Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,553, John Finley, Penn.
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(3-1776)
Service Penn.  
Finley John  
Number R.3,553
Contents [blank]
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State of Illinois
County of Kane

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before James Herrington, clerk of the Kane County Court, that John Finley, late of Kane County, was an applicant for a pension by reason of his services in the War of the Revolution; that he died at Saint Charles Kane County, Illinois on the 11th day of March eighteen hundred and forty-six leaving surviving Robert Finley and David Finley and that said Robert and David Finley are the only surviving children of the deceased John Finley.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 2nd day of April 1853

Signed:  James Herrington, Clerk
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31,593
Declaration of John Finley
Ohio

{written at 90 degrees to above}
set my hand and seal of my office this [illegible] day of July 1834.
Thomas Reynolds Clerk
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State of Ohio
Delaware County

Be it remembered that on the twenty first day of April in the year eighteen hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the said county of Delaware and state of Ohio now in session John Finley a resident of Delaware county, aged seventy-four years, who being first duly sworn according to law upon his oath making the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
I the said John Finley on my said oath state that I entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit: I was born in Lancaster County in the state of Pennsylvania in the year 1760.  When young I removed with my father's family to Berkely County, Virginia. About the commencement of the Revolutionary War I removed to Washington County, Pennsylvania to where the town of Washington now stands; was there at the building of the first house.  In the year 1776 or 77 I cannot recollect which, I was sworn in the Pennsylvania Militia in a light infantry company and from that time to the close of the revolutionary war sometime after Col. Crawford's defeat in 1782 I served in the said militia; after called out to go different routs, matching the movement of the Indians, and was also drafted to serve several tours in the class to which I belonged. During that time my regiment was commanded by Col. John Marshall and my company by Capt. Samuel McCulloch,  James Scott, John Cotton and Derrick Hogland.  But I am now aged in consequence thereof am very infirm, and cannot tell the particulars or
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circumstantial details of my services in the order in which they occurred.  I cannot tell under which of these Captains I first served or the order in which they commanded.  In addition to the many times I was called into actual service upon scouts, I was several times drafted and served several tours, and some times several in one summer.  The particulars of these tours I cannot recollect.  I served one or more tours by being drafted under Capt. Scott at a Fort at Mingo Bottom on the Ohio River.  I served several such tours at a blockhouse on the west side of the Ohio river a mile or two Wheeling, which was afterwards taken + [and] burnt by the Indians.  I served several tours at the Fort at Wheeling and also at Fort Johnson on Raccoon Creek in Penna [Pennsylvania[. These several tours of services were rendered in consequence of my having been drafted in the militia as I have above stated for one month at a time.  I cannot recollect the particulars of my services nor tell the precise length of time I thus served.  But according to the best of my recollection and belief I thus served in the manner above stated in actual service between the years 1777 and 1782 inclusive as a private in the Pennsylvania militia at least twelve months no part of which time was spent in any civil employment.  I never received any written discharge from the service.  I have no other record of my age than an entry in my family bible coppied [copied] from my father's bible which states I was "born September 28th 1860".  I have no documentary evidence and know of no person by whom I can prove my services.  Soon after the revolution I removed to Brook Co. Virg'a [Virginia] where I resided on the Ohio river about 20 years.  I then removed to Jefferson County, Ohio, where I resided untill [crossed out: 1871 when I removed to Delaware County Ohio where I now reside].
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1811 when I removed to Delaware County Ohio, where  I now reside. I can refer to the following named persons residing in my present neighborhood who can certify to my character for truth + [and] veracity and of their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution to wit. Rev. Ahab Jinks, George White David F. Finley, William Finley, Robert Kinkade and Cotton M. Thrall.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to + [and] subscribed in open court.
John Finley
[crossed out: sworn and subscribed to]
Rev Ahab Jinks a clergyman and  George White.
residing in the said county of Delaware + [and] in the neighborhood of the above named applicant hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Finley the above named applicant who has sworn + [and] subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is respected + [and] believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed + [and] sworn to.  Ahab Jinks  George White
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And the said court do hereby certify and declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after fulfilling the interrogatories prescribed by the war department and that the above named John Finley was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the court further certify that it appears to them that truly he signed the preceding certificate as a clergyman residing in Delaware County and in the neighborhood of the above named applicant John Finley and that George [illegible] who has also signed the same as a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to full faith and merit. 
I Thomas Reynolds clerk of the said court of common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court on the application of John Finley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my and & seal of my office this 12th day of July 1834. 
Thomas Reynolds.
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In reply to your request of ........., received ......... for a statement of the military history of John Finley a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.  R. F. 3,553

Dates of enlistment        Length of        Rank.
or appointment.              Service.            Pri.
1776 or 1777             Served at various
                                    times to 1782.
Officers under Whom Service was Rendered 
    Captain.                     Colonel.            State.
Saml. McCullough      John Marshall       Pa.
James Scott
John Cotton
Derrick Hoagland

Battles engaged in, .............
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Washington Co., Pa.
Date of application for pension, April 21, 1834.
Residence at date of application, Delaware Co., Ohio
Age at date of application, B. Sept. 28, 1760, in Lancaster Co., Pa.
Remarks:  He died Mch. 11, 1846, at Saint Charles, Kane Co., Ills., leaving only two surviving children, Robert and David.  There is no data relative to wife.  
The claim was not allowed, on acct. of lack of proof of 6 mos. service, as required by the Act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied.  
Respectfully, 
                       Commissioner.
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1917, August. 13.  History to Mrs. A. M. Honeywell. FW
1928, May 19.  photos mailed to C. A Hanna. AW

