Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3231, William Earle, [BLANK]
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE  
Earle, William 
Sarah
NUMBER  
W. 3231
CONTENTS
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1847 July
Pennsylvania
Sarah Earle
widow of Wm Earle
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Penn Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars.
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
10 day of Sept 18
and sent to Hon. C Darraugh
Pittsburgh
Penn.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1818, Page 221 Vol 2
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058
Application
Wm Earle
for
Pension
admitted
Pen 716 $80
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State of Pennsylvania           
Allegheny County            
On this fifth day of November AD 1888 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas Sarah Earle Allegheny County Penn. resident in the County of Allegheny aged Sixty six years and being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to claim the benefit of the pension made in the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pension to certain widows" that she is the widow of William Earle who was an enlisted soldier in the war of the Revolution, that the claimant has no documentary evidence of his time when he entered the service, or the times when he left the same other than the muster roll in the War Department, and the deposition of Ptr Parchment which accompanies this declaration she further declares that she was married to the said William Earle on the 25th day of December 1787 that her husband the aforesaid William Earle died on the 25h day of October AD 1825, and that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred ninety four viz at the time above stated she was intermarried with her late husband William Earle in Carlisle Cumberland County Pennsylvania by the Reverend Doctor Robert Davidson Pastor of the Presbyterian Church on the twenty fifth of December AD 1787 and that this declarant has no record proof of her said marriage other than the Family Bible and that the following contains a true and entire copy from said marriage entry "William Earle intermarried with Sarah Redman 25th December 1787" that said Family Bible remained in the possession of the deponent and her husband until his decease from which period to the present time said Family Bible has remained in the possession of this deponent. The leaf containing the said entry is taken from said Family Bible is annexed to this declaration marked "A" The Applicant William Earl interm
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has never been married since the death
of her said husband
Sarah Earle
Sworn and Subscribed in open court
this Fifth - day of November 1838
T B Dallas
Pres. Judge of the Fifth Jud.
District of Penna.
Allegheny County Ss
I Thomas Liggett Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Please in and for the County of Allegheny in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania to Certify that T.B. Dallas Esqr. before whom the 
foregoing Deposition was made and who has thereunto in his own proper
handwriting subscribed his name was at the time of taking such deposition
 and now is President Judge of the Fifth Judicial District of Penna
duly commissioned and sworn and to all whose acts as such are faith and credit are
and ought to be given within Judication and thereout Given under my hand
and the Seal of said Court of Pittsburgh this fifth day of November A.D. 1838
Thomas Liggett Pro
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"A"
William Earl intermarried with
Sarah Redman 25th December 1787
Richard Earl born 13th November 1788
died 13th July 1790
John Earl born august 19th 1790
Katherine Earl March 12th 1792
William Earl born July 22nd 1794
Sarah Earl born September 22nd, 1796
Richard Earl born January 29th 1799
Emily Earl Born January 18th 1801
Henry Earl born June 16 1803
Mary Wilkins Murray Earl June 1805
Mahlon B Earl born November 22nd 18
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Rmy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3231 am
Sarah Earle
Widow
Wm Earle
Pri. Rev War
Act: 4 Mar 18}48.}
Index:-Vol. A, Page 206
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Pittsburgh 11th August 1848
J.L. Edwards is
Comm. of Pensions
Sir
I herewith enclose you the declaration 
of Mrs. Sarah Earle widow of 
William Earle a soldier of the Revolution
Mrs Earle was allowed a pension -
the act of 11th June 1844, and is 
herever to me to be the same person
I also know that is still a widow
and unmarried.
Please send to me the
papers necessary for Mrs. Earle to draw
her pension
his Respt yours
C Darraugh
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House of Representatives,
Washington. Apr. 18. 1848
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Court of Pensions
Sir
Permit
me to call your early attention to the 
enclosed letter of the Hon C. Darragh
Very Respectfully
Your M Just
M. Hampton
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960         
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania             
Sarah Earle widow of William Earle decd [deceased]  and who died on the 25th Oct AD 1825 of Allegheny Co in the Stat of Pa who was a Private in the company commanded by Col Heath of the Regt commanded by Col.      in the Penna line for 2 years                      
Inscribed in the Roll of Penna Pittsbg at the rate of 80 Dollars ___ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.                
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Nov 1838 and Sent Wm R Biddle Pittsburg Pa   
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838          $200.00              
Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Jy   40.00            
$240.00             
{Act July 7, 1838.}           
Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk,             
Book c4 Vol. 25  Page 150            
let 21 Sept 42 Geo Watson         
Let to Hon W.W. Irwin Mar 16 1843
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Pennsylvania _6_
(Pittsburg Agency)
Sarah Earle
widow of William Earle
who was a private
in the Army of the Revolution
_____________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80__ Dollars__
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
14th day of April 1843_
and sent to Hon. W.W. Irwin
Present
_________________________
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1_ Page 131.
