Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34923, John T Holland, Continental (Md)
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Continental (Md)

Holland, John T
NUMBER
S. 34923
CONTENTS
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15.711
Maryland
John T Holland
Capt Brown Co
of Baltimore in the State of Maryland
who was a Private in the Legion commanded
by Pulaski of the Mary'd 
line, for the term of Two Years
To 82
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of August 1819
Court
the 21 of Must 1811
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of Nov 1819
and sent to Thomas Bayley
Baltimore Mary land
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820
   2.34
  48.00
$50.34
5 4
30 30

{Revolutionary claim, }
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continental

Duplicate certificate made Sept 20th 1824
and sent to Wm H. Murray Esqr
Baltimore
(illegible) sent to Wm Gibson Esq 
4 Oct 1820 Baltimore, MD
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John T. Holland
Please make return to
the care of Thos Baily
Baltm_
Private
79 to 82
Pulaski Legion
---
Admitted
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Dear Sir
you may easily converse how very
difficult, and indeed almost impossible that 
after, nearly a half century I can have retained
the last recollection of the petitioner Holland
if even I ever had any personal knowledge of
him, which is not likely, as he served in the infantry of the legion and indeed had he ever belonged to my troop it can not be expected from the same reason that I can at this time recollect the persons and names of all the men under my command; but this however I can readily and conscientiously testify that in as much as the petitioner relates to many facts and every correctly, which he never could have known had he not been personally present, I have no hesitation in declaring that said Holland
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must have been as he says a soldier in the
continental legion under command of
Brig. Genl Count Pulaski during the
revolutionary war: any certificate
substantially drawn in conformity to that
it will give me pleasure to sign as I sincerely
wish to aid the distressed and particularly
on old revolutionary soldier, and as to your
accept the good wishes of
your Obed Servant
Paul Bentalou
this was address on the }
envelop to T Bailey        }

27th August 1819
State of Maryland, Balt" County
on this Thirtieth day of August 1819 personally
appeared before me the undersigned justice of the peace in and for Balt"  County Col. Paul Bentalou, Marshall of Maryland and made oath according to law that the facts set forth
in the above note are just and true, and that he is well (illegible) said said Holland did serve in the Army of the  U States during the Revolutionary War in the Pulaski Legion as 
stated in his declaration now exhibited & read
by deponent
Tho Bailey J of Peace BC
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State of Maryland Baltimore County ss:
On this Twenty Eighth day of August Eighteen hundred and nineteen, personally appears before me the undersigned
Justice of the peace in and for said County Caleb Arnert of Baltimore County of lawful age and made oath in due form of law, that he hath been well and intimately acquainted with John T. Holland, now present, who is an applicant for a
pension under the late act of Congress, for upwards of Forty years that they had been playmates when boys, knew him an apprentice to James Edward and perfectly recollects his having enlisted into 
a company of Horse in Pulaski's Legion then stationed at Balt" or on their way to the Southward frequently saw him at his
Rendezvous as also exercising in the form with his company on the Commons of Balt" _ saw him march from Balt" with said Legion about the year 1780 and perfectly recollects said Holland having return from the army two or three years afterward in Uniform badly wounded in the hand, 
an ugly but across the upper lip & many other severe wounds on his body which was represented to have been
received in battle with the enemy, and which he is well assured was the fact. That he is positively sure said John T. Holland served fully two years in the service of the
U. States on the continental establishment during the Revotionary war and that he is now in extreme reduced circumstances dependent partly on manual labour but
principally on the assistance of his friends for support
Caleb Anert

Subsribed and sworn to before
me a Justice of the peace for
Balt". County this said 28 Augt 1819
Tho Baily
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State of Maryland City of Baltimore St
On this day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, personally appeared before me the undersigned Chief Judge of Baltimore City Court John T. Holland a resident of Baltimore
County and State aforesaid aged Fifty Eight years and upwards an applicant for a pension under the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
Land & Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war, and then and there made the following declaration upon oath by me administered, "that he enlisted at Baltimore in
said State some time in the spring of the year 1779 under Captain Segon, was mustered in Captain Browns Troop of Horse attached to Polaskis corps marched shortly thereafter
to Norfolk in Va there dismounted and ordered to the Fort then under command of Commodore Matthews which Fort was soon after evacuated, and taken possession of by the enemy we were then remounted and marched to Long Bridge, from thence to Charleston South Carolina where we joined the main
Army commanded by General Moulter; shortly after we  engaged  in the battle of Charleston where we lost our Colonel Cousworth and
drove the Brittish troops-- From thence was in various duties until we were ordered to Savanna and was in the battle of that place when our General Polaski was mortally wounded
 - deponent was in the battle of Camden, where
Genl Gates was defeated & his Captain Brown wounded & taken prisoner when Lieutenant Verdear succeeded to the command of the
company from that time had repeated scirmishes with Tarlton's Light Horse with various success until actacked by the
Brittish Horse at Monks corner, where we lost our Major Verdean
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who was cut to pieces fighting sword in hand-- from thence was on various duties until they engaged a party of Brittish Light Horse at Renews Ferry on Santee river where deponent
while acting under Colonels Washington, the latter of whom was orderly Sergt to, and White 
received four wounds and was taken prisoner carried to GeorgeTown S.C. from thence sent into the country, and after the capture
of Charleston was left by the enemy on parole and as soon as able to march rejoined his former company, but his wounds breaking out again was discharged by the Margues
De La Fayette at Cabbin point in Virginia, some time before the siege of York - That in consequence of a wound inflicted by a sworn, while engaged with the enemy his right hand has been in a great measure useless to him ever since not withstanding which his name hath never been inscribed on any pension
roll. That he has no knowledge of any officer under whom, or with whom he served now residing within the City of County of Baltimore except Colonel Paul Bentalou, now
Marshall of Maryland, and whose certificate is hereunto annexed, and that in consequence of his reduced circumstances and helpless situation stands in need of his Country, assistance for his support and the said deponent further saith that he served as a private than commission officer in said 
Legion during the revolutionary war or
the Continental Establishment for more
than nine months in continuance
John T Holland
N Price
Judge Balt Court
and
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State of Maryland City of Baltimore
On this 27th day of Aug Eighteen hundred
and nineteen personally appear before me the undersigned chief Judge of Balt City Court John Smith of the City of Baltimore a respectable citizen to me well known who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was well & intimately acquainted with
John T. Holland from the time they were small Boys perfectly recollects his having enlisted into the service of the United States in a company of Horse - that he hath frequently
seen him on duty exercising & in uniform, saw him march with the Legion from Balt"
perfectly recollects seeing him on the day of his return to Baltimore after being discharged
in consequence of his wound some of which had not then healed-- the length of time he was absent cannot now recollect, but is satisfied it was more than one year-
John M Smith
N Price
Judge
Balt City


On this said 27th day of Aug Eighteen hundred and nineteen, personally appears before me the said undersigned of Mr Ruth Cavenaugh of lawful age, who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith. She is half sister to John T. Holland within named that she perfectly recollects that her brother aforesaid was a
regular enlisted soldier in the service of the United States remembers that after an absence of two or three years, during the revolutionary war that on coming home from school, she was asked whether or not she know or person
then in the house in soldiers uniform, at first  she did not, he having been a long time absent, but afterward recognized him as her brother, who had been discharged from the army in consequence of wounds recd
in the service-
Ruth Cavenah    her mark
N Price, Judge
Balt City Court
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State of Maryland City of Baltimore
to wit-
I hereby Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that John T Holland of the County of Baltimore who he declaration is before drawn out for more than here months in
as a private soldier in Polaski's Legion on 
the Continental Establishment during the 
revolutionary war against an enemy and from my person acknowledge of the man believe him to be in  reduced circumstances and to
need of his County's assistance for his
support-
N Price
C Judge Balt City
27th Augt 1819

City of Baltimore to wit
I Thomas Harwood Clerk of Baltimore City Court do hereby certify That the Honorable Nicholas Brice before whom the foregoing proceedings were taken and certified and who has  subscribed his name, was at the time of taking the same and still is Chief Judge of Baltimore City Court duly commissioned 
qualified; and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given were as well in Courts of Justice as thereout
In Testimony I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
Ths Harwood Clk
Baltimore City Court
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John T. Holland
No 15571
March 1820

