Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,800, John Dean, Penn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Penn.

Dean, John
          Jane

NUMBER
R. 2.800
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CONTENT
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25207
Kentucky

John Dean
of Gallatin Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the comp commanded by Captain Shever of the reg't commanded by Col Piper in the Pennsylvania line for 1 year

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Dec 1883 and Hon. R U Johnson HR

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 100.00 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March  20.00  = $120.00

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk, 
Book E  Vol. 7  Page 7
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Decd

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6 April 1838 from 4th Sep 1840 to 5 March 1841.  Agt notified to Dec 1844
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28.245
John Dean
Rev Claim

1 year $40.
allow for one year 
10th Dec. H (illegible)
R. Wm Johnson
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28.345
John Dean
Rev. Claim

1 yr $40.
allow for one year
10th Dec (illegible)
R. Wm Johnson
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State of Kentucky}
Gallatin County } ss

On this 15th day of October 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Gallatin County Court now sitting John Dean a resident of the said county aged 71 years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon 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 and served as herein stated that is to say being a resident of Bedford County in the State of Pennsylvania he did in the month of March in the year 1779 as well as he remembers enter the service of the Untied States a a private volunteer soldier in the company of Capt Shaver and in the regiment of Col. John Piper.  He states that the country was a frontier one and his residence was upon the waters of the Junietta (Juniata) river, that it was much troubled by the Indians and it required the whole of the able bodied men in that quarter to guard the frontier.  He states that his said company at the house of their said Captain in Bedford County Penn and was marched by him a few miles to the vicinity of the lead mines upon Junietta (Juniata) (which more then worked) and there they built a small fort.  He states that he remained in said fort as a part of the garrison thereof except when he was out on scouting parties against the Indians until the early part of the month of December following constituting a period of not less than nine months during all which time he served faithfully.  He states that he does not recollect whether his said entry into the service was for a definite period or not, but he recollects that he continued to serve under the said engagement a period of not less than nine months.
He further states and declares that in the month of February in the year 1780 as well as he remembers he again entered the service of the United States as a private volunteer soldier in the company of Capt. Samuel Thompson under Col. John Piper that he rendezvoused with his company at the fork at the lead mines on Junietta (Juniata) River in the said County of Bedford where he
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was still living and that he and his said company were kept stationed at the said fork as garrison therefor and guard for the mines which were then being worked in order to furnish the Army with lead, that he continued faithfully employed at said fort as a part of its garrison from the said time of his entry into the service till the latter part of the month of November following embracing a period of nine months which he did actually and faithfully service during the said years 1780 under his above named engagement.  He states that he engaged again without any definite period being fixed as the term of his engagement the times were so difficult and dangerous that it required the active enterprise and exertion of all that more able to protect & defend the country.
He further stats and declares that in the year 1781 the Indian s did not give much trouble to the settlement and during the course of that year he performed but little service. But he further states and declares that in the year 1782 the Indians were more troublesome than were & he accordingly in the month of March of that year (1782)  again entered the service of the United States as a private volunteer soldier in the company of Capt Samuel Thompson that he again met his company at the fort at the lead mines & was there again stationed as a part of the garrison thereof and to guard the lead mines.  He states that during this term of service he recollects that he was on e of a party such by his said Capt from the fort at the lead mines to assist in the defense of a small fort not many miles distant which was attacked as it was understood by one Simon Girby at the head of about ninety Indians, that before this declarant and comrades reached the place the enemy had decamped having first taken the fort and killed ten out of twelve of the garrison, that he and the party with which he was buried the dead & pursued the savages but could not overtake them.  He states also that he was during the year 1782 on various other parties and was engaged in much active service being frequently sent out from the said fort upon expeditions of the kind.  He states that he continued
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engaged in the said fort as a part of its garrison searching parties as above named from the said period of his entry into the service in March 1782 until sometime in the month of December following embracing the full period of nine months during the whole of which time he served faithfully and actively.
He states and declares that from the great lapse of time which has passed and his service was performed it is impossible for him to recollect the minute circumstances of it.  But he knows that he did not serve less than twenty seven months during the war the revolution as a private volunteer soldier and for that service he claims a pension.
He states that he has no documentary evidence and that he know of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

(signed) John (his X mark) Dean

Interrogatories put to the above named applicant by the Court

1st  Where and in what year were you born?
Answer  I was born in the state of Maryland in the year 1763.
2d  Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer  I have (next four words, crossed out) none.
3d.   Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer   I lived in Bedford County Pennsylvania when I was called into the service and there remained until 1810 when I moved to the place on which I now live in Gallatin County Ky and upon which I have continued to live ever since
4th  How were you called into service were you drafted, did you
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volunteer or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute for whom?
Answer   I volunteered
5th  State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer  There was no regular officers with the troops where I served that I know of or can state about nor was there any continental or militia regiments there except the one to which I belonged and that was commanded by Col John Piper.  My services were performed on the frontier against the Indians and I was but seldom with any other company than the one to which I belonged.  My first service was performed in 1779 under Capt. Shaven.  My other services were performed under Capt. Thompson. Col. Piper had as I understood the command and control of the troops in that quarter and I entered the service upon calls from him tho' I did not often see him whilst I was actually in the service.
6th  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer  I do not recollect to have rec'd any discharge in writing
7th  State the names of persons to whom you and knows in your present neighbourhood (sic) and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Answer I will name Ben Craig & Peter C Adams

