Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,944, John Adlum, Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn
Adlum, John
NUMBER
S. 11944
carded
CONTENT
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23.082.
District of Columbia
John Adlum
Washington in the State of D. C.
who was a Corpl. [Corporal] in the- commanded
by Captain of the Rgy[regiment] commanded by  Col. [Colonel]Smith
of the Reg
in the Pan.
for 6 mo: 20 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Dis. of Columbia
at the rate of 24. Dollars 58 cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of Nov: 33
Present and [Lieutenant Major] Lieut Maj. Adlum
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1883 61.45.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 34 12.29
$73,74
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nath: Rice - Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 108

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the
act of April 6th 1838 and
Aug 23d 1842 from 4th Sept
1835 to the 1st March 1836
Agent notified Novr 25th 1842

29.16
12.29
41.45
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Admd [admitted] as Capt[captain]
6 mo. & 20 days 24. 58
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District of Columbia
Washington County
To wit
On this the first day of Novem 1833 personally
Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the District aforesaid appeared before the subscriber Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the District aforesaid [crossed out - a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid] John Adlum a resident of the County and District aforesaid
aged about seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1828 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. First, that he was a volunteer in the Militia of the State of Pennsylvania and was afterwards attached
to what was called the Flying Camp. That he volunteered in the York Town Militia consisting of four companies under the command in the first instance of at James Smith. That the deponent was in the company
commanded by Capt Charles Lukens who was the Sheriff of the County the other three companies were under the command of Capt William Bailey, Capt Rudolph Spangler and Capt Michael Hahn Besides Col Smith, the field officers were Col. Joseph Donaldson and Major Michael Swoopes. That the deponent joined his said company on the 7th July 1776. After the militia was formed into a flying Camp Major Swoope became the Colonel as Col Smith was a member of Congress Robt Stevenson was appointed at Colonel and Capt
W Bailey was made major. That when the said Militia was formed into the flying Camp deponent was attached to Capt Stakes company as a Corporal though he did the duty generally of Sergeant. The whole militia consisted of three regiments and was commanded by Brigade Genl John or James Ewin of York County Penn That the deponent marched from York Town for the Camp on the
11th July 1776. That on the 16 of Nover 1776 he was taken a prisoner at the battle of Fort Washington and was cared by the British to New York where he was kept until Feby 1777 when he was released on parole and returned to York Town but was never discharged from
service. The officers of the company to which the deponent belonged after the companies were formed into the flying Camp were Capt
Stake Lieut Sheriff who was afterwards appointed Brigade
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Major, St Holtzinger and Ensign Barnett
That the deponent served with the Regt of Militia from Cumberland County Penna commanded by Col Watts also with the Regt from Chester County commanded by Col Wm Montgomery. That the Brigade in which
deponent served was sent up the North River before the evacuation of New York and began the erection of Fort Lee which was laid out by
Col Putnam as he believes Genl Greene commanded Fort Lee afterwards and the deponent was on duty about 20 miles from the Camp there at a Bridge over the Hackensack River
That after the deponents return to York Town on parole he was not notified to do militia duty will some time in 1780 when he complied
and never rec'd any notice of being discharged or exchanged in service That the deponent was on the battle at Fort Washington and was taken prisoner on the 16 Nov 1776
That he knew Genl Greene who commanded at Fort Lee and also Col Meigs and Col or major Glover of the Regulars who came with the New England Troops under Genl Lee That the militia marched from York Town in Pennsylvania to Phelps thence they went by water to Trenton thence to Newark miles from Poules Hook and thence to Bergin in Jersey where they did duly
some time and thence to Fort Lee, and the deponent further says that he has no documentary evidence in support of his claim and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify
to his service That the deponent refers to the answers annexed to the questions accompanying this paper for further explanation of his serve as and of the matters connected therewith. He hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not in the pension Roll of the agency of any
State
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid
John Adlum
Wm Cranch JP
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District of Columbia
Washington County To wit.