Rejected.   3553
P. O.  John Finley.
Service: ___________
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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John Finley
Ohio

Suspended

See let 13 July 1838 T. W. Powell

3553
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July 13th 1858
Ohio O.C.
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War Dept Pen Office
July 13, 1838
Sir
The declaration of John Finley has been again exd & filed with numbered cases in this office.  Before a final decision can be had in this case he should make an amended declaration in which each tour of actual service should be specified or required in the enclosed printed sheet.
T.W. Powell Esq
Delaware Ohio
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Act of June 7, 1832
John Finley
(Ohio)

Power of Attorney

To examine claim

Chas. C. Tucker
Atty.
Present
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Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, that we Robert Finley David Finley & heirs and legal representatives of John Finley late Dec'd do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Chas. C. Tucker, of Washington City, D. C. our true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of John Finley Late Dec'd - for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of June 7th 1832 or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and we hereby authorize our said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed:  and to do all things that we might or could do, were we personally present.  Hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
Witness our hands and seals this second day of April 1853.
                    Robert Finley
                    David F. Finley
In presence of Alex H Baird
                          D M Stevens

State of Illinois Kane County--ss.
On this 2nd day of April 1853, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Robert Finley David Finley and acknowledged that foregoing power of Attorney to be their act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.   

State of Illinois 
Kane County, ss.
On this second day of April 1853, before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Robert Finley & David Finley residents of said County, and made oath according to law that they are the identical Robert and David Finley who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that they are directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments our said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
                         Alex H Baird  {seal}
                         --Justice of the peace
State of 
County of 
I           Clerk of        do hereby certify that 
        Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgment were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
   In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this       day of           185  .
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STATE OF ILLINOIS, KANE COUNTY, } ss.
I, JAMES HERRINGTON, Clerk of the County Court, in and for said County, hereby certify, that A. H. Baird was, on the second day of April A. D. 1853, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and full faith and credit are due all his official acts, as such Justice of the Peace. and that his signature to the acknowledgement of the above power of Attorney is genuine.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my name and the seal of said County, this second day of April A. D., 1853
James Herrington
CLERK.
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May 23
Ohio
Jno Finley

Honl. J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City.

FREE

DELAWARD OHIO  MAY 19
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Delaware (O) May 17, 1838.
Sir.
Enclosed are the pension papers of John Finley.  I now send them on again at his request.  The objection to the papers I never could discover.  The paper spoken of as being enclosed, containing directions & regulations & was never received.  These papers have been so long retained because he has but once called upon me since they were sent until now, and then I was at a loss to know what to advise him to do in his case.
              Very respectfully
              your obt. servant.
                T. W. Powell

Honl. J. L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions &c
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32233    113
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Fi[text obliterated]vision
May 12, 1926

Chief Rev. Sect. ["Division" crossed out]

I have this day received from Charles A. Hanna M. O. No. 816431 for $ 90/100, requesting photostat copy ["post office address" crossed out] as per letter herewith.      OK.  not ctfd

1926 May 19.
copies mailed & Fin Div. notf.
AW.

O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
H. C. L.
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Request for Photostating  (To be prepared in duplicate.)   3-2006   Ex. [illegible initials]

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No.  3416    Date May 15, 1926
Subject  John Finley Rev.  R3553
1 (No.) copies of 2 (No.) pieces consisting of 6 pages to be forwarded when completed to the Rev. & 1812 Wars Section ["Division" crossed out]
Remarks: ..............................

Approved:

A E Wilson
Chief ["Division" crossed out and "Sect." written to the right]

.......................................
Chief Clerk.
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Rev Sec [illegible]

Aug 6 - 1917

Commissioner of Pensions:

Dear Sir: -

Will you please give me the pension record of John Findley's services in the Revolutionary War, who joined the militia of Washington Co. Pa. in 1776/7 in light infantry Co. Regiment commanded by Col. John Marshall.  I need this to complete record for D. A. R. membership.  

Yours Truly,
Mrs. A. M. Honeywall
Hoopeston, Illinois
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CHARLES
15 ROCK
MO

March 26. 1926

Commissioner of Pensions Office
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir
Will you please send me a copy of the pension application of John Finle from Delaware County Ohio. Dated April 21, 1834.
(b 1760: d 1846 Kane Co Ill.)
Send bill and I will remit.

Respectfully
Charles A. Hanna

R. 3553
6 pages
(2 pieces)

[Round Stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
H
MAR 25 1926
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IN REPLY REFER TO
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

3-1865
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON  May 8, 1926.

[illegible]

(stamp FINANCE DIVISION MAY 12 1926 BUREAU OF PENSIONS0

Charles A. Hanna,
15 Rockledge Road,
Montclair, N.J.

Sir:
I have to advise you, that if you wish photostat copies of the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Rejected File No., 3553, of John Finley, who died March 11, 1846 in Kane County, Illinois, the same will be furnished you, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired.  The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, (not [underlined] to the Commissioner of Pensions).
The number of pages to be copied is six.
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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CHARLES A. HANNA
ROCKLEDGE ROAD
MONTCLAIR, N.J.

Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.
May 8, 1926.
[iLLEGIBLE]

Charles A. Hanna,
15 Rockledge Road
Montclair, N. J.

Sir:
I have to advise you, that if you wish photostat
copies of the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Rejected File No. 3553, of John Finley, who died March 11, 1846 in Kane County, Illinois, the same will be furnished you, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired. The proper amount should be 
forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, ( not to the Commissioner of Pensions).
The number of pages to be copied is six.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.