Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,520, Isaac Dunn, Va.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Va.
Dunn, Isaac

NUMBER
S.43.520

CONTENTS
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12.992 R
Pennsylvania
(4 )

Isaac Dunn
of _________ in the state of Pennsylvan
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Muhlenbur of the Virginia
line, for the term of Two years

inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 25 of August 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 of July 1819
and sent to David Gray
Jefferson Greene Cty P - a [Pension Agent]

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 6 1/3 50.83
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819  48
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$98.83
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{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Entered [very feint]
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Weber Kendell & Co. X
Pay. Agt. May 11, '37

[right side on edge very feint writing]
Deposition sent September 17, 1837
[?] Washington City [?]
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Weber Kendell & Co. X
Pay. Agt. May 11, '37

[right side on edge, very feint]
Application sent November 17, 1837[?] to
[?] Washington City [?]
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Isaac Dunn Deposition
Private
6th Virginia Regiment
1776 2 years

The certificates of the judge
as to the reliability
[illegible line]
witnesses, is wanting.
Admitted
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Isaac Dunn Deposition
Private
6th Virginia Regiment
1776 2 years

The certificates of the judge
as to the reliability
[illegible line]
witnesses, is wanting.
Admitted
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(1)
Greene County
in the State of Pennsylvania

Personally came before me one of the associate judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for said county, Isaac Dunn, and after being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that in Feby. in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six, he enlisted under captain Berry, of the eighth Regiment of Virginia. (Capt. Berry, company was a rifle company) in Frederick County in Virginia, Peter Millenburgh was Colonel of the regiment. The Lieutenant of Capt. Berry was John Joliff and the ensign Richard Easton. The regiment was organized at Winchester Virginia, marched from Winchester to James river near Norfolk, thence marched to a place called Halifax, thence marched to Charleston South Carolina, and was there at the attack made on the fort on Sullivans Island. Then marched to Savannah in Georgia, left that place in two or three days and marched to a town called Sunbury lay there about three months, during which the soldiery were very sickly and were stationed round in the neighbourhood four or five at each house in the country, and at length they were commanded when they had a little recovered, to rendevouz at Savannah, where we marched to Virginia, eighteen days before Christmas, was allowed to go home on furlough when the regiment arrived near Winchester Virginia. After furlough was out returned to Winchester and marched thence to Philadelphia in the spring, while there the soldiery took the small pox. The men were ordered to meet in the common and all that had not taken the small pox, were taken into the city again and innoculate, and among them was the deponent. The army left the sick and marched into Jersey. The deponent with others having recovered followed and joined the army again at Bonbrook in Jersey. From this place the army marched on a report of the enemies having gone to the northward, two days march north till they arrived near Black river, when news arrived that the enemy was gone to the south, they then turned about and marched immediately to Brandywine where he was guard of the baggage waggons, was with the army and fought at the battle of Germantown; after which went with the army to Valley Forge, where he the deponent was honourably discharged having served faithfully two years the time for which he had enlisted; The deponent further saith that having kept his discharge many years it finally wore out
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and has been lost. The deponent further saith that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of his country of [illegible] for support.
[right] his
[right] Isaac [oval]  Dunn
[right] mark [oval being his mark in lieu of signature]

Sworn and subscribed before me the twenty fifth day of August 1818
[signed] David Gray

Green County ss. in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania }
Personally came before me the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Courts of Common pleas in and for said County Donham Garrison and being Sworn according to law doth depose and say that the within Statement made by Isaac Dunn is a just and true statement relative to his Inlistment [sic] and his service in the United States army in the time of the Revolutionary War.
[right] his
[right] Donham  X  Garrison
[right] mark [X being his mark in lieu of signature]

Sworn and subscribed this fourth day of January in the year 1819 before me
[signed] David Gray

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Greene County ss. }
Personally came before me the Subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County Samuel Dunn and being Sworn according to law doth depose and say that the within Statement made by Isaac Dunn relative to his Inlistment [sic] and service in the United States army in the time of the Revolutionary War is just and true and that the said Isaac Dum is in reduced circumstance and stands in need of assistance from some quarter. 
Sworn and subscribed this fourth day of January 1819 before me
[signed] David Gray

[right] his 
[right] Samuel   X   Dunn
[right] mark [X being his mark in lieu of signature]
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Pennsylvania Greene County ss }
I William T. Hays, Prothonotary [Protonotary] of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, hereby certify that David Gray Esquire before whom the within Deposition appear to have been made is and was at the time of taking and signing the same an acting Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County; And that full faith and Credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such. -
In testimony whereof I have hereto set myhand & seal of Office January 5th AD 1818
[signed] Wm T. Hays Prothy

