Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3011, John Gorland, N.C.
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N.C.  Gorland, John.                        W.3011
                       Or
          Garland.                      B.L.M.17897-160-56

          Susannah
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CARDED
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19580
Kentucky 
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Archibald Gorman
At Flemingsburg in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Brown of the reg’t commanded 
by Col Boyd in the Pennsylvania line 
for 23 months

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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky 
at the rate of 76 Dollars 00 cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day Sept 1833 and James 
Crawford Flemingsburg
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept.              198.65
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Mar.  38.33
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                                                          $236.98
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      }

Recorded by Danl Boyd. Clerk
Book C Vol. 7. Page 11
Right side of journal type document:

Date of death not on A B
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State of Kentucky Fleming County Set
this 6th day of May 1833 personally appeared open Court before the Justices of the Fleming County Court now sitting- Archibald Gorman a citizen of said County twenty eight years of age the 25th December 1832 Who being duly sworn according to Law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of an act of congress passed the 7th June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated [illegible], That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in Lancaster County Pennsylvania in September 1776 under Captain William Porter the Regiment commanded by Col Crawford. He marched from Lancaster to a place called Bergan in the State of New Jersy. When we arrived at Bergan there was a call for volunteers to join Flying camp. I turned out as such under Capt William Scott for six months Before the Company marched I was attacked with the less and entered to remain in [illegible] When I performed the duties of soldier
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for the months notwithstanding my [page torn] at the end of which time (having served three months) I was as charged but received written discharge
On the 15th or 16th of September 1777 a few days after the Battle of Brandywine I volunteered under Capt. James Brown in Lancaster County Pennsylvania for two months.  We Marched from Lancaster to place called white Marsh and was in the Battle of German Town at the end of my two months I was discharged by Capt Brown I received a written discharge but have long since lost it.
In January 1778 I volunteered and served two months more under Capt McCurdy the Regiment was commanded by Col Boyd. we marched to White Marsh Church then to a place called Springhouse Tavern at which place I was discharged by Col Boyd. But my discharge is lost.
In June 1778 volunteered and served two months in guarding the prisioners at Lancaster Town under Capt Slaymaker of the end of two months I was discharged by the Captain
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[page torn] I received no written discharge.
In the fall of 1778 I volunteered and served two months more under Capt Skiles guarding the prisoners at Lancaster Town. I received a written discharged at this time In the early part 1779. I volunteered under Lieutenant Crawford (he was the Lieuntenant of the County of Lancaster) and served under him two years We were a scouting party ranging the County in the neighborhood of Lancaster Philadelphia. To prevent the tories from taking assistance and support to the  British army at Philadelphia and to prevent the British from ranging the Country. I was discharged by Lieutenant Crawford but received no written discharge
He further states that he served as a common soldier in the above service and  that he knows of the Militia Genl Ewins Genl Potter and Genl Armstrong He knows of the Regular Genl Green Genl Wayne and Genl Ewing together with many others that he was bound in
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Entrum County Ireland on the 25th of December 1754 come to America After the 16th 1772. lived in Lancaster County and Westmoreland County Pennsylvania Came to Kentucky 1808. lived two years in the County of Bourbon then moved to Fleming County where I have resided ever since. He further states that he has no documentary evidence or knows of no person whom he can procure to prove his  services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that he is not found on the pension roll of any state or agency whatever.
subscribed and sworn to the date and year aforesaid
Archibald his X mark Gorman

Mr Beniea Northcott a clergyman residing in the County of Henry State of Kentucky and Henry declaim residing in the same County and state afsd hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Archibald Gorman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age. that he is reputed and believed in the Neighborhood hood
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he resides to have been a solder of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the date and year afsd
Benjn Northcott
Henry McClure Sec
Seal


State of Kentucky King County Set Be it known that on this 6th day of May 1833 personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid. Archibald Gorman who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the congruent loss of memory he cannot swear positively the precise period 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.  As a common solder [soldier] three months under Capt. William Porter and and Capt. William Scott. (being but a few days under Porter. As a common Solder [soldier] two months under Capt. James Brown
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as a common solder [soldier] two months under Capt. McCurdy as a common solder [soldier] two months under Capt. Skiles as a common solder [soldier] two months under Capt. Slaymaker and as a common solder [soldier] two years under Lieutenant Crawford for which service I claim a pension.  In testimony whereof I have set my hand the day and year last above named
DK Stockton, J.P.  Y.C.
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Fleming County Set. May Court 1833

At a Court held for Fleming County on the 6th day of May 1833, the foregoing declaration of Archibald Gorman was produced and sworn to in open Court and also the certificate of Benjamin Southcott & Henry McClune was sworn to and it is ordered to be certified as the opinion of the court after an investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories required by the war department that the said Gorman was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin Northcot, who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of  Fleming County, and a Clergyman and Henry McClune who has who has also signed the certificate is a resident of said County and a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, Joshua Stockton Clerk of the court for the County of Fleming do certify that the foregoing contains a true copy of the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Archibald Gorman for a pension.

