Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8,296, John Dawson, Penn.
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(3-1776)
Dawson, John
SERVICE Penn.
NUMBER S.8296
CONTENTS _
carded.
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26.301
Ohio
John Dawson
Champaign in the State of Ohio
---
who was a Prt.
in the Company command by
Captain Minter of the Regt. command
by Col ---
in the Penna line for
6 Mo Pr $20.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 20 Dollars ---cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of May
and Sent to
134 John C Pearson, Urbanna, Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 24 60.0.0
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 10.00
$70.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. T. Spragen Clerk,
Book C - Vol. 8 Page 6
Date of death not on AB
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30.806
John Dawson
Ohio
Adm 6 Months.
John C. Pearson
Urbanna
Ohio
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7,1832.

State of Ohio
County of Champaign

On this fifteenth day of April personally appeared before one Elisha C. Berry, one of the judges of the court of common pleas of Champaign County and State of Ohio, John Dawson, a resident of Urbana Township in the county of Champaign and state of Ohio, aged eighty-seven 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.  

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  

He entered into the service under Captain Minter he thinks in the year 1778 in the spring season of said year, the precise day and month he cannot now recollect but thinks and believes it was in April.  At the time of entering the service he resided in Westmoreland County in the state of Pennsylvania from whence he marched to the Ohio River thirty-five miles below Fort Pitt at the mouth of Beaver Creek where he was attached to a regiment under the command of Colonel Crawford and assisted in the building of Fort McIntosh. 

At that point, after the completion of Fort McIntosh, he was marched to Tuscarawas River in the then northwestern territory and which is now within the state of Ohio.  Here the claimant was engaged in building a fort and pickets, then he was marched back to Fort McIntosh
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about the first of January or last of December, he cannot now recollect precisely, at Fort McIntosh, he was discharged.  He received no written discharge. 

This claimant was drafted into the service; he was engaged in no battles during this campaign; he has no record of his age other than the recollection of what his parents informed him in regard to the time of his birth.  He believes he was born in the year 1767. 

He was born in the state of Maryland in what was then called Frederick County whence he moved with his father's family to Westmoreland County in Pennsylvania where he was living when called into the service.  From thence he removed to the state of Kentucky in the year 1785 where he resided some years and from thence removed to the state of Ohio and Champaign County about thirty years since, where he has ever since resided and still resides.

This claimant has no documentary evidence of his service never having received any written discharge.  He has procured the deposition of the captain under whom he served to testify to the service to which he refers for a more ample details of circumstances attending the campaign than he is able to give from his extreme bodily infirmity and the consequent loss of memory in regard to events occurring at periods so far back.  

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid.
Signed:  John Dawson
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We, John C. Pearson, a clergyman residing in the county of Champaign and state of Ohio and Joseph S. Carter, residing in the county and state aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Dawson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty-seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
Signed:  John C. Pearson, Jo. S. Carter

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Signed:  Elisha C. Berry

And I, the said Elisha C. Berry, judge of the court of common pleas of Champaign County and State of Ohio do hereby declare my 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 I further certify that John C. Pearson who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the county of Champaign and state of Ohio, and that Joseph S. Carter, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the county of Champaign and state of Ohio and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and that the said John Dawson is unable from bodily infirmity to attend court.
Signed:  Elisha C. Berry

I, John C. Pearson, clerk of the court of common pleas for Champaign County in the state of Ohio, do hereby certify that Elisha C. Berry, who has signed the above certificate is a judge of the court of common pleas for Champaign County and state of Ohio and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
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subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at Urbana this 15th day of April A.D. 1824.
Signed:  John C Pearson, Clk.
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April 18, 1938

[unintelligible handwritten message]

John Dawson
S. 8386
Moses Roberts
Wt. 1700-300
John Welty
S. [unintelligible number]
RA-J/SW7

Mrs. Robert E. Lee
Willmore Motel
Long Beach, California

Dear Madam:

The data which fellow relative to John Dawson were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 8386, based on his military service in the War of the Revolution.