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
(signed) John (his X mark) Dean


We Ben Craig residing in Gallatin County Kentucky and Peter C Adams residing in the same county and state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Dean who has subscribed and Sworn to the preceding declaration that we believe him to be 71 years old and upward that we have heard him say
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that he was a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion and it is his general reputation in the county and we have never heard it doubted.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
(signed)  Ben Craig
(signed) Peter C Adams

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 above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Ben Craig who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in Gallatin County Kentucky and that Peter C Adams who has also signed the same is a resident in the same county and state and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit & we also certify that there is no clergyman living in the neighbourhood (sic) of the applicant.
(signed) G. Bullock  }             Justices of the  
(signed) John Foster }           Gallatin County
(signed) George P Gullum }  Court

State of Kentucky}
Gallatin County   } ss
I Richd P Butler Clerk of the Gallatin County Court in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Dean for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal
of office this 16 day of October 1833
(signed) Richard P Butler
Clerk of the Gallatin County Court
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11003
Jane Dean 
John
Ken:
Act 7 July '38
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declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 4th July 1838 Entitled an act Granting half pay and pensions to certain widows 
State of Kentucky
Carroll County SS

On this 6th day of May 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and State aforesaid Mrs Jane Dean aged Eighty two the ninth day of March Eighteen hundred and forty four. who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed 7th July 1838 Entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of John Dean who was a private in the army of the Revolution as she has been informed and always believed, that she cannot speak confidentially as to the Company or Regiment he belonged to but she has often heard him say he was in the Revolutionary war, her memory does not enable her to speak with any precision as to the particular services of the said John Dean and for them she must Refer to the papers and proof upon which he obtained his pension, She furthermore declares that she was married to the said John Dean on the second day of January seventeen hundred and Eighty five and that her husband the aforesaid John Dean died on the fifth day of March Eighteen hundred and forty one that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninty four, to wit, at the time above stated
Attest:
[signed] B F Cox 
[signed] J.D. Cole
[signed] John Dean
[signed] Jane Dean x her mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me Benjamin F. Cox an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and state aforesaid and I further certify that the said Mrs. Jane Dean is from old age and bodily infirmity unable to attend court given under my hand this 6th day of May 1844
[signed] B.F.Cox J.P.C.C.
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State of Kentucky Carroll County} Sct

On this 20th day of Apl 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Carroll County Kentucky Mrs. Eleanor Haines aged 69 years the 7th day of July 1844 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following statement that she is the sister of John Dean (Deceast) [sic] for whose services Jane Dean as widow has made her application for a pension she was not at the marriage of John Dean and Jane his wife but saw them at her fathers the day after the reputed marriage which was on the 3d day of January 1785 and from that time has lived a near neighbour [sic] to the said John and Jane Dean up to the death of John Dean which took place on the 5th day of March 1841 She did not see the marriage but of that she has not a doubt She further states that John Dean drew a pension for sometime prior to his death and that Jane Dean is still his widow and living on the said County of Carroll and State of Kentucky

Eleanor her x mark Haines

Sworn to and subscribed }
in presence of this 20th day of }
April 1844                               }
B. F. Cox J.P.C.C.

[at the bottom of the page, there is a paper hymn attached, entitled "The Song of the Angels", in very small print and covers the bottom handwriting on the page which appears to say the following]

State of Kentucky Carroll County Sct
On the 6th day of May1844 personally appeared John Dean before the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and made oath that he believed the accompanying record to be the handwriting of his father as to the marriage.
John Dean [signature]
Attest EB Campbell
B.F. Cox J.P.C.C.
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State of Kentucky Carroll County} Sct
On this 20th day of Apl 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Carroll County Kentucky Mrs. Eleanor Haines aged 69 years the 7th day of July 1844 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following statement that she is the sister of John Dean (Deceast) [sic] for whose services Jane Dean his widow has made her application for a pension  She was not at the marriage of John Dean and Jane his wife, but saw them at her fathers the day after the reputed marriage which was on the 3d day of January 1785 and from that time has lived a near neighbour [sic]  to the said John and Jane Dean up to the death of John Dean which took place on the 5th day of March 1841 She did not see the marriage but of that she has not a doubt  She further states that John Dean drew a pension for sometime prior to his death and that Jane Dean is still his widow now living in the said county of Carroll and State of Kentucky.
Eleanor her X mark Haines
Sworn to and subscribed  }
in presence of this 20th day of }
April, 1844                                }
B. F. Cox J.P. CC.

