Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22746, Richard Easton, Md. Sea Service Penn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Md Sea Service
Penn.
Easton, Richard
NUMBER
S. 22746
CONTENTS
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No. 11,838
Pittsburgh
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Richard Easton
of Butler Co in the state of Penn'a
who was a pr. & Mariner in the company commanded 
by Captain Askins of the Regt commanded 
by (Maryland) in the Penn. Militia for 
2 months Private    $6.66
4 months Mariner   16.00
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$22.66
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Navy
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh
at the rate of 22 dollar and  66 cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued  the 1st day of July 
1833 and sent to Hon John Gilmore Butler, Pa.

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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 45/32
 Semi-ant allowance ending 4 Sep 1833 11.33
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$56.65
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Navy

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by D Brown Clerk [signed]
Book E  Vol 5  Page 75
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11.103
Rich & Eastern
Application
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State of Pennsylvania
Butler County

On this eleventh day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of Common Pleas now sitting Richard Easton of Cranberry Township Butler County and state aforesaid aged eighty-years on the 14th day of December next 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 on the first of December 1777 he entered the public [illegible] ship  in Baltimore under Mr. George Wills and continued in that employment and service for three months afterwards on the 1st of March 1778 he entered the [illegible] Deliverance Monday 18 June under the command of Capt. Anguish and was attached to ta frigate the [illegible] Heroe under the command of a commodore whose name cannot at present be called to mind and continued in that service for a month when the said Frigate was taken by the British at Cape [illegible] and the [illegible] Delaware
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hard chared, but escaped afterwards
about the year 1780 or 1781 [illegible] in
Cumberland County Penna [Pennsylvania] was drafted in the
Militia for two months to go to Frankstown first
and was attached to the Company commanded
by Thos [Thomas] Askins there were two other companies
along one commanded by Captain Young and
the other by Captain McKenney the said deponant
served to the end of the tour that during this [illegible]
these companies known by the Bedford Scout
were killed and taken by the Indians that this
deponent assisted in bringing some of those who
were killed.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
Pension or annuity except the present and
declares that his name is not on the Pension
roll of the agency of any State
Sworn & subscribed this
day & year aforesaid }  Richard Easton
Wm Stewart, Peo

I David Dongal of Butler Penna Certify that
I am well acquainted with Richard Easton
who has subscribed and sworn to the above
[illegible]; that he is believed to be about Eighty
years of age that he is reputed and believed
in the neighborhood where he resides to have
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[illegible words] the Revolutionary War and
I concur in that opinion
Sworn on March 9th
day & year aforesaid}
David Dongal
Wm Stewart, Pro.

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier
and served as he states. ~ And the court further certifies
that it appears to them that David Dongal, Esq.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a 
resident of the borough of Butler, County of Butler
and state of Pennsylvania; and is a credible person,
and that his statement is entitled to credit.

Butler County SS
I, William Stewart, Prothonotary
of the court of Common Pleas
in and for said county, Do 
hereby certify, that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said court,
in the matter of the application
of Richard Easton, for a pension

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of Office, this 22d day
of September A. D. 1832~
Wm Stewart, Prothy
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Butler County Penna [Pennsylvanina] [illegible] Before me the [illegible]
ber one of the Commonwealth Justices of the
Peace [illegible words] named applicant
Richard Easton who being duly sworn 
according to law saith that the Brig Delaware
in which he served four months in the year
1778 was in public armed [illegible] and
mounted 18 guns. that during the 
service ^they^ [illegible] previous year the West
Indies and brought them to [lined out word] the
United States of America.
Sworn & subscribed before Richard Easton
on this 12th day of June AD 1833.
Maurice Brodin}

[Written sideways right margin:]
11.103
Richd Easton
Applicant

I Do certify that I am well acquainted
with Richd Easton the above applicant that 
I believe his statement is correct that he is
a man of truth that Maurice Brodin Esq
before whom the above [illegible] was taken
is an acting Justice of the Peace in said
county.  Jno Gilmore
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Rec. and 1812
Wars Section
 MEE/HMM
[illegible]
October 4, 1929.
Mary L. Martin 
915 Polk Street Charleston Illinois.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22746, it appears that Richard Easton was born December 14, 1752, place not stated.
On December 1, 1777 he entered the public shi yard in Baltimore and served three months under George Wills. On March 1, 1778 he entered on the brig "Delaware", Captain Angus, and served four months.
While residing in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted about June 1780 or 1781 and served two months as a private in Captain Thoms Askins' Pennsylvania Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 1, 1832, at which time he was residing in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
There are no data concerning his family.
The above noted is the only soldier named Richard Easton that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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Md. Sea Service
133 Statistical
Hist. of Navy
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11,103
Richard Easton

Service in Shipyard not
authorized by the act of June
7.'32

admitted
4 mo. Mariner
2 mo Private
16.00
6.66
$22:66

Hon John Gilmore
Butler Co
Penn
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim or Richard Easton which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the periods of the war when he served?
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VIII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? [initials illegible]
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [initials illegible]
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
[illegible]
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from anu pf tje papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII, Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he shoulk amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. H. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For___year_____months, and ___days, I served as a ___For ___months and ___days, I served as a ___For___year___months; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite,
and all such qualifying expressions are
objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. 
It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

+QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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He must prove that the vessel was
public armed vessel of his claim cannot
be allowed as his two other periods of 
service are not of a character and
sufficient to entitle him to a pension 
under the act of June 1832.  (illegible)
please to return this brief.
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1929 - Oct 4, Hist to Mary
L. Martin, M. E. E.

Invalid
Revy
File No. 22746 Navy
Richard Easton
Private and Mariner 
Rev War 
Act June 7, 1832
Index: Vol. 5, Page 75
{Arrangement of 1870.]
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Charleston Ill July 15, 1929
Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir: Am in need of
the Revolutionary War record
of Lieutenant Richard Easton
who served in eight Virginia
regiment continental line
at least we have been told this
is true. Would deeply appreciate
any information concerning
him, which you may have.
Should there be a fee for this
work will gladly send it.
Respectfully
Mary L Martin 
915 Polk St
Charleston ILL

(stamp)
Pension Office
US
Jul 19 1929
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Handwriting faded [illegible]