On this the 31st. October 1833 W Obadiah B Brown a Clergyman residing in the City and County of Washington and William Greer
residing in the same do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr John Adlum who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be
about seventy four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier and non commissioned officer of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
O.B. Brown
William Greer
The said Obadiah B Brown and William
being each duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God depose
to and subscribed the foregoing statement before me a Justice of the Peace
for the County of Washington District of Columbia 31 Oct 1833
C. H. W. Wharton JP [JP circled]

District of Columbia
Washington County ⎬ To wit
On this the first day of November 1833 personally appeared before the Subscriber William French Chief Judge of the Circuit
Court of the District of Columbia for the County of Washington John Adlum
of said County who being duly sworn made the ^statement and answers^ as contained in
the paper hereto annexed and I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named John Adlum was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the said Chief Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Obadiah B Brown who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the City of Washington and that William Greer who has also signed the same is a resident in said City and County of Washn [Washington]
and that their statement is entitled to credit
W. Cranch
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and the said Chief Judge does hereby certify that the Circuit Court
of the District of Columbia for the County of Washington is not now in
Session and that there is no Court of Record now sitting in said Court.
that John Adlum who is an aged person and lives several miles from
the place of the setting of any Court complains of bodily infirmity
and thereby unable to appear on any Court at a distance
without great inconvenience which are the reasons why the
depositions are now taken before the Chief Judge of the Court aforesaid
Witness my hand this first Novem 1833
W. Cranch
to
I William Brent Clerk of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
for the County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings before the Honble William Cranch Chief Judge
of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Adlum for
pension and that the signature annexed is the genuine signature
of said Judge
And I also certify that Chs H W Wharton
Esquire whose signature is annexed to the deposition of the said to
Obadiah B Brown and William Greer accompanying these papers was
as the time and still is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County
and that his signature as thereto attached is his genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of Office this the
[illegible] first day of Novem 1833
 
Wm Brent Clk
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Interogatories [interrogatories], with answers -
First Where and in what year was you born
Answer, I was born in the Town of York in
Pennsylvania on the 29th day of April in the
year 1759
Second, Have you any record of your age,
and if so, where is it
Answer. The time of my birth is written in
my late father's Bible, where I remember
to have often seen it; This Bible is presumed
either in the hands of my brother or sister, now living in Muncy Township or its
neighbourhood in Lycoming County in Penns.
Third and Fourth - Where were you living
when called into service, where have you
lived since the Revolutionary war, and where
do you now live & 4th How were you called
into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and for whom?
Answer.
I was living with my father at York
Town above mentioned, when I volunteered to
go with the Militia to Camp-- Independance was declared on the 4th day of July 1776, and on the evening of the 6th of July following the on James Smith our neighbor, (and one of the signers of the said declaration) with Capt.
Francis Wade and a Doctor Young arrived
at York Town to see how the good people of
the Town and its vicinity, relished the said
declaration - accordingly, on the morning
of the 7th day of July, The four companies of the town militia was paraded, Mr. Smith was
(the Colonel of the militia Regiment,) when the
Declaration of Independance was read. Mr Smith
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made a speech, as did Capt Wade & Doctor Young pointing out the advantages, that it would be of to our Country &c Mr Smith made a short concluding speech, and then threw up his hat and hurrawed [hurrahed] for liberty & Independence, the militia on parade and others attending followed their example,
There was then a proposition, of who will
go to Camp? When I believe every one on a
trade without and exception volunteered to
go, and of which I was one [underlined]. But it was thought prudent, to retain and keep those at home that was more than forty years old to take care of & guard the Town and on the 11th day of July we marched for Camp. The four Companies of the Town, were commanded by Cap. Charles Lukens the Sheriff of York County, (and to which I belonged) Capt. Wm Baily a respectable man a copper Smith, Capt. Rudolph Spangler a silversmith and Capt. Michael Hahn, I am not certain as to his occupation, but I believe it was a Smith-- and it was generally believed that he was, the most sensible, and smartest man of these four Captains. Lieutenant Col. Joseph Donaldson & Major Michael Swoops commanded the militia of York Town and its vicinity, on their way to
