Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7978, George Wright, Penn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Penn.

Wright, George

NUMBER
S.7978

Carded
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North Carolina  No. 27.857
George Wright of  [illegible] in the State of N. Car, who was a Pri in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank]of the Reg. commanded by Col. Chambers in the Penna line for 2 years.   

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 80 dollars ---- cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.  

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of June 30 and sent to Hon. A. Rencher  H.R.  

  240 --  Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34  
    40 -- Semi.anl allowance ending 2 Sept
_______
$280   {Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7 1832}

Recorded by Nathan Rice, Clerk 

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Let. to Wm. Lindly Mar 6, 1835
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Declaration for pension:

State of North Carolina }
           Orange County  }   SS

On this the 1st day of April A . D. 1836, personally appeared before the Subscriber a  Justice of the Court of Pleas & quarter [illegible]l for the County of Orange aforesaid.  George Wright now in the 74 year of his age, residing in the vicinity of this place but within the County - who being duly qualified maketh oath, that from the infirmity attendant upon old ago, and the application of a concur, has thought is most advisable to make an early application to government for pension and therefore in his vicinity (at the dwelling house of Captain Henry Robeson, in Orange, in the neighborhood of the residence of said Wright).  This applicant meets his old Orange neighbors, to procure their testimony & make his declaration in Chatham (no justice living near to him) and his witnesses in this, Orange County; his infirmities admonished him to early application either to "half pay as invalid" or under the Act 18th March 1818; & says that he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the month of January 1777 a few days after the Battle of Trenton, that he was enlisted by Captain James Parr, in the City of Philadelphia, whose quarters, then were at the "Black Horse Tavern" - almost immediately after enlisting this applicant was marched to Morristown in New Jersey, then this headquarters of the American Army.  We were marched under Lieut. Segler, who acted as Captain title Capt. James Parr, reached the Army.  Parr's Company was in the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment (my regiment) was enlisted for three years or during the war & under Col. Hand.  That in this year the British landed at Elk River & the American Army marched to give them battle. We had an engagement at Brandywine, early in September of this year, we were here defeated and thinks that Col. Chambers commanded the 1st Penna Regiment, at the Brandywine. (Col. Hand being transferred to a higher or another office) - we marched to Chester, the night of the battle & the next day he thinks, it was, Washington marched into Philadelphia: In the month of October of this year, we had engagement with the enemy at Germantown - After the Battle we went to Skippack Creek the same (illegible): and this winter encamped at Valley Forge - In the summer of next year 1778 and in the month of same he thinks it was.  We gave the enemy battle at Monmouth, and defeat
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Middlebrook, defeated them _____ after the engagement the Army marched to where we went into winter quarters.  From Millstons, in Sommerset County we marched to Springfield, thence to Smith's Clove where we encamped sometime this summer; from this place we went to Verplank's Point, about three hundred of us, under Howe ,the enemy here had the Vulture Sloop of War, with them but could not bear upon us, in consequence of the wind blowing against her - we had a sharp engagement here with the enemy, we rather defeated them and drove them, in July 1779.  In this engagement this applicant was wounded by a musket ball passing thro' his palm of his left hand, rendering his hand (left) almost entirely useless - being now stiff & having but little or no use of that hand.  He was now taken to the Otterkill Church, where there was a hospital.  Henry Lattimore, was Superintendent of the hospital, who reported him, the applicant, to the Army as an invalid and unfit for duty.  His officers wanted him to join the "invalid Corps" and be entitled to "half pay" but he refused this and preferred remaining with his regiment, Chambers still commanded, holding a discharge 'till for duty, but his wound proved so disastrous to him, that he was ever after entirely unfit for duty - Tho' he was most of the time with the Army, occasionally visiting his family - (viz his father's family) when the American & French Armies went to Little York and in (illegible) it, this applicant was with them - and rendered the Army as much service as his disabled hand would afford him.  From Little York, he went with the Army, part of it to Lancaster in Pennsylvania -  C.R. Humpton of Pennsylvania (afterwards Genl.)  and making other officers were with us (guarding prisoners) from Lancaster he went home.  
    This applicant says the reason why he did not apply earlier for pension, was that he was under the impression that he would have to go to Pennsylvania for evidence - but has grown infirmed & too much pained to travel - this applicant further states upon oath that he is & has been in indigent circumstances so much so that for the last 10 to 20 years, besides himself he has an infirmed wife, & being poor and a cripple himself, has in a great measure to depend upon the charity of his neighbors, and were it not for their aid, must have to subsist upon public charity both himself & his wife (being all his family).  He does not enumerate any schedule of property, nor has he had any to the amount of ten dollars within the last 18 to 20 years and the applicant thinks that all property should belong to "the in- (next page)
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invalid corps of pensioners" of the United States, being disabled from labour ever since he received the wound in his hand at Verflank's Point" - That he was born in Woolrich County, (E) New Jersey (with)in seven miles of Philadelphia in November 1760. 
That he has a record of his age.  That he was living within four miles of Bristol in Pennsylvania when he entered the service by enlistment for 3 years or the war.  That he was acquainted with General Lafayette, Genl Wayne, Genl. Greene, Genl. Washington & others.
That he received a "discharge" from the Army as "invalid" in the month of July or August (1773) and thinks it was on the 12th day of August.  That his discharge has long been lost.  And further, in pursuance of the Act of 1 May 1820, this applicant doth solemnly swear, that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of his property , or any part thereof (being in possession of none to (illegible) of; but as above stated.  This applicant is now and has been including & (illegible).  And the applicant further states that he knows of no clergyman, that lives near to him - And that his name is not upon the pension list of any state, except an "invalid" of the Pennsylvania "Corps of Invalids"? 
    Sworn to and declared, on this the 1st day of April A.D. 1834 before the undersigned, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas and quarter sessions for Orange, aforesaid.  
                                            //s//
                                    George Wright
Test.
           //s//
  James A. Craig J.P.
(No 1,)
State of North Carolina 
Orange County} ss

