Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,105, for Benjamin Lyon, Pennsylvania
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Penn
Lyon, Benjamin S.40.105
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7029
Pennsylvania
Benjamin Lyon
of Mifflin county in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Lieutenant in regiment commanded by Colonel Chambers of the Pennsylvania line, for the term three years. Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 2 Dollars p0er month, to commence on the 21st of April 1818
Certificate of Pensioned issued the 5th of Mar: 1819 and sent to Hon W. P. Mackey 
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 $209.35
Semi-anl all'ce ending Sept 1819 120.00
$329.33
Continental Revolutionary Claim
Act 18th March, 1818
(unreadable) County Pa
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Affidavit of Benjamin Lyon
7020
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Mifflin County
On this fifteenth day of June One thousand Eight hundred and twenty Personally appeared in open Court being a Court of  Record for the County of Mifflin, Benjamin Lyon aged Sixty eight years and upwards resident in the said County of Mifflin and State of Pennsylvania, who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows to with, as a Sergeant in Captain William Hendricks Company of the First Pennsylvania Regiment Commanded by William Thompson in one thousand seven hundred and seventy five and was afterwards successively appointed third Second and first Lieutenant in Captain James Fanny Company in the Same Regiment, then Comanded by Col Edward Hand and I have been place on the Pension List and hold a Certificate of the Same, No 7 and I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth day of March 1818 and I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner Disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled as Act to provide for Certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, and I have not nor has any person in trust for no any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor do I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed to . One by now, That declarant was occupation a Taylor, but by old age and its consequent infirmities he is unable to pursue it. That he has no family. Sworn and Subscribed this15th day of June 1820 Before the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin County Now Sitting EBanis Prob  
Signed Benjamin Lyon
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Lists of declarant's property Ony by one
Signed Benjamin Lyon
Mifflin Conty
I Ephraim Banko Prothonotary of and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby Certify the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereunto annexed are truly  copied from the Record of said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Sixty  Dollars In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty. BBanks, Prot
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State of Pennsylvania
Mifflin county
On this 21st day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of Mifflin County and State aforesaid, Personally appears Benjamin Lyon, aged sixty four years resident in Lack township Mifflin county who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions 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 the said Benjamin Lyon enlisted in the army of the colored of North America as a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain William Hendricks of the Pennsylvania Line and that the  deponent continued in the army of the United States to November 1776 when he was commissioned a third lieutenant in Captain Louis Paris company in a few months after was removed to a 2nd lieutenant and in August 1778 was commissioned as a first lieutenant and that he continued in these service of the United States until the month of July 1781 when he resigned-The he was in the Battle of Quebec at Saratoga at the taking of Burgagai area at the Battle of Breweton, where he was wounded in the hand slightly-And that he is in (unreadable) circumstances, and states in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has not other evidence now in his house of his said services Sworn and Subscribed Before me to say and year above Written John Oliver
Benjamin Lyon
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I John Oliver Esq Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Benjamin Lyon, did serve in the Revolutionary War, and stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceeding and testimony taken and how before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the direction of the appointed act of Congress given under my hand and seal this 21st day of April AD 1818 John Oliver
Mifflin County
J E Ephraim Banks Prothonotary of the county of Mifflin do certify that this John Oliver whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Mifflin and this full faith and credit is to be given to all his (unreadable) as such. In testimony whereof I have (unreadable) my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 21st day of April eighteen hundred eighteen 
E Banks Prothy
I John Oliver one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county do respectfully certify that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Lyon also named that I believe he is in (unreadable words) and requires and is in need of the country support Witness my hand and the seal of said Court the twentieth day of August one thousand and eight hundred and Eighteen
John Oliver
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Hon Bl: William C Wl Esq
member of Congress from Penn
Washington City
Dec 2 31
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Depention of Col Thomas Trubeth
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Mifflin county
Before me John Pattenam one of the Justice of the Peace Ian and for County of Mifflin in the State of Pennsylvania Personally came Col Thomas Turbett of Turbett Township in said County and after Bring Sworn as Said Sent to Both (unreadable) and say that he saw Benjamin Lyon in the year one thousand seven Hundred and seventy seven that he said Lyon was in the Continental Service that he saw him come meaning the (unreadable) and he always understood that he was a Lieutentant in the Army Sworn and Subscribe August 15th 1818 
Thomas Turbett
Before me John Patterman
Mifflin County
In testimony that the above named John Patterman Esquire is one of our Commonwealth Justices of the Peace in Mifflin County and State of Pennsylvania and I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County the twenty first day of August Anno Domaini 1818 E Banks, Prothy
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Cumberland County ]ss

    Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared General Thomas Buchanon who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Bejamin Lyon the petitioner and that he knew him in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five to serve as a sergeant in Captain Hendricks's Company in Colonel William Thompson's Regiment of Riflemen and to march to Boston in the company in the same year, and that the said Benjamin Lyon marched with his company in the same year to Quebec under the command o General Arnold and that he returned with his company to Long Island in the year 1776 to rejoin the said regiment there under the command of General Hand.  Shortly after which he knew the service of said Benjamin Lyon by his merit to have been appointed a Lieutenant with much and full approbation of the officers of said regiment which was then ranked the First Continental Regiment.

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Tho. Buchanon
late captain & (illegible).


Sworn & subscribed the 8th day of 1818 before me              //s//
                         John Elliot
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Mifflin County
Before me John Patterson one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Mifflin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Personally came Samuel Waton and after living Sworn as for veracity both deposed and say that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine that he this deponent was under General Wain in the Pennsylvania Line and that in the State of Pennsylvania Benjamin Lyon was officer of his platoon and he knows him to be lieutenant of the Company
Sworn and Subscribed August 15th 1818 Before me John Patterson
Samuel Wharton
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Mifflin County
In testimony that the within named John Patterson Esquire is one of our Commonwealth Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Mifflin and State of Pennsylvania I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Court of Common pleas of said county the twenty first day of August Anno domini 1818
E Banks Prothy
Depreson
Samuel Wharton
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Benjamin Lyon
Lieut
John Oliver, Esquire,
Judge, Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania 
Benjamin Lyon, Lieut Pennsylvania Line, Revolutionary Claim
The judge is desired to certify under the seal of the Court that he is satisfied the claimant is in indigent circumstances and needs the support of his country. 
W.P Maclay
H.R.
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Mifflin County
Before me the Subscribed who one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the county aforesaid personally came Doctor Egen Doty who being Sworn according to law doth say that about the year 1810 being at the time a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania certain papers was put in his hand accompanying a petition of the written named Benjamin Lyon for depreciation of pay which petition this deponent produced to the Senate aforesaid that in many the said papers then was commissioned to the said Benjamin Lyon as Lieutenant in the Continental Service dated sometime in the revolutionary war that this Deponent has understood from the said Benjamin Lyon that the is said commission was last or mislaid while before the Senate Ezra Daty
Sworn and Subscribed before me 20th August 1818 
John Oliver
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40.105
Revy INVALID
File No. 40.105
Benjamin Lyon 
Lieut Rev War
Act 18 March 18
Index:Vol 3 Page 303
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Tuscarora Valley Dec. 28, 1818

Dear Sir,

    I am sorry to give you so much trouble but I thought there was no difficulty in the (illegible) as I preferred.  Everything that was demanded both by the Secretary of War to his clerk. I am sure there is not one in the United States that is better entitled to a (illegible) than myself.  I am sure there is none more in need of it than is none in the Auditor General's books. But them that served during the was. I resigned in the year 1781 in February but if you'll be so (illegible) as to write to W. (Cool) the Secretary of the State Treasury you'll find my name there.  I recruited in Lancaster in the year 1778 in the fall of the year.  I drew money from Bart(...) Gilbreath he being a Lieutenant of that county. He served in place of a county treasurer. I belonged to the 1st (illegible) Reg't. it was commanded by C James Chambers when I left the Army it was first commanded by William Thompson from Charles (illegible) by Col. Edward Hand.  I marched under the command of Col. Thompson to Boston in the year 1775 from thence I marched under the command of Col. Arnoite through the wilderness to Quebec
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Daniel Morgan when he got the command of a (Certison) Regt. I was with him eighteen months he was acquainted with him in going through the wilderness he was then a capt'n. from Virginia I was with him at Saratoga at the taking (of) Burgoyne if you please you may show the Secretary of War this letter - I expect you'll do all in your power for me & rest assured if (illegible) it will in my power to do you a good turn.  I'll Surely do it.  

                        Your very Hble: Serv't.
                                    //s//
                          Benj. Lyon

       
Honorable:
William P. McClay Esqr.
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Hon. W. P. McClay
H.R.
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Lewistown July 8th 1820
The Hon the Secretary of War
Hi Secretary the Application of Benjamin Lyon for a continuance of his pension. Please to inform me of the result of the examination of his case.
Very respectfully your Obt svt
WP Maclay