Camp and while at Camp untill what was called the flying camp was formed, (Mr. Smith the Colonel was then a member of Congress) Major Swoope was then appointed the Colonel, Robert Stevenson the Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain Wm Bailey was appointed the Major of our Regiment - Col. Watts of Cumberland County was appointed the Colonel of the Regiment from said County, & Wm Montgomery Esqr. was appointed the Col. of the Regiment from Chester County. I do not recollect who was the Lieut. Col. of Watts' regiment but his Majors name was Galbraith, and who had as I stood informed about one hundred & forty men, of
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of the Regiment with him on the day we were taken prisoners, but being a prudent man, he kept them out of harms way-- except a few of his men, without orders ran to where the fighting was, and acted like men and soldier, and no doubt they all would have done so if their officers had let them on, Lieut Col Bull commanded Col Montgomery's Regiment from Chester County, I do not recollect of seeing Col Montgomery at Camp, Col Bull was a Quaker Gentleman, and as brave a man as was in the Army - I saw him ride along the whole front of a British regiment within eighty yards of them when they were firing briskly. And it appeared to me, that he done it, to shew [show] the men whom Col Swoope and others were rallying that the firing of the enemy was not so dangerous as might be apprehended. These three Regiments were commanded by Brigadier Gen John ^or James Ewing of York County Pennsa [Pennsylvania]
As to where I was born, and my marching
with the Militia is answered above. But
was a Corporal in Capt Stakes Company of the flying camp. And generally done the duty of a Serjeant [Sergeant] when on guard. Our Adjutant to on the [illegible] acted in the place of our Brigade Major ^[illegible] Sherriff - Generally placed me when on the
parade on the right of the Serjants [Sergeants], and gave me seperate [separate] command and sometimes I was sent
a considerable distance on command for several days-- On the 16th day of November 1776 I was taken prisoner at Fort Washington, and taken into New York, and sometime in the month of Feb 1777. I got a parole to go home But being a prisoner I did not get a Commission of Ensign as I expected, and most of all the officers with scarcely an exception were superceded [superseded]. I staid [stayed] at York Town
with my father untill April 1781. When I went
to
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to Frederick Town Maryland where I resided
untill [until] after peace was proclaimed, and in 1784 went to Northumberland County in Pennsa. where I followed Surveying, and called Northumberland County my home, untill Lycoming County was cut off a part of it. When I called Muncy in said County my home, in the year 1798 I moved to the neighbourhood [neighborhood] of Havre de Grace in Harford County Maryland, and in the year 1814. I moved the neighbourhood [neighborhood] of
the district of Columbia, and in October 1816
I moved where I now reside. Viz at the Vineyard-- in the District of Columbia
Question 5 -
State the names 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, at this distance of time. I cannot recollect the names of many of our own officers even in the regiment. I served in, which I suppose is owing to their seldom having appeared on parade - of our regiment there was Capt. Stake, to whose company I attached myself. his subalterns, were Lieut. Sherriff who was appointed Brigade Major, and who had been a Schoolmaster in York Town - Lieut. Holtzinger a brotherinlaw [brother-in-law] to Col Hartley who commanded one of the
Continental regiments during the Revolution
the Holtzinger was a fellow prentice with Simon Snyder afterwards Governor of Pennsa. [Pennsylvania] Michael Dowdle a tanner - Captain Smiser I only recollect of Lieut. Zachary Shugart his first Lieut. I do not recollect of any of Capt. Nelsons Subalterns, and of Capt Tritts company. I only recollect [of -crossed out] Ensign Myers a blacksmith, and who was the most uncouth looking men in army, and one of the greatest dunces - Ensign Jacob Barnitz of Stakes company was shot through both legs, and lay on the field of battle all night naked, having been stripped by the Hessions or their trulls- He was taken up the next day after the Battle, by those appointed to bury the
dead, and carried to the hospital in New York-
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where one leg was cured, and he would not suffer the British surgeons to amputate the other he carried the ball a little below his knee, for thirty two years when it became so painful, he was obliged to have his leg amputated above his knee-
In our Brigade the Serjants [Sergeants] &c with but few exceptions were the most talented and efficient officers in the Brigade-
Before New York was evacuated by our troops
