Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,146, for Robert Mc Laughlin, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)

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SERVICE 
Penn.
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McLaughlin, Robert
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NUMBER
S.40.146
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4,015
Pennsylvania Roll
Robert McLaughlin
Capt Stay
                  private
Pennsylvania line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Penna_____________
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 of May 1818   
___________________________________________________Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of October 1818 and sent to Samuel Ram
say Esq 
Gettysburg - Penna..
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Arrears to 4th of       Sept____1818  32.80
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 48.00
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              3 Mo.30/31 & 4/30          $80.80

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818

(check) 3 (illegible)
Hamiltonban Penna_____
Adams County
Continued

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Dead
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6 April 1838
from 4 March 1840 to 10 June
1840. Agt notified 6 June 1841

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Notification Sent ' January 15. 1841 to
Hon. A Boden House of Representatives U. States
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Robt McLaughlin
act 1818
Adams Co Pa
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Exa - By Ella
Jan 18 -51
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Gettysburg Pa Dec 3d 1850

The Commissioner of pensions and the several Departments of the Government of the United States at Washington will please furnish, Vesparian Ellis Esq, whatever information it is in their power to afford and to permit him to examine the Pension application and proofs, and all papers filed and records, in reference to the claim & services of Robert McLaughlin who served as a private in the Pennsylvania Continental line, in the War of the Revolution; and in right of his said services was placed on the pension roll on the 2d day of May 1818, under the act of 18th of March 1818 - and died in the month of June 1840, in Adams County, Pa and whose widow Margaret McGlaughlin survived until the 26th of March 1849, & died in Adams County - as we are the parties entitled to the benefit thereof -
I oblige
[signed] James M. Canleu
[signed] Robert McGlaughlin

Witness
[signed] Philip Bloom x his mark
A. McMaginly
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office

May 25, 1841

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" The widow of Robert McLaughlin,  a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Pa Agency, at the rate of Eight  Dollars and no Cents per month, under the law of the 18th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1840 to the 10th June 1840.

Respectfully, yours 

Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,

Present
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[folded paper]
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Robt. McLaughlin
Privt.
2d May 1818
To. Saml Ramsay
Gettysburg Pa

admitted
on Penn. Roles.
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Pennsylvania Adams County Ss
On this second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the subscriber one of the assistant & an associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Adams - aforesaid personally appeared Robert McLaughlin aged sixty three years and three months, resident in the Township of Hamiltonbann in the County of Adams and state of Pennsylvania aforesaid, who being by me signed and duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revcolutionary war; that he the said Robert McLaughlin enlisted in the second regiment in the Pensylvania Line commanded by Colonel Walter Steward, on or about the first of May or last of April Anno Domini. one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the Company Commanded by Captain Stoy, that he continued to serve in the service of the United States, three years when he got an honorable discharge from Colonel Steard of the second Regiment of the second Pennsylvania Line, that he was in the battle of Monmouth - that he was taken prisoner at fort Washington. that he was at the Clash house and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his possession of his said service.
Sworn to and delcared Robert McLaughlin before me, the day and year aforesaid. 
[signed] Wm Scott 

I William Scott Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Adams and State of Pennsylvania as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Robert McLaughlin did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and has before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
May 9th 1818
[signed] W Scott
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Adams County, in the State of Pennsylvania 
I James Duncan Esq Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Adams Do Certify that William Scott Esq before whom the foregoing Proceedings were had, is one of the Commonwealths Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the Said county of Adam, by lawful authority 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 Said Court, at Gettysburg, the Second day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighteen - 
[signed] James Duncan Prothy
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[folded paper]
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Copy of Record Relative to the application of Robert McLaughlin for a Pension
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4015
March 
Con 1819
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Pennsylvania Adams County Ss
On this fourteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred & twenty personally appeared in open court, being a Court of Record for the said county Robert McLaughlin aged about sixty six years, resident in the said county of Adams and State of Pennsylvania who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, to wit. in the second Regiment of the Pennsylvania line, commanded by Colonel Walter Stewart, and the company commanded by Captain Stay first and afterwards by Captain Coby that he served three years in said Regiment, was in the Battle of Monmouth, and in several skirmishes and was taken prisoner at fort washington, that he has obtained a certificate for a pensioner from the war office numbered 4.015 and dated the 21st day of October 1818.- And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner dispersed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of the 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 eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not nor hath any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me Subscribed 
Schedule
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Schedule of the property of Robert McLaughlin the declarant
1 cow
1 calf
The declarent is by occupation a day labourer and is old and crippled, so as to be able to do little for his support, he has a wife and four children Viz William aged Seventeen bound as apprentice to a Shoemaker, Robert aged fifteen years and six months, also bound as apprentice to a Shoemaker, Elizabeth aged near twelve years, Rachel aged about ten years, both of whom live with him
Sworn to and declared in open Court November 14th 1820
Robert McLaughlin
James Duncan Prothy

