Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,647, for John Jackson, Pennsylvania
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Service; Penn Sea service
Jackson, John
Number; S. 2647 carded
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Navy 494 (or 492)
Pennsylvania
John Jackson
of Delaware Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the ? galley commanded by Captain Wade of the S.S ? in the Delaware river for two years from 1776. 
Pa Sea Service
Inscribed on the roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 80 Dollars--cents per annu to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of September 1832 and sent to W. Oneal Esq. Washington city 
Arrears to 4th of September 1832 $ 120.-
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833 $40.-
$160.-

Revolution Claim
Act June 7, 1832

recorded by Wm. S. Allesin clerk
Book ?, Vol 6 Page 63.

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Dead. See letter ? July 8 1836
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 4th 1832.

State of Pennsylvania
County of Delaware S.S.

On this twenty fourth da of July A.D. one thousand eighty hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Joseph Engle one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Delaware and sate of Pennsylvania John Jackson, a resident of the township of Upper Providence, Delaware County, State of Pennsylvania aged seventy nine 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 the service on the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
I was born at Marcus Hook in Lower Chichester Township in the County of Chester(now County of Delaware) and state of Pennsylvania. I was born in the month of June and I was just twenty five years old when the British left Philadelphia during the revolutionary war. I have no record of my age and I went into the service of the United States on board of the rose gallies attached the Roe?. buck (a British frigate) in the river Delaware. I was in that action. I was enlisted under Captain Wade. I was three years and one in the service from the time I first enlisted under Captain Wade till I was taken prisoner by the British. I was taken prisoner in Chester, was taken to an English war vessel in the Delaware, the Commodore ordered me to Philadelphia. I remained there a prisoner two...
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months, and then Capt. Peter Hosier having taken a company of Hessians that were out plundering, I was exchanged for one of them. General Washington then gave me a parole for twenty days to go home, and before these twenty days were out I was called on by my old Captain, Capt. Wade, and I went into the service again. This second time I was in the service about three weeks, Captain Wade commanded a sloop in the river Delaware in the service of the United States called Rachel. I had no written discharge from Capt. Wade or any one else. I received at the time of my discharge the prize money to which I was entitled for assisting in taking from the refugees two shallops which the refugees had taken from Colonel Lloyd and Captain Ford - I am known in my present neighbourhood [neighborhood] by William Long, Margaret Burns, Jonas Eyre who can testify as to my character and to their belief as to my services in the revolution, I have been blind for nearly twenty years, I can first see a little glimmering of light, but I cannot tell black from white, I have been in the Poor House of Delaware County for near twenty years and maintained at the public expense and am now very infirm in body and unable to attend upon Court. I 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 of any state whatever --
his
John X Jackson
mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me -
Jos Engle

I William Long of the township of Chester, County of Delaware and State of Pennslvania [Pennsylvania] being duly affirmed according to law deposes and says that I am in my ninetieth year and I have known John Jackson ever since he was a 'prentice boy with William Siddons The above applicant John Jackson was in the water
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service of the United States during the revolutionary war under Wade and was taken prisoner, I know that he was taken prisoner by the British, and was in the water service, he was away from these parts a great while two or three years and I never had any doubts nor had any one else in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] of his being in the service during that time

Affirmed and subscribed to the day and year first above written before me- Jos. Engle Judge of The Court of Common Pleas of D. County
his
Wm M Long
mark

I Margaret Burns, (widow of Capt. Samuel Burns) being duly affirmed according to law do depose and say that I know very well that the above applicant John Jackson was in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war under Capt [Captain] Wade, in the row gallies. I am sixty four years old and I was then a young girl. Jackson's family lived here (in Chester, Pa.) and was away a good while in the service in the row gallies, more than two years. he was taken prisoner by the British, and he sent word to my father William Kerlin to try to get him released, my father together with some other gentleman all of whom are now dead, applied and got him exchanged- Nobody ever had any doubts of his being in the war and of his being in the row gallies
Margaret Burns

Affirmed and subscribed to the day and year first above written before
me 
Jos Engle Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of D. County-

We, Abraham Kerlin, a Justice of the Peace residing in the Borough of Chester, County of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, and John Thomson residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
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No 1096
John Jackson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution in the marine service in the row-gallies, and that we concur in that opinion - 
Abraham Kerlin J. Peace
John Thomson

Affirmed and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me -
Jos Engle Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of D. County

