Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,771, for James Tanehill, Pennsylvania
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Service                                 Number

Penn.       Tanehill, James      S. 3771                                                
                 or Tannihill

                                                    carded
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Pennsylvania
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James Tannehill
private
Ranking --
(unreadable
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(Unreadable) on the and
under the Act of the 

49.80 per month
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James Tanehill Records ok
Forms are out of(unreadable)
on 23 Nov 1820 (Unreadable)
Thomas Henry (unreadable)

Unreadable
Beaver Co.
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
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County of Beaver and Commonweath of Penn
&
On this twenty seventh day of October 1820; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of
Beaver personally appeared James Tannehill
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the company commanded
by Captain Thomas Rankin
in the regiment
commanded by Colonel Crawford
---
in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the
pension roll of the state of Pennsylvania
)that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal
of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the)
--- day of 182_, at or
near - that he does not know of any certificate
ever been given by the Secretary of War; but drew a Pension of Fifty Seven Dollars & Sixty Cents per annum for several years.

Sworn and subscribed to, before
me, the day and year aforesaid.

James Lake
James Tanehill

NOTES. The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place,
and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
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Pennsylvania
Beaver County

Personaly Came before the (Unreadable) justice
of the peace in and for Laid County James Tanehill and being sworn faith he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company 
Commanded by Thomas Rankin in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Crawford, in the Indian War and was wounded in Crawfords defeat in the (unreadable) of the United States, that in consequence of his wounds he was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Pennsylvania, at fifty seven dollars & sixty cents per annum, that he has no knowledge of ever having received a certificate of the fact, but that he for a considerable timed drew his pension, but on a late application at the City of Philadelphia for his pension, was informed it could not be drawn without a certificate from the (unreadable) department,
Sworn of (unreadable) before me the 26th of October 1820

James Tanehill
David Johnson
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1937-July 1- History to Sidney Wilson- EGch

RevWar                   3771
                             INVALID.

File No.   3771

James Tannihill
Private Crawfords Regt Penn.

Act:  Mil Est.

Index:-vol. A, Page 368

[Arrangement of 1870]

James Tanehill records corrected 
                                            Mar 10'04 m
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4019 Del Mar Ave
Los Angeles Calif.
June 22,1937

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C,

Request that you send to me abstracts of Pension Papers of the widow, Agnes Tannehill, whose husband was killed in the Revolutionary War. He was a soldier from Maryland and she later settled in Pennsylvania.
Also request an abstract on James Tanehill of Beaver Co Pennsylvania.

Sidney Wilson
4019 Del Mar Ave.
Los Angeles. Calif
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4019 Del Mar Ave.
Los Angeles, Calif.
May 10, 1937

Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau, Dept. of Interior,
Washinton, D.C.

Dear Sir,
    For genealogical purposes please send me an abstract of the pension papers of James Tannehill of Beaver County, Pennsylvania .
also,
abstract of pension papers of Mrs. Agnes M. Tannehill of Alleghany County, Pennsylvania who received half of a captains pay for her husbands' services in the war from the Treasurer of the Western Shore in Maryland, later from appearances, paid by the Unisted States Government. Both of the above are Revolutionary War pensions.
Please include the names of any character witnesses of friends' names who vouched for the accuracy of statements.  Very truly
                                               Sidney Wilson
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P.S.
 Will you kindly give me the names of any other Tannehills whos name appear among Revolutionary War pensions.

                                           Sidney Wilson


 (Date received stamp)

May 16,1937
Mail Sub-div
Vets Admin
Reader #4
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July 1, 1937
BA-J/EEL
James Tanehill-S.3771
Mr. Sidney Wilson
4019 Dollar Avenue
Los Angeles, California
Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of James Tannehill, of Beaver County,
Pennsylvania and Adam Clendenin, of Virginia; also, information
in regard to Agnes Tannehill, whose husband was killed in the
Revolutionary War.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based
upon service in the Revolutionary War of a soldier with surname
Tannehill, whose widow, Agnes, applied for pension or of an
Adam Clendenin. All spellings of the surnames were used in the
search. The record has been found of James Tanehill and his
history is furnished you herein as found in the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.3771, based upon disability
of said James Tanehill, resulting from a wound received while
serving in said war.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of
James Tanehill are not shown.
James Tanehill enlisted, date and place not stated, served
as a private in Captain Thomas Rankin's Company, Colonel Crawford's
Regiment, was in the campaign against the Indians and was wounded
at the battle of Crawford's Defeat, nature of wound not specified.
James Tanehill was allowed pension from March 4, 1789, on
account of disability resulting from the above noted wound, under the
Act of June 7, 1785, he signed James Tamshill.
In 1830, he was a resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
there are no data in regard to soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLE
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.