Wm Gibson Esqr
Baltimore
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SCHEDULE.
United States of America
(A.) State of Maryland, Baltimore County SS
On this 25th day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court (*) being a court of record, (|) (B.) that is to say the
regular County Court in and for the said (C.) County of Baltimore in the Sixth Judicial District of Maryland John T. Holland
aged fifty nine years, resident in Baltimore County in said (D.) State who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: (E.) That he enlisted at Baltimore in the State of Maryland some time in the spring of the year 1779 in Cap. Brown Troop of Horse attach'd to Polaski's Com in the
service of the U. States, continued in said service on the continental establishment until the summer of 1781 when in consequence of debility from various wounds and hardships while prisoner he was discharged by the Marquis De La Fayette at Cubbin Point in
the State of Virginia having served in the Continental establishment upwards of two years - That he made his original declaration
before the Hon Judge Brice at Baltimore in the State of Maryland on or about the 27 August 1819 and was placed on the Rev. Pension List
roll of the Agency $8 per month as will appear by his certificate No 5711 and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 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.
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Schedule Viz:
(F.)
Two tables, 8 chairs, one old desk, two pots, some buckets or Tubs andirons & some other trifling articles  not worth enumerating-The who of which articles are not worth and would not sell for Twenty five dollars-- $25,00
That he was by trade a Tallow Chandler, but from his wounds and afflictions has been incapable of labour for many years past, and lives about among his friends without keeping a house for himself has no family and in such reduced circumstances as to stand in need of the assistance of his County for support. and were it not for the pension he receives from Government would not be able to support himself except from public or private charity
John T Holland
SWORN to and declared on the 25th day of September
BEFORE, Wm H Ward associate Judge of the 6th
Judicial District of Maryland
I, William Gibson Clerk of Bellmore City
do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly
copied from the record of said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the
said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is not doth hereby five
Dollars and     Cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the 25 day of Sept 1820
William Gibson
Clerk of the court for the County
of Baltimore
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The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session. All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the Act of Congress: 1st. Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the State which create them; 2d. Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several States, to be courts of record;
3d. Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount;
4th. Which have the power of fine and imprisonment; And courts which proceed according to the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal.
The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record , and state why it is such. - (Opinion of the Attorney General of the United State)
DIRECTIONS FOR FILLING UP THE BLANKS.
A. District,-- circuit, county, or corporation, as the case may be.
B. State why a court of record.
C. After repeating the district, circuit, county, or corporation, insert the declarant's name.
D. District, circuit, county, or corporation.
E. Here set forth the regiment, company and line; or ship, corps or vessel, and the date of the original declaration ; and if he has received a pension, the number of his pension certificate should be inserted.
F. Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary bedding and clothing excepted, and subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number
and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support , in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words
of the third section of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, ""in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.
Extract of a CIRCULAR LETTER from the War Department to the several Agents for
paying pensions, enclosing the foregoing Form.
"For the guidance of persons already on the pension list, or who may hereafter make application for that purpose, it may be proper to state, explicitly that, as experience has proved the necessity of a rigid adherence
to particular forms in such cases, no instrument of writing drawn up contrary to this form can be admitted as a proper voucher."
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Rev. War Section.
February 21, 1916.
Mrs. Willis T. Strachan,
118 East Jefferson Street,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the 7"" instant, you are advised that from the papers on file in the claim Sur. File  No. 34923, Rev. War, it appears that John T. Holland enlisted at Baltimore, Maryland, in the Spring of 1779, and served as a Private in a Troop of Horse under Captains Brown, Segand and
Paul Bentalou, attached to Pulaski's Corps; was engaged in the defence of Charleston, Siege of Savannah, and battles of Camden, Monks Corner and Renews Ferry on the Santee River;
in last named engagement was wounded, taken prisoner and after the capture of Charleston, was released on parole and soon
after discharged from service on account of disability resulting from a sword wound of his right hand.
On August 27, 1819, while a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, aged fifty-eight years, he made application for pension which was allowed.
In 1820, he stated that he had no family.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
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34923
Revy INVALID.

File No. 34,923
-
John T Holland
Pri Rev War
Act: 18th March 18"
Index:--Vol. 2 Page 231
Arrangement of 1870.
1916, Feb 21. History to
Mrs. Willis T. Strachan, F.W
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John T Holland
late a Private
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed
Pension List Roll  of the Maryland
Agency, at the rate of Eight
dollars per month, to commence
on the twenty seventh day of August
one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen

GIVEN at the War Office of the United
States  this Ninth day of
November one thousand eight
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From
W. H. Murray
18th Sept. 1824
Duplicate Certificate
issued
Sept 20th 1824.

J. L. Edwards Esqr
War Department

Mr Edwards
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Office Bank U States
Baltimore 18 Sept 1824

J. L. Edwards Esqr
War Dept
Sir:
Enclosed are the payments
of John T. Holland's pension certificate torn 
by accident - He requests that a duplicate
may be issued to him & forwarded to me
I am very respectfully 
yr obt Servt
W H Murray
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{date stamp]
U. S. Pension Office
FEB 15 1916
O
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Colorado Springs is
February 7, , 1916

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
Dear Sir
You said more data was
necessary to look up pension
records The following is
all I have-
John Holland served in
the Revolutionary War as a
dragoon in the 2d
Company of Light Dragoons, 
Pulaski Legion Continental
Troops commanded by
Brigadier General
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2.
Count Pulaski,  he is
shown to have enlisted
April 24. 1779.
Would that enable you
to tell if he is on the
pension roll?

With much appreciation
for former
Message from your office 
I am Respectfully
Mrs Willis L. Strachan
118 East Jefferson St
Colorado Springs, Colo