Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7189, for James Mc Master, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
McMaster, James
NUMBER
S.7189
Carded
CONTENTS
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[torn] ,497
26497
Penna [P]ittsburgh Agy
James McMaster
of [obscured]burg in the State of Pa
[who w]as a P in the Company commanded
by Captain Beddinger of the Regt commanded
by Col [illegible] in the Penna
line for [illegible]
6 Mo [pr?] $20.00
cf 26497
Inscribed on the Roll of Penna P. a T
at the rate of 20 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July
'34 and sent to
Wm A Johnston, [illegible, Kellansing?], Pa
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '34 60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 10.00
$70.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by I. F. Springer Clerk,
Book C Vol. 5 Page 84
Death not on AB.
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State of Pennsylvania
Armstrong County SS
On this sixth day of January in the
year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and
thirty-four, personally appeared before the subscribed
one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in
and for the County of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania,
(said Court being a Court of record) James
McMaster a resident of Clarion Township, in the
County of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania, aged
Eighty three years, who being first duly sworn, according
to Law, doth on his oath make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by [crossed out, the act] of Congress, passed June
7th 1832. That in the year seventeen Hundred and
seventy six in volunteered his services as a private
under Captain Nicholas Biddinger, at the Farm of
Henry Darragh, near Abbotstown, York County, Pennsylvania.
about seventy persons in the Company Joseph
Jeffries, Major, and Colonel Henry Slagle, Commander
some of the privates names were John Mullin, Alexander
Adams, Thomas Abbot and George Kuhn. That he
marched thence to Little York, thence to Lancaster
Pennsylvania, thence to Swedes Ford on the Schuylkill
thence to Conells Ferry on the Delaware, thence to Trenton
New Jersey. remained there five days, thence to Princeton,
thence to Burnswick, thence to Amboy, and remained
there until his time was fully served. While at Amboy
six British Ships of war came in sight and lay
there until he came away. which ever he was selected
with about forty other Riflemen to scout, but had no
engagement during his whole tour. was out two months
exactly in this tour. That sometime after his return
home he was elected an Ensign and in the year seventeen
Hundred and seventy eight was drafted and marched as an
Ensign to Bucks County, Pennsylvania residence when drafted
York County, Pennsylvania. The captain of his company was
Frederick Yendwine Major Joseph Lilley, one commander
he was Genl Lacy. We remained in the neighbourhood
of Doylestown, Bucks County, Penna during this tour had
no engagements. That he was commissioned an Ensign at
this time and was discharged about a mile from Doylestown
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that he kept his commission and discharge until recently
distroyed by time and has now lost them. That he was out
on this tour two months. That in the year seventeen Hundred
and Eighty one he was elected a Lieutenant in Abbotstown, York
County, Pennsylvania and was drafted to march to Camp Security
four miles below Little York to guard prisoners that
well taken with Burgoyne. That his commander when he
went there, was Major John Eddy but his time having expired
he was succeeded by Major Austin whom he left there. that ┃
he was in no engagement, and that he served in the capacity
of Leutenant at this time two months, was duly commissioned
and discharged after his term of service, both which papers
he also kept until much wasted by time and not supposing
that they would ever be of any further service to him that
he has lost them. That his services for which he claims a
pension now - two months as a volunteer as before stated
Two months as an Ensign and two months as a Lieutenant
he further states that he knows of no person
living who can testify to his services in the Revolutionary
was as before stated.
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a
pension or annuity, except the present and declares
that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency
in any State.
James McMaster
Sworn & subscribed the day
and year aforesaid before
me
Joseph Rankin
Judge of the Court of Common
pleas of Armstrong Co

Mr. James McCarrell
a clergyman residing in Clarion
Township Armstrong County Pennsylvania and Thomas Cathers
residing in the same Township same County and State
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James McMaster
who has sworn and subscribed the above declaration: that we
believe him to be Eighty three years of age and that he is
reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur
in that opinion
James McCarrell
Thos. W Cathers
Sworn & subscribed before me this
the Sixth day of January A.D. 1834
Joseph Rankin
Judge of the Court of Common
pleas of Armstrong Co
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The following Interrogatories were put by me to the said
James McMaster and answered as stated.
1st Where and in what year were you born 3
Ans. I was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania, in the year
of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred & fifty
2d Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Ans. I have no record of my age but have the information
of my age from my parents.
3d Where were you living when called into service, where have
you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now
live?
Ans. When I was living near Abbots town [Abbottstown], York County, Penna
when I entered the service. In the year AD 1793. I removed
to Westmoreland County Penna and continued there until
the year AD. 1806 when I came to Armstrong County my
present residence
4th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did
you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute
for whom?
Ans. Diving my first tour of two months I was a volunteer.
During the balance of my services for four months
I was drafted as stated in my general declaration
I was not a substitute at any time.
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. I do not recollect of seeing any other officers than
those I have already stated in my general declaration
I cannot now state the Continental or militia Regiments
and can give no further particular account of my services
than that already mentioned in the general
statement.
6th To a Soldier Did you ever receive a discharge from the services &
if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it
To an officer Did you ever receive a Commission, and if so
by whom was it signed, and what has become
of it?
Ans When out on my first tour as a private as mentioned
in my declaration I received no discharge in writing but
having served the time engaged for, returned home.
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and when out as before stated as an Ensign and Lieutenant
I received a commission which I kept for a long time but
which I finally lost when or where I cannot recollect.
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in
your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your
character for veracity, and their belief of your services
as a soldier in the Revolution?
Ans. James McCarrell and Thomas W. Cathers