John Dawson was born in the year 1747 in Frederick County, Maryland, names of his parents not given. He moved with his "father's family" from Frederick County, to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

While residing in said Westmoreland County, John Dawson enlisted sometime in April, 1778, served as a private in Captain John Minter's company, Colonel Crawford's Pennsylvania regiment, marched to Fort Pitt, and down the Ohio River to the mouth of the Big Beaver, where he assisted in building Fort McIntosh from there went in pursuit of Indians to the Tuscarawas River, returned to Fort McIntosh, where he was discharged in December or January, 1779.

John Dawson moved from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1786 to Kentucky, lived seven years and moved to Champaign County, Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application
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executed April 15, 1834, at which time he was living in Urbana Township, Champaign County, Ohio.

The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to wife or children of the soldier, John Dawson.

In order to obtain the date of las payment of 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, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:

John Dawson
Certificate # 26301
Issued May 3, 1834
Rate $ 20.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1838
Ohio Agency.

Moses Roberts - Wt. 1790-300

The records of this office show that Warrant No. 1790, for three hundred sores of bounty land, was issued April 13, 1792, on account of the service of Moses Roberts, Captain of the Massachusetts Line, War of the Revolution.

There are no further data on file in regard to his service, and no information relative to his family, due to the destruction of papers such as claims, when the War Office was burned.

This is the record of the only Moses Roberts found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
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John Welty- S. 39822

The data pertaining to John Welty were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 39822, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of John Welty were not
given, nor were the names of his parents stated.

John Welty enlisted in the State of Maryland,
sometime in November, 1778, served as private in Captain Meyers' company in the German Regiment, and was discharged at Yorktown, Virginia, November 2, 1781, from the 3rd Maryland Regiment, by Lieutenant
-Colonel P. Adams.

John Welty was allowed pension on his application executed January 26, 1831, then aged eighty-seven years, and living in Greene County, Tennessee.

In 1831 his family residing with him consisted
of his wife, Mary, aged eighty-one years, his daughter, Rahamy, aged twenty-two years, and her infant child, aged six or seven months, name of infant not given.

Barbra Hauff in 1856 residing in Greene County, Tennessee, referred to the soldier, John Welty, as deceased, and stated that she was one of his surviving children. She did not give the date of his death and did not mention names of other children.

One Peter Hauff was of Greene County, Tennessee in 1856; it was not stated that he was related to the above named Barbra Hauff.

The papers on file in this claim [unintelligible]
further discernible data in regard to family.

