Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3137, John Dunlap, Penn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE

Penn
Dunlap, John
NUMBER R 3137
Elizabeth

CONTENTS
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Extract from the Register Book of Marriages, belonging to the United Churches of Christ-Church and St. Peters in the City of Philadelphia

Book. A.

February 4th 1773 John Dunlap & Elizabeth Ellison by W Duche  Rector

Benjamin Door
Rector of Christ Church
Philadelphia - Dec. 12th, 1850
Michael Gasson, Clerk
[illegible] Kempton
Church Warden
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State of Pennsylvania } SS
City County of Philadelphia

On this twenty eighth day of December 1850 personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia now sitting, Mary Bleight, Ann Dunlap and John Dunlap all residents of the City, County, and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law do, in their oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836.
That they are the only children of John Dunlap who was born in Strabane, County of Tyrone, Ireland, in the year 1746 and emmigrated at an early age to America and settled in Philadelphia where he resided till his death on the 27th day of November 1812, that he was a printer and published for many years commencing in November 1771 a newspaper called "The Pennsylvania Packet or General Advertiser", that he was married on the 4th day of February 1773 to Elizabeth Ellison as will fully appear by the annexed certified extract from the register of marriages of the United Churches of Christ Church, and St. Peters in the City of Philadelphia, that their father the said John Dunlap was one of the original members of the first troop of Philadelphia City Cavalry and served as Cornet of said troop in the war of the revolution in the years 1776, 1777, 1778
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and was present with said first troop of Philadelphia City Cavalry at the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. The said troop then being commanded by Captain Samuel Morris--as will appear by the written oath of said first troop of Philadelphia City Cavalry - the deponents having no other evidence of such service than is furnished by said oath and by the minutes of said troop and there being no one living that they are aware of by whose testimony said service can be proved.
Deponents further state that their mother the said Elizabeth Ellison afterwards by the marriage aforesaid, Elizabeth Dunlap, the wife of the aforesaid John Dunlap, lived in Philadelphia till the twenty-first day of September 1836 on which day she died as will appear by the annexed affidavit of John D. Bleight; that they hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension in annuity, as the children of the said John and Elizabeth Dunlap decd, except the present, that their father died as before stated on the 27th day of November 1812 as will more fully appear by the annexed affidavit of John D. Bleight at the age of sixty six years, that as their mother died on the twenty-first day of September 1836, there was due him at the time of her death which is now claimed by deponents under the law, arrears of pension from the 4th day of March 1831, to the twenty-first day of September 1836 the day of her death, according to his services, that neither their father or
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mother in their lifetime applied for the pension to which they were entitled and for which this is an application and that therefore their names or either of them cannot be on the pension roll of any agency in any state.

Sworn to and subscribed in
open court before me on the day 
and year first above written } John Dunlap
                                               Mary Bleight
                                               Ann Dunlap

James Campbell
[illegible]
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May 18, 1936
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Mrs. S. H. Charles            JOHN DUNLAP
1413 Santa Fe Building   R. 3137
Dallas, Texas                    BA-J/M.B. [initialed]

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Charles (Karl) Grimm who came to America with the forces of General Lafayette and after the war settled in Virginia, also, of John Dunlap who enlisted at the age of twenty years in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, which was at that time in Cumberland County, and served throughout the war.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service in that war of a Charles or Karl Grimm, under any spelling of the surname.  Such claim are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.  The record has been found of only one John Dunlap who served from Pennsylvania, and it is furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, R. 3137, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Dunlap was born in Strabane, County of Tyrone, Ireland, in 1746, and emigrated at an early age to America and settled in Philadelphia.  The names of his parents are not given.

John Dunlap was a printer and published for many years, commencing in November 1771, a newspaper called "The Pennsylvania Packet or General Advertiser", and was one of the original members who organized the Philadelphia City Cavalry, November 17, 1774.  During the years 1776, 1777 and 1778, he served as cornet of the First Troop of said corps under Captain Samuel Morris and was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton.  He subsequently served as lieutenant and captain of the same corps of cavalry and resigned June 30, 1805.

