Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13645, for Jonathan King, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE      Penn.
King, Jonathan 
NUMBER   S.13645 
carded
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Dead 
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 14 June 1837 the day of his death. Agent notified 3 May 1839.
No. 11,939 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Jonathan King 
of Armstrong Co. in the state of Penna. who was a Pr & Lt. in the company commanded by Captain Santee of the regt. commanded by Col. Rouse in the Penna. Troops for 37 months, 
Lt. 46.65  
6 months Pr.  20.00 
$66.65 
Inscribed on the rolls of Pittsburgh at the rate of 66 dollars and 65 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of July 1833 and sent to R.E. Brown. Kittanning, Pa.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   133.30 
Semi-allowance ending 4 Sep 1833   33.32 
$166.62 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832,} 
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, 
Book E. Vol. 5 Page 82
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13893 
Jonathan King 
Suspended Feb. 18th 1833 
Obj. -13 
R.E. Brown Esq. 
Kittanning, Penna. 
3 1/2 Months Lieutenant 46.65 
6 months private 20.00 
$ 66.65 
R.E. Brown
Kittanning Pa
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BRIEF in the case of  Jonathan King of Sugar Creek Township County of Armstrong in the State of Pennsylvania 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 75 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period.   Volunteered March 1777 discharged last Sept   Duration of Service.   6 months   Rank.   Private   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt Jon Santee   Flying Camp
Period.    Drafted April 1780  Duration of Service.  3 months 15 days    Rank.  Lieut  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt Nulph  Col. Peter Rouss  Penna Militia
5.  In what battles was he engaged? Not any   
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Eastown,  Northampton Co,  Penna
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary 
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Chas G. Wilcox Examining Clerk 
17th Feby 1833
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
May 1st, 1839.
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, The children Jonathan King, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh Pa Agency at the rate of sixty six dollars and sixty five cents per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 14th June 1837 the day of his death.
Respecfully yours,
J. Seaver
Acting
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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State of Pennsylvania}
Armstrong County} ss

    On this nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in Open Court, before John Young Esquire president Robert Orr and Joseph Rankins Esquires his associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Armstrong County now sitting, Jonathan King a resident of Sugarcreek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania aged 75 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 June 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served a herein stated.  That he entered under Captain John Santee in the month of March AD 1776 in the service known by the name of the "Flying Camp" at Eastown in the county of Northampton & Lieutenant John Ludwick and was discharged at Eastown in said county the last of September in the same year (which discharge is lost).  That he was marched from Eastown over the Delaware through New Jersey where they heard by the taking of the main body of the "Flying Camp" at Fort Washington, that he was marched back to eastown and there discharged as before stated.  That he was again called out as a Lieutenant of the Militia under Colonel Peter Rouss, Major John Martin and Captain George Nulph, in the month of April AD 1780 for the purpose of protecting the frontier from the savages of the Indians, and continued in this service for three months & one half, when he returned to Eastown and was discharged.

    The answers to the interrogatories directed by the War Department to be put as follows.

To this 1st: That he was born in Northampton County Pennsylvania in the year 1757.