attest

State of Pennsylvania
Armstrong County Fed
SEAL
I Joseph Rankin one of the
Judges of the Court of Common pleas
of Armstrong County, do hereby declare that
after a full investigation of the matter and after
having the put the interrogatories above named as prescribed by
the war Department, that the above mentioned applicant
James McMaster was a Revolutionary soldier and served as
he states. And further I do certify that it appear to me that
James McCarrell - who signed the preceding certificate
is a Clergyman, resident in Clarion Township Armstrong
County and that Thomas Cathers - who has also signed the
said certificate is a resident of the same Township same
County is a credible person and that their statement is
entitled to credit. And further that the belief in the neighbourhood
where James McMasters [McMaster] resides is very general that
he was in service in the Revolutionary war and that he is a
man of truth and veracity. And I do hereby further
certify that by reason of bodily infirmity, the palsy, and
old age, he is utterly unable to attend Court, he now
living a distance of thirty miles from the County seat
Witness my hand and seal this Sixth day of January
AD. Eighteen Hundred and thirty four
Joseph Rankin
Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas of Armstrong County
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State of Pennsylvania
Armstrong County, Set
I, Frederick Rohrer, Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for said County (said
Court being a court of Reord [Record]) do hereby certify
that Joseph Rankin, Esq before whom the foregoing
affidavit of James McMaster was taken, as also
the affidavits of James McCarrell and Thomas
[obscured by seal, Cathers] together with the certificate of the same having been
[obscured by seal, taken?] before him & is an Associate Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas of said County, duly commissioned by the proper
authority of the Commonwealth aforesaid, and qualified to act
as such, and to whose acts in that capacity, full faith and
confidence should be given. And I do further certify that his
signature to the same is in his own proper hand writing
and his genuine signature; and that his further certificate
of the general belief in the neighborhood where James McMaster
resides, attached to the aforesaid depositions, of his revolutionary
services, &c &c is also in the proper hand writing and the genuine
signature of the said Joseph Rankin, Esq
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Kittanning
this sixteenth day of January A.D. 1834
Fredk Rohrer, Pro.
I
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29.402.
James McMaster
Penna
(j)
Return proof of Service
for 1776 pr
6 mo $20.
Ware
Wm F. Christian
Kittaning [Kittanning]
Armstrong County
Pennta
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
31st Jany 1834.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of James McMaster
[table column headings: Period when the service was rendered., Duration of the claimant's service. - Years., Duration of the claimant's service. - Months., Duration of the claimant's service. - Days., Rank of the claimant., Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served., Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service., Proof by which the declaration is supported.]
1776. | [blank] | 2 | [blank] | Priv | Colo Slagle | 83 years | [blank]
[blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | Capt. Biddinger | York | Traditionary
[blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | County | [blank]
[blank] | [blank] | 2 | [blank] | Ensign | Cap. Yendwine | Pa. | [blank]
[blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | Gen Lacy | [blank] | The claimant is required
1781. | [blank] | 2 | [blank] | Lieut | [blank] | [blank] | to produce proof of his
[blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | being Commissioned Ensign
[blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | & Lieut & serving as such
[blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | as alleged.
[blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | For. services as a Commisd
[blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | officer is required the testimony of
[blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | two witnesses otherwise can
[blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | only be allowed at the rate of a
[blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | privates pay.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District
of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank]
and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank}
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank]
day of [blank] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank]
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank]
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank]
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank]
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. 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 services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
6. To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; - For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and
other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev War
7189
INVALID.
[File]e No. 7189
James McMaster
Priv Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
[Index]dex:-Vol. 1, Page 245
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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War Department
Pension Office
14th April 1834
Sir
The claim of James McMaster has
been again examined. The regulations require all claimants
as Commissioned Officers to produce their original
Commission as satisfactory proof they were
duly commissioned and served in that capacity
for the time alleged. As the claimant has failed
and in fact says he cannot obtain the necessary
proof, if he shall so direct his claim will
be allowed for 6 months as a private
I am Sir
Very Respectfully
Your obt Servt
J L Edwards

William F. Johnston Esq
Kittanning
Penna
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29.402
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FREE
James L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

[vertical note] pa July 14
[postmark] Kittaning Pa. JUL 8
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Kittanning July 7th 1834
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Dr Sir,
I have this day received a letter
from James McMaster, whose papers
an enclosed. agreeing that his
name be placed upon the pension
list as a private according to yr [your]
proposition
Respectfully
Your friend
Wm F Johnston
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State of Pennsylvania
Armstrong County SS
on the 15 day of April 1834 personally
appeared before me the subscriber one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for the
said County Daniel Grosscort a resident
of Trumbull County State of Ohio aged
Seventy Six years who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath make
the following declaration saith that he
is personally acquainted with John McMaster
of Armstrong County Clarion Township and
State of Pennsylvania and has knew him
Ever since the year 1776 that James McMaster
served two months in the Malitia the State
of Jersey at Amboy and that he was with
him two month in Berks County Pennsylvania
as a soldier and that James McMaster
was an Insign [ensign] and served as such two
month and that he this declarant served two month now
with James McMaster at Camp Security near
Little York and that James McMaster was
a lieutenant at that time and severed as such
two month in all six month in the Revolution
Daniel Groscort
Sworn to and subscribed
this 15 day of April
1834 before me
J C Corbett
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State of Pennsylvania,
Armstrong County Set.
I, Frederick Rohrer, Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for said County (Said
Court being a Court of record) do hereby certify
that John C. Corbett, Esq before whom the foregoing
deposition was taken, is an acting Justice
of the Peace in said county, duly commissioned
by the proper authority of the Commonwealth aforesaid, and qualified
to act as such, to whose acts full faith and confidence should
be given, and that his signature to the the same is genuine
and in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Kittanning
this 9th day of May, A.D. one thousand eight hundred
and thirty four.
Fredk Rohrer, Pro.