    On this 1st day of April 1834 personally appeared before the undersigned, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Orange aforesaid, Thomas Robeson Senr. now in the 63rd year of his age, who being first duly qualified, maketh oath, that about forty years ago, he saw George Wright, for the first time, when George Maddin, who then lived near to this applicant but, who removed many years ago to Ohio & is now dead.
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in Pennsylvania
informed him that George Wright and he were together & that Wright was a Continental Soldier "in a Pennsylvania Line" - This affiant states he has known George Wright ever since that time and that he is reputed and believed to be in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War & that he understands the said Wright is a man of truth and veracity & in the 74th year of his age.

                                      //s//
                               Thos. Robeson
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written.
//s//
James A. Craig J.P.

I do hereby certify that Thomas Robeson who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit this day before me, is a man of truth and veracity.
                                               //s//
                                        James A. Craig J.P.
April 1st 1836
"At the Dwelling House
of Henry Robeson, Capt."

(No. 2)
State of North Carolina
Orange County} ss

    On this the 1st day of April 1836 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for Orange County aforesaid John Bondy at his residence a continental soldier of the 2nd Maryland Regiment: - who being qualified in due form maketh oath, that he was acquainted with George Wright on the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, in Capt. Parr's Company of Regulars and that Parr's Company joined a few days after he arrived at Morristown in January 1777 - and remembers well of said Wright being wounded at Verplank's Point in the summer of 1779 and saw him the last time in the Army at Little York and that Wright was in the "invalid corps" when in consequence of the would he received at Verplank Point.  The said George Wright was always esteemed a good soldier and a man of truth.  Sworn to and subscribed the day above written.                                 his
                                       John X Boudy
                                             mark
Test.
//s//
James A. Craig J.P.