To the 2nd: He has the record of his age in his father's handwriting, taken from his father's bible.
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State of Pennsylvania 
Armstrong County }   Personally appeared in open Court the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County, Jacob Wolf, who being duly sworn according to law saith that he lived within three quarters of a mile of the applicant Jonathan King from childhood and that he the said deponent entered with the said Jonathan King in the month of March 1776 in the service known by the name of the “Flying Camp” under Captain John Santee & Lieutenant John Ludwick at Eastown in the County of Northampton, that they marched through New Jersey when they received an express stating that the "Camp” was taken at Fort Washington in September or November and that they marched back to Eastown & discharged, that he this deponent has been a near neighbour for thirty years past. that he believes him to be a very honest man, and is reputed to be a creditable upright & honest citizen in the Neighbourhood where he lives 
Jacob Wolf
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 18th day of March 1833. 
Fredk Rohrer Prothy
Armstrong County ss 
Personally appeared in open Court, the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County, Jonathan King the applicant within named, who being sworn according to law deposeth & saith, that by reason of old age, and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: nine month and one half I served as a volunteer for six months and I served as a Lieutenant in the militia three months and one half, and for such service claim a pension 
Jonathan King
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court this 18th day of March A.D. 1833}
Fredk Rohrer Prothy
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To the 3rd   That he lived previous to his service in Northampton County Pa. that he lived afterwards in the same County untill 1794 and came to Westmoreland lived there 5 years from that came to Armstrong where he now lives.
To the 4th  Was a volunteer & drafted
To the 5th  Was not Joined with any regular troop, and cannot State more fully than he has already done 
To the 6th   First received received two discharges signed by Captain John Santee & George Nulph.   Lost.  As an officer received a commission from Governor Jonathan Milton since destroyed & lost.
To the 7th   To the Revd G A Reichert, Robert Brown senr and Jacob Wolf 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any State    Jonathan King SS
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Fredk. Rohrer Prothy
We G A Reichert a Clergyman residing in the Borough Kittanning Armstrong Penna and Robert Brown Senr residing in said Borough do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan King who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 75 years of age, that he is reputed and believed the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and we concur in that opinion 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Fredk Rohrer Prothy
G. A. Reichert
Robt Brown     
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the Investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that G A Reichert, who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Borough of Kittanning
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and that Robert Brown Senr, who has also signed the same is a resident in said Borough, and is a credible person, and that the statement is entitled to credit 
John Young 
Joseph Rankins
Robert Orr
Armstrong County ss 
I, Frederick Rohrer, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan King for pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Kittanning this 19th Sept 1832 
Fredk Rohrer, Prothy
13,893 
Jonathan King 
Application of Jonathan King for a pension
Pennsylvania 
Armstrong County ss 
Personally appeared in open Court George A King who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that my he the said deponant was born on the 8th day of February 1765 and is the Brother of the above named applicant Jonathan King.  That in 1780 he was living in Northampton County Pennsylvania with his father, as did Jonathan his brother, when he the said Jonathan was elected Lieutenant and served in a company commanded by Captain George Nulph, the field officers were Major John Martin & Colonel Peter Rouss and I believe he received a commission as Lieutenant from Governor Mifflin, but I cannot particularly that commission, that he went from home as Lieutenant of said company to protect the inhabitants of the frontiers from the ravages of the indians, and that he was in actual service as Lieutenant about three months when he returned home in 1781.
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In reply to your request of received for a statement of the military history of Jonathan King a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
S 13,645 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Mch 1776     LENGTH OF SERVICE.         
6 mos.  RANK.  Pri.     OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain John Santee     STATE.  Flying Camp
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Apl. 1780   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  
3 ½ mos   RANK.  Lieut.     OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain George Nulph  Colonel Peter Pouss    STATE.
Battles engaged in,  
Residence of soldier at enlistment,   Northampton Penn   
Date of application for pension, Sept. 19, 1832 His claim was allowed    
Residence at date of application    Sugarcreek Twp. Armstrong Co, Pa. 
Age at date of application, born in 1752 Northampton, Penn. 
Remarks: He died June 14, 1837.  There is no reference to his wife.   For names of the children to whom the arrears of pension were paid, apply to the Auditor for the Int. Dept., U. S. Treas. Dept.  giving him all of the following data  "Jonathan King, ctf. 11939 issued July 15, 1833, under Act June 7, 1832, at the Pittsburgh, Pa. Agency”
Index Pa Arch
Nulf, Nulff } Geo.
Respectfully, 
Commissioner
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1913 Oct. 20. History to Mrs. A C Truby letter in W. 833 Jacob White & 
13645
Rev War
INVALID
File No. 13,645
Jonathan King
Lieut. Rev. War
Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 208.
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Free
War Department
Pension Office of U.S.
Washington City
Kittanning, Pa.
June 20th.
Pa. June 25
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Kittanning, Pa
June 20th
Free
War Department
Pension Office of U.S.
Washington City
Pa. June 25
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Kittanning 20 June 1833
Dear Sir,
   I send again to you the declaration of Jonathan King with the deposition of George . King his brother a highly reputable man as well as Jonathan himself, he cannot obtain any better proof of his services as Lieutenant than the deposition of his brother, therefore we ought always to be satisfied with (under the circumstances), the best evidence the nature of the case will admit.  If you think his proof in respect to his services as Lieutenant are insufficient you will give him a pension for his prior services.
Yours respectfully
R.E. Brown
Hon. J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions