Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40215, for Murty O'Dorner, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE  Penn.
O'Dorner, Murty
or O'Dornen
NUMBER  S.40215
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3,830      
Pennsylvania Roll       
Murty O’Dorner    
Cap’t Doyle     
Private
Pensylvania Line    
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War          
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of May 1818              
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of Oct’r 1818 and forwarded to Andrew Boden Carlisle Penn’a            
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818           26.60          
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 of Mar 1819 48.00     
$ 74.60
3 Mo 6/31 4/30 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}           
2 years 
60/70         
Tyrone Township Cumberland Co Pen’a   
154
100
2.40
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Not on the Rolls of Penn’a  to being anterior to 1780. but admitted as being circumstantially entitled to credit 
Deposited by Andrew Boden
Carlisle Penn’a
26th May          
Murty O’Dorner pri’t   
To Andrew Boden  
Carlisle Penna
Returned for proof
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Cumberland County         
State of Pennsylvania, ss.            
I Robert McCoy Prothonotary of the Court 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 is, a Judge of the 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 sixth 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, Robt McCoy Prothy
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Cumberland County ss     
State of Pennsylvania     
On this 26" day of May A.D 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County & State aforesaid personally appears Murty O’Dorner aged seventy years resident in Tyrone township Cumberland County & State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration order to attain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war"   That the said Murty O’Dorner enlisted in Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania in the 2nd Regiment of the Penn’a line  (which Regiment was in the continental service)  in the company commanded by  Captain John Doyle in the year 1777 for three years if not sooner discharged, that he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States for two years when he was discharged from the service (by reason of inability occasioned by a swelling in his thigh) in the State of Jersey, that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Long Island, and Germantown   Deponent further says that he was afterwards in Gen’l Waynes army against the Hessians and after his being discharged by Genl. Wayne on his return home he halted in Lexington and had his pocket book containing his discharges, together with all his money and other papers stolen from him
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Deponent further says 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 services –
Murty O’Dornen  his mark
Sworn to and declared before his me the day and year aforesaid 
Jacob Hendel         
Cumberland County ss          
I Jacob Hendel one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in for the County of Cumberland do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Murty O’Dorner, did serve in the continental army in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceeding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress           
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 25th day of May A.D. 1818          
Jacob Hendel  [seal]
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40,215
Revy   INVALID
File No. 40,215
Murty  O'Dorner
Pri Rev War
Act:  18 March 18
Index: - Vol 5  Page 872
[Arrangement of 1870]