Hall
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Hon. J L Edwards
Pension Office
Washington City
Dc. C.
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Pittsburgh    
April 3 1843              
Hon J.L. Edwards            
Sir
I herewith enclose you application of Sarah Earle widow of William Earl dec’d. He was a pensioner under the act of 7th July 1838. I believe her application will be found confirmable to the form I had the honour of receiving from you through the [unreadable] of Hon W W Irwin. Very Respectfully.  
I Remain
Your [unreadable] Servt
Geo Watson
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State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
City of Pittsburg} S.S.
Be it however that before me
George Watson Esq. an alderman in and for said
city, and ex officio a Justice of the Peace in and
for said county, personally appeared Sarah Earle,
and made oath in due form of law that she
is the identical person named in an original
certificate which she gave up to the Pension agent in
Pittsburgh and transmitted to the pension office as
she has been informed by the P that she has not
intermarried, but that she remains the widow of
William Earle her husband named and and is in her
Certificate as aforesaid and that she now resides in
the Borough of Lawrenceville and has resided there
for the space of ten years past and that previous
thereunto, she resided in Pittsburgh to the truth of
which statements I am fully satisfied and prays
that this her application for a pension may be
received agreeably to an act of Congress approve
August, 23rd 1842, entitled "due act to ammend the
act of July eighteen hundred and thirty six and
eighteen hundred and thirty eight, allowing pensions
to certain widows."
Sworn to and subscribed this 15th Sarah Earle
day of September 1842 before me
Geo Watson
alderman
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City of Pittsburgh S.S.
Personally appeared before me
George Watson Esq. an alderman in and for the city
aforesaid Henry Earle, who being duly sworn
according to Law deposeth and saith that the
above named Sarah Earle is the identical person
named in the certificate to which she refers, and
that she was a widow on the 11th July 1836, and
that she still remains a widow, that deponents
and resides in the city of Pittsburgh and is the
son of the petitioner Sarah Earle
Sworn to and subscribed the 15th
day of September 1842 before me Henry Earle
Geo Watson
alderman
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State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County} S.S.
I Alfred Sutton, Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the county of Allegheny in
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
do by these present certify that
George Watson Esquire before
when the foregoing deposition of
Sarah Earle & Henry Earle were
taken and who has thereunto, in
his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name,
was at the time of taking such depositions, and
the powers of an acting Justic of the Peace, in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn
to all whom act, as such, due faith an credit are
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and affixed the seal of the said County
at Pittsburgh, in the said county this sixteenth
day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and forty two and of
the Sovereignty and independence of the United
States of America, the sixty seventh.
Attest
Alfred Sutter Pr
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State of Pennsylvania On this 8th day of August
1848 Personally around before the Subscriber and Alderman
of the City of Pittsburgh, Sarah Earl a widow of
Lawrenceville in the County of Allegheny, and Seventy
Six Years, who being first duly Sworn, according to Law doth
on her oath make the following declaration, in order to
obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress
passed on the 2nd February, 1848, granting pension to Widows
and unable received a pension of Eighty dollars per annum
under the act of 17th June 1844.
These further dictates that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and n Earle
Year above written before me
DS.Scully alderman
and Justice of the Peace of the City Pittsburgh.
I am Personally acquainted with the Subscriber Sarah Earle.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County} SS
the identical person described
D.S. Scully. alder
J.Peace
I Hiram Hultz Prothonotary of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for said county and state as by these presents
certify that Dennis S. Scully, Esquire, before whom the foregoing
affidavit was made, and who has in his own proper handwriting
Subscribed the certificate of the same, was on the day of the
of the date thereof and now is an Alderman in and for the
city of Pittsburg in said county, duly elected, commissioned and qualified to take the
acknowledgement of deeds, and other instruments and to administer oaths and affirmations
 to all whose official acts full faith and audit are, and of right ought to be paid throughout the United States and
Elsewhere. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Pittsburgh, in said county the ninth day
of August A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty eight.
Hiram Scully
Prothonotary
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Pennsylvania
Allegheny County [illegible]
I Samuel Jones
One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for
said County do hereby Certify that Hiram Hultz whose
name is subscribed to the within certificate is now &
has at the time of this signing thereof, prothonotary of
the said County of Allegheny and that to all his official
its such full faith and that to all his official
given as well in court, of justice as thereunto.
Witness
my hand sworn this 10th of August 1848
S. Jones 
Judge C.C.
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Pittsburgh Sept 16th 1842
Dear sir
At the request of the applicant - Mrs. Sarah
Earl widow of William Earl decd. I take the liberty
of forwarding her application for a renewal of
pension under the act of Congress passed
7th July 1842 - and received by act of Congress.
affixed 23 August 1842.