And I do further certify that D K Stockton before whom the foregoing deposition of Archibald Gorman was sworn to, is, and was at the time of the same an acting justice of the peace in and for the county of Fleming duly commissioned and qualified, and that due faith and credit are and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
    
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 7th day of May 1833.
Joshua Stockton, Clk, C.F.C.
[seal]
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State of Kentucky Fleming County Set.
The undersigned citizens of the County of Fleming Certify that they have  been well acquainted with the within named Archibald Gorman for upwards of fifteen years that he has resided in the said County of Fleming for about twenty three years last past, that he is a man of first rate moral character & integrity and honor, that he is very aged, poor, infirm & nearly blind; and we further certify that we verily believe that the within statement which he has made of his services as a soldier is true
August 30th 1833
Jas Crawford
L.W. Andrews
R. Andrews
William P. Fleming
[noted in left margin]  Archibald Gorman 25123
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No. 25123
Archibald Gorman Fleming County Kentucky

From 1776 Private
23 months
$76.66
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153.32
  38.33
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198.65

James Crawford
Flemingsburg Fleming
County Kentucky
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
6 June 1833
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement , shewing the Service of Archibald Gorman, Fleming County Kentucky
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.  |  Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Vol Sept 1776 | -3- | private | Cap. Porter, Col Crawford | 78 years county of Lancaster Pennsylvania | Traditionary evidence certified credible & clergymans certificate - papers correctly attached.
Vol. Sept 1777 | -2- " Cap. Brown [blank]
Vol. Jany 1778 | -2- '" Cap. McCurdy Col. Boyd [blank] 
Vol. June 1778 | -2- " Cap. Slaymaker [blank}
Vol. Fall 1778 | -2- " Cap. Skiles [blank] 
Vol . 1779 | 2 -- " Lieut Crawford

The time engaged in actual service is required
Battle of German Town.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

   The following regulations have been adopted:
    This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms “Continental Line,”  “State troops,” “militia,” and “volunteers,” all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, $c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
     Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
      1.  The Regular Troops.
      2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
      3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service
      4.  Indian Spies.
    As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, al persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides, “And every Court having by law a seal and Clor is considered a Court of Record.
                          DECLARATION,
     In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
                 State, Territory, or District of}
                       Count of                            } ss.
    On this——-day of ——-personally appeared (a) before—-A. B. A resident (b) of——-in the county of —-and State, Territory or District of ——aged (c)——years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)—-, with—-and served in the (e) reg iment of the ——line, under the following named officers:
     [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time h left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (Pointer  finger stamp). This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
     He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of——-
     Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                                                    A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
     I———of the Court of———do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains hte original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ———
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of ———&c.
     If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out——-
     Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue for service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
     (K) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the ——-and C.D. Residing in (the same ) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with——-, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be——-years of age; that he is reputed a believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
             Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
     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 A.B. Who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ——-and that C.D., who has also signed the same s a resident in the ——-and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
     I, ——-Clerk of the Court of——-do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of——-
                In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this—-day of —-&c.
     Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
     If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his (end of page)
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
     The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
     1. Where and in what year were you born?
     2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
     3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
     4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
     5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
     6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
         { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
     7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a solder of the Revolution.
     The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
     The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
     The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
     Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
     Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
     No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must  state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
     "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith
that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length 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:--For ---- year ---- months, and ---- days, I served as a --------.  For ---- months and ----days, I served as a --------; and for such service I claim a pension."
     It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four month, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
     In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[hand symbol with finger pointing] The notes from [a] to [ ? i ] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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April 27, 1931

Mrs. C.C. Gibson
R.R # 2
Springfield, Missouri

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1204, that Archibald Gorman was born December 25, 1754 in Antrim County, Ireland, and came to America August 16, 1772.

While residing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted and served as a private with the Pennsylvania troops, as follows:

From September, 1776, three months under Captains William Porter and William Cook, a part of the time in Colonel Cranford's regiment; from September 15 or 16, 1777, two months in Captain James Brown's company, and was in the battle of Germantown; from January, 1778, two months in Captain McCundy's company, Colonel John Boyd's regiment; from June, 1778, two months in Captain Slaymaker's company; in the fall of 1778, two months in Captain Skiles' company; from early in 1789, at various times, in scouting parties under Lieutenant Crawford, length of service about one year.

