Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41769, for William Liggins, Pennsylvania
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Service:  Continental (Penn)

Liggins, William

S.41769

B L Wt 501-100
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10,184

Ohio
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William Liggins of Columbiana in the State of Ohio who was a private in the regiment commanded by Capt Thompson in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hazen of the Penn line for the term of 0 years - Continental
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 25 of August 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of April 1819 and sent to Ephrm Root, Esq, Steubenville, Ohio
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Arrears to 4th of March 1819 6 mos 11/31 - " $50.81
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 - $48.00
(Total) $98.81

Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
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Notification sent May 22, 1821 - Eph Root, Esqr - Steubenville, Ohio
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No 501

William Liggins
private
Penn Line

Warrant issued 7th April 1810 and delivered to Wm Liggins
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William Liggins, priv

Jan 12

No 578

200 Acres
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Lot No 581

(inserted picture of lot)

200 acres & allowance


In pursuance of an act of General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania passed the twenty fourth day of February one thousand seven Hundred and eighty five entitled an act for directing the mode of Distributing the donation lands promised to the troops by this Commonwealth and by order of the Surveyor General with the approbation of the Honourable the Executive Council I have surveyed on the tenth day of October one thousand seven hundred and eighty five the above described tract of Two hundred acres of land and allowance for Roads & No 578 situate in District No 111 on the West side of the Allegheny River in the County of Westmoreland

G Evans, Surveyor

To John Lukens Esqr Surv Genl

I do Hereby Certify that the above is a copy of the original remaining filed in the Surveyor Generals Office. I also Certify that it appears from the following endorsement on the original of which the above is a copy viz: Williams Liggins, Private Jany 12, that a patent has issued, for the above tract
to the said William Liggins - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said office at Lancaster Jany 27, 1810

Andrew Porter, SG
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William Liggins

private

Col Hagen's Regiment
Pennsylvania Line

1777 - 6 years

Admitted
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on the 25th day of August AD 1818 personally appeared William Liggins of the County of Columbiana and State of Ohio, who on oath make the following declaration:

that he the said declarant, enlisted in York County, in the State of Pennsylvania in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, in the company then commanded by Capt John Thompson, afterwards by Capt James Herrin and afterward by Capt Thos Fry. in the Regiment commanded by Col. Moses Havens of the Pennsylvania line; that he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States
untill the 11th day of June 1783, when he was discharged from the service in Picking plain in the State of New Jersey; that the said declarant was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Yorktown Virginia; that he is aged fifty nine years, infirm, having been wounded in the service, in reduced circumstances and standing in need of assistance from this country for support.  That he has no other evidence now in his power of his sevices
excepting a patent for land in consideration of his military service dated the 12th of January 1812 by referring to which the truth of this declaration will more fully appear, and the same William hereby relinquishes all claims which he may have to any other pension, from the government of the United States

William Liggins (his mark)
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I testify that William Liggins the above named declarant is in reduced incumstances and in need of assistance from his country for support

Thomas Gillingham

State of Ohio
Columbiana County 

I Benjamin Tappan President Judge of the 5th Judicial district of the State of Ohio do certify that the above named William Liggins and Thomas Gillingham appeared before me and having been duly sworn by me according to Law, on oath signed the above declaration and certificate and acknowledged the matters therein contained to be true.  And the said William produced the above named patent and it appearing to my satisfaction that the above named declarant William Liggins did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy for a longer time than nine months viz from the 1st day of January 1779 to the 1st day of January 1780, on the continental establishment, and that the said declarant is in reduced circumstances and in need of assistance of his country for support. I hereby certify the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the department of War.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the aforesaid county to be affixed this 25th day of August AD 1818

Wm Tappan
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State of Ohio
Columbiana County

By the direction of Benjamin Tappan, President Judge of the 5th Judicial district of the state of Ohio, I have hereunto set the seal of the aforesaid court of Columbiana and have set my hand at New Lisbon, this 25th day of August AD 1819

Horace Potter, Clk CC
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E Root, Agent

Steubenville Ohio

Wm Liggins

10,184
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State of Ohio
Columbiana County

At the Court of Common Pleas for said County December Term AD 1820.-

On this twelfth day of December AD 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for said County William Liggins aged ___ years, resident in said Columbiana County Ohio, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:

In the Congress Regiment commanded by Col Moses Hasen in the Company commanded by Capt Thomas Price and John Thompson being the ___ Regiment of the ____ line.

