Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34692, Adams Clackner, Penn.
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SERVICE  Penn.
Clackner, Adam
NUMBER S.34692
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Dead. See letter to J. Clackner Sept. 4. 1837- letter to same Sept. 19, 1837
Notification sent September 6th 1820 to Philip Moore  Baltimore Maryland
98   4
Maryland 
Adam Clackner  
Captain & Wagon Master  
Army U. States Penn 
At $20 per mo comd [commenced]  2d April, 1818 
Cert. issued 5th April, 1818. & sent to the Pensioner, Baltimore, Maryland. 
Act 4th Sept 1818. 
5 3/31 mo $101.93 
(Revy Claims, Act 18 March 1818) 
Pennsylvania Line 
Seven Years, 
Not Continental (see letter 18 July 1821). not entitled
Baltimore
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Adam Clackner
1818.  9.4
1818.  4.1
$.  3/31  
20
$100
7.93
107.93
20  197
3
31/3000
31
290
879
110
93
7
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State of Maryland  
City of Baltimore ss. 
April On this second day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and eighteen personally appeared before me the undersigned, Adam Clackner residing in the City of Baltimore, aged Seventy seven years and upwards, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war;" and then, and there made the following declaration on oath by me administered, that he enlisted in the City of Philadelphia into the Pensylvania line, and received a commission signed by John Morton, then Speaker of the House of Assembly, as a Second Lieutenant of a company of foot in the third Batallion of Associators in the County of Philadelphia" dated "August 1776”. that he was employed in commissary’s department from the time of enlistment until the 25 day of June 1777 when deponant was order by General Mitchell, the Quarter Master General, to enlist forty men as waggoners, which duty was complyed with so far as enlisting 38 men for the term of three years, or during the war. - deponant was then appointed by said General Mitchell, chief Waggon Master, with the rank of Captain in the line, in which service he continued fifteen months under General Greens Command, when Genl Green was ordered to the Southward, deponant was transfered to Commissary Grays command at "White plains" afterwards to Col. Thompson under whose command deponant continued until the end of the war, when he was discharged by said Col. Thompson by General Order - he further declares that there is none of the Officers, who served with him under said command, now residing in the City or County of Baltimore, within his knowledge, except Matthew Taylor, and that his name hath never
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inscribed on any pension list therefore hath none to relinquish that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support 
Adam Clackner
subscribed & sworn to before me 
Alex Nesbet
Assoc Judge Balte City Court 
State of Maryland 
City of Baltimore Ss 
I hereby certify that the said Adam Clackner in addition to the above declaration under Oath, brought before me a certain Matthew Taylor also residing in the City of Baltimore, whose deposition is hereto annexed - and also a paper purporting to be a Commission signed by John Morton, Speaker-- also hereto Annexed from which it appears to my satisfaction that the said Adam Clackner served in the Revolutionary war against the Common enemy on the continental establishment till the end of the war 
Alex. Nesbet   
Assoc Judge Balto City Court
State of Maryland 
City of Baltimore Ss 
On this second day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and Eighteen personally appeared before me the subscribed Mathew Taylor aged Sixty one years, who being by me duly sworn doth depose and say, that he this deponent then a cornet in Capt Harris Company of Provo Guards, of light Cavalry, attached to the Pensylvania line, knows Adam Clackner now present to have been a Waggon Master in the Service, during the years Seventeen hundred & Seventy nine and Seventeen hundred and Eighty - and hath known him ever since they left the Army- And further this deponant saith not – 
Matthew Taylor
Sworn to and subscribed before me 
Alex Nesbet 
Assoc Judge Balto City Court
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City of Baltimore, to wit: 
I Thomas Harwood Clerk of Baltimore City Court, hereby certify that the Honorable Alexander Nesbet Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings appears to have been taken and certified, was at the time of taking and certifying the same and still is Associate Judge of Baltimore commissioned and qualified; and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given- 
In Testimony hereto subscribe my name and affix the of Seal of Baltimore City Court this Second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen- 
Tho Harwood 
Baltimore City Court
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Adam Clackner
Revy Pensioner
$20.00
98 
Septr 1818
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SCHEDULE.  