I do hereby certify that John Boudy who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit this day before me is a man of truth and veracity.
                                    //s//
                             James A. Craig J.P.
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(No. 3.)

State of North Carolina
Orange County }ss

    On this the 1st day of April A.D. 1836, personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Orange, aforesaid, Peter Perry of Orange aforesaid who being duly qualified maketh oath; that upwards of twenty years ago, he first knew & became acquainted with George Wright, now applicant for pension, when said wright told him that he had been a regular Soldier in the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution.  Said Wright told of several engagements he was in but does not now remember any of them except of the Brandywine - said Wright also showed him his left hand which was crippled and said he got the wound in an engagement with the enemy in the War of the Revolution-  Said Wright is a poor man & a beggar - Wright has but one in family besides himself (to wit) his wife who is in very infirmed health.  And that they subsist on the charity of the neighbors - (This affiant lives neigh bour to Wright.)
                                               //s//
                                        Peter Perry
Test.
State of North Carolina
Orange County} ss

    On this the 1st day of April 1836 personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Orange aforesaid, who being first duly qualified maketh oath that he lives neigh bour to George Wright now an applicant for a pension and that he has been acquainted with him several years.  The said Wright, has informed this affiant, he served in the Continental Line, in the War of the Revolution, and showed this affiant a wound in his left hand which renders it a cripple and said he got it by a musket ball in an engagement with the enemy in the revolutionary War & believes him to be in his 74th year.
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And the affiant further states that said Wright, he has always understood was in very indigent circumstances, having a wife who is quite infirmed.  And that the understanding in the neighborhood is that said George Wright was a soldier in the Continental line in the Revolutionary War.
                                         //s//
                                G.B. Robesson
Test.
//s//
James A. Craig J.P.

    I do certify that Captain Henry Robeson, who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit this day before me, is a man of truth and veracity. 
                                        //s//
                                  James A. Craig J.P.
(No. 5.)
State of North Carolina}
Orange County} ss

    On this the 1st day of April A.D. 1834 personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Orange County aforesaid Wm. Elizabeth Christmas of Orange, aforesaid, now in the 58th year of he age who being duly qualified maketh oath that as for back as 1797, she has been acquainted with George Wright now an applicant for a pension, that as for back as her acquaintance with said Wright heard him say he served in the Continental line in the Revolutionary War, and has always understood that it was in consequence of a wound he received in an engagement in the War of the Revolution that gave him a crippled hand.  And that said George Wright has always been understood to have been a revolutionary soldier & a man of truth & veracity.
                                          //s//
                            Elizabeth Christmas

Test.
//s//
John A. Craig J.P.

    I do hereby certify that, Elizabeth Christmas who subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit this day before me, in a person of truth and veracity.
                                             //s//
                                  James A. Craig J.P.
At the Dwelling House of
Captain Henry Robeson
1 day April A.D. 1834.
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(No. 6.)
State of North Carolina}
Orange County} ss

    On this the 16th day of April 1834, personally appeared on his own evidence, before the undersigned as acting Justice for Orange aforesaid, Charles Wood a United States pensioners who being first duly qualified maketh oath, that he was in the Continental Line under General Washington, joining the Northern Army in 1777: and came on to the South to Genl. Lincoln in Dec. or January of 1779, he thinks it was; & while in the Northern Army became acquainted with George Wright formerly of Chatham (illegible) of Orange, and remembers of the disability of said Wright received at the Battle at Verplank's Point by a musket ball passing through the palm of his hand - which caused him to be placed in the "invalid corps" in the Amry;  Wright has been living a great many years not far distant from this affiant and is yet well acquainted with him - and feels persuaded from his disability got in the battle of Verplank's Point to march the aid of the General government and has ever since he was wounded - said Wright, was in 1st Pennsylvania line: - this affiant is in 86th year of his age - The said George Wright was always esteemed a good soldier and a man of truth & veracity.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and sate first above mentioned; -                his
                                Charles     X    Wood
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test.
James A. Craig J.P.

I do hereby certify that Charles Wood, who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit this day before me is a man of truth & veracity.
                                               //s//
                                      James A. Craig  J.P.

Hillsboro, Orange
16th April A.D. 1834
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And the said Justice do hereby declare my opinion of the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary war soldier and served as he states and I further state that he is a cripple as he has set forth in his declaration & I do further certify that said Wright from the infirmities of old age, and the affliction of cancer, is unable to attend court to make his declaration. 
 And I further certify that Thomas Robeson who subscribed and swore to the proceedings Numbered (No. 1.) is a man of truth and veracity. And I certify that John Bondy who subscribed and swore to the affidavit and following & numbered (no. 2.) is a Revolutionary pensioner, and a man of truth & veracity.
And I also certify that Peter Perry who subscribed and sworn to the affidavit No. 3 is a man of truth & veracity.
And also that Captain Henry Robeson, Elizabeth Christmas and Charles Wood, who subscribed & swore to the preceding affidavit No. 4, 5, & 6 are persons of truth & veracity & that the statements are entitled to full credit - and I certify further that this affiant Charles Wood is Revolutionary [pensioner and that all the said affiants are citizens of this Orange County.
    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 18th day of April A.D. 1834.
                                            //s//
                                    James A. Craig  
State of North Carolina
 Orange County ss
I John Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter session for Orange County aforesaid certify that I James A. Craig Esquire who witnessed the preceding declaration of George Wright witnessed and who the preceding affidavit and witnessed the certificate of character whereto was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace of Orange County aforesaid.
    In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribe my name the 18th day of April A.D. 1834

                                    //s//
                            John A. Taylor Clerk
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application on file in this Bureau.
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 Dates of Enlistment or appointment/Length of Service/Rand/Officers under whom service was rendered/State.

 January 1777/July or Aug 1779/-/Captain James Parr Colonels Hand & Chambers/Pa.
 

wounded in left hand summer of 1779.

Battles engaged in, September 1777 Brandywine,  6 January Germantown, and Jaune 1778 Monmouth & Verplank.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, near Bristol, Penna.
Date of application for pension, April 1834. (illegible)/
 Residence at date of application, Chatham Co. N.C.
Age at date of application, born Nov. 1760 in Woolrich (illegible) (E) N. J.
Remarks:  Wife above in 1834 name not stated.
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7978
Rev. War
INVALID
File No. 7978
George Wright
Pri Rev. War
Act: Jun 7th, (18)32
Index"-Vol. 1st, Page 417
{Arrangement of 1870.}

1908 Aug. 11 Kist to Cortez Wright.
(Letter in S. F. 42057)
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Admit a parole
2 yr $80.

Hon. A. Rencher
               H.R.
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Ho. reps: June 20th 1834

Dear Sir,

    Sometime since I addressed a letter to Geo. Wright requesting to know of him whether he would not prefer to draw his pension under the Act of June 1832 according to the suggestions contained in your letter of April 24th, 1834, but not having heard from him I have taken the responsibility of doing so for him.  To avoid any further trouble, you may consider the claim as made under the Act of 1832.

                                         Very respectfully,
                                         Your Obt Servant
                                                   //s//
                                            A. Rencher

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
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Department of War
Pension Office
April 24, 1834

Sir,

    I have examined the declaration of George Wright and have thought proper to return you the papers.  It appears that the applicant has made his declaration under the Act of March 18, 1818.  As it would be much more to his advantage to apply under that of June 7, 1832.  I have as before observed returned the papers, that you may so direct, should I and think proper.  In the case, he would be entitled only to $8 per month commencing at this time, whereas by the other he would receive $80 per annum commencing 4 March 1831.  

                                 Y. Obt. Servant
                                            //s//
                                  J. L. Edwards 




Hon. A. Rencher
          House of reps.