He lived in Lancaster, Cumberland and Westmoreland Counties, Pennsylvania, until in 1808, when he moved to Bourbon County, Kentucky, where he lived two years, then moved to Fleming County, Kentucky, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed May 6,1833.

There are no data as to his family.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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R.R. #2
Springfield, Mo
Mar 17, 1931

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sir:—
     The War Department advised me to write to you to find out all that is possible about Archibald Gorman who was born in Ireland about 1750 and who died in Nicholas Co. Ky. in 1837.  He fought in the Revolutionary War and received a pension.  I would like to find out all I can about him, verify these records and get the exact dates if possible.
Respectfully, 

Mrs C.C. Gibson

Circular stamp showing receipt of letter with Pension Office Mar 19 1931 and US
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INVALID
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File No:  1204
Archibald Gorman
Priv. Pa. Line
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Act June 7. 1832.
Index:—Vol. A, Page 414

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Flemmingsburg
Sept 11th 1833
Dr [Dear] sir
Inclosed I return to you the old statement of Archibald Gorman together with the objection thereto and a new statement of said Gorman made with a view to abvacate said objections. I hope there will be no further difficulty on the subject in as much as the now inclosed is as perfect as any which has ever been sent from this place, so far as they have come under my notice.
Yours respectfully
Jas Crawford
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State of Kentucky      Fleming County Set.

On this seventh day of September in the year 1833 in open court, personally appeared before Walker Reid Esq Judge of the First Judicial District including the Fleming Circuit court; a court of record; Archibald Gorman, a resident of Flemingsburg in the County of Fleming and state of Kentucky, aged Seventy eight years, the 25th day of December 1832. who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he volunteered in the army and entered into the actual service of the United States, as a common soldier ,or private, in the County of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania, where he then resided; in the month of September in the year 1776, with and under Captain William Porter the Regiment to which said Company belonged was commanded by Colonel Crawford; that he marched from Lancaster to Philadelphia & remained in actual service in Philadelphia, two weeks succeeding the time of entering the service; he was then marched from Philadelphia to Bergen or Bargan in the State of New Jersey; at Bergen he remained in active service in the same company four weeks. There was then a call for volunteers to join the flying Camp when he turned out as a volunteer for said purpose, under Captain William Scott, for six months.  But before the last described volunteers marched from Bergen, he was taken with the Flux and was ordered by the commanding officer to remain in Camp at Bergen in the same company to which he originally belonged and
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and he did accordingly remain there and perform the duties of a soldier notwithstanding his sickness until December of said year, having been engaged in actual service three months, when he received a discharge, but not in writing.

He further states that on the 15th or 16th of September 1777, a few days after the Battle of Brandywine, he again volunteered, in Lancaster County Pennsylvania, his then place of residence, under Captain James Brown, for two months. that he was marched from Lancaster to a place called WhiteMarsh, and that he was in the Battle of German Town, that he was engaged in actual service during the whole two months from the last above date, served out his time, and on the 15th or 16 of November as well as he now recollects, he was discharged by Capt. Brown; he received a written discharge but has long since lost it.

That in January 1778, he volunteered for two months more under Captain Robert McCurdy; a Mr. Hughes was an Ensign, & Daniel Huston Lieutenant of said Company. Thomas Boyd was the Major & John Boyd Colo. of the Regiment. that during this service he marched to a place called WhiteMarsh Church, and then to a place called Springhouse Tavern; at which last place, having been in actual service as last aforesaid two months, he was discharged in March 1778, by Colo Boyd, and received a written discharge, but has lost it. 

That in June 1778. he again volunteered, for two months, under Capt. Slaymaker, and was in actual service for said period, in guarding prisoners at Lancaster Town; at the end of said two months, he was discharged by
Capt Slaymaker, but received no written discharge.

