Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,036, for William Law, Maryland
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Service: Md
Law, William
S. 36.036
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36036

Revy Invalid.

File No. S6036

William Law

Pri   Rev War

Act: 18 March 18

Index:- Vol. 2, Page 237

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Dist. of Columbia
(66)

William Law, 4
Capt McPherson
private,
Maryland line [illegible] [illegible]
In the Army of the U. States.

At $8. per mo [illegible] 23. March, 1818.

Cert: issued the 6th April, 1818 and deld. to the Pensioner.

[illegible] to 4th Sept. 1818. 5 10/28 mos. $42.84

(Revy Claims, Act 18th March, 1818.)
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1818.9.4
1818.3.22
___________
5.10/28
8
___________
$40
2.84
__________
$42.84

10
8
28  80  284
56
240
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DISTRICT OF Columbia, 88.
On this 23rd day of March 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the said district, personally appears-- William Law aged 59 years, resident in George Town in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said William Law enlisted in Annapolis in the sate of Maryld----in the company commanded by Captain Samuel McPherson of the 2 Regt. Maryland line; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the end of the war, when he was discharged from service in Annapolis state of Maryland which discharge is lost that he was in the battles of Brandywine, German Town, Guilford, Eutaw Spring, & ninety six and was wounded in the thigh, aft the said Eutaw Springs: and 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.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.