our Brigade was sent up the North river where
we began to erect Fort Lee, Colonel Putnam
who I believe was a nephew to General Israel Putman was the Engineer who laid it out-- I think this was towards the last of the month of September and after the battle of the White Plains General Green assumed the command and if my memory is correct he brought two or a part of two brigades with him, of the New England troops, I think one was called Glovers, and I recollect a Colonel Meigs, I do not recollect the names of any of the other officers of these Brigades -
When General Green assumed the command of the troops at Fort Lee. I was out on command about twenty miles from the camp at a bridge over Hackensack River, where there was a commessaries [commissaries] store, and to intercept deserters from our camp, and while I was there and before I had ever seen General Green, an Irishman named
Kilpatrick, and who had been in the British
service and who came over to us while our troops lay before the City of Boston, was the centry [sentry] on the Bridge - General Greene with another gentleman was passing that way when Kilpatrick stopped him and called for me-- I went to the Bridge, Kilpatrick observed here is a Gentleman who says he is general
Greene, and your orders to me is not to let any one pass into the Country that had the appearance of a Soldier & I felt very much confused not to say frightened, but I handed him my orders, which was written by
Brigadier Ewing, and endorsed from one Serjent [Sergeant] to another, General Green read them, and then handed me
When any of the British deserted and joined our army which the generaley [generally] did, it was called comeing [coming] over to us, as it was considered a great insult to ask them if they deserted
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a letter from General Putnam introducing him
to a Gentleman in the Country, a few miles from the bridge, I told the sentry to let him pass.- After he had passed the bridge I told Kilpatrick that he had got me into a pretty hobble, as I was afraid the General might not be pleased with my conduct or at being stopped-- But Kilpatrick answered this will be the making of your fortune, you may depend
on it that the General, will rather approve of
than censure you, and he added, now we must
be prepared to receive him on his return in the
best manner we can. We accordingly dressed ourselves as well as circumstances would admit of-- And as we saw the General returning we formed and when he came up to us we presented our arms He told me to bring the men to an order. He then asked me a number of questions. As to whether any disaffected people ^were in that neighbourhood [neighborhood] and what supplies might be got on an emergency &c  To all which I could give him tolerably satisfactory answers - There was an intelligent framer who lived within forty or fifty rods from the bridge, who was in the habit of coming and sitting with me in the evenings and he gave me a history of the neighbourhood [neighborhood] for several miles round, with the real or supposed
disaffected, with its resources. A thing which
probably should not have thought of enquiring
after, if this old Gentleman had not communicated them to me. This command always lasted for a week - General Greene after this always took notice of and frequently spoke to me when I chanced meet him in Camp or otherwise -
Question 6th Did you ever receive a discharge
from the service; and if so, by whom was it
given and what has become of it.
Answer - I was taken prisoner at Fort Washington on the 16th day of November 1776 and I got a parole to go home in the month of February following. and I was not notified to do militia duly untill [until] some
time
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time in the year 1780, I went and mustered
once, and I then desired the Captain to inform
me what evidence he had of my be
in exchanged, he said he had none, but
that he supposed from the time elapsed since
the Capture of Fort Washington he thought it
was very probable that an exchange of prisoners had taken place-- I told him that whenever he could satisfy me that I was exchanged I would be ready to perform militia duty and untill [until] he could do that, I would not again attend parade, and I never was again called on to do militia duty - To an officer ?
To this I answer that I expected to receive an Ensigns Commission on the 1st day of January 1777.  As I understood that on that day the
the Seventh Penns Regiment was to be organized and to be commanded by Col
Magaw, who at that time commanded the 4th
Pennsa [Pennsylvania] Regiment, and ^the times of the ^service of the men. Of the said Regiment as I understood ^expired on the 1st day of Jany 1777^ and of course to be discharged except the reenlisted. When twelve regiments were to be raised in Pennsa [Pennsylvania] and to be newly organized on that day, but the unfortunate affair at Fort Washington deranged the whole business, and the Council of Safety of Philada [Philadelphia] superceded [superseded] and appointed officers in the place of almost all those that had the misfortune to be prisoners to the enemy.  I know of but one
exception and that was Major Otho Holland
Williams afterwards General Williams. 
