Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,415, William Dunlap, Penn.
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(S-1776)

Service
Penn

Dunlap, William

Number
S.15,415

Born in Penn

carded
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13. 490.
Ohio Pittsburgh.
William Dunlap.
of Trumbull C in the State of Ohio
who was a [illegible] in the Co commanded
by Captain Ross of the Regt commanded
by Col.-- in the [illegible]
line for 8 months
6. [illegible] 30.00
2. [illegible] 6.66
$36.66.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsbg,
at the rate of 36. Dollars 66. Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Aug
1833 and [illegible word with ink blot]
McConnell . Warren .  [illegible]
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1833, 73.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 1833. 18.33
$91.65
Revolutionary Claim;
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk,
Vol. 8. Page 109.
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application
of
William
Dunlap -
+ 7697
Filed August 24 1832
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The State of Ohio
Trumbull County SS
On this 20th day of August A.D. 1832
personally appeared in open court before the
Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of
Ohio sitting at Warren within and for
said County of Trumbull William Dunlap
of Weathersfield in said County aged [illegible]
Seventy nine 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
---
That he entered the service of the United States in the year A.D
1776 as a Serjent, was drafted in the Township Colrain, Lancaster County Pennsylvania in Spring of the year under command
of Capt Ross, Robert Thompson was my colonel, I was not
called into the service at that time and about the midelle
of August 1776 I volunteered as a Rifleman at the same
place, under command of Capt James Ross, who also volunteered.
we marched to Philadelphia, from there to Trenton then to Amboy, Elizabeth Town where our Captain got a discharge for the whole company this tour lasted about two months. I was then drafted at
the same place got the ague so that I was unable for
duty, this I think was a draft of two months in the year
1777 I was drafted a short time before the Battle of Brandywine, we marched to old chester & remained some time
between that place and Wilmingtown, untill we were called
into action at Brandywine, Robert Miller was my Lieutenant Col Greenawalt, and Gen. Irvine were my officers
was in Armstrongs division, from the Battle ground
we marched to the Commons at Philadelphia, we then
marched up and down the Schuylkill to prevent the enemy from crossing, a number of days. from there we marched to Germantown, we were discharged about a week
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after the Battle of Germantown, I think this was a tour of two
months. In 1778 I was again drafted to guard over
same prisoners at Lancaster, was under command of Lieutenant Miller, this was a tour of two months, were discharged
at Lancaster. In 1780 or 1781 I was again called on, but owing
to the circumstances of my family could not go, but hired a substitute. I was in the service from the commencement of the
Revolution untill the end of the war, excepting when I was
unable to go in consequence of sickness, and at times when
my services were not needed, I have no written discharge I
was a Serjent all the time I was in the service. I was born in
Chester County Pennsylvania, of the war I lived in Washington
County for about twenty years. I then moved into Trumbull
County where I now live
1 When and in what year was you born?
Ans. I was born in Chester County Pennsylvania on the
twenty second day of June A.D. 1753
2nd Have you a record your age; and if so where is it?
Ans. I have a record of my age in my Bible at home
3rd Where were you living when called into the service; where
have you lived since the war, and who do you now live
Ans - I first entered the service as a Sergent in Coalrain Township Lancaster County Pennsylvania. I have lived in
Washington, Pa about twenty years, I then moved to
Trumbull County State of Ohio in the Township of Weathersfield where I now live
4th How were you called into the service?
Ans I was drafted a part of the time and a part of the
time was a volunteer
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and
militia regiments as you can recollecct
Ans Lieutenant Jackson, Lieutenant Boswick
Gen. Robards had the command of the Rifleman I am
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not able to recollect the christian names of these officers
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it
Ans - I took a discharge, if I am not mistaken from some
of my company officers at the expiration of every tour of
service, but am not able to tell where any of them
are now
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 the day and year aforesaid
Before me George Parsons Clk S.C. 
William Dunlap

we Henry Lane and Nehemiah Scott residing in the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Dunlap who has subscribed and sworn to the above and foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be seventy-nine years of age or thereabouts, that he is reputed and believed in the  neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and Subscribed
this 21st day of August 1832
Before me George Parsons Clk S.C.
Henry Lane
Nehemiah Scott