I David Gray one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas and General quarter Sessions of the peace in and for the County of Green in the State of Pennsylvania Do certify that it appears fully to my Satisfaction that the said -- Isaac Dunn in the preceeding Statement named did serve in the Revolutionary war as Stated therein against the common enemy for the term of nine month at one time in the Continental establishment and I now transmit the proceedings and Testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the depart ment of War pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned act of Congress I am also well Satisfied that he needs the assistance of his Country for Support.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Court this twenty third day of February 1819
[signed] David Gray
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(2)
I David Gray one of Associte Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Greene in the State of Pennsylvania Do Certify to all whome it may concern that from the underwriten depsition, I am fully satisfied that the within named Witnesses Samuel Dunn and Dunham Garison are both Men of respectability and are in nowise interested in the within declaration and Statement which they have proved for Isaac Dunn
Given under my hand and seal this 3rd day of July 1819
[signed] David Gray

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Greene County to wit Personally came before me the Subscriberone of the Associate Judges of the Courts General quarter Sessions of the peace & County Court of Common pleas in and for said County William McCollough and William Garrison and being both Sworn according to law doth depose and Say that they are well acquainted with the within named Samuel Dunn and Dunham Garrison and that the Said Samuel Dunn and Dunham Garrison is both men of veracity and respit and to the deponents knowledge neither one of the other of them is in any ways interested in the with bussiness of Isaac Dunn
Sworn and Subscribed this 3rd day of July 1819 before me [signed] David Gray
[right signed] William M Collough
[right signed] William Garrison
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Isaac Dunn
12.992
July '19
Con
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(3)
Fifteenth district of Penn'a ss, Greene County
On this nineteenth day of September 1820 personally appeared
in open Court being a Court of record for Said County
Isaac Dunn aged sixty three years resident in Morgan
Township in Said County Who being duly Sworn according to
law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revo
lutionary war as follows in the 8th Virginia Regiment in
the Company commanded by Capt Berry that he made declaration
thereof on the 25th day of August 1818 whereon he has
obtained a Certificate from the war department dated 26th
day of July 1819 No. 12992 and I do solemnly Swear that
I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th
day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by
gift Sale or in any mann
disposed of my property or any
part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring
my self within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled
an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land &
Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war
" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have
not nor has any person in trust for me any property or
securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any
income other than what is contained in the schedule here
to annexed and by me Subscribed viz:
one old home
one Cow
some old cups & Saucers
one old plow
plates spoons & potter dishes
three hoes
a few old knives & forks, an aser [?]
four sheep
two old dutch overs
a saw & four Shoats
a Spinning Wheel
two old chests
a table
ten gallon Kettle
a pot
tea Kettle
Isaac Dunn
mark
four old chairs split bottom

[right] his
[right] Isaac [mark] Dunn
[right] mark [in lieu of a signature]
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I also declare that I live on rented land am a farmer by occupation that I have an aged helpless wife & two orphan grand children John Dunn eight years old & Moses Dunn six years old depending on me for support I have two daughters who are able to support themselves I have good health according to my age
[right] his
[right] Isaac   [O]   Dunn
[right] mark [his mark in lieu of signature]

Sworn & Subscribed in open Court 18th September 1820
Attest Wm T. Hays Prothy.

Penn & Greene County ss.
I William T. Hays Protonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene aforesaid do Certify the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly Copied from the record of said Court, and I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is forty Dollars & seventy five cents - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on the 16th day of October Anno Domina 1820
[signed] Wm J. Hays Prothy

[illegible Seal attached at left]
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September 11, 1933.

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BA-J/ADY [illegible initials]
Isaac Dunn
3. 43520

Mr. E. B. Iams
324 Tyler Avenue
Washington, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to one Isaac Dunn, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.43520, based upon his military service in that war.

Isaac Dann enlisted in February 1776 in Frederick County, Virginia, served as a private in Captain Berry's Company, Colonel Peter Muhlenberg's Eighth Virginia Regiment and was in the battles of Sullivan's Island and Germantown; length of service two years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 25, 1818, in Greene County, Pennsylvania. 
In 1820 he was a resident of Morgan Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, and aged sixty-three years.

In 1820 soldier had a wife, two daughters and two orphan grandchildren, John Dunn eight years old and Moses Dunn six years old. The names of wife and daughters not stated.

In 1819 one Samuel Dunn appeared in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in support of the claim, no relationship to soldier stated. There are no further family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of
soldier's death, you should apply to the Records Division,
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General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., citing all the following data:

"Isaac Dunn, Certificate No. 12992, issued July 26, 1819, rate $8.00 per month, commenced August 25, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Pennsylvania Agency".