But there may have been others that I did not know of -
Col Rawlings who was Colonel of the Maryland Rifle Regiment, and Major William's superior
was superceded [superseded]. Col Rawlings was one of the handsomest as well as one of the bravest officers in the Army - For he with Major Williams with
309
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309 men of their Regiment a piquet guard of & a Capt. guard of 40 men repulsed near ten
times their number at least twice, and the enemy acknowledged the loss of 600 men. And if it had not been for the British light Infantry, who formed in the rear of the Hessians, and drove them on our troops with their bayonetts [bayonets], would have been
beat to a certainty, - This I mention with some
hesitation, as Major Williams did not attend
to it or know any thing about the British that charged on the Hessians - And I was within less than five yards of him when he was wounded. I saw Doctor McHenry (afterwards
Secretary of war), cut out the ball with which
Major W. was wounded, as he was sitting on
a rock exposed to all the fire of the enemy and
but a few minutes before the British charged bayonet on the Hessians -
Queston 7th State the names of the
persons whom you are known in your present
neighbourhood [neighborhood], and [sic] and who can testify as your character for veracity and their belief of you [sic] services as a Soldier of the revolution,
Answer
have known Joseph Nourse, for about forty years - Nathan Lufborough Esqr also about forty years- near George Town both of whom I believe will testify as to my veracity
John Adlum
Sworn to before a Justice of the Peace for the Court of [illegible] for this district 1833.
B. [illegible]
The foregoing Interrogatories we put by me as Chief Judge of the Circuit Ct of the District of Columbia for the County of Wash [Washington] to John Adlum after he was
duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God and was answered and
subscribed to by him as above set forth before me is the first
November 1833.
day of
W. Cranch
Ch. Judge of the Circuit Count &c -
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GIDEON PRINTER

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
November 11th 1842
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," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension
agents, The widow of John Adlum, decd
Pensioner on the Roll of the District of Columbia Agency, at the rate of Twenty four
Dollars and 58 cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1835 to the 1st March 1836.
Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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In reply to your request of , received
for a statement of the military history of John Adlum a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's -crossed out) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. F. 11,944.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED, CAPTAIN.
COLONEL. STATE.
-July 7, 1776. BLANK. Corpl. Charles Lukens. James Smith. Pa.
-blank. blank. blank. Stake. Michael Swope
-[arrow from July 7, 1776 to text] was captured at the battle of Fort Washington, taken to N.J. and detained until Feb. 1777, when released on parole. 

Battles engaged in, see above
Residence of soldier at enlistment, York, York Co., Pa.
Date of application for pension, Nov 1, 1833. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Washington Co. D. C.
Age at date of application, B. Apr. 29. 1759, York, Pa.
Remarks:
There is no data relative to wife or children
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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1913 Jan. 10. History to
Miss Alice Truby
LW
1833 June 26 Hist to H.J.
Young awf
Rev War
[handwritten check mark]
18944
INVALID.
File No. 11944
John Adlum
Corprl. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 3
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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OFFICERS
HON. H. C. NILES
President
S. FAHS SMITH
Vice President
RALPH S. CANNON
Treasurer
REINHARDT DEMPWOLF
Curator and Secretary
JAMES W. SHETTEL
Corresponding Secretary
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OF YORK COUNTY
Founded 1895
York, Pennsylvania
TRUSTEES
FRANCIS FARQUHAR
Chairman
GEORGE H. WHITELEY, JR.
S. FAHS SMITH
S. FORRY LAUCKS
J. WM. STAIR
HON. FRANKLIN MENGES
JOSEPH K. KINDIG, JR.
June 10, 1935
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: --


Will you kindly let me know what personal
records you have for Henry Baumgardner of York County, Pennsylvania, and Corporal John Adlum of Washington County, District of Columbia, who were both granted pensions for
military services in the Revolutionary War, in 1833.
We will greatly appreciate this information
at your convenience.