I George Persons hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
William Dunlap who has sworn to and subscribed
the above declaration & that I believe him to be a man
of veracity - sworn to and subscribed the
George Parsons
Sworn in open court
J. Collett Judge Sup Ct
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and the said Court do
hereby declare their opinion that the said
applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
I George Parsons Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio
within and for the County of Trumbull do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Wm Dunlap for
a pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 29th day
of August 1832
George Parsons Clerk
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July 6, 1925 
AM [handwritten]
Honorable C. Ellis Moore
House of Representatives
My dear Mr. Moore:
In response to your letter of the 3rd instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 15415 it appears that William Dunlap was born June 22, 1753 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
While a resident of Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania he enlisted about the middle of August 1776 and served two months as Sergeant in Captain James Ross' Company, Colonel Robert Thompson's Pennsylvania Regiment.
He enlisted in 1777, served two months as Sergeant under Lieutenant Robert Miller in Colonel Greenawalt's Pennsylvania Regiment and was at the battle of Brandywine.
He enlisted in 1778 and served two months as
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Sergeant under said Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania Troops.
After the [handwritten] Revolution he lived about twenty years in Washington County, Pennsylvania from which he moved to Weathersfield, Trumbull County, Ohio where he was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Yours very truly,
[Handwritten] Date of death not all [illegible]
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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I  15415
INVALID.
File No. 15415
William Dunlap
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 105
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[All Handwritten]1919 Aug. 16. History to W. E. B. Dunlap. AM
1921, Apl.16 hist to H. C. Varney - Eu
1928 - July 6 - Hist. to Hon. C. Ellis Moore. [MMHF-]
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[All Handwritten]
13:496
William Dunlap Ohio
Adm 8 Months
6 Months thereof
Serg.

Alexander McConnell
Warren
Trumbull Co Ohio
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Dunlap [Handwritten] which require further proof of information.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  yes [Handwritten]

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes [Handwritten]

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  yes [Handwritten]

V. * Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? No [Handwritten]

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes [Handwritten]

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes [Handwritten]

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  yes [Handwritten]

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes [Handwritten]

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  yes [Handwritten]
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2
XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and other respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?   Certified by nine citizens [Handwritten]
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  yes [Handwritten]
If he has produced direct proof as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  No [Handwritten]
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  No [Handwritten]
XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  yes [Handwritten]
XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  No [Handwritten]
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  Yes. [Handwritten]

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V.  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. R. 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.
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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 months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in the affidavits the time of the claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the paper is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper 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. 
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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[Handwritten except for 2nd line]
Revolutionary Pension Claims 
WARREN O JUNE 13 [Stamped]
Ohio June 18 [illegible]
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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[All Handwritten]
Warren June 18th 1833
J.L. Edwards Esq
Included I sent you the [illegible] declaration of William Dunlap for a pension- Very Respectfully yours - Alexander McConnell
Warren Trumbull County Ohio
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Affidavit of Wm Anderson in the matter of Wm Dunlap Application for a Pension -
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[All Handwritten]
I, William Anderson of Howland in the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio being duly sworn on my said oath depose and say that William Dunlap of Weathersfield in said County of Trumbull to my certain knowledge, served his Country a tour of duty of two months, at one time, in the Pennsylvania Militia, during the War of the Revolution, and for [illegible] this depose and saith [illegible] -

William C. Anderson

Attn R. P. Spaldling Alexander McConnell
The State of Ohio Trumbull County 
Warren June 20th A.D. 1832
This day personally came William Anderson and made solemn oath that the facts put forth in the above affidavit by him subscribe or are true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Before Me Alexander McConnell Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas May Term eighteen hundred and thirty three present the Honorable Matthew [illegible] president, Richard Hayes, [illegible], and Robert Price.

Esquires, associates, judges, holding said court, Whereas William Dunlap of Weathersfield in said County aged seventy nine years old at the last August term of the Supreme Court held in said county of Trumbull file this declaration in said court in [illegible] to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress [illegible]  June [illegible] and whereas Henry Lane, Nehemiah Scott and George Parsons were the witnesses who certified with [illegible] to the character of said applicant and the opinion of the neighborhood where he resides [illegible] his Revolutionary service, and as it does not appear that said Supreme Court certified with respect to the  credibility of said witnesses in conformity to the instructions of the War Department, This court does therefore certify that the above named Henry Lane, Nehemiah Scott and George Parsons are residents of said county of [illegible] and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.  Ordered that the Clerk certify the foregoing under the seal of this court.

