Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,169, John Dougherty, Penn.
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Penn.

Dougherty, John

NUMBER
S. 42,169
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Dead - Let. to Hm. Job Mann , H. R.  Apl, 27 1836

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838. From 4 Sept 1833 to 24 Oct 1833 the day of his death - Agt notified 12 Jany 1839

7176
Pennsylvania
John Dougherty
of Somerset Coy.: in the state of Pennsylva who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stewart of the Pennsylvania
line, for the term of 6 years

ascribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th of Mar 1819 and sent to Judge Philson
Stowstown, Penn'ia

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 9mo 8/31 = 74..6
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 - 48..
=122..6

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Cont'd
notif. sent Dec. 9th 1820 to the Hon. R. Philson
H.R. U.S.
Sept. 19
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Free
To the Honourable John C. Calhoun
Secretary at War
Washington City

Two Cases
Judge Philson - Penn. Somerset
recd. June 8th 1818
Will be admitted on evidence of his judgement circumstances which the judge must ask or certify himself as to the credibility of two or more jurors [illegible] the same


Admittted
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Somerset County State of Pennsylvania

Be it Remembered that on the 28th 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 of Somerset aforesaid
personally appeared John Dougherty aged about 60 years
resident of said County sixteen years who being duly sworn
according to law doth upon his solemn oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the pension allowed by the act
of Congress passed the 18th day of March AD 1818 

that he enlisted in the service of the United States under Captain Richard Brown of the Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment
Commanded by Colonel James Piper of Bedford County
Continental establishment 

that he continued to serve the Corps from May AD 1776 until the said John was transferred to the Second Pennslvania Regiment on the same establishment commanded by Walter Stewart which took place after the Battle at Long Island in 1776. - and continued in the service of the United States from his
first enlistment about six years. 

That he was honourably discharged by General Wayne and that said discharge was taken together with other property by a person with whom it was deposited in Philadelphia and could never be recovered by the most diligent search for the person and property. 

That he has been in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth and that
he has no pension heretofore allowed him by the U.S.
to his knowledge and if he has he doth hereby for &
in consideration of the pension allowed him by the act
of Congress abovementioned fully and entirely relinquish
the same unto the United States 

that from his reduced circumstances in life he needs the assitance of his country for support.

sworn & subscribed before me the day & year above mentioned.
John Doughty  
Robert Philson
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I Robert Philson One the Judges of the Court
aforesaid Do Certify unto the Hon'ble the Secretary
at War that it appears to my satisfaction that the
above named John Daugherty did serve in the revolutionary war as is stated in his declaration against
the Common enemy for the term of nine months
on the Continental establishment and do now
transmit the proceeding as required by the act
of Congress.
Robert Philson

I do Certify that the Within Named John Dougherty
is in indigent circumstances in life and needs the assistance of his Country to support him
Robert Philson

Somerset County
State of Pennsylvania
I Alexander Ogle Jr Recorder of Deeds in and
for said County do certify that Robert Philson before whom the above Declaration was made is an acting Judge
duly sworn and Commissioned. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
office at Somerset this 28th day of May AD 1818
Alexander Ogle Recorder
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my communication directed Robert Philson of Berlin
Somerset County Pa shall be attended to
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Copy of the
Declaration & Pension
Certificate of John Daugherty
7196
Sept. 1829
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Somerset County ⎬
On the 27th day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court John Daugherty it being a court of record in and for Somerset County and State of Pennsylvania aged 63 years a resident in said County who being duly sworn according to law doth on his solemn oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War in the second Regiment
Commanded [by] Colel. Walter Stewart in the Pennsylvania
line Continental establishment, and the date of my
pension certificate is on the 5th day of March 1819 and
I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen
of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and
that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any
other manner disposed of any 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
1813 and that I have not nor has any person in trust
for for me any property in securities, contracts, or debts
due to me nor have I any income other than what
is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and
by me subscribed viz
1 Cow ............................. $15.00
2 Iron pots.........................3..00
1 Bake oven.......................1..00
11 [or 4] chairs ................2..00
1 Table.................................3..50
1 Axe..................................  1..00
2 Hoes............................... .. ..50
2 Rakes............................. .. ..37 1/2
Other kitchen furniture  2..50
                              [=] $28..87 1/2
and a pension from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for services rendered during the Revolutionary War of forty Dollars per year.
That I am a Taylor by trade and am not able to earn a sufficient sustenance for myself and family that I have a wife aged about 43 years four children viz Martha
fifteen years George aged seventeen years Eliza aged
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twelve years & Sarah aged eight years who are in part not able to support themselves the oldest son being decripled in the hand

Sworn to and subscribed on the 29th day of August 1820 as before mentioned

John Daugherty
Alex. Ogle In Prothy


Somerset County ss
I Alexander Ogle In Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for Somerset County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereunto
annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount
in [illegible] of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty eight Dollars, and eightyseven & half cents. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my and and affixed the seal of said Court this 17th day of Sept. 1820
Alex Ogle in Prothy
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 4th 1839

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of John Daugherty, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars 
per month under the law of the 18th March, 1818, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1833,
to the 24th October, 1833, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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March 25, 1932
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Mary B. Poyntz
39 Fountain Place
New Rochelle, New York.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to John Dougherty, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, S. 43169, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of John Dougherty.

He enlisted sometime in May 1776 and served as
private in Captain Richard Brown's company in Colonel
James Piper's Pennsylvania regiment, was in the battle of Long Island, after which he was transferred to Colonel Walter Stewart's Pennsylvania regiment, and was in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth, length of service six years.

He was allowed pension on his application exeecuted
May 28, 1818, at which time he was living in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where he had lived sixteen years. In 1818 he was sixty years of age.

In 1820 his wife, whose name was not given, was
forty-three years old, and the following children were
referred to - George seventeen years of age; Martha fifteen years of age; Eliza twelve years of age; Sarah eight years of age.

The soldier died October 24, 1833 in Somerset
County, Pennsylvania.

There are no further data relative to his family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Record Division        3-525
Depart of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.,           19.....

In reply to your request of........., received........ for a statement of the military history of John Dougherty a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired informations as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S42169-
May 1776   6 yrs.   Pvt   Captain  Richard Brown
Dates of Enlistment or appointment   Length of Service Rank Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered  Colonel James Piper,  [illegible] Walter Stewart  State Pa
Battles engaged in, Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Pennsylvania,Germantown, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, check mark, 
Date of application for pension, May 28,1818
[illegible]
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New Rochelle N.Y.
March 10 /32
Stamp Enclosed &
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U S returned
Dear Sir
The enclosed letter
will explain my business partly. The

John Dougherty I
would like the record of was a farmer. I think, in Stoystown after the Revolutionary War, where he enlisted or was
discharged I do not know, as far as I know the history is John Dougherty was a farmer in
Stoystown, Pa.
is buried there, and a monument erected in the Cemetery
there to his war service, put up by the Daughter of the
Revolution of what place and Chapter not known to me
his daughter Eliza, married Thomas Barclay or Barkley.
┃ a tailor, and settled in Johnstown Pa. where both are
buried in Sandy Vale Cemetery Thomas died in 1865. and
Eliza in 1900 at the age of 90, when I was a small
child, my Grandmother, the said Eliza Barclay used to
tell one stories of the Revolution, one I remember was
about her Father telling her, that one winter in the
Army, he had no shoes, wrapped his feet in rag's
to keep them from freezing, which would indicate
Please return
to
Mary B. Poyntz
39 Fountain Pl
New Rochelle N.Y
Very sincerely,
Gertrude MacKinney
Director of State Library
By H.H. Shenk
H. H. Shenk, Archivist.
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That he was with Washington at Valley Forge. I think he received a pension, but all lsrand - mother's posoessions were lost in the Johnstown Flood. I understand she had his war record and Pension papers in the Family Bible which was lost, in the flood, none of the family bothered about any thing, but I want to join the D.A.R.here and would appreciate any thing you can do gor me. any expense connected with it. I will be glad to pay. I am a direct decendent of
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OFFICE OF DIRECTOR
OF STATE LIBRARY
to
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
STATE LIBRARY
HARRISBURG
9 March 1932.
Mrs. Mary B. Poyntz,
39 Fountain Place,
New Rochelle, N. Y.
My dear Mrs. Poyntz:
The name of John Dougherty appears many times
on the records of the War of the Revolution, and
at least three men by that name served in the
Pennsylvania Continental Line.
John Dougherty was pensioned as a private in
Pennsylvania Line in Somerset County, placed on
the Roll March 15, 1819, aged 77 years.
The record which I believe applies to the John
Dougherty who was pensioned in Somerset County is that
of a private in Captain Richard Brown's Company of
the Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment in 1776. Captain
Brown was appointed from Bedford County, as were
others in his company, and Somerset County was formed
from a part of Bedford County in 1795.
I would suggest that you write the Commissioner
of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
, for information, as the application papers of
John Dougherty may have identifying information as
to his service. I shall be interested in knowing
whether the information you receive from that source
agrees with what we have given.
Certificate of Military Service will be issued for
a fee of $1. 00.
Please return
Mary B. Poyntz
39 Fountain Place
New Rochelle, N. Y.


Very sincerely,
Gertrude MacKinney
Director of State Library
By H.H. Shenk
H. H. Shenk, Archivist.
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42 169
INVALID.
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File No. 42, 169
John Dougherty
In Head
Revy
Act: 18 March 18th
Index: - Vol. 3
Page 131
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar 21, 1913. Hist to Mrs
G.B. Morgan, Rolla Mo.
letter in claim S 41829
James McKinley and
432 Mch 25 hist to me
Mary B. Poynty-[illegible]
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House of Representatives 
April 21st, 1836

Hon. J.L. Edwards, 

I have been applied to by a gentleman in my District to ascertain whether there is any arrears of pension due John Daugherty's heirs. Daugherty was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, residing at the time of his death, in Somerset County in the State of Pennsylvania. He died on the 24th day of October, 1833. 

If this information can be furnished in your Department, I would be very thankful if you would be pleased to furnish me with it. 

I am his very respectfully 
Yours Cordially 
Jos Mann
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Be pleased to say up to what time John
Dougherty, a pensioner on the Pennsylvania role under the act of March 18, 1818, was last paid?

Pension Office
apl 27. 1836
He appears to have been paid to the 4 Sep 1833