Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,108, for Robert Lyon, Pennsylvania
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Penn  
Lyon, Robert
S40108
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3718.
Pennsylvania
Roll.
Robert Lyon, 4
Capt Cruse
Lieutenant
Pennsylvania line '2 yrs
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence of the 24. of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17. of Oct. 1818, and sent to Jon [illegible] D, [illegible] Register of the Treasury [illegilble]
[illegible] to 4th of Sept. 1818....$87.33
Semi-anl. all'ee ending 4. Mar. 1819...120.
[illegible] 11/30
$207.33
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818
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District of Pennsylvania [illeg]
On this 24th Day of April 1818 before me the subscriber President Judge of the Courts of Common Pleas and of the Eighth Judicial District of the state of Pennsylvania, Personally appeared Robert Lyon aged 72 years, resident in the County of Northumberland in the said District, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in Order to obtain the Provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain Persons in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War; that he the said Robert Lyon Enlisted in October 1776 in the State of Pennsylvania in the Company Commaned by Captain Hawkins Boon of the 12th Regiment, that he continued therein as a noncommissioned Officer till in the Spring of the Year 1777 when he was for his good conduct promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Company Commanded by Captain Walter Cruse of the Sixth Regiment, that he continued in the service of the United States as a Lieutenant untill in the month of May 1778 (at which time from the situation of his Family he left the service) that he was in the Battles of the Ach Swamp and several skirmishes in the State of New Jersey, and Germantown, and that he is in reduced Circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support and that he has no other Evidence now in his power of his services.
Sworn and declared before me the Day and Year aforesaid.
[illegible]         Robert Lyons
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I Seth Chapman President Judge &ca as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Robert Lyon did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding Declaration against the Common Enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.
As Wintess my hand the 24th Day of April 1818
and seal of the Court
Seth Chapman
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Robert Lyon
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District of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County, Pa
on the 21st day of August 1820, personally appeared in open Court of Common Please held in the Borough of Sunbury for the County of Northumberland being a Court of Record and proceeding according to the words of Common Law, with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and expressly made a Court of Record by act of assembly of this State Robert Lyon, aged seventy-five years resident in the County of Northumberland in said district, who being first duly sworn according to Law, and on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as a Lieutenant, in the 6th Regiment. Commended by Colonel Robert Magaw and that he made his original declaration on the 24th of April 1818 and obtained his pension his Certificate is No. 3718 and dated the 17th day of October 1818 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 15th of March 1818 and I have no since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to being myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled and to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th of March 1818 and that I have not nor had any other person in trust for me any property securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is obtained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
I have
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I have no family residing with me except my wife Elizabeth, aged 63 years who is infirm in body. I am by trade a Taylor but from old age and bodily infirmity I am unable to pursue it and am unable to support myself without assistance. 
Sworn + Subscribed in open
Court August 21, 1820
Andrew Albright Prothy
Robert Lyon A


A Schedule of Robert Lyons Property

$110.00 a year pension from the State of Pennsylvania... $110.00

1 Cow...of [illegible] of... 10.00
1 calf..."...7.00
7 small hogs..."...7.00
4 Tables..."...8.00
1 [illegible] hog..."...1.00
1 Spade Shovel and garden Hoe..."...1.00
1 Tea Kittle..."...1.00
6 knives and forks..."... .50
1 Wheel Barrow..."...1.00
1 Rake..."... .08
2 Iron Pots..."... 3.00
2 [Illegible]..."... .50

Sworn + Subscribed in open
Court August 21, 1820
Andrew Albright Prothy
Signed Robert Lyon

The Court are acquainted with Robert Lyon and are of opinion that the above valuation is correct and amounts to $85.08
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State of Pennsylvania

Northumberland County [Illegible]

I Andrew Albright Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of the County aforesaid so hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto [Illegible] are truly copied from the Record of the said Court and I so further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property [Illegible] in the aforesaid schedule is $85.08 [Ink bleed-through from another document: dollars and ninety cents]

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sat my hand and affisced the seal of the said Court on this 20 day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and twenty.

Andrew Albright Prothonotary
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June 7, 1940

BA-J / AWF
Robert Lyon
S. 40108

Mr. E. Sayre Clark
730 North Main Street
Pontiac, Illinois

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Robert Lyon, Lieutenant in the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment, in the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were obtained from claim for pension, S. 40108, based on the military service of Robert Lyon in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of Robert Lyon, and names of his parents were not given.

Robert Lyon enlisted in Pennsylvania, sometime in October, 1776, served as a non-commissioned officer in Captain Hawkins Boone's company, in the 12th Pennsylvania Regiment, until in the spring of 1777, when he was promoted to Lieutenant and served in Captain Walter Cruise's company, Colonel Robert Magaw's 6th Pennsylvania Regiment, until sometime in May, 1778, when he resigned, on account of "the situation of his Family". During his service, he was in the battles of Ash Swamp and Germantown, and several skirmishes in New Jersey. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-two years, and a resident of Northumberland
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County, Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth, wife of Robert Lyon, was sixty-three years old, in 1820. The date and place of her birth, and names of parents, were not given; nor was it stated when and where Robert Lyon, and Elizabeth were married.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to the family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of this pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:

Robert Lyon
Certificate #3718
Issued October 17, 1818
Rate $20.00 per month
Commenced April 26, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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December 9, 1932

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J/EEL
Robert Lyon - S. 40108

Mr. T.L.Lyon
New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Dear Sir: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Robert Lyon, second lieutenant, Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, War of the Revolution. 

