Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,805, Noble Dean, Md.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE                    NUMBER
Md.           Dean, Noble            R.2805
CONTENTS
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Hon J. H. Crane
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State of Ohio
City of Cincinnati

Before me Saml W Davies lawyer of the City of Cincinnati personally appeared, Nobel Dean aged about seventy-eight years who being duly sworn saith that in the war of the revolution he lived in Dorset County, Maryland about one & half miles from the line of Delaware his brother Charles Brux lived about three miles distant in the state of Delaware. Deponent enlisted & service under Capt. John Egleston. HIs Colonel's name was Woolford. The length of time for which deponent enlisted he does not now remember but believes it was five years, but he presumes the papers at Washington will show his service. He thinks he enlisted on the 14th of Feb, but he forgot the year. How long he served he does not now remember but believes it was 18 months or two years when deponent with about six of his neighbours (neighbors) being sick & unable to serve by the advice of their head doctor (Tilton) they did leave to return home on furlough & remained till able for serve. After being at home two or three months a file of men came for them deponent being then sick at his brothers with his knees swollen to double their actual size and was unable to return & was free willed to remain and or such as he got well he hired a substitute for 450$ who regularly served out his time, one Leven Lord & deponent was a millwright his services were wanted in the neighborhood this brother (His neighbor Harper & Ross owners of Mills & wanting new mills built agreed to advance 450 $ to hire the substitute & they did here
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and pay him, and he deponent refered them in will building. Seven Fore, served out deponents full terms, obtained his discharge. Deponent was from the time he himself served, and the service of his [illegible], and, for the balance of the terms, thereafter exempted from military duty. Deponent expressly states that the [illegible] did desert. That with others he went home on furlough given an account of indisposition , & that the reason of his not returning when sent for was lameness and indisposition, and [illegible] what he [illegible] the [illegible] reported in as a deserter, which was not true.
Noble Dean
[illegible]
before me, [illegible]
May 1834
Sworn to subscribe
before me this day of
May 1834 with the seal of 
[illegible]
Samul W Davies [illegible]
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873
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REJECTED
[initials beside REJECTED text]
AN [not sure]
2805
P.O.
Noble Dean
Service:
Deserted July 1, 1878
Enlisted:       , 18
Discharged:  , 18
Application filed:   , 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.                   Contract
Cert. of Dis.          Searched for                , 18
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2804   HP
Noble Dean, Oct 1818 of Ohio
Deserted July 1, 1778 after Service
from Feby 14, 1778 in Capt Eggleston Co.
Md troops - See Same refd Soldier
File No 2805 -
REJECTED
ok
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(illegible)
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Land Office, Annapolis, June 7th 1834,

Sir,

Your letter of the 29th Ultimo, in relation to the
application made by Noble Dean of Ohio, for a pension, was
received;-- By the Muster rolls of the Revolution in this office, 
it appears that Noble Doan enlisted as a private, in the 2nd
Maryland Regiment, on the 14th day of February 1778, and on
the 1st day of July 1778, deserted, his name does not appear
upon any of the pay rolls;-- You state that the applicant 
alleges to have enlisted in the 2nd Regiment, and
after having served eighteen months, was furloughed on account
of sickness, and afterwards hired a man by the name of Levin
Lord as a substitute, who served out the time for which he enlisted" 
By the rolls it appears that Noble Dean, was not
quite five months in service before he deserted, he could not
therefore have served eighteen months as he states; the name of
Levin Lord the person whom he says he hired as a substitute, 
also appears upon the roll. by the rolls it appears, that
he enlisted on the 26th of May 1779, for during the war, and
received pay up to the close of the war. Certificates in each
case are herewith enclosed.-- Your request me in giving a certificate, to mention therein, the State, from which the application 
is made,-- this I cannot well do; for instance in furnishing
a certificate in the case of Levin Lord; I can only certify,
that the name of Levin Lord appears upon the rolls, to have enlisted &c.-- but I cannot certify that it is Levin Lord of
Ohio
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Ohio, whose name appears upon the rolls.

I am respectfully
Your obt svt
G. G. Brewer

J. L. Edwards Esq.
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Land Office, Annapolis, June 7th 1834
I hereby certify that is appears by the Muster Rolls of the revolution in this office that Noble Dean enlisted as a private in the 2nd Maryland Regiment on the 14th day of February 1778 and the 1st day of July 1778 deserted, and I also further certify that his name does not appear upon any of the pay rolls to have reviewed pay for revolutionary services.
George G Brewer
Regr Land Off. W. T. M.

Land Office, Annapolis, June 7th 1834, 
I hereby certify that it appears by the Muster rolls, remaining in this [illegible] office, that Levin Lord enlisted as a private in the 2nd Maryland Regiment for during the war, on the 26th day of May 1779 and was present on the 1st day of November 1780.
George G. Brewer
Regr Land Off. W. T. M.
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State of Ohio
Butler County
Before me Allen Fuller a justice of the Peace within and for said County personally appeared. Charles Russell aged seventy one years last September who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that during the war of the revolution he resided in Dorchester County Maryland, and lived near neighbor to Noble Dean & his relatives and knew them well that said Noble Dean came home from the army on a furlow sick and lame and not being able to return to his service. Levin Lord told me that he was hired as a substitute for which he had served during the war for which he received for a compensation from the said Noble Dean Harper and Ross the amounts of four hundred and fifty dollars the deponent further states that the time he was in the service he served under Captain John Cagleston and after his substitute entered on his duty the said Noble Dean was exempted from military duty and further the Deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed 
before me the 19th day
February AD 1834
Charles Russell
Alton Fuller, Justice of the Peace
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Washington Cty May 28th 1834
Sir
The enclosed paper was sent to me
by a friend at Cincinnati with a request that
they think should be submitted to you. Should
there be an objection as to the want of the Clerks
certificate that A Fuller of Butler & Stewart
M Gill of Hamilton Co. were justices.  I am
informed that W Webster & M Lytle Representatives
from Ohio can certify as to the hand writing of
those persons as well as to the fact that they were
Magistrates.  Should the papers however be
irregular & insufficient, you will please return
them to me that I may send them back to
be presented in a more correct form.
I am sir very respectfully
Thos (illegible)
Joseph H Crane

J L Edwards
Com of Pensions
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The State of Ohio
Hamilton County ⎬ ss
Before me Stewart McGill a Justice of the peace
in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared
Lemuel Flower aged Sixty eight years past 
who being duly sworn according to law deposeth
and saith that some time during the Revolutionary 
War. he was at the residence of Charles
Dean in Sussex County State of Delaware
where he saw Noble Dean who had come home
sick on furlough from the army and this deponent was 
acquainted with Leven Lord who the brothers
of the said Noble Dean hired to take his
place as a substitute and that he saw
said Leven Lord after the war and
understood by him that he had served
said Dean's time out and further this
deponent saith not.
Samuel Flower

Sworn and subscribed
this 1st day of October 1833
before me
Stewart McGill
Justice of the Peace