Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 8,026, Andrew Anderson, Penn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE: Penn.

Anderson, Andrew

NUMBER: S. 8036

canded

CONTENTS
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[Left side of document]
26.335
Ohio - Pittsburg agency
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Andrew Anderson
of Wayne Co in the State of --- Ohio ---
who was a Pr - in the Company commanded
by Captain Furrey of the Reg commanded
by Col Davis in the Penna
[illegible] Militia ------

/ Pr B $ 40.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio - P. A
at the rate of 40 Dollars ----- cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of pension issued the 21st day of May--- and sent to
1834 D. Faclk, Lomemevile, Ohio
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Asseats to the 4th day of May '34         120.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "      20.00
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                                                                $ 140.00
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                                           {Revolutionary Claim
                                                 Act June 7, 1832} 
Recorded by D J. Sprager Clerk,
Book C --- vol. i page 105

[Right side]
Set. to G. F. Lewis March
28. 1850
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Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress Passed June 7th 1832.

State of Ohio, Wayne County [unknown symbol].

                     On this 24th day of December 1833
Personally appeared before me [illegible, crossed out] an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne in the State of Ohio, Andrew Anderson, a resident of the County of Wayne In the State of Ohio -- aged Seventy Two years and Six months, who being by me duly sworn according to law dothan his oath make the following declaration In order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress Passed June 7th 1832.
        That he entered the service of the United States under the following [illegible] officers and served as herein stated.
That he Entered the Service of the United States as a Drafted MilitiaMan under Captain Harry of the Pennsylvania Militia In the County of York In the State of Pennsylvania That he was Twice Drafted out for a term of six months Each and served said two tours of Duty in the Militia under said Capt. "Furry" a captain in the York County Militia, In the state of Pennsylvania and the Lieutenant name was Christian "Sinn" who had been a Butcher in Little York previous to his entering the service, and the major of the Regiment was William Bailey and the Col who commanded the ~ Regiment to which this applicant belonged was one Col Davis,
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That this applicant served his said Two Years of Duty In the Militia under his officers above named, and that he was Drafted and to service In the County of York, In the Township of Hopewell, of said County, In the State of Pennsylvania. That this applicant was stationed During a Part of his said Two Years of Duty at Little York, in the County of York and a Part of the Time the Company to which this applicant belonged was stationed at a placed called Gettys-Burgh in the State of Pennsylvania, that whilst at GettysBurg the part of the Regiment that went to GettysBurg, was Commanded By Major William Bailey, the Major of the Regiment, and that whilst at GettysBurgh theDrafted Militia of the County of York Joined the Drafted Militia of Franklin County Pennsylvania that whist at GettysBurgh the Drafted Militia of Franklin County was Commanded By a Col whose name was Col "Stoll" that the Adjutant of the Regt of Militia from Franklin County was Adjutant "Burgefs," and the Major of the Franklin County Militia was Major George Swingler. That the all served
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at the Time this applicant was in ther Service at Little York and at Gettys-Burgh. That this applicant Entered the Service on his first six months [illegible] of service on the first of September 1777. and served to the first of March 1778. and was then verbally discharged by his Capt. Furry who commanded this applicant that he never received any written discharge whatever. 
That this applicant was a second time as above mentioned after being so discharged from the service once more enter the service under his second tour of Duty as a Drafted Militia manIn York County, state of Pennsylvania under his officers above named and served a second tour of six months under the same officers who commanded this applicant during the first tour of six months that this applicant was such second time Drafted In Hopewell Township, York County State of Pennsylvania as above mentioned that this applicant was such Second Drafted out for said Period the first of June 1778 and served from the first of June 1778 to the first of December 1778. - In the Militia of York County, Pennsylvania that this applicant was for some time stationed at Little York and for a Part of the time they were at
