Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35934, Joseph Finch, Md.
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Md

Finch, Jospeh

S35934
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Right Side of Bifold:
11,4th
Kentucky [?]

Joseph Finch 
of Lewis Co. in the state of Kentucky
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gunby of the Maryland line, for the term of 2 yrs + 10 mos:.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky 
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25th of July 1818__

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of June 1819
and sent to A Beatty, Esq
Washington Ky.

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 11/31  58.83
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819    48.00 
                                                           $106.83

{Revolutionary claim, }
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
Lewis County

Left side of bifold:
Top line:
Date of death not on [illegible]

written crosswise on the right hand side of the page:

[illegible] sent to Joseph Robb Esq 14 June 1821 Lewis [Court]
Kentucky
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Jospeh Finch
Declaration [illegible]
as a pensioner

A copy Examined 1820
A.H. Robb [possibly Clk]

11474

CN
JLE
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Joseph Finch
Declaration &c. 
as a pensioner
Copy examined 1820
A.H. Robb - Clerk
11474
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The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Lewis County-
On this 18th day of July1820, Personally appeared before the subscriber Judge of the first Judicial district in Kentucky and now sitting in open court in Lewis County being one of the circuits of the first Judicial districts and a Court of Record. Joseph Finch, aged Eighty years and a resident of said county of Lewis who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath Declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows.  He enlisted on the 23rd on the 23rd day of March 1777 in Montgomery County State of Maryland with Captain John Coats Jones and was attached to the Seventh Maryland Regiment commanded by Colo John Gunby, and was enlisted for the term of three years.  During his Service he was in the following battles_ At Brandywine Statton Island GermanTown and at Monmouth he remained in said Regiment until he was discharged which took place on the 23rd of March 1780 at MorrisTown New Jersey which released him from the Continental Establishment.
The said Finch is now upon the pension list and has a certificate dated the 17th day of June 1819.
No. 11,474 The date of his original declaration was made the 25th day of July 1818 and I the said Finch, do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that timey by Gift, Sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within
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within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed the 18th day of March 1818.  And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or Securities, Contracts, or Debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed_

No property of any description_
No family but himself.  The said Finch declares he is very infirm and much afflicted so that he is unable to do any kind of [illegible] and cannot be sustained only upon the bounty of his country_
Joseph Finch_

Sworn to and declared before the undersigned Judge of the Lewis Circuit Court this 18th of July 1820.
Kentucky Lewis County [illegible]  A. Beatty

At a circuit court continued and held for the county aforesaid at the Court House in the town of Clarksburg on Tuesday the 18th day of July 1820, Joseph Finch.  This day came personally into court and made oath to his written declaration, which is ordered to be filed.  And it is further ordered that it be certified to the department of War, And it also appearing to the satisfaction of the court as well from the oath of said Finch as from the oath of Charles Ames that said Finch has no property in his care or possession__

A. Copy Test  Jos Robb [illegible] [illegible]
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The Commonwealth of Kentucky [illegible]

I Joseph Robb Clerk of the Lewis Circuit Court, do hereby certify the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed and truly copied from the Record of the said Court
And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the Total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is no property of any description as appearing from the aforesaid Schedule and order of of Court.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal[seal is struck out] affixed the seal of the said Court in my office at Clarksburg the 
19th day of February 182[blotched]  And in the 29th year of the Commonwealth aforesaid.
Jos Robb Clk
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Admitted
25 July 1818

2132 
A. Beatty
Finch, Joseph
Washington
Statement

Private
Col Gunby's Regiment
Maryland Line
2 yrs 10 mos
1777

A certificate in support of this claim wanted at the war department pension office

Declaration to be returned
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Kentucky, Lewis Circuit & County

Joseph Finch states on oath in open court that on the twenty-first day of March in the year 1777 he was enlisted by John Coats Jones (who afterward commanded the company in which he served) he does not recollect who commanded the company at the time of his enlistment of the seventh Maryland Regiment on continental establishment commanded by Colonel John Gunby, the Army commanded  by Gen. Sullivan when he enlisted & when discharged was commanded by Gen. Smallwood. That he enlisted in Montgomery County State of Maryland for the term of three years which time he served and was discharged by Gen Smallwood acting as General in New Jersey near Morris Town on the twenty-first day of March in the year 1780. That he sent his discharge to a Mr Randall of whom he knows nothing at this time he further states that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth
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Germantown and Staten Island. That he is old and infirm and in very indigent circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for his support; he lives at this time in Lewis County. That he never received a pension from the United States.