The soldier married February 4, 1773, Elizabeth Ellison, and their marriage was recorded in the Register of Marriages belonging to the United Churches of Christ Church and Saint Peters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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John Dunlap died November 29, 1818, in Philadelphia, and his widow, Elisabeth, died September 21, 1836, in the same city, where they were both living at the time of death. 
December 28, 1850, Mary Bleight, Ann Dunlap and John Dunlap, their only surviving children, all residents of Philadelphia, applied for pension on account of the services of their father in the Revolution, as stated above by them, but their claim was not allowed as they failed to furnish proof of six months' actual military service during the Revolution as was required by the pension laws.
In 1850, one John D. Bleight was a member of the Philadelphia Bar; his relationship to Mary Bleight, soldier's daughter, was not shown. 
Very truly yours, 
A.D Hiller
Executive Assistant
 to the administrator
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Copy Pension Office March 15, 1851.
S.J. Bowen Esqr.
Present.
Sir:
The case of Elizabeth Dunlap deceased has been examined and I am constrained to report that it is not satisfactorily made out. The length of service rendered by John Dunlap is not shown. It appears that he belonged to a volunteer organization in Philadelphia which was called out in cases of emergency and dismissed as soon as the occasion was over. He may have been in the battles enumerated by the [claimant], and yet not have performed six weeks service. Nor is it shown that even when that Corps was in the field, it was attended by Dunlap. Sickness, business or other preoccupation may have prevented his joining his company. In short in the administration of the pension laws we can take nothing for granted; every essential fact must be distinctly proved. That such testimony is now difficult or even impossible to be procured is no argument against the enforcement of this rule. The law has been in operation since the 4th of July 1836; at that time many actors in that scene were living, and if the parties chose to slumber over their rights they cannot provoke the aid of presumption to supply the deficiency of testimony. 
There is no evidence in the case to identify the Mrs. Dunlap who died in 1836 with the one to whom Captain Dunlap was married before the Revolution; should sufficient evidence of Dunlap's service and the length of it be [adduced], it will then be necessary to prove that the one on whose account this claim is asserted was married at the date alleged. The day of her death must also be proved by the minister who officiated at her funeral, the undertaker or by some one whose relation to that event induced him to keep a record of it. 
I am & c
F.S. Evans for Commr.
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[written in left-hand margin]
1919 Oct. 23 Hist. to
W.E.B. Dunlap
1927 - Dec. 21 - Hist. to
Ms. G. S. Dunlap [illegible]
______________________________________
1928 - June 28 that to
John [illegible] Dunlap
see his lettering MEE
case of James Dunlap
4.35904
_____________________________________
1936, May 18 - Hist to [illegible]
Mrs. S. H. Charles

3137
Elizabeth Dunlap
Stamped REJECTED

Cause of rejection not found 
on permitted list of 1852
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No. 7681 [underlined]

Elizth Dunlap decd
Penna.
Act 4th July 1836.

[Sister] to B.J. Bauer, March 18, 1851 [crossed out and nearly illegible]

3137
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No. 7. 681
Elizabeth Dun Cap W
Pennsylvania
Act 4 - July, 1856
Letter to S. [illegible] Bowen. Mar 15th '57
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Philadelphia December 28, 1850
Sir
The enclosed pamphlet being the "By Law, muster Roll and Papers selected from the archives of the First Troop Philadelpha city cavalry" might I thought be of some use in the case of the heirs of the late [illegible] John Dunlap decd, whose claim under the pension laws I forward by to-days mail. It will at all events facilitate any examination as to the service of said troop in the revolution by furnishing the dates of their respective times of service.
Very Respectfully
your obt st.
R.K. Scott
[line illegible]
Hon: James E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
The pamphlet referred to above was not in Pension Bureau files where claim was used Oct. 23.1919 by
AW.& V.L.M.
Rev. War Section


 







Very Respectfully you
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Philadelphia February 13. 1837
Sir:
on the 28th of December last I
forwarded the claim of the heirs of John
Dunlap a revolutionary officer for arrears of
pension and not having heard from you on the subject beg leave to call your attention to the case at your earliest convenience.
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt St
R. K. Scott
36  Jolen St.

Attn: James E Heath
Commr of Pensions
Washington
DC
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Montevideo, Minnesota.
7th October 1919
From W.E.B.Dunlap, Montevideo, Minnesota.
To Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Subject Revolutionary War Record of Lieut. John Dunlap

1. Will you kindly furnish me with your record of Lieutenant John Dunlap (sometimes spelled Dunlop) who was commissioned a first lieutenant on June 5th 1776 and was a member of William Stanwood's Company Second Cumberland Country regiment (Massachusetts) also records of John Dunlap who was a member of the Philadelphia Calvary same war. 
The above information wanted to complete family history, 
Thanking you in advance I remain Yours very truly, 
W.E.B. Dunlap, 
Montevideo, Minnesota
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{Letterhead} Deborah Avery Chapter
Lincoln, Nebraska
(illegible) George S. Dunlap, Regent
1987 Sewell Street

{Hand written on top}. 2 & (illegible) returned (illegible signature)

Dec. 7, 1927
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir
Would you please tell me what the charge would be for securing the Revolutionary War service of Captain John Dunlap of Pennsylvania, who died in 1812.  He was one of the two printers who first printed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, and to whom a bronze tablet was unveiled in their memory, Nov. 17, 1927, by the Pennsylvania Historical Society at Philadelphia.
                                Sincerely
                          (Mrs. G. S.) Charlotte Dunlap
                          1987 Sewell St.
P.S.  If not more than 75 ds. please send and I will remit.
 {postmark}  Pension Office
                      U. S. Dec 10 1927
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Association of American Railroads operation and maintenance department car service division
R.W. Edwards district manager
1413 Santa Fe Building Dallas, Texas May 8 1936
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs: 
At your convenience I would like to have Revolutionary War record of Charles (Earl) Crimm; came to America with the force of General Lafayette, and after the war settled in Virginia.
Yours very truly. 
[signature] Mrs. S.H. Charles
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Association of American Railroads operation and maintenance department car service division
R.W. Edwards district manager
1413 Santa Fe Building Dallas, Texas May 7 1936
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
At your convenience I would like to have Revolutionary War record of John Dunlap - Enlisted at age of 20, Chamberaburg, Pa., at that time Cumberland County -  served throughout the war. 
Very truly,
[signature] Mrs. S.H. Charles
1413 Santa Fe building
Dallas, Texas
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Rev.&1812 Ware [Scotim] [signature]
December 21, 1937
Mrs. G.S. Dunlap
1967 Sewell St., Lincoln, Nebraska
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 3137 it appears that John Dunlap was born in 1748 in Straban, County of Tyrone, Ireland and emigrated, at an early age, to America and settled in Philadelphia. 
He was a printer and published for many years, [commenting] in November 1771, a newspaper called "The Pennsylvania Packet or General Advertiser". It is also stated that he was one of the original members who organized the Philadelphia City Cavalry on November 17, 1774. During 1776,1777, and 1778, he was cornet of the First Troop of said Corps and was engaged in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, and  subsequently served as Lieutenant and Captain of said Cavalry until he resigned June 30, 1803.
He married February 4, 1773, Elisabeth Ellison. Their marriage was recorded in the Register belonging to the United Churches of Christ Church and St. Peters in Philadelphia. 
Said John Dunlap died November 27, 1812 in Philadelphia.
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and his widow, the said Elisabeth died September 21, 1836 in Philadelphia.
On December 28, 1850, their only serving children, Mary Bleigth, Ann Dunlap and John Dunlap applied for pension on account of the services of their father in the Revolution, as stated above by them, but their claim was not allowed as they failed to furnish proof of six months' actual military service during the Revolution as was required by the pension laws.
The name of one John D. Bleigth, a member of the Bar in Philadelphia in 1850, is shown in said papers, but no relationship to the soldier's family is stated.

Respectfully,

Winfield Scott
Commissioner.
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V. L. M.
Rev. War Section.
                                    October 23, 1919.
W. X. B. Dunlap,
Montevideo, Minn.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 7th instant, you are advised that in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. File No. 3137 it appears that John Dunlap was born in 1746 at Strabane, Tyrone County, Ireland and emigrated at an early age to America and settled in Philadelphia, that he was a printer and published for many years commencing in November 1771, a newspaper called the "Pennsylvania Packet or General Advertiser".

It is alleged that he was one of the original members who organized the Philadelphia City Cavalry on November 17, 1774 and that during 1776, 1777 and 1778 he was Cornet of the First Troop of said Corps and was engaged in the battles of Trenton and Princeton. Also that he served as Lieutenant and Captain in said Cavalry until he resigned June 30, 1803.

He married February 4, 1773, Elisabeth Ellison, and died November 27, 1818 in Philadelphia.  She died September 21 1836, in Philadelphia.  On December 28, 1850, their only surviving children Mary Bleight, Ann and John Dunlap applied for the pension due on account of the services alleged above but their claim was not allowed as they failed to furnish sufficient proof of

{Written along the margins}. Their mar. was recorded in the Register belonging to the United Church of Christ church & St. Peters in Phila.
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six months actual military service during the Revolution as required by the pension laws. 
Very respectfully, 
[signature]
Commissioner
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                                 M E. E.
                         copied from letter Dec 21, 1927
                                by M M H. F.
                  
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
                                 June 20, 1928
Mr. John Eccles Dunlop
126 Main Street
 Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 3137 it appears that John Dunlap was born in 1746 in Strabane, County of Tyrone, Ireland, and emigrated, at an early age, to America and settled in Philadelphia.

He was a printer and published for many years, commencing in November 1771, a newspaper called "The Pennsylvania Packet or General Advertiser".  It is also stated that he was one of the original members who organized the Philadelphia City Cavalry on November 17, 1774.  During 1776, 1777, and 1778, he was cornet of the First Troop of said Corps and was engaged in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, and subsequently served as Lieutenant and Captain of said Cavalry until he resigned June 30, 1803.

