Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,984, Francis Vandine, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Vandine, Francis

NUMBER
S.23.984
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CONTENTS
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Pennsylvania 25.960
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Francis Vandine [of] Lycoming Co in the State of Penn'a who was a Pr in the Company commanded by Captain Hall of the Regt commanded by -- in the New Jersey line for Militia 1 Y 6 Mo Pr $60.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of Penn'a at the rate of 60 Dollars [lined out: Cents] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Feb'y 1832 and Sent to Pension, Lairdsville P.O. Ly Co
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Arrears to the 4th of Sepr 1833 150.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '34 30.00
[total] $180.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book E Vol. 5 Page 63
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Dead
Letter to R. H. Hammond & 3d Aud [Auditor] 9t Sept 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 1. Aug 1838. Agt Notified 1. Oct 1839.

Pa

[calculation] 120 [-] 30 [=] 90 [?]
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29.412
Francis Vandine
Pa
Adm [admitted] 1 year & 6 months
Lairdsville Po
Lycoming County Pa
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State of Pennsylvania
Columbia County ss
I Jacob Eyerly Prothonary of the Court of Commonpleas in and for Columbia County aforesaid Do Certify that Thomas Laird before whom the within affidavit was taken and whose name is thereunto subscribed is now and was at the time of his taking the said affidavit an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified as such to all of whose official ^acts full faith & credit is and of right ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the said Court the nineteenth day of February A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty three

For Jacob Eyerly Proth'y [Prothonotary]
David Peterkin

I do Certify that Daniel Berry who has Sworn & Subscribed the foregoing Deposition is Reputed and beleaved [believed] to be a man of truth and veracity and that I concur in that opinion

Thomas Laird JP
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Caellumbia [Columbia] County ss
State of Pennsylvania
personally appeared before me the Subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County of Callumbia [Columbia], Daniel Berry an aged and infirm Man, who upon his solemn oath Doth Depose and say that he was personally acquainted with Francis vandine in the year 1775 & that this Deponent Resided within about four Miles of the said Francis vandine During the Revolutionary War and that this Deponent was out in the service of the United States in Company with the above-named Francis vandine three Diferent Tours of Duty & further that this Deponent knew the Said vandine to have Served Sundry other Tours of Duty & further saith not

[signed] Daniel Berry

Sworn and Subscribed before me this 17th Day of December AD. 1832 before me

Thomas Laird
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[Pen, obscured] nsylvani [a, obscured]
[Ly, obscured] coming County ss
personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the justices of the peace in & for the County of Lycoming Jacob Harrem who upon his Solemn oath Doth Depose and Say that during the Revolutionary War, that this Deponent lived within two miles of the above applicant Francis vandine that this Deponent knew the above applicant, to have been frequently out in the Service of the United States, During the Revolutionary War, that this Deponenent Recollects Perfectly well, of being out in the Company with the above aplicant three times in the Malitia of Morris County State of New Jersey & further saith not

[signed] Jacob Harraman

Sworn and Subscribed before me this 27th Day of November AD 1832

Henry Funston J P
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State of Pennsylvania
Lycoming County ss }
I, J Wood, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Do Certify that Henry Funston Esqr is a Magistrate as within, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts &c

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Williamsport the 3d day of Dec'r 1832

J Wood Prothy.

I Henry Funston before whome the within Deposition was taken do certify that Jacob Herriman who has Sworn and Subscribed Said Deposition, is reputed and beleaved to be a man of truth and varacity and that I Concur in that opinion

Henry Funston
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832

State of Pennsylvania
County of Lycoming } ss
on this sixth Day of October, AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas now Sitting Francis Vandine a Resident of Moreland Township County of Lycoming & State of Pennsylvan[ia] of the age of Seventy four years who being first Duly Sworn according to [law] doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers -- I was about 17 years of age when I first entered the Service under Captain Josiah Hall, and we lay that Month at Pawlus hook opposite [opposite] to New York 2nd I was Drafted for one month under ^Cap Josiah Hall and we lay at Bergen -- 3d tour I was Drafted under Capt't Hall and lay at [lined out: Bergen] Elizabethtown 4th under Cornel Ford 5th I was Drafted under Captain Hall for one month and Stationed at Cornel Fords in Morristown 5th I Enlisted Some time in the year 1777 for three months under Captain Josiah Hall and servd in Major Hays Batallion, Cornel Spencers Regiment & General Mixwells [Maxwell's] Division, and lay most of the time above Amboy. 6th I was Drafted for one Month under Captain Allen and we lay above Newark 7 under Cornel Lindley 7th -- I went out as a Susitute [substitute] for Joshua Morra for one Month under Captain Hall & Served in Cornel Hatheway Regiment. 8th -- I was Drafted for one Month under Captain Bigalow and lay above Newark. 9th -- I was Drafted under Captain Hall for [illegible] Month and we lay along the Munmoth [Monmouth] Road near Pottsville, General Winds Division. 10th I was Drafted under Captain Hall for one month and lay at Lyonses Farm under Cornel Sealy. 11th I was Drafted for one Month under Captain Allen we lay at Hackquacken and part of time at Hackensack Genneral Wines Devision. 12th -- one month at the same place under Captain Hall & General Wines. 13th I volunteered for one month under Captain Allen to Springfield I was there when Springfield was burnt, and in the Battle. 14th Tour I was a Subsitute [substitute] for Joshua Moore under Captain Allen, and we lay between Hackquacken & Newark