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GettysBurgh, and a Part of the Time This applicant was stationed at a Place called "WilliamsPort" on the Potomac River, and from thence they were marched Back to Little York, and after the Expiration of his said second tour of six months was again verbally discharged from the service By Capt. Furry, as above mentioned at Little York Pennsylvania where on the first of December 1778 This applicant was once more verbally discharged from the service, having served under the said two drafts for the space of one year between the Periods above mentioned. 
That this applicant was once more Drafted out to serve for a third time In the militia of York County in the State of Pennsylvania, in said Hopewell Township above mentioned that this applicant entered the service the third June under said Capt. "Furry" and Lieutenant "Sinn" above mentioned that this applicant was Drafted some time in the year 1781. this third tour for six months or above mentioned that this applicant served under said third tour of Duty for a Period
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of three months from the first of September 1781 to the first of December 1781 marking a tour for three months actual service. Under his third Draft, that he was drafted for six months but was [illegible] being out in the service three months three months verbally Discharged from the service By his Captain Furry, under whom this applicant served his said above mentioned and specified -- making a Revolutionary Service of one year and three months actual service In the militia of the State of Pennsylvania - that this applicant was During his aid third tour of Militia Duty, commanded By Capt. "Furry"  his old Militia Captain above mentioned and Major "William Bailey" that Major Bailey was the Highest officer in command During his third tour of Duty, that this applicant made his third Draft was for the [illegible] of June stationed at a "garrison" or Fort In the Vicinity of Little York, Pennsylvania where the soldiers laid a few miles from Little York -
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That the soldiers Built a "Stockade" at that Place, in the Woods where the soldiers Built "Block Houses" to live in, that whilst stationed there they Built a Block House to keep the British Prisoners in that a Portion of the Prisoners who had been Taken at the Capture of Lord Cornwallis was sent to that Place where this applicant with the Drafted Militia of York County under the Command of Major Wm Bailey who was the Highest officer at that Place in Command was Employed to take care of and keep guard of the British Prisoners who had been sent there to be Detained as Prisoners of War, that this applicant recollected that whilst so stationed there, he & several others went out  into the Country to get straw to cover their log-huts, that they got it of the Farmers in that neighborhood of Little York, that the Farmers told the soldiers they might have the straw if the grain was out of it
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That Major Bailey sent this applicant with several others to thrash out a large quantity of grain that the soldiers could have the straw for use of the soldiers, that this applicant assisted in thrashing it out and assisted to Bring it into the camp. That whilst the British Prisoners were stationed at the place, [crossed out: the same] a great number of them Died of a complaint which seemed to be mortal to the Prisoners But did not spread or affect the americans. That many of the Prisoners Died of the complaint whilst at that place. That for some of the time the soldiers had nothing to eat but "flour" that the soldiers could not get meat that they got such [illegible maybe mere?] two pounds of flour and lived on that till they could get meat they lived on flour or Bread along without meat for two or three weeks. That after they got meat, that the soldiers were frequently out of Bread as well as meat During the applicants third tour of three months service, that this applicant served the said three tours of Duty as above mentioned being one year and three months as a Private soldier
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In the Drafted militia of York Co. in the State of Pennsylvania and that During said one year & three months this applicant was not engaged in any civil pursuit, but the whole time was devoted to his Duty as a soldier in the Drafted militia of York Co. In the State of Pennsylvania as above mentioned & set forth. That no living witnesses can be had or procured to prove the above mentioned service other or farther than By annexed deponton [illegible] with exhibited & attached. 
That the officers under whom this applicant served & who was in the service during the time of this applicants service are as follows -
Capt. Furry, Major Wm "Bailey" and Col Davis, and Lieut. Chrisitan "Sinn," 
the officers of the Franklin Co. Drafted Militia was Col. Stole, the Adjutant was [illegible] and Major "George Swigley" a Brother to Capt. "Peter Swingley" of the Franklin Co, Drafted Militia.
That they all served at the Time & [illegible] as in the service for the Periods above mentioned.
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Interogotris

1. Where and In what year were your Born [?]
Answer: I was Born in the County of York, Hopewell Township in the State of Pennsylvania. on the 12th day of May in the year  1761. Which makes my preasent age seventy two years six months of age.