Kentucky Lewis Circuit

At a circuit court began and held for Lewis County at the Court House thereof in the Town of Clarksburg on Monday the 20th day of July 1818 "Joseph Finch appeared in open court and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the facts as stated in his written declaration made for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provisions of the act of congress of the last sessions in favor of certain officers and soldiers of the revolutionary war - It was also proved by the oaths of Charles Ames and Benjamin Harris that the said Joseph Finch was in the public service as stated in his declaration three years and upwards. And also, by the oath of Jonathan Wilson that the said Finch is in very low circumstances

And the court being satisfied from the proofs aforesaid that the said Joseph Finch was in the public service as stated in his declaration and that in consequence of his very reduced circumstance he needs the assistance of his county for support.

It is therefore ordered that the same be certified to the secretary of war.

A Copy Teste

Jos Robb C,L,Ct C.
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Commonwealth of Kentucky Set

I Joseph Robb, Clerk of the Lewis Circuit Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing order of Court is a true copyfrom the records of the Circuit Court of the County aforesaid.

And that due faith and credit is and ought to be given thereto as such as well in Courts of Justice as thereunto.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county at my office in the County of Clarksburg the 25th day of July 1818 and in the 27th year of the commonwealth aforesaid.

Jos Robb - Clerk

SEAL

Auditor's Office, Annapolis, May 18th, 1819

I hereby certify that it appears from the muster rolls remaining in the Auditor's Office that Joseph Finch enlisted as a private in the seventh Maryland regiment on the twenty-eight day of May 1777 and was discharged on the 28th March 1780

Thos Karney  Aud. S.M.
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September 26, 1939

Mrs. H. M. Rankin
416 East Street
Washington Court House, Ohio

JOSEPH FINCH
S. 35934
BA-J/MIB

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from the paper in pension claim, S. 35934, based upon service of Joseph Finch in the Revolutionary War. 

The date and place of birth of Joseph Finch and names of his parents were not given. 

Joseph Finch enlisted in March, 1777, in Montgomery County, Maryland, served as private in Captain John Courts Jones' company, Colonel John Gunby's 7th Maryland Regiment, was in the battles of Staten Island, Brandywine, Gemantown and Monmouth, and was discharged March 28, 1790, at Morristown, New Jersey, having served three years. 

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed July 25, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Lewis County, Kentucky. He was still living there in 1820, when he gave his age as eighty years. 

Joseph Finch stated in 1820 that he had "no family". It is not shown whether he ever married. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Joseph Finch, certificate #11474, issued June 7, 1818, rate $8 per month, commenced July 25, 1818, Act 18th March, 1818, Kentucky Agency. 

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1939 Sept. 26 Hist to Mrs HM Rankin MLB
35934
INVALID.
Revy[?]
File No. 35934
Joseph Finch
Dir Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 468
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Lewis C. House Ky.
Febry 20th 1824
To the Honble. John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City. District of Columbia
per Mail
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MRS. H. M. RANKIN 416 EAST ST WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE OHIO
August 10, 1939

Veterans Bureau,
Washington D C.

Gentlemen:-
Will you please send me the Revolutionary War service of the following men?

Henry Palmer, who served from Virginia, in Col. Spotswood's Regiment. Did he receive a pension or bounty land? Would like the information contained in his pension papers if he received a pension. 

Joseph Finch who served with the Maryland Troops, seems to have been in the 7th Maryland Regiment. Did he receive a pension or bounty land? Would like the information contained in his pension papers also. 

Thank you for your courtesy. 

Respectfully,

Mrs. H.M. Rankin
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September 26, 1939

Mrs. H. M. Rankin
416 East Street
Washington Court House, Ohio

BA-J/MIB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Henry Palmer who, you state, served in Colonel Spotswood's Virginia regiment, and of Joseph Finch who served in the 7th Maryland Regiment. 

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service in that war of the Henry Palmer described by you. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration. Information in regard to the military service of Henry Palmer might be obtained from The Adjutant General, War Department, this city. 

The record of Joseph Finch is furnished you herewith. 
B.35934

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator