Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34968, for Hugh Lynch, Maryland
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Lynch, Hugh
NUMBER
S. 34968
Contents
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5223.
Maryland
Capt MCubbin
Hugh Lynch Private
Zachariah MC
Maryland Flying Camp
In the army of the  of the United States during Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 8
Dollars per month, to commence on
the 20 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of Jany 1819
and sent to the Hon P. Sciitto
House of Representatives
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818
$32.80
Semi-anl. all'ce ending March 1819
48.
_________
_________
$80.80
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818 }
three years from
1776
Continued
Battimon-
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34968
Revy INVALID.
File No. 34968
Hugh Lynch
Pro
Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 2 Page 257
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Hugh Lynch
Baltimore City
May 2d 1818-
Scribed for
Mary Roles
Admitted
Judge's certificate
as to claimant
circumstances
wanted {illegible}
Admitted
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United States
Maryland District
The undersigned Judge of the
United States for Maryland District certifies to the Secretary of the Department of
War That Hugh Lynch of Baltimore
in the District aforesaid hath this day of
appeared before the undersigned and being first Sworn upon the Holy Evangelists declares
that he is a native of Ireland about Seventy
three years of age and arrived in this County
in the year 1770 & enlisted in the "Flying
Camp" in 1776 in a company commanded
by Capt Zachariah McCubbin and served
to the end of the campaign - That he afterwards enlisted for three years in a company
then commanded by
Captain Godman attached to the 4th Maryland Regiment  commanded by Colo Hall -
That he served
out his these years and obtained a discharge
in writing but does not recollect
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from what officer although he reasons
has to have left it at Annapolis in the
hands of some person there from whom
he received some clothing He further
declares that he is a resident Citizen
of the United States and by reason of his recent
circumstances in life occasioned by his
age and infirmities is in need of assistance
from his adopted country for support.
at the same time came Colo John
Howard of the City of Baltimore and
made oath that he knew the above
named Hugh Lynch both while he lived in
the Flying Camp and
also during the
whole time he served in the fourth Regiment and that he was
generally considered 
by the officers to whom he was known as
a remarkably good Soldier
James Houston
Baltimore May 2d 1818-
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Known
I do hereby certify that I have long Hugh Lynch is an
Industrious man that he is now old and infirm and unable to earn his subsistence by his labour. that he is {illegible} and
one desiring the {illegible}
by the act of Congress
for those who served in the Revolutionary War
Peter Little
City Washington
June 7th 1819
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Hugh Lynch
5,223
March 1819
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*The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the
oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
+All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the Act of Congress:
1st. Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the State which create them;
2d. Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several States, to be courts of record;
3d. Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of
amount;
4th. Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according to the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are
not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal.
The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record
, and state why it is such. - (Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States.)
DIRECTIONS FOR FILLING UP THE BLANKS.
A. District,-- circuit, county, or corporation, as the case may be.
B. State why a court of record.
C. After repeating the district, circuit, county, or corporation, insert the declarant's name.
D. District, circuit, county, or corporation.
E. Here set forth the regiment, company and line; or ship, corps or vessel, and the date of the original declaration; and if he has received a pension, the number of his pension certificate should be inserted.
F. Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary bedding and clothing excepted, and
subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number
and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent
circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words
of the third section of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, ""in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to
support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only who are incapable of
supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.

Extract of a CIRCULAR LETTER from the War Department, to the several Agents for
paying pensions, enclosing the foregoing Form.
"For the guidance of persons already on the pension list, or who may hereafter make application for that
purpose, it may be proper to state, explicitly that, as experience has proved the necessity of a rigid adherence
to particular forms in such cases, no instrument of writing drawn up contrary to this form can be admitted as a
proper voucher."
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SCHEDULE.
United States of America
(A.) District of Maryland  ______SS.
On this thirteenth day of September 1820, personally
appeared in open court (*) (B.) in the District Court
in and for the (C) District of Maryland
Hugh Lynch
aged seventy five years,
resident in Baltimore County in said (D.) District
who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he served
in the Revolutionary War, as follows: (E.) for Six Monty in Zachariah {illegible}
company of the flying camp, afterwards in 1776 he enlisted
in Captain Godmans Company of the fourth Maryland Regiment
commanded by Col Hall for three years, was engaged in
several battles, to wit, White plains, Brandy Wine, and
German Town besides others of minor importance, faithfully
served out his time, and received an honorable discharge
at Morris Town New Jersey in 1779 original declaration
made in May 1818 and placed on pension list on 2d May
1818 at $8 per month
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 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.
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(F.) One Small Horse or Poney .......$20
4 Hogs..........600
2 Tables, one walnut, one maple 30 years in use...600
6 Chairs - long in use ........600
6 Silver Tea Spoons in use since 1781.....600
1 Iron Pot 2 Dutch ovens ........3.50
1 Cupboard and Chest of Drawers ...500
Shoe makers Tools........500    
                                                _____________                                                          
                                                 $57.50
I am a shoemaker by trade, my advanced age and
infirmities are such that I cannot do half as much
in a day as I could in early life, from which I could
not earn my subsistence, I have a wife a son and
Daughter, through whose aid and labour with the
pension received I have been enabled to subsist with
tolerable Comfort, my wife is between 60 & 70 years
of age, my Daughter 25 and on 20 I am much
indebted to my son whose affection for me {illegible}
to share his earnings for the support of his aged mother
and myself
Hugh Lynch

SWORN to and declared on the 13th day of September 1820
BEFORE, the District Court aforesaid
I Philip Moore
Clerk of the said District Court
do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly
copied from the record of 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 fifty seven
Dollars and fifty
Cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the Seal of the said court, on his 21 day of Septem 1820
Philip Moore
Clerk of the  Dist court for the District of Maryland