Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4029, for Bartholomew Melroy, Vermont
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Vt. | Melroy, Bartholomew | W. 4029
Kezia
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Duplicate Certificate issued 14th
April 1838 and sent to Hon 
I. Klingensmith H. Reps.
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for the [illegible] for the use
papers David Plan No. 7. June 1833
No 11.786.
Paid at the Treasury under 
the Act of the 6 April 1838 
from 4 March 1837 to the
4 Sept 1837. Agent notified
13 June 1838
26.145
Pittsburgh Agency
Bartholomew Melroy
of Woster Co in the State of [Del]
who was a [illegible] in the Company commanded
by Captain Doudel of the [illegible] commanded
by Col Arnold in the Vermont
line for
2 [illegible] Private $80 00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency
at the rate of 80 Dollars 0 Cents for annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of March
and Sent to
1834 H [illegible] A Street [illegible
Arrears to the 4th of March $240.00.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 40.00
$280.00
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Recorded by
Book
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by I. I. Sprague Clerk.
Book 6 - Vol. 5 Page 87
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Rep 27 May 44
5595
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Keziah
Melroy
widow of Bartholomen Melroy
who was a Pri. Vt
in the Vermont Line
nscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
he 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
27 day of May '44
nd sent to
Hon H. D. Foster
H Reps
Act of March 3, 184
ecorded in Book A
Page 129
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27.117
Bartholomew Melroy S
Declaration
Pens Roll
Hon R. Coulter
H R
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State of Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County
On this Twentieth day of February Eighteen hundred
thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, (the same being a
Court of Record) Bartholomew
Melroy a resident of
Rostraver Township in said County & State aged 82 --
years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed
1832 - That [crossed out letter] in the month of June 1775 he enlisted in Berkeley County Virginia in Captain
Daniel Morgan's Company of Riflemen for the time of one year. 
Marched immediately to New York.
Then marched to Boston accompanied by two companies of Riflemen Commanded by Captains Dondel & Cresap - 
From Boston Captain Morgans Company to which applicant belonged was ordered to Quebec to reinforce Genl [l is underlined in Genl] Montgomery - and marched from Boston accompanied by
Captain Dorsey Compy under the
command of
Genl [l is underlined in Genl] Arnold with four other companies - 
these four companies after a few days march
returned - Morgan & Cresaps Company went on under the command of Arnold Marched this' the Wildernes & joined Montgomery on the plains of abraham in October A.D. 1775
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Remained there till New Years eve when an attack was made on Quebec by a Division of 600 men of which Morgans Company to which 
this applicant belonged formed a pact. The
assailants were repulsed with great [illegible]. They were in fact all killed or taken prisoners - Declarant was taken prisoner & remained so till the February following when he with others was exchanged-
Declarant returned thence to York Penn & where he was discharged by Captain Morgan
which discharge has been lost. Declarant
was discharged the latter part of March 1776
and immediately afterwards in April 1776 again
Enlisted in Captain Moses McLain's Company of Riflemen for one year - Marched to Philadelphia under Command of Co. William
[illegible] - Lieutenant Colonel Hartly from
thence to New York thence to Albany - thence
by Stillwater - hurt Edward Fort [illegible]
Henry to Ticonderoga & Crown Point, thence
to Cumberland Head - St Johns & on the 7th
June 1776 had a battle at the three Rivers
(hois Riviries) in Canada. General Thompson
commanded the army. Anthony Wayne was
One Colonel. In this Battle Genl Thompson
 & Col. Irvin were taken prisoners and
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the Americans were defeated. declarant received two wounds. We immediately retreated first to Ile Aux Noix &
afterwards to Crown point
Col Hartly had the command. there we
built a fort & remained till driven by
the British to Teconderoga, where we remained
till Early 1777, when when were marched
back to York Pennsylvania, when declarant
was honorably discharged his term
having expired. The written discharge which
he then received from Captain Maclain has
since been lost.