Dr to I have not the yet second or soon the
act of Congress except a copy given to me cant
from a news paper by Honbl Richard Biddle.
who forwarded me with the paper. If I am
in Error in mistaking the paper act or
resolution of Congress. I hope you will
favor me with a copy of the act of
Congress and Resolution together with
any rite of construction or form for
applicants under the last acts of Congress.
Very Respectfully I Remain your Obedient
Servant
Geo Watson
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3055 Nov 9
In at
Pa
7 July 1838
R. Biddle
H. of R. [House of Representatives]
JL Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington
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In 7th yr Jan 1838
Here doth the application
of Mrs. Sarah Earle for a Pension
written to the Applicant
Peter Parchment
Is my use
R Biddle
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189
Sarah Earle
application for
Pension
aomd
2 yr/mi
80
Hon W.W. Irwin
Present
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State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County} SS
On this twenty fifth day of March 1843 -
personally appeared before the subscriber an
alderman and Justice of the Peace in the City of
Pittsburgh in and for said County of Allegheny
Sarah Earle a resident of Lawrenceville in the 
County aforesaid aged Seventy Years who being first
duly sworn according to law; doth on her oath
make the following declaration, in order to obtain
the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress
passed on the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions
to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary War. that she is the widow of
William Earle who was a private enlisted
soldier in the service of the United States in the
Revolutionary War that she refers to the evidence
on file in the Pension office as evidence in support
of her personal application for a Pension in
which way granted to her the sum of Eighty dollars
per annum under the act of Congress of 7th July
1838, she further declares that she is still 
a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on Sarah Earle
the and year above written
Geo Watson
alderman
I George Watson alderman of the City of Pittsburgh
do hereby certify that the above declarant Sarah Earle
in personally known to me.
Geo Watson alderman
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State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County} SS
I Alfred Sutton Prothonotary of the 
Court of Common Pleas in and for the county
of Allegheny in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
do by these presents certify that
George Watson, Esquire, before whom the
foregoing depositions were taken, and who
has therunto in his own proper hand writing
subscribed his name was at the time of taking
 such deposition and now is an alderman in and for the
city of Pittsburgh, with all the Powers of an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the said county, duly elected, commissioned and
sworn to all whose acts as such, full faith and credit.
are and of rights ought to be given throughout the United
States and elsewhere
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and
offered the seat of the said court this 30th day of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty three and of the sovereignty and independence of the
United States the sixty eighth
Attest
Alfred Sutton Pro
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Peter Parchment
as to Mrs. Earle's
application for
a Pension
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State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County} SS
Personally appeared before the subscriber an
alderman in and for the city of Pittsburgh in
for county of Allegheny aforesaid on his fourth
day of September 1838. Peter Parchment of said County aged Eight two years who being duly Sworn according to Law and his oath saith. that he this deponent is now a pension under the act of Congress that this deponent was well acquainted with William Earle who was an enlisted soldier in the army of the revolution in the year 1777 and 1778, that said William Earle was enlisted in Captain Henry Heath company and for some
time said company was stationed  at Fort Pitt Garison and said Company was attached to the 9th Virginia regiment commanded by Col. John Gibson that said William Earle continued attached to said Regiment until this deponent left Fort Pitt attached to the 9th Regiment for Fort Mackintosh and left said William Earl at Fort Pitt, and the deponent afterwards
understood and verily believes that said
William Earle went from Fort Pitt with 
General Edward Hand either in capacity of a
 soldier life guard or was that said Each
some two years say four years after the close of the war was married to the said Sarah Earle this applicant that this deponent knew them as
living together as man and wife until the
decease of the said William Earle which
was in 1825 as this deponent knows that said
William Earle died in Pittsburgh at the time aforesaid  stated.
over.
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And then deponent further saith that the said
Sarah Earle in the decease of her said husband
has resided in and near Pittsburgh and since the decease of her said husband has remained
unmarried and a widow at the present time
Peter Parchment
Sworn to & Subscribed this 4th September 1828 Before me
Geo Watson
alderman
Allegheny County
State of Pennsylvania
I Thomas Liggett Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas Allegheny
County in the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania do herby certify that George
Watson Esquire before whom the above affidavit was made and who has thereunto in his own proper hand writing Subscribed his name was at the time of taking the same
and now is an Alderman of the city of Pittsburgh in the said county duly commissioned and sworn having all the
power of an acting Justice of the Peace in for said County to all whom act as such full forthcoming & confidence &c
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court the thirty first day of October anno Domini Eighteen
Thomas Liggett
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Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commission of Pension
Washington City
[unreadable]
Hon. W.W. Irwin