Sincerely yours,
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF YORK COUNTY
H.J. Young
H. J. Young, Researcher.
HJY:S

"WE SPECIALIZE IN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHES IN YORK AND ADJACENT COUNTIES"

[Black round time stamp:] 11:30 RECEIVED JUN 12 1935 [illegible]
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Painesville, Ohio,
Jan. 3rd, 1913.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: -
If consistent, will you kindly furnish me from their pension applications, statements of the services of the following
named Revolutionary soldiers, viz.:
John Adlum, Washington County, District of Columbia.
William Owen (or Owens), Clermont County, Ohio.
James Murphy,                      "                "
And oblige,
Yours truly,
(Miss) Alice Truby
Painesville, Ohio
[Black round stamp] PENSION U.S. OFFICE. C JAN 6 1913
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June 26, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
John Adlum-S.11944
Henry Baumgartner-S.22098
BA-J/AWF
Mr. H. J. Young, Researcher
Historical Society of York County,
York, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to John Adlam of Washington
County, District of Columbia, and Henry Baumgardner
of York County, Pennsylvania, both soldiers
of the War of the Revolution.
The records which follow were obtained from
claims for pension, based upon their service in the
Revolutionary War.
John Adlum-S.11944
The Revolutionary War record of John Adlum which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 11944, based upon his service in that war.
John Adlam was born April 29, 1759 in York, Pennsylvania, names of his parents not given.
While residing in said York, with his father, he
volunteered, July 7, 1776, served in Captain Charles Lukens' company, Colonel James Smith's Pennsylvania regimen, in a short while was transferred to Captain Stake's
company, Colonel Michael Swope's regiment of the Flying Camp, served as a corporal, was taken prisoner at Fort Washington, November 16, 1776, carried to New York and
held until February, 1777, when he was released on parole, and returned to York, Pennsylvania, where his father still lived.
John Adlum moved in April, 1781 from York, Penn-
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Pennsylvania to Fredericktown, Maryland, in 1784 to Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1798 moved near Havre de Grace, Maryland, in 1814 moved to the neighborhood 
of the District of Columbia" and in 1816 moved to
the Vineyard, Washington County, District of Columbia, where he was living when he was allowed pension
pension on his application executed, November 1, 1833.
Reference was made in 1833 to brothers and sisters of the soldier, John Adlam, who were then living in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, [handwritten insert] no names stated
The soldier died March 1, 1836, leaving a widow; her name is not stated, and there is no reference to children.
In order to obtain the name and address of the
person to whom the last payment of pension was sent, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C.,
and cite the following:
John Adlum
Certificate #23082
Issued November 2, 1833
Rate $24.58 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
District of Columbia Agency.
Henry Baumgartner-
S.22098
The record furnished herein were obtained from the
papers on file in pension claim, S. 22098, based upon
the service of Henry Baumgartner in the Revolutionary War.
Henry Baumgartner was born in the year 1758 in
Frederick County, Maryland, names of his parents not
given.
While residing, with George Kitsmiller, in York
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County (that part later Adams County), Pennsylvania,
Henry Baumgartner served in 1776 as a substitute for
said George Kitsmiller, two months in Captain Thomas
Fisher's Pennsylvania company. At the expiration of
that service, he enlisted and served six months as a
private in Captain Nicholas Bittinger's company, Colonel
McAllister's regiment of the Flying Camp. The
following year he served two months guarding prisoners
taken with Burgoyne", names of officers not given.
The soldier, Henry Baumgartner, was allowed pension on his application executed, August 8, 1832, at
which time he was a resident of Frederick County, Maryland, near the Pennsylvania Line, about twenty-five
miles from York, Pennsylvania. His application was
executed in said York, as it was nearer than the county seat of Frederick County, Maryland.
There is no reference to wife or children.
Jacob Baumgartner was living in 1832 near Hanover,
York County, Pennsylvania; his relationship to the soldier, Henry Baumgartner, is not shown.
In order to obtain information relative to the
last payment of pension, name and address of person paid,
and possibly the date of death of Henry Baumgartner, you
should write the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the
following:
Henry Baumgardner, as he was pensioned
Certificate # 11494
Issued May 11, 1833
Rate $33.33 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator