Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8403, for William Powell, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE
Penn.

Powell, William
             Elizabeth

NUMBER
R. 8403
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Allegheny County [illegible]
Before the Honorable the
Court of Common Pleas for the County
of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania
now sitting, personally came, on this
     day of      in the
year of our Lord 1833, William
Powell, of said County, on applicant
for a Pension, under the Act of
Congress of 7 June 1832, who
on his solemn oath depose it
as follows:
that he was born
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1819
Thomas Wilson
Thomas [illegible initial] Wilson
Thomas Willson
Thomas
Thomas wil
Thomas [illegible]
THOMAS
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was born in [illegible] county State of Penns on 4 Ap 1766 [illegible words] by Family Bible of which he is now possessed. His Father removed to the western county & resided at Turtle creek in the month May 1766. where the family has remained ever since deponent was living at Turtle at the breaking out of the Revolutionary war.  and remembers, as if it was yesterday the event of the burning of the [illegible ??? Tea] at the Eastward.  His father an old soldier having been in Baddock's defeat and took [??? active] part on the [illegible] [illegible] was a zealous boy. In 1775 his order to guard so any efforts of the Tory's. and, against the savages a volunteer compy of people was formed.  his father elected to

the command - compy [illegible] of above 60 men. He remaind [??? organized] & stationed permantly together for 3 years, at Turtle Creek.  during that time all agriculture labour was suspended. Deponent at that time was a stout and active boy. His father had taken [illegible] to instruct him in the use of the rifle from the moment he could lift one. His mother also was a resolute woman. he rembers her loading the rifles for him & others during several attack on the block house by the Indians. the guide compy occupied the Block house & other out building at Turtle Creek Deponent accompanied his father on the scouts except when it was suppose the march would be very long & [illegible]. then he and the younger volunteers were left in care of the Block House and on the look out.  this continued in this way until the

5 March 1778.  on that day declarant Joined Capt Benj Harrison Comp of Pena Militia as a substitute for Saml Newell. this [illegible] a part of Col Crawfords Regiment & came from Stuarts crossing. now in Fayette Coy.  & was sent on by Col Crawford as a reinforcement to the militia in this quarter. Samuel Newel was a virginian that left his family very [illegible] & he was exceedingly anxious to return to them and Capt Norris at length agreed to accept declarant as a substitute him & to permit So Newel to return home [illegible ??? previous] to this declarant have been out on scouts with Capt Harrison and had attracted the attention of this officer from his knowlege of the County and [illegible] as a Woodman - said compy remained stationd at the block house for 9 mo aftwards during the whole of which time declarant acted as a regular member of
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comp- as the expiration of this time the compy was released and capt Harrison gave to declarant a written discharge this discharge is no longer in his possession Declarant [illegible words] it to Pena Comr & received a certificate which he used at the land office in Pena in payment for a tract of land it being accepted as cash. [illegible] for the land office fees. on 6 Mar 1779 he acted as a substitute for John Turner in a compy command by Capt John Bicket which came from the [illegible] of [illegible ???Yough] to relieve Capt Harrison coy . sent there by [illegible] col Cook. [illegible] of the county of Westmoreland owing to sickness in John Turners family - he obtained permission to return - & at the request of Capt Bickel declarant took said Turners Place. Declarant served in this capacity nine months. when he received a written discharge which was [illegible ?? disposed] in the same manner as the one last mentioned. In 1780 owing to the great alarm occasioned by incursions of the [illegible ??? English]. When on a [illegible] camp for Militia service & declarant was enrolled in capt Evans conp Penna Militia station on Turtle Creek. The company was at first commanded by Ensign Goudy. before Capt Evans came on declarant served on this occasion 9 months. when he received a written discharge which was dispose of in the same manner as those before spoken of on 3 or 4 mar. 1781. Declarant was again called out as a [illegible] militia man under Capt Evans and performed another full tour of nine months duty at the expiration of which he recd a written discharge. which was disposed in the same manner as the others declarant states further that in the [illegible] between these tours of active serve as an enrolled Militia Man. he was constantly on the alert with his rifle acting in conjunction[???] with his neighbours in scouting and covery the county[???] and so continued to the close of the revolutionary war.
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residing in       and       residing in said          do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Powell who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be in his sixty-seventh year; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
 
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid }

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after
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Declarant further states that he is not aware of any person now living who can testify to his service or to any part of it
Since the war of the Revolution he has resided in the neighberhood of Turtle Creek, and has continued to reside there up to the present time.
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 of any State

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
We      a Clergyman
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1832
1766
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66

after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that        who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in       and that         who has also signed and the same is a resident of said          and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit

I, William M Calley Prothonotary of the Court of Common  Pl[eas]   Alleghy Co., State of Pennsylvania [cert] tify that the foregoing
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contains the original proceedings of said Court
the matter of the application of William Powell for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal of office this      day of          in the year
of our Lord 1833.

[small letters]   Samuel G. Osborn  [illegible]

[left side of page] [illegible] Powells application, copy[??]

[bottom of page upside down] [illegible] Wm Thomas Biddle

[at bottom fold upside down] [illegible] Thoms  1?.50 1?8.50 50.00 100.50 100.5  9.50  50.00  [illegible name]

[right side of page]  Wm. Powell  copyd
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Elizabeth Powell
widow of William
Powell deceased -
Act of 7th June 1832-

William Powell decd

Pennsylvania
Suspended

Act 7 June 1832
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State of Pennsylvania   }
County of Alleghany     }

On this 17h day of April 1849. personally appeared before me Samuel Jones one of the Judges of the courts of Record of said County Elizabeth Powell aged Seventy Two years resident of the Township of Wilkins in said County who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount due to her as the widow of William Powell deceased under the act of 7th June 1832-

This declarant states that she is the widow of William Powell deceased late a resident of the township of Wilkins in said County who was a soldier in the war of the revolution-

This declarant states that her said husband in his lifetime made an application for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832, and he transmitted to the Department at Washington, as this declarant believes some papers in support of his claim - but that his pension was not allowed him and that the reason of his failure to secure a pension is unknown to this declarant- This declarant further states that the annexed is a copy of the declaration made by her said husband and contains as she believes a correct description of his services in the war of the revolution-

That her said husband served as she believes in the war of the revolution as follows- one tour of nine months as a substitute for Samuel Newell from March 1778 in a company commanded by Capt Benjamin Harrison in Col. Crawfords Regiment of Pennsylvania Troops at the end of which time he received a discharge from Capt Harrison which was subsequently disposed of in payment for a tract of land that he served on another tour of nine months
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from March 1779. as a substitute for John Turner in a company commanded by Capt John Bicket in a Regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Cook, and at the and thereof he received a discharged which was also disposed of in payment for land-

That in the year 1780- he served on another tour of nine months in a company commanded by Capt Evans, in a Regiment commanded by a Colonel whose name is unknown. & that he received a discharge which was disposed of in the same manner as his other certificates of discharge-

That in the year 1781, he again served on a tour of nine months in a company commanded by Capt Evans & received a discharge which was also disposed of in the same manner as above described--

This declarant further states that her husband, the said William Powell died on the sixth (6th) day of March in the year eighteen hundred & thirty nine (1839-) and that since his death she has not again intermarried- And further says not-
Elizabeth Powell

Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year first above written }
S: Jones

I hereby certify that by reason of old age & bodily infirmity the above named declarant is unable to appear & make her declaration in open Court. And further certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced before me that William Powell, the husband of the above named declarant died on the sixth (6th) day of March in the year eighteen hundred & thirty nine, (1839) and that the above named declarant still remains his widow. I further certify that William Powell was known to me, and that I believe
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(1839) and that the above named declarant still remains his widow. I further certify that William Powell was known to me, and that I believe the above named Elizabeth Powell to be his widow and that she has not been married since his death
S: Jones

I Hiram Hultz Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Alleghany Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that S Jones before whom the above Declaration and Certificate were acknowledged was at the time thereof, and now is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County and duly authorized by law to take such acknowledgments. and believe the above to be his signature;
Witness my hand and the seal of the said Court this 17th day of April 1849
Hiram Hultz  Pro.
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Return of the Pennsylvania line, Entitled to Donation Lands reported by the late Comptroller. General.

William Powell Private  200 Acres No 1758.  1st District

I do hereby certify that the above is a true extract of the officers and Soldiers of the Pennsylvania line, entitled to Donation Land,
. In testimony whereof. have hereunto
. Set my hand and affixed the Seal of,
. said Office this 11th day of October 1848.
For  John Laporte  S. G
R M Crain
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William Powell, decd
Pennsylvania
Suspended
[illegible] 9th July 1849
To  L. M. Drury
sent to L. M. Drury, Oct 16. /49
8403
Act 7 June 1832
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8403
P.O.  William Powell
Service:
Enlisted:    , 18   ,
Discharged:    , 18   ,
Application filed:    , 18   ,
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.     Contract.
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Canandaigua  [illegible]   May 3d 1849
Sir;
The claim of Elizabeth Powell, widow of William Powell deceased under the act of 7th June 1832 is herewith presented

It will be seen by examining the papers that William Powell in his lifetime preferred his claim to a pension under act of 7th June 1832. and in his declaration, which is supposed to be on file in the Pension Office, gave a descrip. of his service in the war - The copy of his declaration which accompanies this claim shows that his service in the war amounted to three years - that on the termination of each period of engagement he received a discharge which was given to the Penn. Commissioner & he received a certificate in return, which he gave to the agent of the Land Office when he obtained his donation Lands.

I wish to call your attention to the certificate of the Surveyor Gen. of Penn. which shows that William Powell received 200 acres of land.

This certificate fully sustain the statement of Powell in his declaration and it is submitted, conclusively establishes the claim-
Respectfully your obt servt
L.M. Drury.

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Canandaigua  [illegible]  Oct 12. 1849.
Sir;
In your report of the case of William Powell decd of Penn. under act of 7th June 1832. dated July 9. 1849, you state that it appears by the papers filed in the case, that three tours were performed, and that you propose to issue a certificate for 6 months service - By referring to the papers again you will perceive that there were four tours alleged to have been performed instead of three, and that according to your estimate, of two months to each tour, there would be eight months service instead of six, for which a pension may be claimed -
A certificate therefore for eight months service is requested to be issued -
I am respectfully
Your obt Servt
L.M. Drury-

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comr of Pensions-
Washington D.C.