Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,327, for Michael Iseman, Pennsylvania
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Penn
Iseman, Michael 
NUMBER
S. 22.327
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22.659 
Pittsburgh, Penna.
Michael Iseman
of Westmoreland in the State of Penna. who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Jack of the Regt commanded by Col. Bayard in the Penna. line for 7 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.  

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Nov. 1833 and sent to J.  M. Barclay Esq. Greensburg, Penna.

Arrears to the 4th of September 1833   58.33
Semi-ant allowance ending 4 Mar. 34    11.67
                                                               $70.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm K. Palmer Clerk,
Book [illegible] Vol. five Page 80
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 Apr 1838 from 4 Sept 1836 to 4 Sept 1837.  Agent Modified to July 1838
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Declaration
Michael Eisaman
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State of Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County   SS
On this ninth day of April Eighteen hundred & thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting Michael Eisaman a Resident of Hempfield Township in the County of Westmoreland aforesaid aged 75 years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by an Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That in February 1776 or 1777 he was drafted to serve in the militia in Bedford (now Westmoreland) County Pennsylvania, in Captain David Marcland's company.  The company rendezvoused in Hannah's town [illegible] marched to Pittsburgh, & there joined General Hand army, crossed the Allegheny & went under Hand on what was afterward called the Squaw Campaign.  When returned with the army to Pittsburgh, & was then discharged verbally, having been engaged in the service upward of one month. [illegible] 1779 declarant enlisted in Captain Mathew Jacks Company of infantry for the term of six months.  This was in Westmoreland County aforesaid.  Rendezvoused at Hannah's town, marched then to Pittsburgh there joined Brodhead Army, proceeded under the command of Colonel Bayard up the Alleghany River & assisted in building Fort Bayard; at this
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place we were joined by General Brodhead with the rest of the army.  Then declarant took, was put in the hospital where he remained until the return of Brodhead's army, until his term of service of six months had expired.  He was there discharged, which discharge he has lost.  Declarant was frequently afterward out on scouting parties against the Indians for short period.  Declarant served under the foregoing engagements, first as drafted a militia man, & second as an enlisted soldier the full term of seven months & upward, for which term he claims, the services of this declarant in the War of the Revolution and in past knows to Captain Mathew Jack who is still living.  He knows of no other one living.  Captain Jacks testimony accompanies this Declaration.  Declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any [illegible] in any state.  To this interrogation propounded by the Court as directed by the War department. Declarant answers as follows viz:
To the 1t Interrogatory - In Northampton County Pennsylvania, in the year 1758.
To the 2d Interrogatory - I have seen the record of my birth in my father's bible.
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To the 3d Interrogatory - I was drafted & enlisted in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania as stated before.  I have lived since my discharge in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania.
4th Interrogatory - This I have already answered in the preceding declaration.
5. Interrogatory - All I recollect in answer to this interrogatory is contained in the foregoing declaration.
6th Interrogatory - I have already answered this interrogatory in the preceding declaration.
7th Henry Allehouse Esquire, John Klingen Smith Jr Esquire, Honorable Richard Coulter.
Sworn & subscribed this day & year first aforesaid. 
Michael  X  Iseman
[illegible] 
Randal McLaughlin, Prot.
Mr. Christain Eisaman & David Altman Resident Citizens of Hempfield Township Westmoreland County Pennsylvania
Do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Michael Iseman, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration.  That we believe him to be seventy five years of age.  That he is respected & believed
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in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Christian Eisaman
David Altman
[illegible]
Randal McLaughlin Prot

And this said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.  And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Christian Eisaman & David Altman who have signed the preceding certificate are Residents  in Hempfield Township in the County aforesaid.  And that this Statement is entitled to credit.
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Westmoreland County   SS
Mathew Jack a Citizen on Westmoreland County aforesaid on his solemn oath declares that he knew Michael Eisaman who is an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832, in the Revolutionary War.  In the year 1779, this declarant being a Captain in the army, enlisted said Eisaman in his Company for the term of six months at or near Hannah's Town in this County.  Said Eisaman served out his term of six months and at or after the expiration thereof was honorably discharged.  Deponent has seen him within a few days & knows him well.
Sworn & Subscribed August 23, 1833.
Mathew Jack
Before me
A. Johnston
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I Randal McLaughlin Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Michael Iseman for a Pension.  And I do also certify that Alexander Johnston, Esquire before whom the within deposition of Capt. Matthew Jack was taken, at the time thereof was and now is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned sworn, and that the signature "A Johnston" thereto is the proper handwriting of said Justice. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the same Court of my office in Greensburgh this twenty third day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. 
Randal McLaughlin, Prot.

22 7 60 Michael Iseman [printed vertically]
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27.760.  22.659/
Michael Iseman
Penna.
Adm 7.  months $23.33 
J. Y. Barclay
Greensburg
Westmoreland Co. Penna.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
16 Nov 1832
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 show 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, showing the Service of Michael Iseman

| Period when the service was rendered.
Feb 1776
June 1779
|Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.   Months.   Days.
                  1
                   6 
| Rank of the claimant.
priv
| Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap. Marchand
Gen Hand
Cap. Jack
Col Bayard
| Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
75 years
Bedford Co. Pa
| Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary and a living witness 

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
J. 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 County of   ss.
On this    day of    personally appeared (a) before     A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of      and State, Territory or District of      aged (c)         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)        , with      and served in the       (e) regiment of the       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     
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
[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                  of the Court of  
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of 
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of 
&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 forgoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman. residing in the 
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with          , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be        years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and 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                and that 
C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the             and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                     Clerk of the Court of            do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                      for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this            day of         &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?
{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 of 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 is 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 ament 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 ____ year _____ months, and ____ days, I served as a ______. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a ______; 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 fix his seal, and if it has no device of 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.
[hand with finger pointing] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by [illegible] 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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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 3, 1838
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," Michael Isaman a Pensioner of the Roll of the Pittsburg.  Agency, at the rate of twenty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th. June 1832 has been paid at the Department, from the 4th. of Sept. 1836 to the 4th. of Sept. 1837
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE   1-681    PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 36519
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications,    January 2, 1930
Room G 139.
Please furnish work specified below. 
Bureau ordering PENSIONS
Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job  __photostat copies of three pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Michael Iseman, S. 22327__
No. of copies    __1 of each__   Shall form be kept standing? _____   _____ days
For further information see   __M. M. H. Finch__ 
Room No. 5033   Phone No. 541 
Approved:
A. D. Watkinson Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Margaret M. H. Finch Chief of Rev. & 1812 Wars Sec.
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[written vertically]   Revolution
22327
INVALID.
File No. 22.327
Michael Iseman
Priv Rev War
Act:  June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 202
[Arrangement of 1870]

1930 Jan. 9. Photos mailed to Mary C. Oursler Sec
Philip Drum, 2.22218. 
A. D. Y.