Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9008, for James Mc Pherson, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE Penn. 
McPherson, James 
NUMBER S.9008 
Carded
CONTENTS
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Ohio. 30.704 
James McPherson of Logan Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Miller of the regt commanded by Col. McCoy in the Pennsylvania  line for 2 years from 1776 
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of June 1836 and sent to Hon S. Mason H. R.
Simpson
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $400 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep $40 
$440
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} Recorded by James Allison Clerk. Book E 2 Vol. 8 Page 38
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No 25797 
James McPherson Logan Cou Ohio 
Return to. Hon S. Mason Ohio H R
John H. James Urbana Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
24 Sep. 1833 
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the service of James McPherson Logan County Ohio 
Period when the service was rendered.
Enlisted 1776
Served 1780
Served 1781
Vol. 1782
 ┃ Duration of the claimant's service. Years. about 3 Months. Days.
┃Rank of the claimant. privt. [1776] {Indian spy [1780] " [Indian spy 1781]
 ┃Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Gl Washington {Col McCoy, Col Wilson Capt Miller [1776] Col Coughey [1782]
┃Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. 73 years County of Westmoreland Pennsylvania
┃Proof by which the declaration is supported. 8th Penn Regt No evidence. paper authenticated  
Battle of Brandywine, Paoli German Town, 
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of County of } SS.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank]and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank],  who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected . All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
[To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should send his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposits 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."
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 monthe is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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, 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. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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. 
Mod of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers 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. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] 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 for their affidavits the time of the claimant's 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 witness, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes for [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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James McPherson.
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The State of Ohio Logan County Ss
 On this 27th day of April 1833, personally appeared in open court, before the court of common pleas of said County, now sitting, James McPherson, one of the associate Judges of said Court, and a resident of said County of Logan aged seventy three years, and being first duly sworn according 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 was born in the Town of Carlisle in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1760, and in the year 1776 when living in Westmoreland County in the same State, he enlisted in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Colonels McCoy & Wilson, and enrolled in Capt Samuel Millers Company. They were soon after stationed at the old Kittanning Town on the Allegheny River to protect the frontier against the inroads of Indians. In the beginning of the winter in that year his regiment was ordered to cross the mountains & join General Washington's army, as the British & Hessians were in full march for Philadelphia, but before their arrival, Washington had defeated the Hessians at Trenton, and the regiment was ordered in to a place called Bassbrook; and a part to Quibble town in the Jerseys where they  were stationed for the balance of the winter within a short distance of of Brunswick, where the British lay in Winter quarters and their scouts had almost daily skirmishes with the enemy. In the spring of 1777. the enemy came out in force and his regiment was driven back with the loss of 60 killed and wounded - they fell back, were reinforced & again took possession of the former ground: he was afterwards at the Battle of Brandywine, where the enemy kept the ground.
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he was also in the affair at Paoli, where they were surprised by a heavy force under Gen. Gray, his regiment sustained heavy loss & his Colonel - Daniel Broadhead my wounded. On the 4 Oct he was on the battle at Germantown, they then went into winter quarters at Valley Forge and in summer of 1778. they were marched to Fort Pitt, whence they descended the Ohio to Big Beaver where they built Fort McIntosh, & the same fall went into the Indian Country & built Fort Laurens on the Tuscarawas. In the summer of 1779 - they went up the Allegheny and attacked the Venange Towns, inhabited by the Senecas, burnt their houses, destroyed their corn & then returned to Fort Pitt, where he received a discharge from Col. Daniel Broadhead without ever having lost a day or received a reprimand. In the summer of 1780 he served as an Indian Spy on the Frontier - in 1781, he served in like manner, in 1782 he volunteered under Col. Arch Laughey, to join Gen. Geo. R. Clarke against the Indians, and in descending the river, they were attacked by a body of Indians at the month of a creek since called Laughey creek, and defeated with a loss of sixty killed - he had an arm broke by a ball, was capture & brought to Madriver near where he now lives, and was adopted in the place of Logan whose family was killed by Col. Cresap in 1776, and remained with the Indians until Waynes treaty when he left them. In 1812 he was employed by Gen. Hull as a gaurde for the Army & went to Detroit, he took with him about 10 Wyandots, same as & knowing Indians. In the same year he was appointed by Gen Harrison sub Indian agent at Lewiston - in 1821 he was reappointed to the same office by John C. Calhoun & in 1829 was removed by John H Eaton. He has no written evidence of his service in the Revolutionary War, his discharge having been lost when a prisoner with the Indians, & he does not certainly know whether any of old comrades are alive. He has record
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of his age kept in a family bible now in his possession, and be he is of the age stated.
He can refer to Noah Z McColloch Clerk of the court, to Joseph Vance, a member of Congress from Ohio to Lewis Cass. Secretary at War as persons who know his character.
The hereby relinquishes every claim of whatever to any pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not in the pension rolls of the agency of any state. 
Subscribed & sworn to, the day and year aforesaid
N. Z. McColloch Clk.  James McPherson 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, and they certify that he bears a high character of unimpeachable integrity and strict veracity, and his statements entitled to credit. 
Geo. B. Holt 
President 
Levi German
Robert Smith 
I Noah Z. McColloch Clerk of said Court do certify that the above contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of James McPherson for a pension 
Witness my hand & the Seal of the court this 26th April 1833. N. Z. McColloch James Clk L.C.
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Request for Photostating (To be prepared in duplicate ) M 6 Ex.cud 
OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK 
Job No. Date May 2 1925 
Subject Jas McPherson Rev S.9008 
(No.) 1 copies of (No.) 2 pieces consisting of 9No.) 3 pages to be forwarded when completed to the Rev. & 1812 Wars Sect [Strikeout Division]. Remarks: See Receipt for payment in Wm Worthington Approved: $1272 
W E Wilson Chief [Strikeout Div]. Rev. & 1812 Sect Wars Chief Clerk.
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Washington 
June 9. 1836 
J L Edwards Esqr 
Dear Sir 
I herewith transmit certain papers forwarded to me by Judge Ma. Phenon of Logan Coy. in support of a claim he make for a pension I hope you will be satisfied with the evidence they furnish that he rendered the services which are set forth in his petition. The applicant is a man of great worth & respectability. Will you please to advise me of your decision on his case.
 
I have the honor 
your obt. sert
S. Mason
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1925 May 5. Copies mailed to Mary C. Oursler. Wash. D.C. see receipt for payment in Wm Worthington S1272.
Revtion 
9008
INVALID.  
File No. 9008
James McPherson 
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832 
Index: - Vol. 1st, Page 245
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Three
Honbl Sampson Mason Esqr. 
Representative in Congress 
Washington City D C
Bellefontaine & June 2 ⎬
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Pleasan Plains Logan County Ohio 
Sampson Mason Esq May 31 1836 
Dear Sir.
It appears that all our attempts to receive any thing from my government has failed, and it is well known that all just claims of the kind were allowed in former times. If my claim had got into the house and there been lost I should have been satisfied. I now enclose you some papers as required a pension, perhaps you may find them not as correct as you could wish as it is very difficult to get the evidence required, as my old companions in arms are almost all dead. That I had any knowledge of their residence - if those papers should not be formal enough to suit the case, be so good as to send me some form that will be acceptable with the government, as I am well aware that Mr Anderson & Mr Allen are in possesion of the facts, that will answer my purpose if they can put them in such language as will convey their knowlege of the facts. The destruction of the records causes us much trouble, and I fear that many will not be able to make good their claims be the ever so just unless Congress should interfere and step forward to their relief. where the claim is just, it is hard that the Death of our fellow soldiers should deprive the survivors of their just rights you sir are well aware that my claim is a just one, and that I am entitled to the compensation which my country offers for my service and sufferings. And that you will use your best endeavor to procure it - is the hope of your friend and well wisher 
Jas McPherson
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Hon S. Mason
H.R.
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The State of Ohio Hardin County⎬Ss.
Before me George H. Houser one of the Justices of the Peace for said County personally came William McCloud one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that he hath been intimately acquainted with James McPherson who is now a resident of Logan County in the State aforesaid for about thirty years, and he believes, and it hath always been believed and understood in the neighbourhoods where the said McPherson hath lived that he was taken prisoner by the Indians at an early age and that he had also served in the United States army as a regular Soldier in the Revolutionary War. And he further deposeth and saith that the said Mr Pherson hath told him these facts many years ago when there were expectation of pensions being obtained and further this deponant saith not. 
William McCloud
Sworn and subscribed this 28th day of January AD. 1834 before me George H Houser J.P.} 
The State of Ohio Hardin County} Ss. 
I A. Thomson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that George H. Houser is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that his signature above written is genuine. 
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court at Kenton this 28th day of January A.D. 1834 
A. Thomson Clk
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Isaac Anderson
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The State of Ohio Butler County Ss
Before me William Hunter one of the Justices duly assigned to keep the peace in and for said County personally came Isaac Anderson of the County of Butler and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that James McPherson of Logan County State of Ohio was his Enlisted Soldier and under his command in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and eighty one for eight months in a company of Rangers for the Frontiers of Westmoreland County State of Pennsylvania the officers was commissioned by the Governor and subject to the Command of Colonel Archibald Lockeny By the request of the Governor said Lockeny Called for the State troops and Volunteers to Join Gen. Clarke in a Compaign against the North Western Indians to Rendezvous on the first of August at Colonel John Cornahans on the third we marched for Wheeling on the Seventh we arrived at Wheeling and Clark was gone. We prepared Boats to follow. Col. Locheny sent an express after Clark who overtook him seventy Miles below there he left a house Boat for thirty light horses and six kegs of flour for one hundred and six men he was to stop at the Big Henhausay but did not he was to stop at the big Miami but did not - when we arrived at the mouth of the Miami I was the officer of the day the Col. ordered me on shore to look for signs of Clark But found Sings of three hundred Indians encamped I went along side of the Colonels Barge he ordered me to call all the officers to come to him to hold a counsel what to do it was agreed that we would stop the first place that we found convenient to but Grass for the horses &
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Cook four Buffalows we had on board and pass on down to the falls; about ten miles Lower down the river we found the appearance of what we wanted and landed. when we were fired on by one hundred and fifty Indians some tried to make to the other shore to get to Kentucky when Brant with one hundred and fifty more Indians fired on us they put their Canoes in the River below us and not a man of the one hundred and six escaped forty five was killed on the spot and the balance was taken prisoners It is too long to tell the sufferings of the prisoners Running the gauntlet whiping stoneing &c But I got to detroit and there I seen the said James McPherson a prisoner with the English neither the Captain or ensign belonging to my Company went on the Campaign I commanded the Company a Captains pay was then forty dollars per month Lieut., thirty dollars per month Ensigns twenty four dollars per month Sergeants nineteen dollars per month -Corporels ten and privates Eight dollars per month and further saith not 
Isaac Anderson
Sworn & subscribed before me this twenty first day of July A D 1834 
William Hunter J P
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The State of Ohio Butler County Ss.
I John Reily Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Butler aforesaid certify that William Hunter Esq. within named before whom the deposition of Isaac Anderson was then stated was taken was at the taking then a Justice duly assigned to keep the peace in the said county of Butler.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed seal at Hamilton the twenty first of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.  
John Reily
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The State of Ohio Fayette County S.S. }
Before me David Creamer an Acting Justice of the Peace in for sd County came Adam Allen who after being duly sworn according to law, for to make true answers unto all such questions as shall be asked him concerning James McPherson of the County of Logan in sd state, with respect to his being in the service of the United States army in the time of the Revolutionary War, which are as follows.
Quest - where you acquainted with James McPherson now of Logan County.
Ans - I am
Quest - where you acquainted with James McPherson about the year one thousand seventeen hundred & seventy six
Ans - I was, about to that time I  knew him in westmoreland county in the state of Pennsylvania.
Qust - did  you know of his being enlisted in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment that year & under the command of Col McCoy & Wilson, & inlisted in Capt. Samuel Millers Company 
Ans - I do know that he was enlisted in the Eight h Pennsylvania Regiment in or about that year & under the command of Col McCoy & Wilson, but his Capt as I do not Recollect- 
Qust -  do you know how long he was in the service 
Ans - I think he was about Three years in the service 
Quest - how old do you think Sd McPherson is now 
Ans - I suppose he is about Seventy seven or eight years old
And further this deponent saith not 
Adam [his X mark] Allen
I do hereby certify that the above named Adam Allen is in good standing with Respect to credibility 
The above Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 21st day of October in the year 1835 
David Creamer J. Peace
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State of Ohio Fayette County SS 
I, Joseph Bell Clerk Protem of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that David Creamer before whom the foregoing Deposition has taken was at the time of taking the same and is now an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and legally authorized to act as such and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts here and else where 
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at the court house in Washington in said County this 21st day of October A D 1835 Joseph Bell Clerk Protem