United States of America 
On this Eleventh day of July 1820, personally appeared in open court, in the District Court in and for the District of Maryland  
Adam Clackner aged Seventy nine years, resident in the City of Baltimore in said District who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: that he enlisted into the service of the U States on the Continental Establishment at Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania Line & received a Commission as 2nd Lt. of Foot in the 3d Battallion of associators in the County of Phila dated August 1776, that he was employed in the Commissary's depart from the time of enlisting untill the 25th June 1777, when ordered by Genl Mitchell Q.M.G. [Quarter Master General] on the recruiting service- after which appointed Chief Waggon Master with the rank of Capt. in the line, in which service continued 15 months under Genl Green's command when Genl Green was ordered to the southward, was transferred to Compy Gray's command at the White Plains, afterward to Col. Thompson, under whose command continued to the end of the War, when he was discharged by said Col. Thompson by General order - That he hath been placed on the Revolutionary pension Roll of the Maryland Agency at the rate of $20 per month as by Certificate bearing date 5th April 1818 and numbered 98  
and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
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Schedule referred to within, viz 
That he has a two story brick House in George Street, valued by the Fire Insurance Company at but at this time would not sell for $2.700 the property rents for $150 per annum, out of which pays and annual ground rent of $27 and interest on the sum of $1300 for which the same is mortgaged, which under the present depression of property would hardly sell for the Mortgaged debt. There is also on the Lot an old one story Log House of little value the income from the above is only a balance of $60 per annum, out of which have to pay taxes & public dues - Applicant therefore respectfully requests the Honble Court to set a value on his equity of Redemption, taken all circumstances into view says 2000 That he hath a small quantity of common furniture, two tedious to enumerate, but would not sell at Auction except Bedding for 50 
$2,050   
That he is by trade a Bricklayer, but from advanced age & want of eye sight has not been able to do anything toward his support for many years past. That his family consist of a wife named Elizabeth aged 77 years entirely helpless for three years past, a son named John aged 48 who has from extreme ill health & debility been unable to do any labour for 11 yr last past, therefore a dead expense besides heavy doctor Bills that were it not for the pension allowed for his services, applicant could not possibly himself except he were to subscribe his balance of Equity of Redemption or from private or public charity 
Sworn to and declared on the Eleventh day of July 1820
BEFORE, the District Court
 I, Philip Moore Clerk of District do hereby certify, that 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 Two thousand fifty dollars and Cents. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said court, on this first day of August 1820 
Philip Moore Clerk of the court for the District of Maryland
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Pennsylvania Ss. 
LIBERTY SAFETY & PEACE SEAL
34692
IN ASSEMBLY. 
August 1776 
To Adam Cleckner Gentleman 
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Second Lieutenant of a Company of foot in the 3d Battn  of Associators in the County of Philada  
for the Protection of this Province, against all hostile Enterprizes, and for the Defence of American Liberty. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a 2nd Lieutenant as aforesaid by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as their 2nd Lieutenant 
And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from the Assembly during their Sessions; and, in their recess, from the present or any future Committee of Safety appointed by the Assembly of this Province, or from your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Regulations for the better Government of the Military Association in Pennsylvania, and pursuant to the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by the Assembly, or by the present or any succeeding Committee of Safety. 
Signed by Order of the Assembly, 
John Morton Speaker
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34692
Revy INVALID.
File No. 34,692
Adam Clackner
Capt. H. S. A.  