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.40108, based upon the military service of Robert Lyon in that war. 

Robert Lyon enlisted in October, 1776 in Pennsylvania, served as a non-commissioned officer in Captain Hawkins Boone's Company in the 12th Pennsylvania Regiment until the spring of 1777, when he was promoted lieutenant and served in Captain Walter Cruise's Company, Colonel Robert Magaw's 6th Pennsylvania Regiment until May, 1778, when he resigned. He was in the battles of Ash Swamp and Germantown and in several skirmishes in the state of New Jersey. It is not stated that he held and other rank than lieutenant, as above noted. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and resided in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. 

In 1820, he stated that his wife, Elizabeth(her maiden name and date of their marriage not given) was aged sixty-three years. 

There is no reference to children. 

The soldier died August 19, 1823. 

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLERA
Assistant toAdministrator
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section 

EEL/HMM

April 8, 1930. 

Mr. A. S. Miller
1611 Roselyn Terrace
Lincoln
Nebraska.

Dear Sir: 

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 40108, it appears that Robert Lyon enlisted in October 1776 in Pennsylvania, served as a non-commissioned officer in Captain Hawkins Boone's Company in the 12th Pennsylvania Regiment until the spring of 1777 when he was promoted lieutenant and served in Captain Walter Cruise's Company, Colonel Robert Magaw's 6th Pennsylvania Regiment until May 1776 when he resigned. He was in the battles of Ash Swamp and Germantown and in several skirmishes in the state of New Jersey. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and a resident of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. 

In 1820 he stated that his wife Elizabeth (her maiden name and date of marriage not given) was aged sixty-three years. There is no reference t o children. 

AB Robert Lyon died August 19, 1823. 

Very truly yours, 

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

D.F. 40,108  Washington, D. C. ,        ,  19


In reply to your request of       , received     for a statement of the military history of Robert Lyon a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
Oct. 1776
Spring 1777

LENGTH OF SERVICE
Spring 1777
May 1778

RANK
[ check mark ]
Lieut

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN.
Hawkins Boone
Walter Cruise
COLONEL. 
[ check mark ]
Magaw

STATE
Pa. 

Battles engaged in, Ash Swamp Germantowne
Residence of solder at enlistment, unlisted in Penna.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 24 1818 His [illegible] was il 
Residence at date of application, Northumberland County, Penna. 
Age at date of application, 72 yrs. Died Aug. 19, 1823
Remarks: In 1820 wife Elizabeth was 63 yrs. old. There is no other family data.
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House of Reps July 27, 1854
Hon. L. P. Waldo. 

Sir

Please find a letter making inquiry which you can easily answer I presume. Please inform me of your opinion on the matter, and oblige

Your Humble Servt
Ner Middleswarth
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40108
INVALID
Revly

File No. 40,108
Robert Lyon
Lient Rev War

Act: 18 October 18
Index: -Vol. 3, Page 305

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

1921 Feby 14 Hist. to Mrs. J.S. Reber
1930 - Apr 8 - Hist to A.S. Miller - EER
1932 - Dec 9 - Hist. to T. L. Lyon - EER
1940 - June 7. Hist. to E. Sayre Clark [illegible]
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Chicago, January 11, 1921. 
REV IEB

Commissioner of Pensions, 

Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: 

Kindly send me the pension record of Robert Lyon, Northumberland Co., Pa., pensioner of the Revolution. Placed on roll Oct. 17, 1818; pension commenced Apr. 24, 1818, and oblige

Yours truly, 
Olive S. Reber

Address: 

Mrs. J. G. Reber, 
Chicago Beach Hotel, 
Chicago, Ill. 

PENSION
U.S.
JAN
14
1921
OFFICE
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A. S. Miller, Opt. D.
Genealogies of the
Babcock, Ludwick, Lyons, & Miller Families
Correspondence Solicited
1611 Roselyn Terrace, Lincoln, Nebraska

Febr. 4, 1930

Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:-

Will you please give me all the information that you can concerning ROBERT LYON in the Revolution, promoted from sergent of the 12th. Penna. to lieutenancy in the 6th. Penna. regiment, Continental Line, Febr. 15th. 1777, was taken prisoner by the British in Canada. After the war, hessettled in Northumberland Co., Pa. where he died Aug. 19, 1823, aged 77 years. 

Am anxious to know the names of his wife and children. 

Thank you heartily for the information, I am

Yours truly, 
A.S. Miller Opt. D

PENSION
U. S. 
FEB
6
1939
OFFICE
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY
NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

CORNELL UNIVERSITY
ITHACA, NEW YORK
November 30, 1932.
U. S. Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Can you give me the following information concerning Robert Lyon, who was a second lieutenant in the 6th Penna. Regiment,
Continental Line during the Revolutionary War?
What year did he enlist?
Did he hold any other rank?
When did he leave the service?
When did he die?
If your records show whether he had a family please give number of children and names, if they appear.
Very truly yours,
TLL:AH

T. L. Lyon,
Professor of Soil Technology.
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SEVEN THIRTY
NORTH MAIN STREET
PONTIAC, ILLINOIS
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

I am seeking information about one Robert Lyon, a Lieutenant in the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment in the American Revolution. The original settlement of the family
was at Mifflintown, Pa. I am especially interested in securing the name of his wife and children, plus any other information which you may have in your files.
Accept my sincere thanks for your kind interest in this inquiry.
April 23, 1940.
Yours truly,
E. Sayre Clark
E. Sayre Clark.