Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36170, for Archibald Morton, Maryland
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State
MD

Name
Morton, Archibald

Number
S.36170
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17.756 
Delaware 
March 1821
R

Archibald Morton,
of New Castle Co in the state of Delaware,
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hall, of the Maryland line, for the term of two years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Delaware 
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 of May, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of Sept. 1820.
and sent to Kensey Johns, ag, 
New Castle, Delaware.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1820        $220.42.
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March      48 "
27 mos. [illegible)3/31 182             [double line]
 & 4/30 }                                    $268.42

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

[Right side of page] 
[illegible] sent to 
Jos. Roberts
Wilmington Del
Apr 11 1821
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[Center section - right side up]
Old Case 16808
Archibald Morton
[inserted word between lines illegible]
Mill Creek, Delaware
Kensey Johns, Jud.
Newcastle, Dela
[struck through writing]
rec'd 11 Sep. 1820.

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Judge's certificate as to claimant's circumstances wanted

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Enclosed is a blank declaration in legal form - 
Proof of service required and credibility of witnessing certified by the judge
7 June 1820
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State of Delaware
Newcastle County} [illegible]
On the nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen came before me Kensey Johns Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware a certain Archibald Morton of Mill Creek Hundred in the County of Newcastle aforesaid who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangels of almighty God, doth declare and say that in June seventeen hundred and seventy eight he enlisted as a soldier in the American Army that he was enlisted by Lieutenant Twining then recruiting in West Nottingham at the Cross Keys Tavern [illegible] as to the Brick meeting House he the said Archibald then bein about the age of eighteen years that he joined the fourth Maryland Regiment commanded by Col. Hall in which Edward Oldham was a Captain that he served in the Company of said Oldham - that he inlisted to serve during the ware and continued in the service two years and was discharged at Christiana Bridge in the County of Newcastle aforesaid in consequence of a claim of a certain Ephraim Morrison of Chester County who claimed this [illegible] by virtue of an indenture whereby he was bound to serve 'till the age of twenty one years and this [illegible] doth further say that he is now a resident citizen of the United States and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his country for support.
Sworn and subscribed the 19th day of May A.D 1818 Before Kensey Johns C.J.
Archibald Morton
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State of Delaware
Newcastle County} [illegible marking]
Be it remembered that upon the application of Archibald Morton the person named in the written deposition and it appearing to me Kensey Johns Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware that the said Archibald had in his power no other evidence to offer than his own oath I did take his deposition as within and it did appear to my satisfaction that the applicant served in the Revolutionary War as a soldier for the term of nine months and longer against the Common Enemy I do therefore certify and transmit the within deposition and the proceedings had thereon to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress in such care made and provided and in testimony thereof [illegible] to set my hand the 19th day of May A.D 1818 Kensey Johns C.J.
I do further certify that I have inquired into the circumstances of the within named Archibald Morton and that it doth appear satisfactorily to me from the oath and affirmation of two witnesses of respectability that the said Archibald Morton is a poor person and in very indigent circumstances [illegible] testimony wherof I have hereto set my hand this eleventh day of April A.D. 1820 
Kensey Johns Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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State of Delaware
New Castle County to wit
on this Sixteenth day of December
one thousand eight hundred and Twenty Personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of the said State, in the County aforesaid being a Court of Record
for the said State in the Said County, expressly made
so, by the Laws and constitution of the said State which created the said Court Archibald Morton, aged Sixty two years resident in White Clay Creek hundred in the County and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath
declare that he served in the Revolutionary war, as follows to wit in the company commanded by Captain Edward Oldham in the fourth Maryland Regiment commanded by Colonel Hall in the line of the Sale
of Maryland in the Continental establishment, as he hath heretofore stated in his original declaration made on the Nineteenth day of May one thousand eight Hundred and eighteen; that he received
a pension certificate in pursuance of the act of Congress of the eighteenth of March, in the year last a foresaid which said certificate is numbered 17.756. And I do Solemnly Swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight Hundred and
eighteen 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 eighteenth day of March, One thousand eight Hundred and eighteen; 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 any income other than what is contained in the
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Schedule here to annexed and by me Subscribed. And I do further swear that my occupation is that of a Labourer, that I am disabled from pursuing it by reason of my being afflicted with Severe Rheumatick
pains; that I have living with me a wife aged Sixty one years and Two Orphan Children to wit a girl Five years of age and a Boy aged three years, neither of whom are capable of contributing to my or their Support or assistance. And further I do Swear that
I am in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support myself without the assistance of my country except by private or publick charity.
Sworn to & declared in open Court of Common Pleas now Sitting at New Castle for the said County of New Castle, on the Sixteenth day of December one thousand eight Hundred and Twenty
Archibald his x mark Morton

