Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34924, Joseph Holland, Md.
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Service
Md.

Name
Holland, Joseph

Number 
S.34924
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Left Side Page

Notification sent the 26th of June 1820 to 
John Schley Esqr
Fredericktown, MD

Date of Death not on file

Right Side Page

3477
Maryland
Joseph Holland
Capt. Moore Private
Maryland Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the roll of Maryland at the rate of 8 dollars per month to commence on the 1st of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th of Oct 1818 and sent to Abm Shriver Esq Fredericktown, MD

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1818 5 Mo. 4/20 $41.06
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819 $48.00
$89.06

{Revolutionary Claim Act 18th March, 1818}

'79
two years

Frederick County
Continued
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Joseph Holland
A Jos Holland appears in Col. Maryland Regiment
under Howard's troop

May 78 2 years [illegible]

The claim states Capt. Nicholas Troop
May '79 - May 3 -81

Probably the same man

Admitted
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State of Maryland Frederick County

ON this first day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Fifth Judicial District of said state personally appeared Joseph Holland aged 66 years, resident in said county in the said district who being by me first duly sworn according to low 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 Joseph Holland enlisted in or about 4th May 1779 in the state of Maryland in the company commanded by Captain Nicholas Ruxton Moore of the 4th regiment Light Dragoons commanded by Colonel Stephen Moylen; that he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States for two years the term of his enlistment when he was discharged from service on the 4th May 1781 and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his county 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.

I Abraham Shriver Judge etc., as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Holland 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 taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Witness my hand April the first 1818

Abm Shriver

Seal of the Court
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Maryland Frederick County to wit

I hereby certify that Abraham Shriver Esquire before whom the within affidavit was made and whose name is thereto subscribed is one of the associate judges of the fifth judicial district composed of the counties of Frederick, Washington, and Allegany in said state; to all whose acts as such due faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in courts of justice as throughout.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this 29th day of April 1818

John Schley Clerk
Fred. County Court
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Maryland Frederick County

On this 20th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for Frederick County Joseph Holland aged sixty-two years resident 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: In Captain Nicholas Ruxton's Company of Dragoons in the 4th regiment commanded by Colonel Stephen Moylin that he has applied for a pension and obtained a certificate number 3477 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 any 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 Was" pass 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.

SCHEDULE
3 Old Tables, 8 old chairs, 1 small cupboard, 1-1/2 doz earthen plates, 1 doz pewter plates, 1/2 doz tea ware and 1/2 doz spoons, 1 small pitcher, 2 small iron pots, 1 frying pan, 1 tea kettle, 1 grid iron tongs & shovel, 2 earthen pots, 2 earthen dishes, 1/2 doz old flour barrels, 1 iron oven and skillet, 1 wash tub, 2 small buckets & 1 small chest.

Joseph Holland

and the said Joseph Holland also doth make oath that he is by occupation a carpenter but unable to do any manner of work except of a very light nature owing to bodily infirmities that he at this time stands in debt to his landlords in the sum of one hundred dollars that
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his family consists of a wife named Lurana aged fifty-eight years, and two daughter named Elizabeth and Comfort. Elizabeth aged about twenty-one years and very sickly, Comfort aged about fifteen years and one grandchild named Richard Gather aged three years and nine months that he receives no aid from his family.

Sworn to in open court here this 20th day of June 1820.

Test: John Schley - Clerk

Maryland Frederick County

I John Schley clerk of Frederick County Court in the state of Maryland 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 one hundred dollars.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 20th day of June 1820.

John Schley - Clerk of the court for the County of Frederick

SEAL
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Left Side Page

34924
Rev INVALID

File No 34,924
Joseph Holland
Pri Rev War

Act 18 March '18

Index Vol 2 Page 231

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Right Side Page

1936 Aug 31 - Hist to Mrs. Jessie Holland Brown - see her letter in Edward Holland W.27851
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August 31, 1936

Edward Holland - W.27851
Joseph Holland - S.34924
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Jessie Holland Brown
408 Tenth Street S.E.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein relative to Edward Holland were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim W.27851 based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of Edward Holland are not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.

Edward Holland served from August 1, 1780 to November 15, 1783 as a drummer in the Maryland troops, names of officers not given.

He married December 29, 1793, Mary Simpson. The license was issued December 28, 1793 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

He died March 4, 1810 in Annapolis, Maryland.

His widow Mary Holland was allowed pension on her application executed October 12, 1838 at which time she was living in the city of Baltimore Maryland and aged sixty-eight years. She was still living there in 1843.

The children of Edward Holland and his wife Mary:

Marian born Jan 17, 1795 died in April 1795
Benjamin born August 16, 1796 died in January 1797
Henrietta born January 5, 1798 married - Harrigan
Marian born December 26, 1799
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2-

Children of Eward Holland and his wife Mary Continued:

William born November 7, 1802
Edward born October 29, 1804
Ann born September 27, 1806
John born August 24, 1810

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Joseph Holland - S.34924

The date which follows were obtained from papers on file in pension claim S.34924 based upon the service of Joseph Holland in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of Joseph Holland are not shown, nor are the names of his parents stated.

Joseph Holland enlisted in the state of Maryland May 4, 1778, served in Captain Nicholas Ruxton Moore's company, Colonel Stephen Moylan's 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons, and was discharged May 4, 1781.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, at which time he gave his age as sixty-six years and living in Frederick County, Maryland.

On June 20, 1820, he stated that he was sixty-two years old, no explanation given as to this discrepancy in his age; he then referred to his wife Lurana, aged fifty-eight years, daughter Elizabeth aged twenty-one years, daughter Comfort aged fifteen years, and grandchild Richard Gather aged three years and nine months.

There are no further family data shown.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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August 31, 1936

BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Jessie Holland Brown
408 Tenth Street S.E.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the revolutionary war records of Captain Alexander Lawson Smith, Edward Holland and Joseph Holland all of Maryland and also wish to know of the records of this office show that two soldiers with the name of Edward Holland served in the Revolution from Maryland.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary war data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request for Revolutionary War data.

You are furnished herewith the records of Edward and Joseph Holland as found in claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Edward Holland found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

See her letter in 
Edward Holland W.27851