November 14th 1820, The above property valued and appraised at ten dollars - By the courts

State of Pennsylvania Adams County Sct
I James Duncan Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said county of Adams Do hereby certify that the foregoing oaths and the Schedule thereto annexed, as duly copied from the Records of the said Court In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Gettysburg, on this fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty - 
[signed] James Duncan
Prothy C C C re
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July 10, 1934
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Robert McLaughlin, S. 40146
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. Richmond DeLong
Trumansburg
New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Robert McLaughlin who served in the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S. 40146, based upon the military service of Robert McLaughlin, the only soldier by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
He was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, but the date of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
He enlisted in April or May, 1777, place of enlistment not given, served as private in Captains Stoy's and Cobea's companies in Colonel Walter Stewart's Pennsylvania regiment; he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington and was in the battle of Monmouth and was discharged after serving three years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1818, at which time he was living in Hamilton Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and was aged sixty-three years and three months.
In November, 1820, this soldier referred to his wife (her name
not given) and the following children: William, aged seventeen years, Robert, aged fifteen years and six months, Elizabeth, aged nearly twelve years, and Rachel, aged ten years.
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Robert McLaughlin died June 10, 1840, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and it was stated that his widow, Margaret, died in that county March 26, 1849.
The papers in the claim contain no further dat relative to the soldier's family.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to Samuel Sands.
Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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40.146

INVALID

Revy

File No.  40.146

Robert McLaughlin
Priv - Rev War

Act:  18th March 18

Index:  Vol G, Page 319

[Arrangement of 1870]

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1916 Jan 17:  History to Mrs Della A Hedges - MBH

1934, July 10:  Hist to Mrs Richmond DeLong  - MCS
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Stamp showing received Jun 29, 1934
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Trumansburg NY
June 27, 1934

The US Pension Dept
Commissioner of Pensions:

Dear Sir:

Will you please give me information regarding one Robert McLaughlin, who according to a genealogy I have was in the Revolutionary War, was at the Battle of White Plains, Yorktown at the surrender of Cornwallis, and was a pensioner.  His daughter Margaret was my great grandmother.  She married Sands Belknap in 1798.  I am desirous of joining the DAR.

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Also, Samuel Sands who was in the Revolution Manchester Co Militia Regiment.

Yours truly,

Mary V DeLong
(Mrs Richmond DeLong)

Trumansburg, New York
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Chicago, Illinois
Jan 11, 1916

BUREAU OF PENSION
WASHINGTON DC

Gentlement:

Will you oblige me with a certificate of service of my ancestor:

ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN of Adams Co, Penn
b. about 1739 and who served in the Revolutionary War

Any data that the record may show will assist me in establishing my claim to membership in the DAR.

Thanking you,

Very truly yours,
Mrs Della Arthur Hedges
Room 1333, Stock Exchange Building
Chicago, Ill
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O. W. and N. Division,
3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

S 22.896

In reply to your request of ____ received ____ for a statement of the military history of Robert McLaughlin 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.

S.40146

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH |  RANK | OFFICERS |  STATE

April or May 1777 | 3 years |  Private |  Capt Stoy, Capt Gober, Colonel Walter Stewart |  PA

Noted:  The only Robert McLaughlin found on the Rev War records of the Bureau

Battles engaged in:  was taken prisoner at Fort Washington and Monmouth

Residence of soldier at enlistment:    not stated

Date of application for pension:  May 2, 1818   His claim was allowed

Residence at date of application:  Hamilton Township, Adams Co. Penn

Age at date of application:  63 yrs and 3 mos; born in Adams Co Penn

Remarks:   in Nov 1820 soldier refers to his wife (name not stated) and to the following children:  William 17 years, Robert 15 years, Elizabeth nearly 12 years, Rachel 10 years;   he died June 10 1840 in Adams Co Penn where his widow Margaret died March 26 1849


respectfully,
Commissioner.