Declarant immediately after receiving his said
discharge enlisted again in the during the war York Penn a in
Captain Hopps Co of the 7th Penn Regiment
of Infantry Colonel, {illegible]. Major
Hays - Adjutant Brooks. The regiment man
ched immediately to Phila thence under
command of Genl Wayne to Quibble Town,
New Jersey where we had a skirmish with
the [illegibe]. Declarant was afterward on 11 Sept 1777 at the Battle of Brandywine in which Captain Hopps was killed. a Fayette was
wounded in this battle - Genl Washington
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commanded. Went thence to Germantown
[illegible] thence to Paoli, where the American Army was surprised & many bayonetted by the British. Here declarant was severely wounded but escaped & was three weeks in the Hospital at Doylestown. He then joined the Army at Kenton accompanied to Brunswick, when the British were driven from that place - was afterwards in a skirmish at Perth Amboy - was with the Army at the Battle of Germantown on 4th Oct. 1777- but his wound prevented him from leaving the Camp. was with the Army at Valley Forge the Winter of 1777-1778. In the
Spring was with the army at the Capture of
Brunswick & afterward under Genl Wayne
at the taking of Crown Point. In 1779
declarant was in the Battle of Monmouth
where Washington commanded. On the day
of the Battle, owing to the firing or some
other cause declarant lost his hearing &
was afterwards placed in the Hospital at
Trenton where he remained till the 24the
December 1779. When he was discharged
by Genl Wayne which like the others
he received, he has lost
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Declarant served during the Revolutionary
War under the foregoing enlistments four
years & five months as near as he can now
estimate the time & for this term of Service
he claims
●
I do hereby relinquish every claim what
ever to a pension or annuity except the
present & declare that my name is not
on the Pension Roll of any agency in any
State. [illegible] Bartholomew Melroy Mark
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court 
the day & year aforesaid
Randal McLaughlin Prot

And the said Court do hereby declare the opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he stated.
[illegible] J. Randal McLaughlin Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of said County Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter
of the application of Bartholomew Melroy for a
pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my have seal of office at Greenburgh this twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Randal McLaughlin, Prot
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Act 3 March 1843
3847
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State of Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County [illegible]
On this twenty ninth day of March A.D. 1844 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland Kezia Melroy, a resident of Rostraver Township in the County aforesaid, aged Seventy one years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision 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 Bartholomew Melroy who
was a private in the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col. Irwin. That said Bartholomew Melroy was a pensioner of the United States and received the annual amount of Eighty dollars under the provisions
of the act of the 7th day of June 1832
She further declared that she was married to the said Bartholomew Melroy on the 17th day of May in the year 1790 by John Ward Esquire a Justice of the peace for Washington County in this state. That her husband the said Bartholomew Melroy died on the 29th day of May A.D. 1842. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, [illegible] at the time above stated. Declarant further states that the
said Justice of the peace kept no record of her marriage with the said Bartholomew Melroy, that she has no family record of said marriage
and that she knows of no person now living who was present at said marriage but a certain Joseph Morton who resides in Washington
County Pennsylvania. The further declares that she is still the Widow of the said Bartholomew Melroy.
Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written
before
Bela B. Smith [illegible}. P.
Kezia Melroy
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State of Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County SS.
I, David Fullwood Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that Bela B. Smith Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was made and whose name in his own proper hand writing is to the within certificate appended was then and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Westmorland duly elected and commissioned and to all whose Official Acts and Deed full faith and credit
are of right due.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court at Greensburgh the Seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and forty four
David Fullwood Prot
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 4029

Kiziah Melroy
Wid.
Bartholomew, Melroy
Pvt. Vt. line
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Act: Moch, 3[illegible]3
Index: -- Vol. One, Page 41 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Pennsylvania
Washington County SS
Personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Justice of the peace in and for said county Joseph Morton of the Township of Somerset in the County aforesaid aged Seventy Seven years and a man of respectability and credit who being duly sworn
according to law deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Bartholomew Melroy in his lifetime and was at his wedding in the forepart of the year 1790 & believe in the month of May of that Same year he
was married by John Ward Esqr a Justice of the
peace in Washington County Pennsylvania to Kesia Hull who is now living and the widow of said Bartholomew Melroy
Sworn and subscribed this
twenty ninth day of March
A.D. 1844 Before Daniel Burgan
his
Joseph Morton
X
mark