He married February 4, 1773, Elisabeth Ellison.  Their marriage was recorded in the Register belonging to the United Churches of Christ Church and St. Peters in Philadelphia, and
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his widow, the said Elisabeth died September 21, 1836 in Philadelphia. 
On December 28, 1850, their only serving children, Mary Bleigth, Ann Dunlap and John Dunlap applied for pension on account of the services of their father in the Revolution, as stated above by them, but their claim was not allowed as they failed to furnish proof of six months' actual military service during the Revolution as was required by the pension laws.
The name of one John D. Bleigth, a member of the Bar in Philadelphia in 1850, is shown in said papers, but no relationship to the soldier's family is stated. 
The above noted John Dunlap or Dunlop is the only solider of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau who served in the Pennsylvania Troops.
Respectfully, 
Winfield Scott 
Commissioner.
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State of Pennsylvania
City, County of Philadelphia} ss

On this twenty eighth day of December 1850 before me in open court personally appeared John B. Bleight a member of the Philadelphia Bar who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that John Dunlap died at Philadelphia in the twenty seventh day of November A.D. eighteen hundred and twelve: and that his widow Elizabeth Dunlap died in the same city on the twenty first day of September A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty six; after the death of the said John Dunlap. 

                                                  //s//
                                      John D. Bleight
Sworn and subscribed before me
in open court the day & year same
written.
                                             //s//
                                     James Campbell
                                                  Judge C. Pleas


Sworn & subscribed before me
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State of Pennsylvania             }
City & County of Philadelphia }

Before me the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia personally appeared
William Rawle and William J. Duane both residents of the City of Philadelphia, both credible witnesses, and both personally known to me who being [phrase inserted illegible] duly sworn according to law depose and say that they were aquainted with the late John Dunlap in his life time; that he resided in the City of Philadelphia; that he was known, refuted and believed by his friends and acquaintance and by the public to have served in the war of the revolution as an officer in the first troop of Philadelphia City Cavalry, and that we concur in that belief and opinion; and Depments further say that to the best of their knowledge and belief Mary Bleight, Ann Dunlap, and John Dunlap are the only surviving children of the said John Dunlap; and further the Depments state that they  they are 
disinterested in the matter.
Sworn & Subscribed before me}             Willm Rawle 
this Twenty Eighth day of December 1850}        W.J. Duane

James Campbell
Judge  C Pleas
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State of Pennsylvania
City, County of Philadelphia}  ss

Before me the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Coty & County of Philadelphia personally appeared Thomas C. James of the dais city, merchant aged thirty eight years, who being duly affirmed according to law deposes and says that he is the captain of the First Troop Philadelphia City Calvary: that said Corps was organized on the 17th day of November 1774 and has been in residence from that time up to the present time and is still in residence as a regularly organized volunteer Corps; that the archives of said corps are in his possession; that by referring thereto he finds that John Dunlap was one of the original members who established said Corps on the 17th day of November; that he also finds by reference to the roll of said corps that the said John Dunlap served in the campaign of 1776 and 1777 as corvet in said corps and that he was present at the battles of Trento and Princeton; and that he the said John Dunlap subsequently filled the office of 1st Lieutenant and Captain in said Corps and resigned from it on the 30th day of June 1803.

                                          //s//
                              Thomas J. James

Certified & subscribed before me
the 28th day of Septm. A.D. 1850

//s//
James Campbell
             Judge C. Pleas
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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 John Dunlap, the individual named in the foregoing declaration and affidavit, and on account of where service application is now made, was a Revolutionary officer and served as therein stated.
And the Court further certifies that William Rawle, William J.
Duane, and Thomas C. James, John D. Bleight  where affidavits have been taken in the matter and we hereto annexed are persons personally known to the Court as citizens and residents of Philadelphia whose statements are entitled to full faith and credit. And the Court further certifies that Mary Bleight, Ann Dunlap, and John Dunlap are the only surviving children of the said John Dunlap.
James Campbell
Judge C. Pleas
I George Carpenter Prothonotary Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the City & County of Philadelphia do hereby certify that the Hon. James Campbell whose genuine signature is attached to the annexed declaration, affidavits, and opinion is a Judge of the said Court duly commissioned and sworn: that all his official acts as such are certified to full faith and credit: and that the said court is a court of Record: and that the foregoing papers contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mary Bleight, Ann Dunlap, and John Dunlap in sight of their deceased Mother Elizabeth Dunlap[ word covered by seal] certain arrears of pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  and seal of office this twenty eighth day of December A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty. Geo Carpenter Prothonotary
[Large seal left side of document]