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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43520
INVALID.
Revy

File No. 43,320
Isaac Dunn
Pri Rev War
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Act: 18th March 18"

Index:-Vol. g, Page 143

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1917 Apr. 26 Hist. to Mrs.
B. E. Brown
1921 Oct. 18 Hist to Miss
Dessah Cooper
1933 April - Hist. to
Neil D. McKain, A.N.Y..
1933 Sept. 11. Hist to
E.B. Iams. A. N. Y.
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Commissioner of Pension,
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am inquiring about Isaac Dunn who was a soldier in the War of the
Revolution He received his pension thru Waynesburg, Green Co. Pa and died after 1836, That is all the information I have altho Harris gave me inform

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Rev Rec
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PENSION OFFICE
U. S.
OCT 13 1921
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ation about one Isaac Dunn who served as a private in Capt. Thomas Perrry's Co, 8th Va. Reg.
I do not know where the Isaac Dunn served who I am interested in
Very truly yours
Miss Dissah Cooper
6937 Thomas Blvd
Pittsburgh
Pa

Received
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B. E. BROWN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
MONESSEN, PA.

April 20, 1917.

Pension Dept.,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
Will you please furnish me any information that you can about one Isaac Dunn, a Revolutionary soldier who drew a pension at one time at Waynesburg, Green Co., Pa. Any information that you can furnish me will be very much appreciated. The reason that I want this is that I want to become a member of the D. A. R.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. B. E. Brown
Per M.D. T.
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THE LEWIS AND CLARK HIGH SCHOOL
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON

HENRY M. HART, PRINCIPAL

March 16, 1933

Director of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

The office of the Adjutant General has directed me to write to the Director of Pensions for some information which I have been seeking.

I am anxious to verify the military record of Isaac Dunn who served during the Revolutionary War. I believe he served with the Eighth Virginia Regiment under Colonel John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg and Captain Thomas Berry. Later he is said to have been at Yorktown with General Anthony Wayne. At the close of the Revolution he settled in Washington (the part that was later Green County ) County, Pennsylvania, in or near Waynesburg.

An Isaac Budd Dunn of Green County, Pennsylvania, is easily traceable. However, I do not know that Isaac Dunn and Isaac Budd Dunn were one and the same.

If your office could give me any information available, I would greatly appreciate it. In addition to the service record, I should like to get Isaac Dunn's date of birth and death, places of enlistment and discharge, and actual place of residence in Pennsylvania.

Thanking you for your trouble, I am,

Sincerely,
[signed] Neil D. McKain

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RECEIVED
MAR 21 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM
PENSION # 3
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324 Tyler Avenue,
Washington, Pa.
September 22 1933.

Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:-
What data do you have on Isaac Dunn, a soldier in the Revolutionary War in Eastern Virginia, and who died in Greene County, Pennsylvania in 1845 aged 97 years. He settled in Morgan Township, Greene County. His will was filed August 1st 1845 at Waynesburg, Pa.
Yours truly,
[signed [E. B. Iams]

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RECEIVED
SEP  6 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM 
PENSION # 3
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3--525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
S.F. 43.520

In reply to your request of ______,  received _____________ for a statement of the military history of Isaac Dunn 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. Feb 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 yrs.
RANK. Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Berry
COLONEL. Peter Muhlenberg
STATE. 8th Va
Battles engaged in, Sullivan's Island, Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Frederick Co Va.
Date of application for pension, Aug 25, 1818,  His [?] was [?]
Residence at date of application, FGreene Co. Penn.
Age at date of application, 61 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820 his wife and two daughters were living  and two orphan grand children John Dun 8 yrs. old and Moses Dunn 6 yrs. old. names of Wife and daughters not stated

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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April 6, 1933.

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BA-J/ADY
Isaac Dunn
3. 43520

Mr. Neil D. McKain,
The Lewis & Clark High School,
Spokane, Washington.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to one Isaac Dunn, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the  papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.43530, based upon his military service in
that war.

Isaac Dunn enlisted in February 1776 in Frederick County, Virginia, served as a private in Captain Berry's Company, Colonel Peter Muhlenberg's Eighth Virginia Regiment and was in the battles of Sullivan's Island and Germantown; length of service two years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 25, 1818, in Greene Co Pa.

In 1820 he was a resident of Morgan Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, and aged sixty-three years.

In 1820 soldier had a wife, two daughters and two orphan grandchildren, John Dunn eight years old and Moses Dunn six years old. The names of wife and daughters not stated.

In 1819 one Samuel Dunn appeared in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in support of the claim, no relationship to soldier stated. There are no further family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment ofpension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, you should apply to the Records Division,
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General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data:

"Isaac Dunn, Certificate No. 12982, issued July 26, 1819, rate $8.00 per month, commenced August 25, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Pennsylvania Agency".

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.