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

John Welty
Certificate # 20340
Issued June 27, 1831
Rate $8.00 per month
Commenced June 25, 1831
Acts of March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820
Kast Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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State of Ohio Champaign County (Set.)
Personally appeared before the subscriber
a justice of the peace in and for the County of Champaign aforesaid John Minter a resident of Delaware County in the State of Ohio, and made oath in due form of law that he is seventy eight years of age. that during the Revolutionary war he resided in Westmoreland County State of Pennsylvania-That during the war, and he thinks it was in the year 1778 he was called on to raise a company of militia and go against the Indians a campaign: accordingly in the spring of that year (1778) but what time in the spring he cannot now recollect, he did select a company of drafts and hold them in readiness for the
arrival of General McIntosh, But Gen. McIntosh being delayed, deponent was ordered and did
march his company into the campaign. He first
marched his company to Pittsburgh, thence to
the mouth of Beaver Creek where they remained for perhaps two months, he cannot recollect the precise time, and built a fort which is called Fort McIntosh. Then were about 15 hundred men engaged in the building this fort, which were commanded by Colonel Crawford, until Gen. McIntosh arrived who took the command on his arrival.
After completing this fort, this deponent was united with his company under the command of Gen. McIntosh to the Tushauwas river in what is now the State of Ohio, this expedition was against the Indians who fled on the approach of this army so that deponent was not engaged in any battle
during this campaign. Here the army under Gen McIntosh of which deponent and his company made a part were engaged building a fort and making pickets during the season. This deponent and his company was marched back by Gen. McIntosh to Fort McIntosh in the last of December or Jan first of January of the winter after his leaving home on this expedition, deponent
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cannot recollect the precise time he arrived at Fort McIntosh but it was about the first of January.
At Fort McIntosh deponent and his company were discharged by Gen. McIntosh, no written discharges were given.
This deponent further swears that John Dawson, now a citizen of Champaign County, in the State of Ohio, was a private soldier in his company during the whole of the aforesaid campaign, and that said Dawson was regularly drafted in the militia; that under the authority this deponent had to select his own men for the service, he selected the said John Dawson, who entered his company,
marched under the command of this deponent
first to Pittsburgh, thence to the mouth of big
Bender, thence to Tuckawnas river, as above
stated and remained serving in the company
of deponent the whole of the campaign, marched back to Fort McIntosh with deponent, and was then discharged as usual. The precise time of the service of said Dawson this deponent cannot now recollect by reason of the lapse of time, and his age and
the consequent loss of memory but he is fully in the belief that his company marched into the service as above stated about the first of June in the year around and left the service about the last of December or first of January thereafter. He also swears that his company was drafted for at least the term of six months, and they served some more time the term for which they were drafted, but he cannot say precise by how long. The said John Dawson was a faithful soldier and served his full time.
The said John Dawson is now in the presence of this deponent and he knows him to be the identical person who served in deponents
company as aforesaid, Deponent believes said
John Dawson to be several years older than
this deponent, and deponent knows that said
Dawson has lived where he now lives in Champaign County aforesaid for more than twenty years last past, and he has always sustained
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a good moral character. Deponent is informed
by said said John Dawson that he is who
to apply for a pension, for which purpose this
declaration or deposition is made.
John Minter
The above named John Minter subscribed
and sworn to the above deposition before me
this twenty eighth day of December A.D. 1833.
And I certify that said John Minter is a
credible person.
William Patrick J. P.
I John C. Pearson Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of the County of Champaign
in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that the
above subscribed William Patrick
is an acting Justice of the peace in and
for said County of Champaign and that the ┃
signature annexed to the preceding certificate
is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed the seal of said Court at
Urbane this 1\3th day of April 1834
Ano
C Pearson Clk
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[Written in pencil] See further corres. with her in James Roberts S.35052 May 23 '38
[Letter type is dark]
April 18, 1938
John Dawson
S. 8296
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Robert E. Lee
Willmore Hotel 
Long Beach, California
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John and Nicholas Dawson of Maryland; Moses Roberts, killer February 3, 1790[?], of Massachusetts; Jacob Weldy, of Pennsylvania and Ohio; Sudrge Weldy of Ohio; and John Jacob Weldy of Maryland; and the War of 1818 record of Jacob Weldy of Ohio, whose widow, Mary, received a pension.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claims for pension found based upon the service of Jacob Weldy and Nicholas Dawson, or of a George Weldy of Ohio. The surnames were searched under similar spellings.
You were furnished, October 1, 1936[?], the War of 1812 record of Jacob Weldy, under pension number W. C. [illegible], widow, Mary. The papers on file in this claim contain no further data in regard to the soldier or to his widow, Mary, than were of [rest of sentence illegible].
The Revolutionary War records of John Dawson, Moses Roberts, and John Welty [Weldy] are furnished herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
[Written in pencil bottom of letter] Letter in John Dawson S.8296
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CHESTER B CALDWELL
MANAGER
The Willmore
GARAGE IN CONNECTION
Long Beach, California April 6, 1938
Pension Bureau
Steubenville, Ohio
Gentlemen:
Do you have on file the record
for the Pension applied for and paid to
Mary Price Welday, widow of Jacob
Welday, of Grass Creek Twp. Jefferson Co Ohio,
and who fought in the War of
1812 and died December 9, 1866 in his
77" year.
Is there a charge for having this
pension record copied?
Hoping to hear from you soon
Very truly
(Mrs.) Vernie Dawson Lee
Do you have record of the wife or widow
of Jacob Welday Sr. father of the above Jacob Welday applying for a pension for the Revolution, as
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we believe he may have fought in the
American Revolution, Lived in Cross Creek Twp Jefferson Co. Ohio.
Also, do you have on record, the
widow of George Welty or Weldy or Welday
of Ohio applying for a pension for the
American Revolution?
He was a brother of Jacob Welday Sr. and we believe may have fought in the Revolution
Received Apr 16, 1982
Mail Sub-Div
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SUBTERRANEAN GARAGE
The Willmore
Long Beach, California
CHESTER B. CALDWELL
MANAGER
March 28, 1938.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Do you have on file, the pension record
of Jacob Melday, Cross Creek Twp. Jefferson Co. Ohio who fought in the War of 1812, Died Dec. 9, 1866 in his 77 year, born somewhere in Pennsylvania in 1789, his wife Mary receiving his pension?
If you have this record can you send me
a copy of same and is there a charge for such
Copy?
I am anxious to learn where Jacob Welday
was born in Pennsylvania and I believe his place of birth will be mentioned in these records.
Also do you have on file the pension record of
Jacob Welday Sr. who we believe fought in the American Revolution his wife Mary receiving his pension?
Jacob Welday Sr. lived some where in Pennsylvania
and migrated to Jefferson Co., Cross Creek Twp. Ohio about
1812 buying government land in 1813. His father, John or John Jacob Welday or Weldy or Welte or Welde or Welty we are quite sure fought in the American Revolution and his wife received a pension although we do not
know the name of his wife. He lived some where in
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SUBTERRANEAN GARAGE
The Willmore
Long Beach, California
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CHESTER B. CALDWELL
MANAGER