I do hereby certify that Mrs. Eleanor Haines is a lady of respectibility [sic] given under my hand this 20th day of April 1844
B. F.  Cox J.P.C.C.

[as on the prior page, another hymn is attached at the bottom of the page] [writing appears to contain the following]

State of Kentucky Carroll County Sct
On the 6th day of May 1844 personally appeared John Dean before the undersigned an acting justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and made oath that he believed the accompanying record to be the handwriting of his father as to the marriage.
John Dean [signature]
Attest   EB Campbell
B.F. Cox J.P.C.C.
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State of Kentucky Carroll County Sct
on this 20th day of Apr 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in and for Carroll County Kentucky Mrs Eleanor Haines aged 69 years the 7th day of July 1844 who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Statement that she is the sister of John Dean (Deceased) for whose services Jane Dean his widow has made her application for a pension She was not at the marriage of John Dean and Jane his wife but saw them at her fathers the day after the Reputed Marriage which was on the 3d day of January 1785 and from that time has lived a near neighbour to the said John and Jane Dean up to the death of John Dean which Took place on the 5th day of March 1841 She did not see the marriage but of that she has not a doubt She further states that John Dean drew a pension for sometime prior to his death - and that Jane Dean is still his widow and Living in the said County of Carroll and state of Kentucky
[signed] Eleanor Haines x her mark
Sworn to and subscribed in presence of  this 25th day of April 1844
[signed] B F Cox J.P.C.C.

I do hereby certify that Mrs Eleanor Haines is a lady of respectibility given under my hand this 20th day of April 1844
[signed] BF Cox J.P.C.C.

State of Kentucky Carroll County Sct
on this 6th day of May 1844 personally appeared John Dean before the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and made oath that he believed the accompanying record to be the handwriting of his father as to the marriage.
[signed]John Dean
Attest
EBCampbell
B.F.Cox J.PC.C.
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State of Kentucky Carroll County sct
Carroll County Court May Term 1844

    The declaration of Mrs Jane Dean having been presented in open court the court approves the proceedings of Benjamin F. Cox in the foregoing declaration of Mrs Jane Dean and orders it to be recorded and certified that it satisfactorily appears to the court that John Dean was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States and that John Dean and Jane his wife was married on the second day of January seventeen hundred and eighty-five and that the said John Dean died on the fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty one leaving Jane Dean his widow who is still his widow and living in the said county of Carroll and state of Kentucky

    In testimony where of I have here unto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 6th day of May 1844. 

                                 //w//
                        Rchd. P. Butler Clk.
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(Transcriber's note: An unreadable black note.)
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REJECTED
2800

P.O. Jane Dean
widow of John

Enlisted: _______, 18__
Discharge:______, 18__

Application filed: ____, 18__
Alleges: ____
Re-enlisted: _____

Attorney: _____
P.O. ______

_______Recognized.  _____Contract.
_______Cert. of Dis. Searched for ____, 18__.
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Frankfurt Kentucky
May 18th 1844

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Dr Sir
I herewith enclose you the declaration and evidence in support of the Claim of Mrs Jane Dean of Carroll County Kentucky making application for Pension under the act of Congress passed this 7th day of July 1838

You will please enclose me the certificate of allowance to Frankfort Kentucky

I am Sir, Very Respecfully
Your Obt Servt
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Jan 18 45
Jane Dean


Hon W P Thomasson
HR
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House of Reps Jany 17th 1845

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of pensions

Sir
I am requested by letter to enquire what has been done with the papers of Mrs Jane Dean (I believe it is Dean the name is not plain) It was forwarded to you by E B Campbell Esq from Carrolton Ky -- the lady is also claiming something as a balance on the pension of her deceased husband, who was a pensioner - The papers were forwarded to you in June last - Please inform your friend

Will P Thomasson
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State of Kentucky Carroll County Sct

Carroll County Court May Term 1844

it is ordered by the Court to be certified and Recorded that it satisfactorly [sic] appears to the Court that John Dean resident late of Carroll County Kentucky was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States on the Kentucky Roll at the Rates of $40 per annum and that he departed this life on the fifth day of March one thousand Eight hundred and forty one Leaving Jane Dean his widow who is still his widow and Living in the Said County of Carroll 

I Richard P. Butler Clerk of the Court of Carroll County Certify that the above order of Court is truly transcribed from the Records in my office in witness where of I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name This 6th day of May 1844
[signed] Richd P Butler Clk
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[header]
Gideon, Printer

Treasury Department, 
Second Comptroller's Office

March 26th 1844

[form letter with some specifics completed by hand]

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," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of John Dean, decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of forty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1840 to the 5th March 1841.
Respectfully yours,
[signed] Albion K Parris
Comptroller. 

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME. Dean, John

GRADE. Private

LINE. Virginia

WARRANT NUMBER. 12029 and 12065

ACREAGE. 100

ISSUED. May 29, 1792
To Francis Graves, assignee
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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.