Attest
Jos. Roberts Prothonotary

Schedule of the property of Archibald Morton
1 Cow and Small Heifer $15.00
1 very old Cow 5.00
1 Horse 9 years old 20.00
1 Do     20 "       old 1.00   
1 Old Cart   2.00
2 Do Tables 3.00
4 Do Chairs .50
andirons and Shovel and Tongs 1.00
1 old Looking Glass .25
1 Do lease of Drawers 2"00
Dutch oven and Griddle .755
Cedar Ware and Old barrels 1.75
1 ax and maulrings 1.00
________
$56.25
Archibald his x mark Morton
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36170
Revy INVALID.
File No. 36,170
 Archibald Morton
Lee Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 2 Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Archibald Morton
New- Castle Co. Del.
Original declaration
19 May, 1.818.
Col. Hall's 4th reg. C,
Maryland line,
June 1778, two years.
Service proved from the Rolls of Mary.
Admitted
Kensey Johns, agt.
New-Castle, Del.
11 Sept 1820
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DISTRICT OF Delaware SS.
On this sixteenth day of August 1820, before me, the subscriber, one of the
Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware aforesaid for the
said district, personally appeared Archibald Morton "
aged sixty one
years, resident in the County of Newcastle 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 Archibald Morton enlisted for the term of three years
on the
day of June in the year seventeen hundred seventy eight
in Cecil County in the state of Maryland " " in the company commanded by
Captain Edward Oldham
of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hall
in the line of the State of Maryland.
on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service
of the United States until the spring of the year  seventeen hundred and eighty, or June of the same year, when he was
discharged from service in the County of Newcastle State of Delaware.

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.
Kensey Johns C.J. Archibald Morton
I, Kensey Johns Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears,
to my satisfaction, that the said Archibald Morton
did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term
of nine months at one time, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings
and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the
directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance
of his country for support.

Augt 16th 1840
Kensey John C.J.
Newcastle County in the state of Delaware
I John Wiley Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of
Delaware in and for Newcastle County, do hereby certify
that the Honorable Kensey Johns Esquire who appears to have
Signed the above certificates was at the time of signing thereof
ever since hath been, and still is, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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Court of the State of Delaware, duly Commissioned and qualified;
and to all his Acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice as thereout. In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Office of the said Supreme Court in and for the
County of New Castle at the Town of New Castle, this Sixteenth
day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty. 
Jno Wiley Clerk Supreme Court
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Auditor's Office Annapolis Sept. 8th 1820
I hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls remaining in the Auditor's Office, that Archibald Morton enlisted as a prt. in the 4th
Regiment, on the 26th day of June & 1778.
and was discharged on the in June [1780 -crossed out] 1778. and was discharged [on the - crossed out] in June 1780
Thos Karney A.G. S. Md.
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308
Archibald Morton
17,756
March 1821
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State of Delaware
New Castle County Ss. ⎬ I Joseph Roberts Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the said State of Delaware,
in and for the County of New Castle
in the said State, do hereby Certify
that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule
thereto 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 value of the property exhibited in the said Schedule
is according to the valuation thereof made and exhibited
to the said Court by Isaac Rice and James Bradford
is Sixty three Dollars and Twenty five Cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said
Court at New Castle the Fifth day of January in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and Twenty one
Jos Roberts Proth