Immediately upon the close of the last above service, he volunteered for two months more, under Captain Skiles, for same purpose, of guarding the Prisoners at Lancaster and was accordingly actually engaged in this service at said place, for two months more, at the expiration of which time he was again discharged at Lancaster, but received no written discharge. That in the early part of the year 1779 (the exact date he cannot now recollect) he volunteered under Lieutenant Crawford, who was then the
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the Lieutenant of the County of Lancaster that there engaged in the last service, were called a scouting party, and the object of this service, and the employment of the party, was ranging the country in the neighbourhood of Lancaster and Philadelphia, to prevent the Tories from taking assist and support to the British army at Philadelphia, and to prevent the British from ranging the country. The party were to be as minute men ready at a moments warning to engage in actual service. That he belonged to this company and was in this service two years as a common soldier, but he cannot recollect now the exact time that he was in actual service in scouting and ranging as above described, but to the best of his recollection, he was in such actual service one year of said time and even in the ballance of said two years such was the importance of constant readiness to attend the call of his country that the followed no business of his own during those two years, & when not in any actual service as a soldier he was engaged in procuring additional recruits & [illegible] that at the end of said two years he was discharged by Lieutenant Crawford but received no written discharge
He further states that in all the above described service he acted and served as a private and Common soldier and was during the whole period engaged in the service of his country & no part of the time in his own business.
That of the officers of the Militia of the Revolutionary war, he knows of Genl. Ervin, Genl. Potter and Genl. Armstrong of the Regulars: Genl. Green, Genl. Wayne & Genl. Ewing, Genl. Cadwallader,  & Genl. Mifflin.
That he was born in Entram County in Ireland on the 25th day of December 1754. Came to America, on the 16th of August 1772. That he resided in Lancaster, Cumberland and Westmoreland Counties in the State of
Pennsylvania That he removed to Kentucky in the year 180[illegible] lived two years in the County of Bourbon, then removed to Fleming
County where he has ever since resided now resides- That he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whom he can procure to prove his aforesaid service - That he is very old, infirm, poor, and nearly blind. That he is well acquaint with many of the Citizens of Fleming County Flemingsburg & is himself well known to many of those citizens; among such are William P. Fleming L.W. Andrews & James Crawford Esqr.
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The Reverend Benjamin Northcott all the Reverend Anthony G. Houston the 
Reverend Andrew Todd - Henry McClune Robert Andrews, D.K. Stockton Esq. L D Stockton all of the Fleming Circuit Court Joshua Stockton clk of Fleming County Court, the Honorable Seth Botts Mr William Botts
Bajor Benedict H. Hobbs

That heretofore on the 6th of May last he made in the Fleming County Court a written declaration for the same purpose for which this is made; which he has been informed has been returned that "the time engaged in actual service" may be more particularly shewn, than in his former declaration. He now state that he has herein stated such time in as full, complete and specific manner as his great age, and consequent loss of memory will enable him. That he has now done all in his power to the best of his knowledge to make his claim satisfactory to the Pension Department. That when he made his former statement to the Gentlemen who reduced to writing (James H Jones Esqr who is now dead) he made to him, substantially the same statement contained in this declaration; and that any variance which may appear between the two proceeds from reducing the statement to writing by the Draftsmen, and not from a variation in his account of his services. 
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any State whatever.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid.
Archibald his x mark Gorman {seal}
We Andrew Todd Clergyman residing in Flemingsburg Henry County Kentucky & Benedict H. Hobbs, Henry McClune Wm. P. Fleming residing in the same County and State of Kentucky hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Archibald Gorman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy eight years of age that he is reputed and
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and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides now and has heretofore resided, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed
the date and year aforesaid
Andrew Todd {seal}
Henry McClune {seal}
Benedict H. Hobbs {seal}
William P Fleming {seal}

State of Kentucky Fleming County Set
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, the above named Archibald Gorman who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the Grade of a private or common soldier. Three months under Porter and Scott, as described in the first part of his declaration. Two months under Captain James Brown. Two months under Captain McCurdy. Two months under Captain Skiles-.Two months under Captain Slaymaker. And two years under Lieutenant Crawford as a scout serving all as a common soldier or private in the manner as set forth in the latter parts of his aforesaid declaration, and for which services part of his aforesaid declaration he claims a pension.
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and name the day & year last above named towit 7th Sept 1833.
William P. Fleming

State of Kentucky
Fleming Circuit, set  September Term 1833.
The foregoing Declaration of Archibald Gorman in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832, was sworn to in open Court by the said Archibald Gorman, and the certificate of Andrew Todd Henry McClune Benedict H Hobbs & William P Fleming was also sworn to in open Court. 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, & served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Andrew Todd who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the County of Fleming and that Henry McClune, Benedict H. Hobbs & William P. Fleming who have also signed the same are also residents of the said County of Fleming and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Leaken D. Stockton, Clerk of the Court for the Fleming Circuit, do hereby certify that
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the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Archibald Gorman for a pension.
     In Testimony whereof, I have here-
unto set my hand & affixed the
seal of my office, at Flemingsburg
the 7th day of September 1833. &
42nd year of the Commonwealth
L. D. Stockton, C.F.C.C.

[seal]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES.     
DIVISION OF VETERANS’ ADMINISTRATION ARCHIVES
FORM VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Name: Gorman, John.    Grade:  Private Line: Maryland

Warrant Number —-11255—Acreage 100—Issued-ay 11, 179? (Town)
To-not shown-
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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of “Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800” which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.   Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office in The National Archives.