Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,918, for James Neill, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE   Penn.
Neill, James
NUMBER  S. 41.918
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15.853 
Pennsylvania R 
James Neill  
of Chester Co’y. in the State of Penns’a. who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wayne, of the Penns’a. line, for the term of six years 
Inscribed on the roll of Pennsylvania, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence of the 20 of October, 1819. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. of Nov 1819 and sent to the pensioner, care of David Denny, P. M. Brandywine Manor Pennsylvania 
Arrears to 4th of March 1820  $36.13 
4 mos 16 / 31   $36.13 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} 
Continued 
Notification sent October 28 [unreadable] John G. Werster, West Chester, Pa
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James Neill
of Chester Co. Pa Sergt. [Sergeant]
Col. [Anthony] Wayne's 
Pennsylva [Pennsylvania] Regt
1776 -to "82 - Roll:
25 Oct. 1819

W. James Neill,
care of Dav Denny Esq P.M.
Brandywine, Chester Cot [County] Pa. 
Admitted.
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Seventh District of Pennsylvania Ss

On the Twentieth day of October One thousand Eight hundred and Nineteen before me the subscriber of one of the Judges of the Seventh Judicial District of Pennsylvania Personally appears James Neill aged Seventy Six years 
Resident in the said District who being by me  first duty 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 he the said James Neill enlisted on the 26h day of January in the year 1776 in the state of 
Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain James Moore of fifth Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Colo. Anthony Wayne
that he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the Service of the United States as first Serjant [sergeant] untill the year 1782 when he was Discharged from Service in Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania 

that he was in the Battle of Monmouth [New Jersey], at the Green Springs [Battle of Green Spring] in Virginia and at the taking of Lord Cornwallis [General Charles Lord Cornwallis] in the year 1781 [Battle of Yorktown, Virginia] 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
James Neill

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
John Ralston

I John Ralston Judge &c [and etcetera], as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my Satisfaction that the said James Neill did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the Common Enemy; and I Now transmit the preceding 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
John Ralston