I Joseph Engle one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County 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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I do hereby further certify that the said John Jackson is and has been for years blind, that he is infirm of body and unable to attend upon the Court - And I do hereby further certify that Abraham Kerlin who has signed the preceding certificate is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Delaware (there being in the neighbourhood no clergyman likely to know any thing about any services done by him in the revolution of that has any knowledge of John Jackson) and that John Thomson who has also signed the same is a resident in the Borough of Chester, and is a credible witness, I have also a knowledge of the above witnesses William Long and Margaret Burns and I believe them entitled to credit Jos Engle

Delaware County}
Pennsylvania} ss
I Henry Myers Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do certify that Joseph Engle Esquire before whom the above proceedings were taken is and was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and authorized. And that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his acts as such. And that the name of Jos Engle thereto subscribed is the proper signature of the said Joseph Engle Esquire.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Chester in the said County the twenty fifth day of July Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred & thirty two
Henry Myers, Prothy [Prothonotary]
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INVALID
[WIDOW, &C crossed out]
File NO. 2647
John Jackson Private in the Row Galley
[Navy crossed out] 
Na sea service Rev. War
Act June 7. 1832
Index: Vol. 6, Page 63.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[Pa. Service crossed out] Records corrected, Feb'y [February] 23 '04 A
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Girard Bank [illegible]
Philada [Philadelphia] June 24 1836
Sir
The enclosed voucher has been returned to me from the Treasury & the payment suspended for the reasons endorsed thereon in red ink.
It appears from the Certificate of the Court that the daughter of John Jackson is married to John Harbert & her husband receipted in her behalf but without a special power for that purpose. By the Laws of this State it is usual for acts of the husband siging [signing] receipts for his wife &c to be sufficient, without
special authority, & when this payment was made by me I considered his Act the same as her's [hers] in giving the Receipt & it was also perfectly understood so by Mr Harbert the Attorney. I would respectfully request your examination of the Voucher & under these circumstances hope you will think it proper to coincide with me & if so give me such answer as will have the voucher allowed at the Treasury. I will thank you to return the voucher to me again
I am respectfully yr obt Servt [your obedient Servant]
Jas Schott Pres

J L Edwards
Commr [commissioner] of Pensions
Washington

Mr. Harbert is a respectable citizen of Delaware County.
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County of Washington
District of Columbia SS
On this tenth day of September 1832, personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, William O Neale of the city of Washington and made oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that he well knew and was intimately acquainted with John Jackson, was a resident of Delaware County in the state of Pennsylvania, that this said Jackson served in the American Revolution, that he joined or ? the Row. Galley ? in the service of the State of Pennsylvania, under the command of Captain Joseph Warder, the year 1775 or 1776 and continued in the service of the fair State of Pennsylvania for two years and upwards, that the said Jackson is till living and has applied to the United States for a pension, under a late act of congress and that he verily believes him to be entitled to the same. 
Given under my hand ? and with the signature of Mr O Neale
Tho: ?
J Peace

Wm O Neale {signature}
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25 J.L Edwards Esq.
Pension office
Washington City

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$80 per anum
Wm. O Neale, Esq.
(illegible) 
Aug. 2
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(Addressed envelope)

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
Washington City

Pennsylvania

$80 per annum
Wm. O'Neale, Esq
(Unintelligible)
Aug. 2

Chester, P
July 29

No. 1096
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J. L Edwards ESq.
Chester Pa July 25th 1832
Sir, 
Enclosed is an application for a pension for John Jackson, accompanied with the requisite proofs and certificates, bringing the case, it is believed, fully within the regulations prescribed by the War Department.  No one here has the least doubt but that he was in the service as he states, and he will of course be entitled to a full pension having served it appears from his own declarations and from the strong corroborating testimony of the witnesses, a period over two year. Any communication that may be made upon this subject may be addressed to " Peter Hill Engle, Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania" and it will be attended to.

I have the honour to remain your obt servant 

Peter Hill Engle
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Girau Banks 
Philadelphia July 5th 1936

Sir, 
On the 24th June I transmitted to you by mail the pension voucher for Bal. of pension draw John Jackson's children with my letter of which the enclosed is a copy. 
Not hearing of this voucher since, I am apprehensive it has miscarried in the mail. Will you please inform me whether it has been received.
I am very respectfully your ? servant
{Illegible name}

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J.L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington