Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40673, Samuel Wharton, Penn.
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(3 - 1776) [Form #]

SERVICE
Penn

Wharton, Samuel.

NUMBER
S. 40673
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10.927
R
[both sides of paper worn]
Pennsylvania

Samuel Wharton, 
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stewart
of the Pennsyl [Pennsylvania]
for the term of 3 years

described on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of May
and sent to David Beale
Lewistown, Mifflin Co.

rears to 4th of Mar 1817             82.09
mi-anl, all'ce ending 4 Sept         48.00
                                                 $130.9

10      4/30    4/31

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Notification sent November 11, 1820
Ephrain Banks, Lewistown, Pennsylvania
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Saml Wharton

Samuel Wharton private
Stewart's Pennsy'a
[illegible] Reg't

Rejected [crossed out]
not being found [crossed out]
in the Rolls  [crossed out]

Adm'd
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State of Pennsylvania, Mifflin County ss

On the 27th day of April 1818 Before me
the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of
Mifflin in the State aforesaid personally appeared Samuel Wharton aged Seventy
four years.   Resident of Mifflin County aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn
according to Law Doth on her Solemn Oath make the following Declarations in order to obtain the provisions made by the late 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."   That he the said Samuel Wharton Enlisted April One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy eight in Pennsylvania under Captain Covy of the Second Regiment of the Pennsylvania line commanded by Colonel Stewart.  That he continued to serve in said [illegible] or in the service of the United States until the 14th day of January 1781 when he was Discharged at Trenton from the service by General Anthony Wayne That said discharge was done in the house. 
That he was in the Battle at the Block house on the North River, at a Battle at Elizabeth Town point under Col Butler.  That he is in Reduced Circumstances and stand in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service and that he never received any pension from the United States. 
Samuel [his mark] Wharton

Sworn to and declared & Subscribed this day and year above written.  Before,
David Beale

I, David Beale Judge as aforesaid Do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that he the said Samuel Wharton did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceeding declaration against the Common enemy; And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the Directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress, given under my hand this 27th day of April 1818.
David Beale

Pennsylvania
Mifflin County ss
I, Ephraim Banks, Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Mifflin, in the State of Pennsylvania, do certify that the above named David Beale, Esquire is and of our associate Judges of the said court in and for said County duly appointed and commissioned and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as well in Court of Justice as thereunto witness my hand and the seal of said Courts at Lewistown in said County this thirteenth day of May AD 1818.  E. Banks, Prothonotary
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Mifflin County ss
I David Beale associate Judge in and for said
County do certify that to my certain knowledge the within Deponent Samuel Wharton is in very indigent circumstances and stands in need of his Country for support, and further I herewith send you the Deposition of John M Mullen an old Revolutionary Soldier stating that he knew the within applicant Samuel Wharton in the army of the Revolutionary War of the United States and I do certify that the said John M Mullen is a man of candor & truth as far as I have heard or knew I having been acquainted with him about ten years.   Likewise I send you a certificate from Geo. Bryan Auditor General of Pennsylvania, testifying said Samuel Wharton's services in the Revolutionary War and In Testimony whereof I set my hand this 23d Day of April, 1819.-
David Beale
-
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Application of
Samuel Wharton
Clk
10927
Mifflin Co.

May 19
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Mifflin County ss
State of Pennsylvania
On this twenty third day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court Samuel Wharton of Turbet Township Mifflin County being a Court of Records for said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. That is he first
enlisted in Lancaster in Penn'a in the beginning of the year 1778 in Captain Covy's Company in the second Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col. Stewart and that he continued to serve in said Company and Regiment for three years to wit until the 14th of January 1781 when he was honorably discharged in Trentown in the State of Jersey, That his original declaration to obtain a pension from the United States was dated on the 27th day of April 1818 before David Beale Esq one of the associate Judges for Mifflin County and that his said Certificate from the war department is dated the 21st of May 1819 and numbered 10927. And that the said Samuel Wharton doth solemnly swear that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818.  And that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any
manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself 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 of
March 1818 and that he has not nor has any person in trust for him any property or security contracts or debts due to him nor
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has he any income other that what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed his property as follows to wit.
1 old bay have valued at - $15.00
1 Red and white old cow at - 11.50
1 Red old cow at - 11. 50
2 Hogs - 8. 00
2 Sheep - 3. 00
1 Iron Pot, 2 Stew Kettles, one old table and some little kitchen furniture all valued at - 4.00
Total $53.00

That the said Samuel Wharton declares that he owes about $10, that he has no debts due or to become due directly or indirectly from any person. He further declares that his occupation when he was able to work was a farmer and that and that he was 78 years of age in June 1820 and that he by reason of old age and Rheumatic pains and the infirmities incumbant on old age is not now or for many years back has not been able to do almost
any kind of work or bodily labour to support himself and his old wife Sarah who is aged about 74 years.  She is also afflicted with Rheumatic pains and so debilitated by old age that she is able to do but very little at the best, that he has no other family whatever that him and his wife lives with and is supported by his son, James Wharton who if he was fairly paid for supporting him
and his said wife since they were unable to work and support themselves would take more than all the before mentioned property would be worth. The said Samuel Wharton further declares that he has no real property
in the world and that the foregoing statement of his
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property and situation in the world is correctly, fairly and honestly stated.  Given under my hand this twenty third day of August 1820.

Signed Samuel [his mark] Wharton

Sworn & subscribed in open
court August 23rd 1820
E. Banks Prob

Mifflin County SS
Personally appeared in open Court Henry
Hackett and William Beale who being duly sworn according to law saith that the property
mentioned in the foregoing schedule belonging to Samuel Wharton was appraised by them according of the same respectively annexed to each article on the 12th of August
1820 and to the best of their knowledge the foregoing is a fair appraisment of the property therein set forth.
Signed Wm Beale
Henry Hackett

Sworn and Subscribed Aug
23rd 1820 in open Court
E. Banks Prob

I Ephraim Banks Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas being a court of record having general jurisdiction do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total
amount in value of the said property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is $53.00
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
the said Court on this 23rd day of
August A.D. 1820
E. Banks, Prob
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March 31, 1936,

BA-J/ILL
SAMUEL WRARTON
S. 40673

Lucretia Johnson
McVeytown, Pennsylvania.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your ancestor, Samuel Wharton, of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
The record of Samuel Wharton is furnished 
 herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 40673, based upon his
service in that war.
Samuel Wharton was born in June 1742; the day of his birth and names of his parents ate not shown.
He enlisted in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the first of the year 1778, served as private in Captain Cobea's [Covy's] company, Colonel
Stewart's 2nd Pennsylvania regiment, was in the battles of Elizabethtown Point and "Block House" on North River and continued to serve until January 14, 1781, at which time he was discharged in Trenton, New Jersey.
Samuel Wharton was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, at which time he resided in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
In 1820, the soldier stated that his wife, Sarah, was aged seventy-four years; he did not give her maiden name, nor the date and place of their marriage. They lived then with their son, James Wharton, in Turbett Township, in said Mifflin County. The age of said son was not stated, and there was no reference to other children.
Samuel Wharton died August 18, 1823.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS
OFFICE OF 
JUDGE OF PROBATE 

J. B. MIDDLECOFF, Judge of Probate
JAMES A. WHARTON, Clerk of Probate
[beautiful letterhead "The Gateway To The Northwest"]

DULUTH, Oct. 22nd, 1907

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am directed by the Adjutant General Office of the War Department to communicate with you in reference to the record of Samuel Wharton in the Revolutionary War. Will you kindly furnish me
such record as your office discloses in reference to this soldier.
Mr. Wharton was from Pennsylvania. I particularly desire to know concerning his birth, his residence and his service.
Thanking you for this information, I am,
Yours very truly,
James A. Wharton
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[handwritten: Only 1 served from Pa]

LUCRETIA JOHNSON
MCVEYTOWN, PA.
[date stamp:  RECEIVED MAR 9, 1936 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM., READER # 29

McVeytown, Pa.
Mar. 6, 1936
Veterans'  Adm. Bureau -
Messrs:- I am seeking information regarding the military record of my Great Grandfather
Samuel Wharton, who, I have been told served in the Revolutionary Army.   He was a resident of
Mifflin Co. Pa. which had formerly been a part of Cumberland County
can you give me the date
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of his enlistment and when he was discharged. Or any information you may deem necessary for me to establish my right to become a member of
the D.A.R.
If there is any expense in securing this will you kindly let me know.  
Thanking you I am
Respectfully
Lucretia Johnson
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V letter
S40673

LUCRETIA JOHNSON
McVEYTOWN, PA.

Apr - 6 - 1936.
Veterans Administration
Washington, DC.
Mr. A. D. Hiller.
Dear Sir. In reply to yours of Mar. 31 would say the Samuel Wharton to which you refer is not my ancestor.  Turbett Township is in Juniata Co. Pa.   My Great grandfather Samuel Wharton lived in
Mifflin Co. Pa. and his wifes name was Hulah.
Do you have any record of war service by him?
Thanking you I am
Respectfully
Lucretia Johnson

File Reference -
BA-J/ILL
Samuel Wharton
S. 40673
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40673
Revy [handwritten: Revolutionary]  INVALID.
File No. 40673
Samuel Wharton
Priv Rev War [Private Revolutionary War]
Act: 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 539

{Arrangement of 1870.}
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June 5, 1907 History to [illegible] E.
Kitzmiller, V.L.U.