Pennsylvania or Maryland or as S. Western Penna was Virginia
said at that time, he may be listed in Virginia record.
I would appreciate the name of any Welday, Weldy, Welde, Welty etc whose widow received a pension for his services in the Revolution.
Also, do you have on file the record of
pension for a John Dawson of Baltimore at Prince Georges Co. Maryland or Nicholas Dawson of Prince Georges Co? These however may be listed in same other County in Maryland, having fought in the Revolution.
Also do you have the pension record of
Moses Roberts, reported killed in Revolution, in
Massachusetts, Feb 3, 1780 and who received his pension?
Hoping for an early reply, I am
Very truly
(Mrs.) Vernie Dawson Lee
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,19--
In reply to your request of ---
received ---
for a statement of the military history of John Dawson
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.F. 8296.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. April 1778 
LENGTH OF
SERVICE. to end of Dec 78
RANK. Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. John Minter
COLONEL. Crawford
STATE. Penn
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westmoreland Co. Penn.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 15, 1834, His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Urbana Township, Champaign Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application, born in Frederick Co. Md. in 1747.
Remarks: There is no family data on file
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Rev Sec
left

Chicago, Ill.
May 6, 1916.

To U.S. Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:-

Will you kindly furnish me a certificate of service of my ancestor who served in Revolution {Hand written check mark]

JOHN DAWSON who was born about 1734 and served in New Jersey. Died in Ohio and was pensioned while residing in Champaign Co., O.  I believe.

Thanking you in advance for whatever data you can give me to enable me to put through my application in S. A. R.

Most truly yours,
Harry H. Dawson, 
Room 1333 Stock Exchange Bldg., 
Chicago, Ill.
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1916 May 11. history to Mr. Harry H Dawson M.B.H.

1938 - April 8-- list to Mrs. R. E [illegible]

Revhan

8296

INVALID

File No. 8296

John Dawson

Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. [illegible] Page 90
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Pa