I John Ralston Jude [judge] & as aforesaid do further Certify that from the Testimony before me I am fully Satisfied that the above Applicant is Poor and in Indigent Circumstances and Stands in Need of Support of his Country
given under my hand the above date
John Ralston
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Chester County Ss 
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the the Seventh Judicial District of Pennsylvania Samuel Craig who being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he well remembers that the within applicant James Neill Enlisted with Captain James Moore in the year 1776 and that he was out of the Neighborhood untill the year 1781 after the taking of Cornwallis when he returned from the service and he said he was discharged and that he is poor and unable to support himself and further saith not 
Samuel Craig
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 1st day of November 1819 
John Ralston 
I John G. Wersler Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chester in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do Certify that John Ralston Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is and at that time was one of the associate Judges of the Court aforesaid duly appointed Commissioned & qualified and to all whose official acts as such full faith & credit are & ought to be given. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at West Chester in the County aforesaid the first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen. 
Jno. G. Wersler Prot
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James Neill
15853
Chester Co’y
Con
Nov 19
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, 
CHESTER COUNTY, SS: 
On this fourth day of in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty Personally appeared in OPEN COURT of Common Pleas, held at Westchester, in and for the county of Chester, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; being a court of Record, proceeding according to the course of the Common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, James Neill aged seventy seven years and upwards, resident in the township of West Nantmeal in the said county of Chester, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, and the 1st of May, 1820, that he served in the Revolutionary war, in the Company under Capt Moore in the 4th Regt of the Pennsylvania Line commanded by Col. Wayne  in the Continental Establishment, and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18th of March 1818, his certificate being numbered 15853 
AND I the said James Neill do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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, eighteen 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 I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. James Neil 
Sworn to declared and subscribed, on the fourth day of August 1820, in OPEN COURT of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Chester in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the said Court, being a Court of Record by the Laws of the said Commonwealth. 
Jno. G. Werstler Prothonotary 
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY. No property Real, personal or mixed whatever
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I have not any debts due to me, nor am I indebted.  I am a farmer by trade but from age & infirmity am prevented from following it. 
I have a pension from Penn’a of forty eight dollars a year 
James Neil 
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, 
CHESTER COUNTY, SS: 
I John G. Wersler Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, of the said county of Chester; the same being a Court of Record by the Laws of Pennsylvania, Do hereby certify, that the foregoing Declaration of the and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records 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 aforesaid Schedule, is - dollars and - cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Westchester, this fifteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and twenty  
Jno G. Wersler Prothonotary
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525  
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C., 19 
S. F. 41918
In reply to your request of - received - a statement of the military history of  James Neill a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Jany 26. 1776   LENGTH OF SERVICE. 1782   RANK. 1st Sgt   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. James Moore   COLONEL. Anthony Wayne STATE. Penn 
Battles engaged in, Monmouth, Green Springs, Capture of Cornwallis 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, inlisted in Pennsylvania 
Date of application for pension, Oct 20 1819 His cl was al [claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application, Chester Co. Penn. 
Age at date of application, 76 years place not  stated Died June 7. 1838* 
Remarks: No data on file as to his family
* from A. B. [agency book] 
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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41918 
Revy INVALID. 
File No. 41.918 
James Neill   
Serg Rev War 
Act: 18” March 18”  
Index: -- Vol. 5 Page 365 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1916 July 22. Hist. to Mrs. Richard H. Smith 
1917 Mch. Hist to Wm E. Champaign  
17 May 14 Mrs Richard Smith that she has been furnished one record.
1919 May 21 Hist to Edith Lewis Letter in W.F. 4.450 Jacob Hartman
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Rev Sec NH
F. L. SMITH 
R. H. SMITH
SMITH'S SHOE STORE 
WELLSBORO, PA April 30-1917 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Dear Sir, Will you please send me the military record of record Jacob Hartman also date and Pension. He was in the Eleventh Pennsylvania known as the old Eleventh was wounded at the battle of Brandywine, and was discharged in 1779. resided in Reading in 1792.  Want record of death.  
Also military record of James Neill S. 41918 of First Pennsylvania Continentals (only one Pa)  who was engaged in several battles, and served until end of war. Want date and place of death.
I will be much obliged by having these records. 
Very Sincerely 
Mrs Richard H Smith 
61 Pearl St Wellsboro Pa
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Rev Sect 1 MDB  
Wellsboro, Pa. 
Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Revolution War Records Section. 
Washington, D. C. 
Gentlemen: Please furnish me with the war record of James Neill, who fought in the Fifth Penn'a, under Captain Moore, 1776 to 1782. 
Very respectfully,  
William Earle Champaign
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Rev Sec CH
F. L. SMITH 
R. H. SMITH
SMITH'S SHOE STORE 
WELLSBORO, PA   July 12 - 1916 
Pension Office Department,
I want to ask information of this Department, of my great grand father, Jacob Hartman, who was a private Soldier in the Revolutionary was a member of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Continental line was wounded at the battle of Brandywine lived in Reading the last the family knew of him in 1792 was discharged from the army in 1779 his captains name was John Douglas. 
This is what I want to ask, Did he ever receive a pension. where and when did he enlist where and when was he born where and when did he die. 
Does the war Department have any of dates. on record, and if not can you tell me where such information can be found. 
Also another great grandfather my father grandfather, James Neill or Neal (the family now spell the name) who served as a private soldier in the war of Revolution
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Rev Sec CH
F. L. SMITH 
2
R. H. SMITH
SMITH'S SHOE STORE 
WELLSBORO, PA   
he belonged to the Fifth Pennsylvania Continental Line was honorably discharged in 1783, resided  in Chester and later in Bucks County. Did this man James Neill (or Neal) ever recieve a pension?  Have you any record of where he enlisted or then and where he was born or where and when he died, 
S. cef. 24,382 was 1812
Also the son of this Revolutionary Soldier John Neill (or Neal) who was born in Bucks County about 1792. he was my grandfather and served in the war of 1812. I know he never received a pension but after his death his Widow my grandmother Elizabeth Hartman Neal, received a pension. I would like to have official record of that fact that she received a pension, until her death in 1887.
It would give me great pleasure to have official record of their service of these three men to their country. An early reply would be much appreciated yours sincerely 
Mrs Richard H Smith 51 Pearl St Wellsboro Pa 
If there is extra charge for this service please let me know.
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V.L.M.
Rev. War Section. 
May 4, 1917.
Mrs. Richard H. Smith, 
51 Pearl Street, 
Wellsboro, Penn. 
Madam: 
In response to your letter dated the 30" ultimo, you are advised that the records of Jacob Hartman W. File No. 4,450, and James Neill S. File No. 41,918 Revolutionary War were forwarded to you July 22, 1916. 
It is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish the same statement more than once to the same person, and there is no other data in regard to the dates or places of death of either soldier than that sent you in said records. 
Very respectfully, 
G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.