1931 - Jan. 8 - Hist. to
W. H. Graham, ILL.

1936. Mar. 31. Hist to Lucretia
Johnson - ILL

1936. April 10. Mrs. Lucretia Johnson
advised only sol. [soldier] of Penna. ILL
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I certify that it appears by the records of this office that Samuel Wharton of the 2d regiment served three years or more in the revolutionary War, having received the
depreciation on his pay - Witness my hand and the seal of the Auditor General's Office the 27th day of March 1819
Gen. Bryan [illegible two words]
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April 10, 1936

BA-J/ILL
Samuel Wharton
S. 40673

Lucretia Johnson
McVeytown, Pennsylvania.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of April 6, 1936, in which you state that the Sambul Wharton, pension claim S. 40673, whose record was furnished you, is not your ancestor.
The record of said Samuel Wharton is that of the only soldier of Pennsylvania, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. Similar spellings of the surname were used in the search of the records.
Very truly yours,
A.D.HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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January 8, 1931.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
ILL

W. H. Graham
346 North Spring Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri.
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 40673, that Samuel Wharton
was born in June, 1742, exact date not stated.
He enlisted in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the first of the year 1778, served as a private in Captain Cobea's [Covy's] Company, Colonel
Stewart's Second Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battles of Elizabethtown Point and Block House on North River, and was discharged January 14, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, while a resident of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
In 1820, soldier stated that his wife, Sarah, was seventy four years of age and that their son, James, lived with them in Turbett Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
Samuel Wharton died August 18, 1823.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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O. W. and N. Division.

V. File 
Inv. File 40673
Rev War

3 -- 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,

Madam
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Samuel Wharton, 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.
First of year 1778
---
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
 Jan'y 14, 1781.
---
RANK.
Pvt [Private]

CAPTAIN.
Cobea
---
COLONEL.
Stewart
---
STATE.
2nd Pa
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Battles engaged in, Elizabethtown Point and Block House on North River
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated, mustered in Lewistown PA 
Date of application for pension, Apr 27 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Mifflin Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, Born June 1742, died Aug 18, 1823 (Agency Book) Reason of death not stated.
Remarks: Soldier's wife Sarah was 74 years old in 1820. Their Son James was living at that date  No further family data.
Very respectfully,  Commissioner
Mrs. C. E. Kitzmiller
1375 High St
Logansport,
Ind.
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346 N. Spring Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Dec. 9, 1930
Commissioner of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me military data and all information concerning the relatives of the following two men, provided they applied for
pensions:

John Middagh (or Meddagh) who was living near
Port Royal, Juniata County, Pa. in 1840
Samuel Wharton, born in Scotland, settled in
Bucks County, Pa. from where he entered the Revolutionary War.  After the war he moved to
Juniata County, Pa.
Respectfully yours,
W. H. Graham

[date stamp] DEC 11 1930
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 Logansport, Ind

May 19, 07 [1907]

Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen - - #10927
Will you please inform me if a pension was granted to Samuel Wharton, a Revolutionary soldier who served in the 2nd Penn. Reg. and died in Mifflin of Juniata County, Penn. If so
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[-2-]

please give date and place of death.
Also, was a pension granted to William
McCrum, a Revolutionary soldier, who served in
some Pennsylvania Regiment?
He died near Mifflin, Penn.  If so, please give date
of death.    #22695
Thanking you in advance for the favor,
I am,
Very truly yours
Mrs. P. E. Kitzmiller
1315 High St.
Logansport,
Indiana

[date stamp:  PENSION 
MAY 22, 1907 OFFICE  U.S.]
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John M. Mullen
Deposition-
Proving the
service of Samuel
Warton [Wharton]
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Mifflin County, SS
Before me Patrick McKennan Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace of the said County
Personally appeared John McMullen of Milford Township and County aforesaid, and being duly sworn as law directs, on his solemn oath deposeth and saith that he served as a private from March 1776 in Captain William Buller Company first, and then under Capt Thomas Butler, and then under different
officers in the Pennsylvania line until the
end of the Revolutionary War, which gave him
an oppertunity of knowing many of the Officers and soldiers in the American Army, that among others he was well aquainted with Samuel Warton [Wharton] of Mifflin County, he well remembers of said Warton [Wharton] serving in the American Army in Colonell
Stewart's Regiment from being very frequently with him while the [there] were fellow soldiers, he knows of his own knowledge that said Samuel Warton [Wharton] did serve in said Col. Stewarts Regt more than two years at one time, that said Warton' s [Wharton's] service was in the years 1779 and 1780, he might have served before and after, but the said deponent remember him serving the whole of these two years and he thinks longer.
John [his mark] McMullen

Sworn and subscribed
this Eighth day of April
1819 before me
Patrick McKennan