Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,123, for John Martin, Maryland
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE | Continental (Md.)
Martin, John
NUMBER | S. 40.123
CONTENTS
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[Left side:]
informed Nov 30. 1821. that he could not be readmitted and sent to J.H. Crawford Chambersburg, Pen
Notification sent November 17, 1820 to A. Calhoun Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

[Right side:]
9.459
Pennsylvania
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John Martin of Chambersburg in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Armand of the Maryland line, for the term of two years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 of April, 1818 
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th of April 1819 and sent to John Findlay Chambersburg, Pa.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 months 3/30 4/31 81.83
Semi-annual. allowance ending 4th September 1819.  48.00
$129.83 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} 
died June 13, 1824 A-B Not entitled
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DISTRICT and State OF Virginia, Berkeley County, SS.
On this 28th day of April 1818, before me the subscriber [illegible] Judges of the Superior Court of Law for the said district, personally appeared John Martin aged 63 years, resident in Berkeley County 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 revolution ary war:" That he, the said John Martin enlisted in Frederick Town the state of Maryland in the company commanded by Captain Barron of the Legion Commanded by General Armstrong in the service of the United States in the spring or early in the summer 1781 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 Little York, in the State of Pennsylvania that he was in the battle of Camden which terminated in Gates' defeat 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, except the annexed affidavit of Margaret Clemens
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
I, Robert White Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Martin did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had and taken before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
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Robt White
SEAL OF THE COURT
Made oath before me the subscriber Judge as aforesaid, Margaret Clemmons formerly Margaret Blynt that her former husband John Kline was also a soldier in Colonel Armands Regiment, that during the time of his service the said Regiment was stationed in the town of York in the State of Pennsylvania where she the affiant then lived, that the above applicant John Martin was very intimate with her said husband, and often came home with him to the household, from which circumstance she came to know and do know, that he said John Martin did serve as a soldier in the said Regiment 
Sworn to before me the day and year aforesaid Robert White
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Virginia Berkeley County Set
I, Hannon Waite Clerk of the Superior Court of Law held in and for Berkeley County and hereby certify that Robert White Esq under whose hand the within certificates are made was at the time of so doing and still is the sole and presiding Judge of the said Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix my seal there being no seal of office to the said County this 5th day of May 1818 and in the 42nd year of the Commonwealth.
H. Waite [illegible] (Seal)
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Franklin County s.s.
On the 12th day of August 1818 came before me the Subscribed one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County Doct. Abraham Pensing who on Oath duly administered did depose and say, that during the time Col Armand's Regiment were stationed in York Town Pennsylvania he well knew John Martin being a Soldier belonging the the said Regiment, that he was stationed there upwards of one year.
Sworn & Subscribed
Before Christian Wolff & Abraham Lemeny

Franklin County s.s.
On the 14th day of August 1818 appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Edward Crawford Esq who on Oath duly administered did depose and say that he knew John Martin when he was a soldier belonging to Col. Armand's Legion when they were stationed at York Town Pennsylvania that was there Discharged that he hath frequently seen him since that time and is the same person and this said deponent further saith that the said John Martin is old and not able to labor for a livelihood for himself & wife also old and infirm and that he is in indigent circumstances.
Sworn & Subscribed Before 
Christian Wolff
Edw Crawford

Pennsylvania Franklin County s.s.
I John Findlay Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Franklin do Certify that Christian Wolff Esq. before whom the above Depositions appear to have been made was at the time of doing thereof one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts as such. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court at Chambersburg this twenty first day of August Anno Domini 1818 
John Findlay
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Franklin County ss. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