2d Have you any Record of your age & if so where is it [?]
Answer: I have a copy of an old entry which is taken & copied from an original [illegible] made By my father, the original Record of my Father is long since lost But I have a copy of it in my House at this time and from that & the Best Information I always Recd. from my parents I am now Seventy Two Years & six months of age. 

3d where were you living at the time you entered the service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
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Answer: at the time I entered the service & each time that I was Drafted I resided in the Township of Hopewell In the County of York In the State of Pennsylvania, and since the Revolutionary War, I have lived In York Co. Pennsylvania and In Brooke Co. Virginia and in Wayne Co. State of Ohio In the Township of Pery where I now live.

4. How were you called into the served, were you Drafted, did you Volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom?
Answer: I was three times Drafted to serve dor 6 months each period in the militia of York Co. Pa The two [illegible] Drafts I served out and the third tour of 6 months I served only three months of the [illegible] was then discharged, making a Revolutionary Service of one Year and Three months, all of which I time I served as a Private Soldier.
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5th State the name of some of the officers who were in the troops where you served such Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service. 
Answer: My Captain was Capt. "Furry" of York Co. Pa. Drafted Militia, my Lieut was Lieut "Christian Sinn" a Butcher of York Co. Pa previous to his entering the service, my Major was Major "Wm. Bailey" and the Col was Col "Davis"
The officers who was in the service with me at the time and commanded a Regt. of Drafted Militia of Franklin Co. Pa and and were In the service at the time I served was Col "Stoll" Major George Swingley and Adjutant "Bruss" and Capt Peter Swingley, and the above officers  served with the Drafted Militia Regiment from Franklin Co, when I served. [illegible]
One circumstance I well recollect was that the [illegible] that I belonged to went out one evening whilst we were at GettysBurgh Pa some of the soldiers went out and got a "Bee-Hive" full of Honey & Brought it to Camp and in the morning we got our Capt. & Lieut to eat Breakfast with us, for the purpose of having our officer eat a part of the Honey with us - I expect the soldiers stole it, but I do not know Positively whether they stole it or not. We ear it & heard no more about it.
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Some of the British Prisoners of War which we had the care of at the station in York Co. Pa had their wives with them, whilst we were guarding them, the Prisoners wives some times came out & would talk & converse with us. I distinctly recollect that some of them were or they declared themselves Heartily glad that the Americans had Taken them & their Husbands Prisoners as they said they were relieved from the constant perils & dangers of their marches with the Kings Troops.

6th. did you ever relieve a commission if so By whom was it signed and what has become of it [?]
Answer: I never recieved any commission at any time during my service of one yeat and three months.

7th. did you ever receive any written dicharge from the service[?]
Answer: I never recieved any written discharge at any time from the service but was at Each Time verbally discharged By our Capt. "Furry" under whom I served

8th State the name of some of the person whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can certify as to your characted for truth & veracity & their Belief of your service as a soldier in the Revolution
Major Joseph Bishof, Col. Anderson, Robt. McMahan, [illegible] John McMahan, Red. E. Yoem, Honorable Judge Culbartson, John Faulk Esq. aty at law vc vc
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Sworn to & Subscribed before}
This 24 day of December 1833}
Hugh Cullurton associate Judge} 

[on the right of the line:] Andrew Anderson

State of Ohio
  Wayne County [illegible].
               I Andrew Anderson the - applicant for a Pension & [illegible] relinquish Every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity Except the Present and [illegible] my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency or any state,

Sworn & ascribed this { 
24 day of December 1833 {
Hugh Cullerton associate judge {

