Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8,017, Robert Alcock, Md.
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(S-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Alcock, Robert

NUMBER
S.8.017
carded.

CONTENTS
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Rec letter
1835 [to No?}
22 Jany
J. McKim
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6176
Maryland
Robert Alcock
of Anne Arnl. in the state of Md:
who was a Pri. in the Compy. commanded by Captain Nathaniel of the Regt. commanded by Col. Murdock in the Md: line for 11 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of pension issued the 25 day of Feby. 1833 and Sent Hon. B.T. Semmer - Ho: R.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832.   54.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33  18.33
$73.32

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Rec by Nathan Rice Clerk
[Box D?] Vol. 7 Page 26
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Robt. Alcock

36.66
18.33
54.99

[illegible]
$36.66 per an.

Hon. Semmes
Ho. of Reps.

[written sideways on page:]
On the within case I am willing to receive whatever the Department is willing according to the [illegible] to allow receiving to Mr. Allcock the right to obtain such further License as he [illegible]
B.T. Turner
February 20th 1833
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State of Maryland Anne Arundel County [illegible]
On this sixth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two before me the subscribed, one of the States of Maryland's Justices of the peace in and for the County of Anne Arundel, personally Appears Robert Alcock a resident of the said State of Maryland in the said County of Anne Arundel
aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - That he entered into the service of the
United States as a volunteer in Captain Nathaniel
Pigman's Company saw time in the month of July 1777 and was attached to Col Murdock's Regiment, and served in said company untill about the 12th of October following, and was at the battle of Germantown on the 4th of
October 1777, then hired as a substitute to Col. Henry Griffith and Entered Capt Wm Baileys Company attached to Col Urias Cammil's Regiment of Malitia [Militia] and served in said company from the 12th October 1777 until about the 12th January 1778 and that he was a resident of Montgomery County in the State of Maryland at the time that he entered into the service of this Country 
he also declared that he had promises made by Thomas Johnson Gouvenor [Govenor] of the State of Maryland in 1777 that from hearing of his services in that year that he would give him a commission, the first vacancy that should happen in the Maryland line and advised him to join the Maryland line then at Wilmington in the State of Delaware when they were ordered to
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from the valy [Valley] Forge on the Schuylkill Pennsylvania I followed the Maryland line at Wilmington on or about the 1st of
March 1778 as a cadet in Col Gunleys Regiment
and marched with it and joined the main Army, nothing happened to me untill the British army left Philadelphia and our Army pursued untill the 28th of June 1778 when General Lee had orders
to attack the British army
I was not with the main army at the time the attack was made but was with a [an] attachment on the left wing of the Army near Monmouth Courthouse and received a wound from a musket ball in the right leg
I was taken to the Hospital and continued there untill I was able to ride to the State of 
Maryland thus concluded my service in the revolutionary war
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll
of the agency State only that of the agency of the State of Maryland
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Robt Alcock
Thomas Burgess
Justice of the Peace for A A County
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I Slingsby Linthicum a Clergyman residing in the County of Anne Arundel in the State of Maryland do hereby certify that I am well acquaint with Robert Alcock who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that I believe him to be about seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed this 6th day of October in the year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two 
Thos Burgess
Slingsby Linthicum Justice of the Peace for AA Co
I Greenbury Treakle of Anne Arundel County in
the State of Maryland do hereby certify that I am
well well acquainted with Robert Alcock who has
Subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and that
have known him for nearly fifty years and that I always
understood that he was engaged in the Malitia [Militia]  service
for some time during the revolutionary war. Sworn to and
subscribed before the subscriber and
of the Justices of the peace
for Anne Arundel County this 19th of August 1832
Greenbury X [his mark] Treakle
Sworn before  Thomas Burgess
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I Thomas Burgess before whom the foregoing declaration was made do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named
aplicant [applicant] was a revolutionary soldier and served as he States and that I further certify that Slingsby Linthicum who has signed the preceeding [preceding] certificate is a clergyman
said to have been in regular orders for forty years and is a resident of Anne Arundel County in the State of Maryland and that Greenby Fuaker
who has also signed it is a resident in the same County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Given under my hand this 6th of October 1832
Thomas Pingess
Justice of Peace
Anne Arundel County Court
I hereby Certify that Thomas Burgess Gentleman who appears to have taken and Signed the aforegoing affidavits was at the time of [illegible]
one of the State of Maryland Justices of the peace in and for Anne Arundel County duly commissioned and sworn, and I believe the signatures purporting so [illegible] [illegible]
are genuine
In Testimony whereof I hereto set
my name and affix the seal of
Anne Anne County Court this 16th
day of October 1832,
Wm S Green Clk AA Court
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State of Maryland Montgomery County-
I Samuel Griffith of the said State County do hereby Certify that Robert Alcock was a soldier in the Militia of 1777 that he belonged to Capt Nathaniel Pigman's Company in Coln. John Murdock- Ridgment [Regiment] from the State of Maryland and believe he was at the battle of German Town on the fourth of October 1777 - how long he continued in the army I do not know
Augt 7 - 1832
Sam Griffith
then a Capt. of the third Maryland Regiment commanded by Col. Mordecai Gist
Sam Griffith
State of Maryland Montgomery County to Wit
On the 7th day of August 1832  Personally
appeared Samuel Griffith before the Subscriber a
Justice of the peace in and for said County and made oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that the above certifficate [certificate] is correct as stated to the best of his knowledge & belief
sworn before E R Gaither
Maryland Montgomery County Sct.
I do hereby certify that Elisha R Gaither Gentleman before whom the foregoing affidavit appears is to have been made and whose name is subscribed thereto was at the time of signing & taking said affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the public seal of said County Court this Seventh day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty two
Brice Selby  Clk.  of
Montgy [Montgomery] Conty [County] Court
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Revolutionary           8017
INVALID
File No.  8017
Robert Alcock
Pri. Rev. War

Act:  June 7th  32
Index - Vol.  [illegible]  Page 6
[Arrangement of 1870.]