I Isaac Eaton one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do further certify that the Petitioner within named John Martin was for some time a resident of this County and that from his reduced circumstances he is now in need of assistance from his Country for support — Petitioner intends to live again in this County — April 1st 1819 —
Isaac Eaton
Pennsylvania Franklin County s.s.
I John Findlay Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that Isaac Eaton Esquire who signed the above certificate was at the time thereof a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Franklin aforesaid duly commissioned and Sworn and that full faith and Credit is due to all his official acts as such —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at Chambersburg the first day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
John Findlay (Prot)

a Pen: Roll.
Adm
The Judge certificate as to the claimant's circumstances is wanted.
John Martin now resides in Chambersburg County Penn.
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Copy of John Martin's petition for pension
9459 
April '19
Sep 1819
Not entitled
S.S. 81/4
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At a Court of Common pleas held at Chambersburg in and for the County of Franklin in the State of Pennsylvania on the fourth day of October one thousand eight hundred & twenty
Personally appeared in open Court (the said Court being a Court of Record for said County) John Martin, aged Sixty Seven years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1828, that he the said John Martin enlisted in Armand's Legion in the army of the United States in December 1780 or January 1781, and that he continued in the service until the end of the was in 1783, when he was discharged, at York Pennsylvania, That Deponents Captain was called Baron de Uechtritz, that this deponent is now on the pension List of the United States and has received a pension as appears by his pension certificate No 9459 dated the Seventeenth day of April AD 1819 and I solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my 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 & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed the 18 day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. This Declarant further declares that he is by occupation a labourer, but that he is now not able to labour owing to age and disease, that his family consists only of his wife named Catharine aged Seventy four years & upwards, altogether unable to contribute any thing to his support. This declarant further on his oath saith that the annexed Schedule of his property is just & true
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Schedule of Declarants property, viz. One half lot with a log house thereon erected 20 by 24 or 26 feet Subject to the payment of Judgments to the amount of four hundred Dollars and upwards, two Chairs & one Table
The House & Lot clear of incumbrance $500
The other articles $2
Sworn & subscribed in Open Court 4th October 1820
Attest John Findlay Prot
John Martin his X Mark

Pennsylvania Franklin County 
I John Findlay Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I hereby certify, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is five hundred and two Dollars. In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Chambersburg this Eleventh day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Findlay prot
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BA-J/AWF
John Martin-S.40123
Lewis Williams -- S. 40696
Mrs. Virginia S. Fendrick
Mercersburg
Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Martin of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and of Lewis Williams, in 1834 in Muskingum County, Ohio. 
John Martin - S.40123
The data which follow relative to John Martin were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 40123, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 
The date and place of birth of John Martin are not given, nor are the names of his parents shown. 
John Martin enlisted in "Fredericktown" Maryland, in the year 1780, served as private in a company commanded by Baron de Uechtritz in Colonel Armand's Legion; he was in the battle of Camden, and was discharged in the year 1783, in York, Pennsylvania, where he had been stationed about one year. He was allowed pension on his application executed April 28, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Berkeley County, Virginia, aged about be
[cont'd]
[handwritten]
See the letter in the claim John Martin S.40123
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sixty-three years.
The soldier, John Martin, had moved to Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1819, was still there in 1821, and 1823. His wife, Catharine, was about seventy-four years of age 1821, John Martin died June 13, 1824.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
n order to obtain the name and address of the person who received the last payment of this pension, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data: 
John Martin
Certificate #9459
Issued April 17, 1819
Rate $8.00 per month
Commenced April 28, 1818
Pennsylvania Agency

