment until the month of May or June
1777. when he was drafted into Captain Michael Simpson Company 
in the Rifle Regiment, commanded by then Col. Daniel
Morgan; served in said Company and regiment for upwards
of five years; and until the said rifle regiment, was reduced;
was then transferred in Captain George McCully's company
in the third Penna regiment, commanded by Colonel Thomas
Craig; continued in said company and Regiment for six or
eight months and was afterwards drafted into a Rifle Corps
commanded by Major James Parr, and continued in the same
until the month of January in the year 1781 when he
received an honourable discharge from the service having 
served the United States four years and five months,
and one year and five months more than the term of his enlistment &

The said Joseph King receives a pension from the
United States in pursuance of an act of Congress of the
18th of March 1818 on his application therefore dated the 28th day
of May 1818 and the Certificate of the Hon. Secretary at
War, placing him on the pension list, is dated the 27th day
of September 1819, which certificate is numbered 14.965

And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen
of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and
that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner, 
disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with 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 engage 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, nor
has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, 
contracts or debts due to me; nor have any in
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=come other that is contained in the Schedule hereunto
annexed and by me subscribed.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
for the County of Crawford this 10th day
of June 1820. Before
William Mac Arthur Prothy 
Joseph King

Schedule of property belonging to Joseph King.

No real property unincumbered. I have a claim to two
hundred acres of land situate in Rockdale township in
which I reside, but the purchase money is not yet paid
to the Commonwealth. I claim it by actual settlement
and have resided on it about 2 years and six months -
there are about four acres of the same in cultivation

One mare twelve or fifteen years old, one Cow,
shovel plough, Household furniture. Besides bedding
does not exceed the value of twenty dollars. I have debts
owing to me to the amount of about fifty dollars; and I owe
to different persons to the amount of //// hundred twenty seven
dollars, besides the purchase money due to the Commonwealth 
for the above mentioned two hundred acres of land.

I have no family but a step daughter who now resides
with me, but he is at liberty to leave me at any time
she pleases. I have been by occupation a farmer but
from my age and infirmities, and being without
assistance, I am totally unable to obtain a livelihood by labor &
unless assisted by my country, I must depend on public
or private charity for support.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court,
for the County of Crawford this 10th day
of June 1820 before
William Mac Arthur Prothy
Jos King

I William Mac Arthur Prothonotary of the Court of Common 
pleas in and for the County of Crawford do hereby 
Certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule there
unto annexed, are truly copied from the record of
the said Court and I do further certify, that it is the
opinion of the said Court that the total amount in
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=value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule
after declaring debts due by him is ($76.) seventy six
Dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the said
Court, on this sixteenth day of June 1820.
William Mac Arthur Prothy, of the
Court of Com. Pleas for the said County
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To the Honorable J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of the Department of War

The petition and representation of Joseph King, late
a soldier in the army of the revolution, most respectfully
thereth

That agreeably to the provisions of the act of Congress
passed the 18th day of March 1818, your petitioner was placed
on the pension list of the United States, at the rate of eight dollars
per month, commencing on the 28th day of May 1818, and
continued to receive the said pension until the 4th day of
March 1820. 

That in pursuance of the act of Congress passed
the first day of May 1820, your petitioner did on the 10th
day of June 1820, exhibit in open Court of Crawford County,
a schedule of all the property to which he had any claim, either
in law or equity; and also exhibited to the Court at the same
time a list of debts due by him to sundry persons; to all
which your petitioner was duly sworn. In the Schedule
exhibited to the Court, your petitioner thought proper to state
that he had settled on and had a pre emption claim to two
hundred acres of land belonging to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; 
the purchase money was there and is yet due to the Commonwealth 
for the same; and the land being situate in a remote
quarter of the County of Crawford, being thereby settled around it, is
of but my little value.  Your petitioner, ///////////hamine, was
struck off the pension list; and what he now would more
particularly draw your attention to is, that for debts he owed
prior to the 18th of June 1820, he was assisted by civil process
of law, and being unable to discharge them, was compelled
to apply to the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County for the
benefit of the acts of Assembly for the relief of Insolvent
debtors. The Court sustained his application on the sur-
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-render of all his property, real, personal and mixed, for the benefit
of his creditors, and appointed Ebenezer Felton, a principal
creditor, as his assignee.  In pursuance of which, your
petitioners property has all been sold, excepting such portions
thereof as the laws of the State permit insolvents to retain; and
the amount of the proceeds of sale falls for short of satisfying
the debts he owed prior to the 10th day of June 1820 - He
therefore most respectfully requests that you would reexamine 
his case and the papers herewith forwarded, and
reinstate him on the pension list of the United States
Jos King