The date of his original declaration was the 25th day of August AD 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 10, 184.

And I do solemnly 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 manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it with 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, and 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.

Schedule
One horse and Colt - $20.00
One Cow and one two year old heifer - 12.00
three pigs - 1.50
Household Furniture - 8.00
Fifty bushels of oats - 25.00
Fifty bushels grain  - 10.00
(total 100 bushels)
Four hundred of hay - 1.00

(Total)  $77.50

Wm his Liggins (his mark)

I lease from Jacob Nessly 18 acres of land for which I am to pay
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$35 per year which is yet unpaid, I am ordered off the land.

I am indebted to different persons in the sum of $165. there is nothing due to me, which I can collect

My family consists of my wife named Betsey aged 45 years, a sickly woman, a step daughter named Jane Patterson aged 14 years

My occupation has been that of a well digger, and salt borer, and I am now unable to support myself from my labor. The grain which I have included in the Schedule is first to be applied to the payment of my rent

Wm Liggins (his mark)

Sworn to and declared in open Court this 13th day of Decr 1820
Horace Potter Clk

I Horace Potter Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Columbiana and State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed is truly copied from the record of
the said Court; and I do further certify that is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing schedule does not exceed one hundred dollars.

In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at New Lisbon on this tenth day of January AD 1821

Horace Potter, Clerk
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Adams County

Personally appeared one George Kove Esq. one of the Justices of Peace in and for the said County of Adams, James Duncan, Esq, Captain in the Regiment commanded by Col. Moses Hazen, and on oath doth say, that he is acquainted with the bearer W Liggins (who is now about to ... his military lands).  That said Liggins served as a private in the same Regiment, with this Deponent, conducted himself as a soldier, and as the Deponent continued in service until the end of the Revolutionary War

And further as this Deponent statest, that early in the War, he enlised a certain Thomas Davis, afterwards died of the wounds received by the bursting of the sheath in the siege of York.  That the said Davis left a widow to whom the said William Liggins were married (as this Deponent believes) for they lived together as man and wife as so respected and conducted themselves as far as this Deponent knows from all reproach.

James Duncan

Sworn and subscribed before me at Gettysburg the 2d day of April AD 1819

G Kove
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Adams County
the State of Pennsylvania

I James Duncan Esqr, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Adams Do Certify that George Kove Esq before whom the within Deposition were made and taken is one of the Commonwealth's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Adams, by lawful .... duly Commissioned and sworn, and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts
and deeds

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Gettysburg the 2nd day of April AD 1810 

James Duncan, Prothy

William Liggins is entitled to land from U States if he has not been given.

William Liggins, sworn before the mayor of the city that he was the identical William Liggins mentioned in this certificate

2nd April 1810

H. Rogers
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41769

INVALID

Revy

File No: 41769

William Liggins
Priv Rev War

Act:  18th March 18

Index:  Vol 3, Page 295

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Steubenville Novr 6th, 1819

Sir:

By a letter this day received from Wm Creighton Esqr the pension agent at Chillicothe, I find he refuses to pay Liggins, because the certificate in date differs from the Roll sent on to Chillicothe. the certificate bearing date the 25th April 1818 - the Roll bearing date the 25th August 1818.  I wish the issue might be rectified and a correct certificate - if the one enclosed is not correct, might be returned to me as soon as possible.   also notice given to Mr Creighton

Yours respectfully,

Eph'm Root

Hon J C Calhoun