Lewis Williams-S.40696 
The record of Lewis Williams which follows was obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 40696, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution. 
The date and place of birth of Lewis Williams, and names of parents were not stated. ]Lewis Williams enlisted, place not given, March
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15, 1778, served as private in Captain Samuel Brady's company, Colonel Brodhead's Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, and was discharged in the month of October, 1782, in Pittsburgh. 
The soldier, Lewis Williams, was allowed pension on his application executed May 4, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Muskingum County, Ohio, then in the seventy-seventh year of his age. He was still a resident of Muskingum County, in 1820, and then referred to his son-in-law, but did not give his name. 
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, use the same address as given herein, and furnish the following data:
Lewis Williams
Certificate #14489
Issued September 10, 1819
Rate $8.00 per month
Commenced May 4, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Mercersburg, Pa/
March. 13, 1939
Vet Admr.
Dear Sir - Will you kindly give me what you may have on Lewis William, who was in Muskingum Co. Ohio in 1834 - aged 92 years- 8th Penn Regt Cont. Line 
2nd John Martin died in - Franklin Co. Pa. June 1824 aged 80 yes. 
3rd Pa Court, Luie, no officers given.
Thanking you for your
Kindness & trouble, I am
(Mrs.) Virginia S. Fendrick
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.
April 28, 1926
John Martin
S.40123
Mrs. Joseph T. Hanna
Hanna's Ford, Route 9
Fort Wayne, Ind
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.40123, it appears that John Martin enlisted in Fredericktown, Maryland in 1780 and served as a private in the company of which Baron de Uechtritz was Captain, Colonel Armand's Regiment, he was in the battle of Camden and served to the close of War. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 28, 1818, while a resident of Berkeley County, Virginia, aged about sixty-three years.
In 1821, he was living in the Borough of Chambersburg , Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and referred to his wife, Catharine, aged seventy-four years. 
He died June 13, 1834. There is no further data
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on file as to family.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau
fail to afford any information in regard to Eleazer
Martin, as described by you.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Pullman's Palace Car Company
ATLANTIC DIVISION.
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT,
Girard Building, Broad & Chestnut Sts.
JAMES MARTIN, Superintendent.
Philadelphia, March 4, 1897
Personal.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
My Dear Sir:
I shall feel very grateful to you if you will have prepared a statement showing the services of John Martin, who made application for a pension for services in the Continental Army during the war of the American Revolution. This application, I believe , was made while he was residing temporarily in Berkeley Co. Virginia; subsequently moving to Perry County, and more latterly residing in Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pa. 
In giving this record I should be glad to have the date of his birth and death; also the full maiden name of his wife, and his full services as a soldier.
Very respectfully, 
James Martin Supt.
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Pullman's Palace Car Company
ATLANTIC DIVISION.
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT,
Girard Building, Broad & Chestnut Sts.
JAMES MARTIN, Superintendent.
Philadelphia, November 13th, 1895
SUBJECT: Ancestry, Revolution.
Hon. William Lochren,
Commissioner of Pensions, U.S.A.,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
My ancestor, John Martin, was enlisted in the Pennsylvania line during the War of the Revolution, and drew a pension for several years. 
I desire to get an extract from these pension papers as to the exact military service he performed, when and where he enlisted , and the Company, regiment or Battalion in which he served; also if the papers give it, his age, the maiden name of his wife, her age, when and where married and such other detailed information concerning his record as the papers show. 
I desire to use this in my application for membership in the Sons of the Society of the Revolution. Any expense involved in the copying of these papers will be cheerfully paid in advance. 
Very respectfully, 
James Martin
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40,123
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 40,123
John Martin
Prv Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 3, Page [illegible] 6
(Arrangement of 1870.)

Dec. 12, 1895, History of this Soldier to James Martin Phila, Pa.
Apr 7, 1897 - History to Mr. James Martin, Phila, Pa.
1939 May 4 [illegible] to Mrs. Virginia S. Fendrick [illegible]
1926 Apr. 28. Hist to Mrs Joseph J. Hanna - See letter in Alexander Martin W.4296 Aug.
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Chambersburg
17 July
Free
To the Honble J C Calhoun Esquire
Secretary at War
Washington City

