Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,815, for Francis King, Pennsylvania
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Penn.

King, Francis

S.39815
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39815

INVALID

File No:  39815
Francis King
Private, Penn Line

Act:  18 March 1818

Index:  Vol 3, Page 275
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4102

Pennsylvania Roll

Francis King
Col Nagle
Private
Pennsylvania Line 1776

In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of $8 dollars per month to commence on the 13th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd of November 1819 and sent to James Diamond, Judge, Reading PA

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1818  22/30 = $37.86
Semiannual allowance ending 4th march 1819 = $48.00

Total $85.86

Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March 1818

Berks County
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No 4109
Francis King
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DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, SS.

On the 17th day of August AD 1820 personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas, holden in the borough of Reading, county of Berks, 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, Frances King aged seventy seven years, resident in the county of Berks, in said District, who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress, of the 18th of March, 1818, and the first day of May, 1820. That he served in the revolutionary War, in the company, commanded by Capt. Anderson in the regiment, commanded by Col. Butler in the line of the state of Pennsylvania, and has obtained a pension, under the Act of the 18th day of March, 1818, his Certificate being numbered 4102.  And I do solemly 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 other manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with an 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 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.

Francis King (his mark)

Sworn Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court

JW Addams Prothy

Schedule of property

I have besides my necesary clothing & bedding to wit
1 case $9, 4 bags $8, 1 Bureau $10 ----- $24.00
1 stove $10.00, 1 Table $1.50, one chest $1.40 ----- $11.90
one Kettle, 2 pots, 2 skillets $4.00;  2 Buckets .50 ----- $4.50
4 chairs  $1.00,  knives and forks $1.50, 8 plates $1.40 --- $3.90
Cups & Saucers Bowls and plates; 8 pans----$1.30
tea kettle 1 Cub basket, one chain-----$2.25
TOTAL $49.85

I am indebted as follows:
Evan Evens ---- $12.55
Tho Smith -----$12.00
Total ----$24.55

I am a Laborer by occupation but by reason of age and infirmities and the loss of the use of two fingers in my right hand, I am not able to support  myself without aid of Government except by private or public Charity.  I have a wife named Barbary aged seventy six as infirm as myself and that the above is the whole of my Estate

Francis King (his mark)

Sworn and subscribed the day and year foresaid in open court

JW Addams Prothy
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I John Addams Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Berks do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereby the annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court and do further certify it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in the value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is forty nine dollars & seventy five cents.

in testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court
the 13th day of Nov A.D. 1820

J W Addams, Prothy
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Francis King
13 April

[illegible]

Corrected
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Pennsylvania
Berks County

on the thirteenth day of April Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, Before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County aforesaid personally appeared in open Court, Francis King, who being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the United States in the month of November or December Anno Domini 1776 and belonged to the Company of Captain Anderson under whom he enlisted at Trenton in the State of New Jersey, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel George Nagle, which was the ninth Regiment in the
Pennsylvania Line. That he continued in the service of the said United States, during the whole of the Revolutionary war, and obtained an honorable discharge in the year of our Lord 1783. that this discharge was in his possession a few years since, but is now lost and that he has not received any pension under the Laws of the United States, but by reason of his reduced circumstances, stands in need of assistance from his country

Francis King (his mark)

Sworn & Subscribed in open court this thirteenth day of April AD 1818

Sam D Franks, Prot
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Pennsylvania
Berks County

Before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County aforesaid personally appeared in open Court Jacob Werts who being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he knows Francis King in the written affidavit, and knows that he served as a private soldier in the service of the United States, for at least the space of three years viz in the year A.D. 1779, 1780 & 1781

Jacob Wertz (his mark)

Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the thirteenth day of April AD 1818

Sam Franks Prot Berks

Pennsylvania
Berks County

Before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Berks County in open Court came the subscribers who being duly sworn according to Law, doth depose and say that they have been acquainted with Francis King for Ten years and know him to be a man of veracity & in reduced circumstances in life, and is in need of assistance, from this country for support

Nathanial Kuler
Evan Evans

Sworn and subscribed in open court the thirteenth of April 1818

Sam Franks Prot Berks
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Pennsylvania
Berks County 

We Robert Porter Esq President of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County aforesaid and James Dismer Esq, Associate Judge of the same Court do hereby certify that from the evidence produced it appears to our satisfaction that the said Francis King served in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy as stated in the foregoing affidavits.

Witness our hands and the seal of said Court the thirteenth day of April 1818

R Porter
President of the third judicial district of Pennsylvania

J W Dismer, Associate judge