[signature on the right of the line:] Anderew Anderson

We William Jawell ---- a Clergyman residing in the County of Wayne In the State of Ohio and Henry McMullin ----- a resident citizen of the County of Wayne In the State of Ohio, do Hereby Certify that Andrew Anderson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration is a Person with whom we are well acquainted and that we believe him to be a soldier of the Revolution that he is so reputed to be a Revolutionary Soldier in the neigh =
= borhood where he resides, and that we believe him to be seventy two ---- years and six months of age as he states in his above declaration by him ----
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subscribed & sworn to and that we do concure In the general opinion of the neighborhood where the said applicant resides, that the said applicant has been a soldier of the Revolution
=ary War as he states in his Declaration
Sworn to & subscribed                 {
before me this 24th day of           }
December 1833                             {
Hugh Cullberton associate judge }

[signatures on the right side of the line:]
[first signature crossed out & illegible]
Wm Bsussl
Kenayull Mun

I the said Judge do hereby certify and declare my opinion after the [illegible] of the [illegible] & the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I further certify that it appears to me that William Lawell - who has signed the proceeding certification is a clergyman resident in the County of Wayne In the state of Ohio and that Henry McMillan, who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Wayne In the State of Ohio and and that he is a credible person and that their statements are entitled to the full faith & credit and I further certify that the said applicant is unable By reason of old age & Bodily Infirmity to attend an Invertigation in a court of Record as he is old & [illegible] & had therefore submitted to an Investigation before me this 24th day of December 1833
     Hugh Cullbarton associate Judge
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[Illegible] Will Wayne Co OHio
                            May 8th 1834
Honorable J L. Edwards,
          I herewith Enclose to you the pension papers of "Andrew Anderson" an old & worthy veteran of the Revolutionary War, he is a man of stern Integrity & Excellent moral Character and is esteemed as one of our most Honest and trustworthy citizens, he is the father of Col. John Anderson of this state, the old man's memory has recently vary much failed he was out in the service about 18 months but in his amendments to his papers he claims only for 12 months service as he cannot sufficiently recollect the precise length of his service. The old gentleman most assuredly merits his pension and stand much in need of it at this time, he is now very frail & had much trouble to get him to attend Before the magistrate in preparing his papers & the amendment, I have since pased his amendment to his care as I deemed in prersiance of the Instruction from the War Department, It is estimably hoped the Department will now deem him worthy of his small compensation to which his service entitle him. ----
He really very much needs & merits it.
Your Obedient Servent,
John Faulks
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Payments to be made
at Pittsburg Pa
by Prest U.S. BuBlf
Agent for paying Pension=
sions, in the Agency of Pa.


Recorded in the Pension of=
fice, in Book E Vol 8
Page 105 by
PT Sprauue Clerk

Note - The number on the book of the seal is 26.335
_________________________________________
David Anderson
G.F. Lewis
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Delhi Feb 22d 1850
Dear Sit.
                   I send you a copy of the pension papers of my father soliciting you to assist in procuring whatever I may be entitled to through my father's service as a Revolutionary Soldier
According to my best recollection - he died on the 19th day of May AD 1846
Cop of Pension paper
War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th of June 1832 Andrew Anderson of the State of - Ohio - who was a Private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive forty dollars per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year
Given at the War office of the United States this 20th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
Lew Cass
Secretary of War

Seal

Examined and }
[illegible].        }
JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Pension

8026
INVALID.

File No. 8026
Andrew Anderson
Priv Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832

Index:- Col. [illegible], Page 9
[ Arrangement of 1870.]
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Detroit, Michigan
March 20th 1850
Hon AL Edwards

Sir,
           Please inform me if the Pension to whom to whom the Pension certificate of which the within is a copy was entitled to Pand
I am, Sir,
Respectfully yours 
G G Lewis
Pr. Douglas Payne.
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amendment to
"Andrew Anderson" Pension Papers

State of Ohio, Wayne County
    I Andrew Anderson, the applicant for a pension do Herly further state as an amendment to my annexed Declaration originally sworn to and subscribed by me and In addition to said declaration that I was in the service of the United States as a Drafted Militia Man from the County of York in the state of Pennsylvania at three several times and that as near as this applicant is at this time able to recollect that the said period of Duty He was Drafted the first of September 1777 and thinks He served until the first of March 1778 in the militia of York County in the State of Pennsylvania that this applicant is not absolutely [illegible] as to the precise period of His service During the first tour of Duty, that he is old and his memory had very much failed and that in consequence of it he cannot be [illegible] how long he did serve but recollect Distinctly that he served the [illegible] under a Draft in Hopewell Township in York Co Penns=lyvania in the month of September 1777 and served till fifth of March 1778 or about that time of [illegible] he is [illegible] and that he served under Capt Furry in a Militia corps commanded by Capt Furry
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That the name of the lieutenant was "Christian=
= Sinn" who had formarly followed Butchering at Little York Pa that this applicant served in a Militia Regiment under command of Major "Bailey" and Col Davis
That this applicant served said Tour of Duty as a Private Soldier for the whole Period of Time and was stationed and served the whole of said tour of Duty at Little York and at GettysBurg in the State of Pennsylva=nia under the officers above named and in a reason why he recollect that this Tour of Duty was in the winter season he recoled that the soldiers went out and got straw from the Farmers in the County to put in their Beds to lie on for the army that several Farmers had not got their grain thrashed out of the straw but told the soldiers if they would thrash out the grain, the could have the straw as - much as they wanted that the soldiers by direction of their officers did go and thresh out a quantity of the grain & got the straw which was Brought to the station for the soldiers to lie on and to were as the army needed it,
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and this applicant further says that he was once more Drafted as a Militia man and joined a Regt of Militia of York County in the State of Pennsylvania that he was Drafted as near as this applicant is able to recollect about the first of June 1778 and served from the first of June as near as he can recollect till the fall of 1778 some time about the first of December of that year - and served this second tour of Duty under Captain Furry in a Militia Company under that the Lieutenant of the Company was Christian Sinn of York County in the State of Pennsylvania that he served in a Regiment Commanded by Major Wm Bailey and Col =Davis that this applicant was stationed - at Little York and at GettysBurgh in the State of Pennsylvania and was there in service During the second tour of Duty and that he served the whole period of this las mentioned Tout of Duty as a Private Soldier and served at Little York and at GettysBurgh being at such of those places in service during said period on Tour of Duty as above stated that this applicant is not absolutely positive as to the precise period of time he was out in service but according to the best of his recollection he was in service from the first June 1778 to fall of said year not far from 1st of Dec. 1778.
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that this applicant recollects that whilst at GettysBurgh the Regt of York County - Militia joined a Regt on [illegible] of Militia from Franklin County Pennsylvania the Franklin County Militia was under the command of a Col Stoll the Adjutant of the Regt was "Burges" and the Major of the Franklin Co Troops was Major George Swingley - That they were at Gettysburgh at the time this applicant was stationed there, that this applicant served this las tour of Duty at Little York and at Gettysburgh in Pennsylvania as above mentioned that the above are the particularly as near as this applicant is able to recollect at this time, that he served this second tour of Duty as a Private Soldier in the Militia
and this applicant further says that he was again Drafted for a third tour of Duty in the Militia of York County in the State of Pennsylvania that he was Drafted the first of September 1781 and was out for a Period of three months that he served from the fitst of September 1781 to the first of December 1781 making a tour of three months service as a Private Soldier in the Militia of York County in the state of Pennsylvania, that this applicant served his third tour of Duty in the Militia of York Co as a Drafted Militia man for said last mentioned period of three months was in the service for the whole period as a Private Soldier in the Militia of Pennsylvania aforesaid.
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that this applicant served his several last mentioned tour of Duty of three months above specified under Captain Furry above specified under Captain Furry in a Regt commanded by Major Bailey and Col Davis that for the greater part of the time Major Baily was the Highest officer in command for the for the principal part of the said three months that this applicant served his said last mentioned period of Duty at Little York and at a garrison near that place that the soldiers Built a stockade of loggs in the woods and put up logg Houses to live in that the soldiers were on duty as a guard