I George Parsons, Clerk of the Court aforesaid certify that the above is a true copy of an entry made on the journal of said court of [illegible] pleas at the [illegible] of May aforesaith, And I further certify that Alexander McConnell Esq and whose name in his own proper handwriting is affixed to the above affidavit, and to the attached [illegible] declaration of William Dunlap is and was at the time of subscribing each of them an acting justice of the peace duly elected commissioner and sworn agreeable to the laws of said State of Ohio - In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office at Warren in said Trumbull County the thirteenth day of June Anno Dominione thousand eight hundred and thirty three. -
George Parsons Clk
By Syman Potter deputy
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[All handwritten]
personally came before me a justice of the peace within and for the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio William Dunlap 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 two months - as a volunteer & a private -
For two months as a Sergeant draftee
For two months as a Sergeant draftee

And for the [illegible] service amounting in to - 
eight months I claim a pension.  William Dunlap

Sworn to and declared on this 13th day of June 1833 Before Me  Alexander McConnell Justice of the Peace
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[Printed] ANDREW E. FRITZ PUBLIC EXAMINER STATE OF MINNESOTA OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC EXAMINER SAINT PAUL 

[Stamped] U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAR 18 1921

[Handwritten]
Chicago, Ill. Mch. 16. 1921.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.
In connection with the verification of an I.A. R. application will you kindly send me the record of William Dunlap, who was placed on the rolls Aug 1. 1833. from Trumbull Co. Ohio. and also the date of his death.

"Rev. Pension Rolls." Ohio Roll. P. 163

Very respectfully, 
H.C. Varney, 1543. E. 61. St. Chicago, Ill
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[Typed]
Montevideo, Minnesota.
8th August 1919

From W.E.B. Dunlap, Montevideo, Minnesota.
To Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Subject Revolutionary War Records, William Dunlap.

1.  I am desirous of obtaining the Revolutionary War Records of my Second great grandfather, WILLIAM DUNLAP, who was a member of Capt. John Paxton's Company of militia in the 3d Battalion of Lancaster County, commanded by Thomas Porter and in Capt. Samuel Moorehead's Independent Company of Pennsylvania Troops June 15th 1777 and afterwards and officer in the same War.
Will you kindly advise what your records show?
This wanted to complete family history.  [signed] W.E. B. Dunlap 616-6th St. N. Montevideo, Minnesota.

[Stamped] U.S. PENSION OFFICE K AUG 11 1919
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[Typed]
C. ELLIS MOORE 15TH DIST. OHIO COMMITTEE ON THE POST OFFICE AND POST ROADS
E. A. DRAKE SECRETARY

Congress of the United States House of Representatives  Washington, D.C. July 3, 1925.

Hon Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: 
Will you kindly furnish me with such information as is available relative to the Revolutionary War service of William Dunlap who served with the Pennsylvania troops during 1777 and 1778 and also any information you may have in regard to his family.  I am advised that William Dunlap received a pension.  Thanking you in advance, I am, Very truly yours, [Signed] C. Ellis Moore


[Stamped] OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS JUL 6 1925
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[Handwritten] 
7.1129   621  599
S15415

[Typed]
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 [Handwritten] William Dunlap a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) [crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[Handwritten] Aug 1776  x1777  1778
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[Handwritten] 2 mos 2 "  2  "   
RANK.
[Handwritten] Sgt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. [Handwritten] James Ross  Lt. Robert Miller  " " "
COLONEL.  [Handwritten] Robert Thompson  Greenawalt

STATE. [Handwritten] Pa.

Battles engaged in, [Handwritten] Brandywine
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [Handwritten] Colerain Twp Lancaster Co. Pa
Date of application for pension, [Handwritten] Aug. 21, 1832. His ch. was ill.
Residence at date of application, [Handwritten] Weathersfield, Trumbull Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application, [Handwritten] b. June 22, 1753, in Chester Co Pa.
Remarks: [Handwritten] No family data  The only Wm D. of Pa.

Respectfully, Commissioner.

[Handwritten] I sent it because he was of Lancaster Co. & the inquiry was for that Co.
I cannot make but 3 tours = 6 mos out of this.  He evidently counts the time he had the ague as a tour.