Rec'd 21 July 1823
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January Term 1817
Graham Hoover No 65 v. John Martin
Judgment - $81.76
Interest from 4th Jany 1817-
Costs - 4.00 
August Term 1818
Adam Devebaugh
No 35 v. John Martin
Judgment in favour of Plaintiff for the sum of
Debt-- $356.74
Interest from 16th May 1818 1
[illegible] 16th July 1823. 5 years 2 mo
110.56
Costs - 1.12 ½
$468.42 ½
Franklin County s.s. 
I, John Shryock Prothonotary in and for the County aforesaid being a part of the ninth Judicial District of Pennsylvania composed of the counties of Perry, Cumberland Adams and Franklin do hereby certify, that the above stated Judgments, stand open and unsatisfied on the docket of our Court of Common pleas and I do further certify that the Defendant in the same Judgment is the same John Martin who has lately made application to the war department for a Pension 
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at Chambersburg in the County of Franklin aforesaid this Sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty three 
John Shryock Prothy
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Chambersburg July 17th 1823
J. L. Edwards
Sir
On the first page you have the judgments against John Martin duly authenticated as required by your letter to me dated "Pension Office 28th May 1823". In the latter part of that letter your request is also as follows "you must also account for I the decrease in the yearly value of the house and lot". To this part of your letter (in answer) I could only give you a statement of my own, which probably would not go for much in the pension office, however that may be, I will answer to your letter, that the depreciation of property line has been very great, so great that not one half could now be got for houses and lots in the Town of Chambersburg that could have been got a few years since, rent has also fallen very much, I presume the property every where has undergone the same depreciation, no doubt the fact of its having undergone the same change in the City will bear me out in making the statement I have made above.
However I must add that in justification of my statement should [illegible] my opinion is founded upon the sales I have known to be made at Sheriffs sale. Should my statement not answer the purpose, I will pursue any instructions you may think proper in ascertaining the value of Jno Martins property his appearance would, (were it a test) recommend him for a pension.
Yours very Respectfully
J. L. Edwards and [illegible]
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O. W. and N. _ F.S._ Ex't.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C. Nov. 19, 1895
Respectfully returned to James Martin Esq Phila, Pa
To aid the Bureau in making a satisfactory search for the name of the within mentioned soldier please supply as much as possible of the datea called for on the enclosed slip and return same to this Bureau with your letter of Nov. 13th
Wm Lock
Commissioner.
(6 - 059)
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John Martin
The opinion of the Court as to the full value
of the property may be given--
July 25. 1821
Pen Office
Thos. H. Crawford Esq
Chambersburg, Penn
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District of Pennsylvania
On this the tenth day of March one thousand Eight hundred and twenty one, personally appear in open Court, or in the Court of common pleas of Franklin County being a court of record for the said County John Martin aged sixty seven years resident in the Borough of Chambersburg in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows that he the said John Martin Enlisted in Armand's Legion in the army of the United States in December 1780 or January 1781 and that he continued in the service untill the end of the war in 1783 when he was Discharged at York Pennsylvania. That Deponents captain was called Captain Baron de Uechtritz that this Deponent is now on the pension List of the United States 1 and has recieved a pension as appears by his pension certificate S0 9459. Dated the seventeenth day of April 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 manner disposed of my 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 services of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me: nor I have any income other than what is contained in the schedule him to annexed and by me subscribed This Declarant further Declares that he is by occupation a Labourer and
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And that he is now not able to Labour owing to age and disease - That his family consists only of his wife named Catharine aged seventy four years and upwards, and altogether unable to contribute any thing to his support. This Declarent further on his oath saith that the annexed ┃ Schedule of his property is just and true 
Schedule of Declarents property viz. the use and occupation for himself and his wife during their respective lives of one half lot of ground in the borough of Chambersburg with a log house thereon erected 20 by 24 or 26 feet the house in an unfinished state worth forty five Dollars per year:
One ten black stove worth ten dollars
The above a true valuation by the Court, this 13 March, 1821
A Bard
John Martin his X Mark
Sworn to and subscribed and declared
in open Court this 13th March 1821
John Shryock, Prothy

Pennsylvania Franklin County 
I John Shryock Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said Court and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Dollars and cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this nineteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one.
John Shryock, Prothy
of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Franklin in the District of Pennsylvania
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22 August 1821 upon the evidence exhibited in open Court we value the life estate of the Petitioner and we at one hundred dollars. The full value of the property in fee would be about five hundred dollars 
By the Court
John Reed President
Franklin County S.S. I, John Shryock Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County aforesaid it being a court of Record do hereby Certify that the evidence on which the above opinion of the Court was formed was Exhibited in open Court, and that John Reed Esqr. whose name is signed thereto is the President Judge of the Ninth Judicial District composed of the Counties of Franklin, Adams, Cumberland & Perry in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and the public seal of the said County this fourteenth day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty one.
John Shryock, Prothy
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April Term 1823 
In the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, application of John Martin for a Pension from the United States of America.
Franklin County Penna April 1823 