Act: 18" March 18"
Index:-Vol 2, Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Adam Clackner's original declaration and
Commission were copied and the copies sent
to Hon: P. Little, 14 Feb. 1823 -
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single
Sept 4
Penn
Adam Clackner
March 1818
5 apl 10
BALTIMORE MD SEP 3
To. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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To J. L. Edwards Esqr Com of Pensions Baltimore Sept 2, 1837 
Commr of Pensions
Sir
I wrote of few days ago to the 2d Auditor of the Treasury Department on the subject of in the war of the Revolution Capt Adam Clackner commutation pay in the war of the Revolution believing he belonged To the Pennsylvania line, in that i may be mistaken but that he did received a pension for several years is no mistake the amt was $240 per annum for a capt wich was the sum he Received I think from 1820 till 1823. I believe the law for that Grant was passed by Congress in 1818 or 19   
Wm Thompson, Acting Auditor writes me that the records in his office do not shew that Adam Clackner was an officer of any grade in that line (now since you know he recd a penson as a capt about the time above described of corse must be on Record at the war office) will you be so kind as to inform me what line he belonged to and whether he served to the End of the war and whether he ever claimed on Received his commutation pay his commission and other papers relating to his services are now at Washington if not distroyed by the burning of the Record office and also his papers showing his services in two companies in to Canada in 1760 & 1765 for wich services he was entitled to a Bounty of Crown lands garenteed [guaranteed] to him by the government of great Briton in Jays Treaty - I have my self seen
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the location of the land with was on the borders of Lake Ontario and for that service he never did receive any thing and information of that subject will be thankfully recd.  
Your obt svt.
Joseph Clackner 
92 South High Street 
Baltimore
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(* not entitled, on account of service,)
[unreadable] answered especially by Sec. of War for his signature, Since reconsidering this claim under the law of the 1st of May 1820, it has been ascertained that he is not entitled under the law of 18th of March 1818
Not:
4125
10000
24750
6-100 – 41.25
41
100
40
14
683
This pensioner is in possession of a leasehold Estate consisting of a House and lot situated on George Street in that part of the City of Baltimore, called “Oldtown” which is subject to annual ground rent of 10 pounds and incumbered with a Mortgage of $1300 which sum is more (he says) than the property would sell for these times - being their circum tance he says he cannot pay the ground rent, together with the interest on the Mortgage and the yearly taxes thereon accruing and support & maintain his helpless family, among which is an aged wife, who had been confined to the bed of sickness for the last 9 years, also an infirm & sick son, who has been on his hands for several year past in such a situation that he is entirely incapable of making any exertion to support and maintain himself (see the other side) 
He is 80 yrs of age --- served 7 years-- Vide the Schedule within, and the Memorial, signed by Eleven of the most Respectable citizens of Baltimore 
See letter to applicant 18 July 1821
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To the Honorable John C. Calhoun Secretary at War 
The Memorable of Adam Clackner of the city of Baltimore late a pensioner of the United State most Respectfully begs Leave to Represent that by a notice of the Sixth of September last Received from the department of war he is informed that his pension is suspended and stricken from the pension list on account as is alledged of the amount of property he possesses 
Your Memoralist begs leave to state the following facts, in the first place he admits that he is in possession of a Leasehold Estate Consisting of a house and lot situated on George Sheet in that part of the City of Baltimore called Old Town which is subject to annual ground rent of Ten pounds per annum and incumbered with a Mortgage of thirteen hundred Dollars which sum is more than the property would sell for these times being the circumstanced your Memoralist without and is entirely unable to pay the ground rent together with Interest on the Mortgage and the Yearly taxes thereon arising and support and Maintain his helpless family among which is an aged wife who has been confined to the bed of sickness for the last nine years, also an infirm and sick son who has been on his hands for Several years past in such a situation that he is interely incapable of making any exertion to support and maintain himself 
Your Memoralist begs leave to add
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That in February next he will be Eighty years of age at which time of life he is rendered incaple of making such Exertions needful and necessary to Support and maintain himself and such a helpless family 
Labouring therefore under the foregoing circumstances Your memorialist fondly hopes and prays that the Honorable Secretary at war will thereby Revive or extend the pension heretofore Granted him and with the utmost gratitude he is in duty bound to pray &c 
Baltimore October 4th 1820 
Adam Clackner
To the honorable the Secretary at War of the United States} 
The undersigned Citizen of the United States that they verily believe that the several facts set forth in the above Memoral is true and that the Memoralist from his peculiar situation Stands in need of and is worthy of the assistance, he solicits 
John Sturkey 
Isaac McKim 
S. Smith 
Jas Tho McCulloch
Wm Lorman
Wm Wilson
Wm. Lorman
A. McKim
John Montgomery 
J. G. Woodyear 
Robert Oliver