I hereby relinquish every Claim whatever to a pension or anuity Except the present & Declare that my Name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State

[signed] Francis Vandine

Sworn and Subscribed the Day and year aforesaid.

J. Wood Prothy. [Prothonotary]

We John C. Dugan, Cornelius Bartlow residing in the County of Lycoming, hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Francis Vandine who has Subscribed & Sworn to the above Declaration that we beleave him to be 74 years of Age That he is reputed & beleaved in the Neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.

[signed] John C Dugan
[signed] Cornelius Bartlow

Sworn and Subscribed the Day and year aforesaid

[signed] J. Wood Prot.
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and the Said Court do hereby Declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the war Department the [that] the foregoing applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & Served as he States and the Court further Certify that it appears to them that John C. Dugan & Cornelius Bartlow are residents of the County of Lycoming, is Credible persons & that their Statement is entitled to Credit.

[signed] John Cummings
[signed] A Davidson

I the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Francis Vandine for a Pension

J Wood Prot

1st where and in what year were you born } I was born in Morris County State of New Jersey in the year 1758.

2nd have you any record of your age and if so where is it } I have in the family Bible at home.

3d where were you living when called into Service and where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live } when first called into Service I lived in Morris County State of New Jersey and untill after the war when I came to Pennsylvania & have lived in Lycoming County upwards of 20 years.

4th How were you called into service were you Drafted did you volunteer or was you a subsitute and if a subsitute for whom } I was drafted, volunteered, was a Susitute [substitute], and Enlisted as stated in my Declaration hereto annexed.

5th State the Names of some of your officers who were with the Troops where you Served Such Continental and Malitia [Militia] Regiments as you can Recollect and the general Circumstances of your service } Generals Mixwell [Maxwell] & Wines Colnels Ford, Spencer, Sealey Linley, Hatheway, Magon Hays as I have heretofore stated were officers with troops when I servd

6th did you ever receave a Discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it } I do not remember of geting a Discharge, if I did I have Lost it.

7th did you ever receave a commission if so by whom was it Signed } I never Receaved a Commission

State the Names of persons to whom you are known in your present Neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character for varacity and their beleaf of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution } to this I answer that I am known to John C. Dugan & Cornelius Bartlow, both long inhabitants of the Neighbourhood in which I live whose Certificates are hereto annexed.
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Lycoming County ss }
personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of of the peace, in and for the County of Lycoming Francis Vandine, who being Duly Sworn according to Law Deposeth and say that by Reason of old age & the Consequent loss of Memory, he cannot swear positively, as to the persise [precise] length of his Services, but according to the best of his recollection, he [crossed out: served] Entered the service in the year 1775 and served, not less than the periods mentioned below, in the following Grades as a private he was enlisted for three Months, volunteered as a private for for two Months, was Drafted as a private for for Eleven Months, & Served as Subsitute for for two Months, as a private, and for Such Service I claim a pension

Francis Vandine

Sworn and Subscribed before me as Witness my hand and Seal the
22nd day of November AD 1833

Henry Funston

State of Pennsylvania
Lycoming County ss }
I J. Wood Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Lycoming, Do hereby Certify that Henry Funston Esqr is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Williamsport the 6th day of December A D 1833.

J. Wood Proty. [Prothonotary]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 24th, 1839.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The child'n of Francis Vandine, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Pa Agency, at the rate of Sixty Dollars [lined out: and Cents] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838, to the 1st August, 1838, the day of his death.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Revolution
23984
INVALID.
File No. 23,984
Francis Vandine
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index:-- Vol. 2, Page 433
[Arrangement of 1870.]