Hetich Tues 85½ cents
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District of Pennsylvania s.s. 
On this twenty eighth day of April Eighteen hundred and twenty three personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for the ninth judicial district of the State of Pennsylvania and County of Franklin John Martin aged sixty nine years resident in the Borough of Chambersburg in said County who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his solemn oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. That he the said John Martin enlisted in Armand's Legion in the Army of the United States in December 1780 or January 1781, and that he continued in the service until the end of the war in 1783 when he was discharged at York Pennsylvania That deponents Captain was called Baron de Uechtritz. That this deponent is now on the Pension list of the United States and has received a pension as appears by his Pension Certificate No 9459 dated the Seventeenth day of April 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 manner disposed of my 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 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or Debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. This deponent further declares that he is by occupation a labourer, But that he is now not able to work owing to age and disease - that he has been afflicted with the cancer for about four years on the left side of his head - That his family consists only of his wife named Catharine aged seventy six years and upwards is altogether unable to contribute any thing to his support this declarant further on his oath saith that the annexed schedule of his property is just and true. Schedule of Declarant's property viz. The use and occupation for himself and his wife during their respective lives of one half lot of Ground in the Borough of Chambersburg with a log house thereon erected 20 by 24 or 26 feet. The House in an unfinished state.
John Martin his X Mark
Sworn & subscribed in open Court April 28th, 1823
John Shryock, Prothy
The Court value and appraise the property returned in the above Schedule at the sum of thirty five dollars per annum.
By the Court. John Reed
John Shryock, Prothy
In the ninth Judicial District of Pennsylvania Franklin County John Shryock Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, it being a Court of record for the County of Franklin composing a part of the Ninth District aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly said from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that John Reed whose signature above appears is president Judge of the said District composed of the Counties of Perry, Cumberland, Adams and Franklin and that the valuation of the Petitioners property was made in open Court by the said John Reed President Judge and his apociated In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of our said Court at Chambers City in the County aforesaid this fifteenth day of May AD 1823
John Shryock, Prothy
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State - The Court values are approve the property of $35
Accounts for the decrease of his property as follows - In January term 1819 Abraham Hoover obtained a judgment against him for $81.78 Interest from 1 Jany 1817 1882 at in August Term 1818. Adam Devebaugh and a judge against him for 356. Interest from 16 May 1888 to the July 1823 years Carts 16599 the judgments certified to by the Prothy of the County Paul S Hetick Esq
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Pennsylvania.
9459
John Martin, private.
served 2 years- 1781-83--
Aged about 68 - "a labourer" but
"not able to labour owing to
age and disease" -
wife about 75 - "altogether unable
to contribute any thing to his
support."
Schedule made 4th October, 1820-
contains
"One half lot with a log house
"thereon erected 20 by 24 or 26 feet
"subject to the payment of Judgements
"to the amount of $400 and
"upwards, two chairs & one Table.
"The House and lot clear
of incumbrance. $500.
"The other articles. 2.
Cert: by the Court to amt to $502.
Stricken off Novr 17th 1820.
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1) Schedule made 10 March, 1821
contains.
"The use and occupation for him
"self and his wife during [illegible]
" [illegible] line of and half lot of
" aforesaid in the borough of [illegible]
"[illegible] with a log house thereon
'erected 20 by 24 or 26 feet. The
[illegible in an unfinished state
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worth forty five dollars per year
' One tin [illegible] Stove worth $10"
" 22 August 1821 upon the evidence established 
in Open Court we value the life estate
of the Pensioner and wife at $100. The
full value of the property in fee would be
about $500." "By the court,
John Reed, Prothonotary etc."
J.H. Crawford, Esquire Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania. informed 30 November,
1821 that the applicant
could not be re-instated.