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Washington County
I E Blain Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas for said county do hereby certify that Daniel Bunyan Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the time and now is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and qualified; that the signature attached to the same is his, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to all his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, at Washington this eleventh day of April Anno Domini Eighteen Hundred
and Forty Four
E Blaine
Prothonotary
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War Department
Pension Office
18th January 1834

Sir
The claim of Bartholomew Melroy or Melay
 has been examined and the papers are here
with returned.  There is no doubt he served during the War of the Revolution from the fact of his receiving a pension from the State of Pennsylvania. [illegible] the rolls of the Pennsylvania line in this Office does not furnish evidence of his service, it is necessary that his claim be supported, and particularly as to the length thereof by other than his own testimony.
I have the honour to be very Respectfully
Your [illegible]
J L Edwards

Hon R. Coulter
House of Representatives.
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Treasury Department
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 5th,1838

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, Bartholomew Melroy, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg Agency, at the rate of eighty
Dollars and "-"- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837
to the 4th September 1837-
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Belleman January the 26 [illegible]

Sir I herewith enclose the papers
Bartholomew Meloy in hopes that you have
found or may find the testimony of Samuel Nye that was given to you [illegible] years ago for the purpose of securing the pension of Melay or Melroy he tells me that the reason you did not obtain his Pension was for the want of another witness of his services which could not be had that time and the Borough [illegible] the date act warfare. I think that if that Deposition of Samuel Nye Can be found it
will be sufficient under the late act
you will he by his papers that he has been
[illegible] and faithfull in the Service of his Country and at this time his wound, or praying upon his old and amounted from which must
Soon [illegible] to the [illegible]
Please to make dilligent [diligent] search for the testimony above alluded to as it seems to be the [illegible] Shift. please to let us hear from you and if any thing can be done
[illegible] attend to it [illegible]
[illegible]
A. Stewart

Manasah Reeves
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I hereby certify that I have a distinct recollection
of having had in my opinion some years ago the
affidavit of Samual Nye knowing the service of
Bartholomew Meloy the within named
applicant but have mislaid the same
so that it cannot now be found. According to my recollection it establishes his service substantially as set forth in by declaration
A Stewert
17 June 1834-
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In the House of Representations
Friday January 29, 1813.
W. Anderson presented a petition from Bartholemew Melay [Melroy] of Washington County accompanied with a document Stating his services and sufferings during the Revolutionary War; and praying relief, and said petition was read and referred to the Committe on Claim.
Monday February 1st, 1813. 
Mr. R Smith from the Committee on Claims to whom was referred on the 29th. [illegible], the petition of Bartholomew Melay [Melroy], made report which was read as follows Viza
That it is fully proved to your Committee, that the petitioner enlisted as a Soldier in Captain Moses McClain's Company in the Month of January 1776. that he marched to Canada the ensuing Spring; and that he received a severe wound in the body at the Battle of
the Three Rivers, and that he continued in the service for some time after he recovered of his wound, and that he is now both old and poor;
therefore, Resolved, That the Committee already appointed be directed to bring in a Bill granting the petitioner forty dollars immediately; and an annuity of forty dollars,
during life, to be paid half yearly.
And on Motion said Report was read a Second
time, and the resolution thereto attached considered and adopted.
I certify that the foregoing is an Extract from the Journal of the House of Representatives
of Pennsylvania
J. R. Shank Clk
Hanbury Jany [January] 7th 1834
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House of Reps 22nd May
Sir
I herewith enclose you some papers which
have been forwarded to me relative the
Pension of Keziah Melroy I hope you will attend to this [illegible] with as little delay as possible
of before me
[illegible]
H Thorber
Hon J. L Edmund