Crawford County
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania  ss

On the 17th day of December in the year one thousand
eight hundred and twenty two personally appeared in open
Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, Joseph King whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing petition and representation,
who having been duly sworn according to law did depose and
say that the statement therein made are just and true
Sworn & subscribed in open Court
the day and year above written
Jos King
D. LeFevre Prothy
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Crawford County
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania  SS

on the Seventeenth day of December one thousand eight
him and and twenty two, personally appeared in open Court of
Common Pleas of Crawford County, being a Court of Record in
and for said county, Ebenezer Felton, who having been duly
sworn according to law, did depose and say, that on the 20th
day of July 1821 he was appointed by the Court of Common
Pleas of Crawford County, the assignee of Joseph King, an insolvent 
debtor, who had applied to the said Court for the benefit 
of the laws of the Commonwealth to have him released
from imprisonment upon the surrender of all his property
for the benefit of his creditors. This deponent states that
he was a principal creditor of the said Joseph King, the debt
having been contracted for a considerable time prior to the 10th
day of June 1820. That there were several other debts which
this deponent knew were owing by the said Joseph King
prior to the said 10th of June 1820, one of which was a Judgment to
the amount of about fifteen dollars, and this deponent was the
special bail of the said Joseph King, and to save himself from
the payment thereof, he took out a bail price, and had him
surrendered to the Jail of the County of Crawford; soon
after which the said Joseph King applied to the Court
of Common Pleas of said county to be discharged from confinement agreeably to the laws of the State for the relief
of insolvent debtors. This deponent further states, that
he gave due and legal notice of the time and place of sale
of said Joseph Kings effects, included in which was the
two hundred acres of land returned by him in his Schedule
of property exhibited to Court on the 10th day of June 1820, all
which I sold at public sale as the law directs, and the
proceeds of sale fell more than one hundred dollars
short of the debts he owed. This deponent is the Deputy
Surveyor of Crawford County, and is well acquainted
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with the before mentioned two hundred acres of land
has never been warranted nor patented, the purchase money
is still due on it to the State, and the said Joseph King
never had any title to it excepting a pre-emption right
acquired by his residence on it. There are not more than
four acres liand & cultivated on it; and being
situate in a remote quarter of the county, distant from
settlements, is of but little value
Sworn to and subscribed in
open Court the day and year
before written
Iben Felton.
D. Le Fever  Prothy


Crawford County 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania  SS

I Daniel LeFevre
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and
for said County of Crawford, Do hereby Certify
that the foregoing proceedings were had in open Court, at
an adjourned Court, held on the day there stated.

In Testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed 
my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court
this Seventeenth day of December in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two
at Meadville.
D. LeFevre
Prothy
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Crawford County SS
I Daniel Le Fevre Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County
Do hereby Certify that Joseph King, who
was a soldier of the Revolutionary War did
on the Sixteenth day of February 1821 Petition
the Court aforesaid for the benefit of the Insolvent 
Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

And that on the twentieth day of July A.D. 1821 the said
Joseph King did assign all his property Real personal and mixed,
to Ebenezer Felton Esquire, in trust as well for himself, as the
rest of his Creditors:--And that on the said twentieth
day of July A.D. 1821 the said petitioner Joseph King was duly
Sworn in open Court and discharged, after the County ordering
him to retain his necessary wearing apparel.-
Certifyed from the Records of the said Court given under my
hand and the seal of the said Court this Seventeenth day of
December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and twenty two.
D. LeFevre
Prothy
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I /// that in the case of Joseph King of
Crawford County who //returns// a claim to two
hundred acres of land in Rockdale township on which
the purchase money he states to be due the Commonwealth
and on which he ////??// two years and
five months, this was vacant land which he
took up under the act of the 3 of April 1792 under
which in the vacant land then west of the Allegheny
river in Penna ////,  was disposed of. The terms
on that //////  //////// must reside on the land five
years //////// he commenced his settlement and
then fence and cultivate two acres for every hundred
acres in the survey and pay twenty cents an
acre with interest from the commencement of his
settlement before he could get a title.  Mr Kings
claim I know to be one of this kind from the
statement of it.
Path Tamlly
Fy 26th 1823
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I certify that it appears by the records of the revolutionary 
War in this office, that Joseph King served three years
in the Pennsylvania Line, as on his discharge from the
service he received the depreciation on his pay as a Corporal
in the third regiment   Witness my hand and the
Seal of the office of the Auditor General the //// September 1819

Geo Bryon  Aud Gen
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W
Brief in the case of Sarah King Widow of Joseph King.  Who was
a private in the regt Comd by Col. Butter Penn War Revolution
Little Cooley
Crawford
County and State of Pennsylvania
Act 2d Sec Feb 3, 1853
==========
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
She  claims a pension as the Widow of Joseph King , who was a
Pensioner under act of March 18,1818, at $96 per anm & died
July 15, 1828.
Proof 1st Certified copy of her husbands Will wherein she is
named   Exert. Will proved July 26 1838
2d Certified Copy of Marriage record Married Feb 6. 1827 &
the testimony of Witnesses that she was to recognized
3d Proof of soldier death- Probate of Will
4th Continued. Widowhood - Has not remarried
Claimants Declaration sustained by witnesses by affidavit
properly certified.
Admitted Oct 23. 1869 to pension at $96.00 per annum to ///////
Sept. 10. 1819.
W. E. Trask
Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent.
R. W. Walker
Present.