Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42681, James Duncan, Continental Rev. In 1818 Huntingdon Co. Penn
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SERVICE
Continental

Duncan, James [stamped star above name]

NUMBER
S. 42681

Rev. in 1818 Huntingdon Co. Penn
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CONTENTS
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42681
INVALID
Revy [initials]
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File No. 42681

James Duncan
Pri Rev War

Act: 18 March 1818

Index:-Vol. 3, Page 143

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1924 Mar 31. History (on circ.) to Dr. J. M. McKee, 1222 Locust St. Phila. Pa. (see correspondence in James Duncan, Pa. S2187) au.
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2909
Pennsylvania

James Duncan
Capt. Hyser private Pennsylvania line 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War 

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence the 14th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st of Sept. 1818 and sent to David Steward Huntingdon, Pa.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 4 mo. 21/30 $37.60
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819         48.00
                                                                        85.60 [double underlined]

He died Aug 29, 1832
See Agency Book

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

Confirmed
[illegible] Huntington Co.
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1888
Aug '23 W. Welhams sent history for headstones 
prior

[written sideways on page]
Notification sent to Wm. Dorris Esq
April 17th 1821.

Huntingdon
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Notifications sent to Wm. Dorris, Esq.
April 17th 1821

Huntingdon

[written sideways at right-hand margin of page]

1888
Aug '23 W. Welhams Pa. history for head stones
prior
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Declaration of James Duncan
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[written in faded handwriting]
Must state the county in which he resided
[initials written on top of above writing]

2909

March 1829

Sent to Wm. Dorris Esq
Huntingdon
Henderson (illegible) [crossed out]
April 17, 1821

Pen [written at bottom]
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United States
4th Judicial District 
of Pennsylvania 
Huntingdon County Ss

  At a Court of Common Pleas holden this day (to wit sixteenth day of August 1820 at Huntingdon in and for the said county being a Court of Records) personally came James Dunken who being duly sworn deposeth and saith and on his oath aforesaid doth declare and say that he entered as a soldier in the revolutionary war for the term of three years in a company commanded by Captain William Hyser in the regiment called the Germin Battallion [sic] commanded by Colonel Husaker and after Colonel Walkers as set forth in his declaration originally made the date of which he doth not now recollect but believes it was some time in April 1818 which declaration was forwarded to the war department and in which a pension certificate was issued to the said James Dunken dated the 14th day of April 1818 signed J. C. Calhoun Secretary of the War which certificate is numbered 2909 and is in possession of the said James Dunken who in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 20th of May 1820 makes the following declaration on oath (to wit) I James Dunken do swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 28th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with an intent thereby so to diminish it or to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Navel [sic] Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed the 18th day of March 1818 that I have not nor has any person or persons in trust for me in any property or securities contracts or debts due me nor have I any income other that which is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed the said
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declarant also states that he is sixty seven years old at this time that he is a black smith by trade but does not follow it at this time for a livelihood by reason of his old age & other infirmities. That he has a wife named Temperance aged fifty five years that he follows  farming on a place rented upon the shares (one third to the landlord) having no person to assist in farming his crops are but small & not adequate to the support of himself & wife.
James his x mark Dunken

Sworn to & subscribed the        }
16th August 1820 in open court}
William Steel, Proty [signature]

A Schedule of Declarants Property  Beds & bedding excepted

2 horses valued at $60.00
2 Cows $20.00
6 head of sheep $6.00
6 head of hogs $12.00
1 old wagon  $30.00
1 yearling steer $4.00
1 two year old (illegible) $6.00
2 calves $4.00
2 pots & 1 dutch oven $2.40
1 pair Blacksmith bellows $2.00
2 hammers 1 pair tongs .75
l large kettle $2.00
1/2 doz spoons .25
1/2 dz knives & forks .25
1 spinning wheel $1.00
1 check reel .25
1/2 doz mill crocks .25
1/2 doz cups & saucers .25
1/2 doz teaspoons .12 1/2
1 plow & 1 harrow $2.25
2 sets horse gears $2.00
1 shovel .12 1/2
1 mattock .75
1 corn hoe .06
6 bee hives $6.00
6 pewter plates .80
4 tin cups .16
4 chairs .53
1 old walnut table .75
1 tin bucket .40
5 Delph plates .30
1 nail & anvil .75
2 chopping axes $2.50
2 coffee pots .75
1 dung shovel .50
$180.50

James his x mark Dunken

Sworn to & subscribed in open court the 16th day of August 1820
William Steel, Proty [signature]
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Debts due by Petitioner

Joseph Dorland $17.00
Henry Clapbough $9.00
John Godun $6.00
Peter Hess $6.50
Alexander McCall $5.00
Alexander McConnell $4.00
Samuel Steel $1.50
Stewart Steel $2.00
William Corben $4.00
John Fee $4.00
C. Garber $1.00
Wm. Jackson .75
Peter Swoope $1.50
Isaac Dorland $5.00
David Reed $9.00

James his X mark Dunken

Sworn & subscribed in 
open court 16th August 1820
William Steel, Proty [signature]

Huntingdon County Ss
The foregoing declaration being made in 
open court on the 16th day of August 1820
& the schedule aforesaid being exhibited
as the Evidence of the value of the property of declarant produced stating the value of the same at $170.15
the court approve of said valuation of $170.15 & concur therein
By the Court
William Steel Prothy {signature]
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Huntingdon County  Ss.
I William Steel Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Huntingdon aforesaid do certify that James Dunken the applicant in the foregoing declaration named is an inhabitant and resident of the County of Huntingdon in the state of Pennsylvania.

Given under my hand and seal of said Court at Huntingdon the 19th day of Dec. AD 1820

William Steel Proty
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James Duncan
14 April

except the certificate of the Judge he must certify that the claimant is in indigent circumstances.

Admitted
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Huntingdon County ss
State of Pennsylvania

   Be it remembered that on the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me David Stewart one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Huntingdon in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania personally appeared James Duncan of the township of Henderson in the said county of Huntington and a resident citizen of the United States and being duly sworn according to law doth and did declare and say that he entered into the Army of the United Colonies raised for the defence [sic] of American Liberty and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof as a private soldier in the company of Captain William Heiser in a Body of Troops called the German Battalion commanded by Colonel Hooseacre and Lieutenant Colonel Stricker in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six. - That he was at the Battle of Trenton at the taking of the Hessians. - That he was in the Battle if Princeton, Brandywine & Germantown in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, after which he went into winter quarters at the Valley Forge where he remained all winter. - That the next year he was in the Battle of Monmouth. - That he afterwards went with General Sullivan to Wyoming in pursuit of the Indians.  That he served in the army of the United Colonies afterward the United States of America for and during the term of three years when he was honorably discharged about fourteen miles above Wyoming aforesaid, which discharge was lost when he was removing from Frederick Town to Hagerstown in the state of Maryland. - That he hath no pension heretofore - (continues on next page.)

(Transcriber's note: Wyoming here is a reference to the Wyoming Valley in northeastern Pennsylvania.)
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allowed him by the laws of the United States, to his knowledge, and if any such exists, he doth hereby fully and entirely release the same to the United States. - & that he is now about sixty-six years of age, and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for support.

                                             his
                                   James  x  Duncan
                                           Mark
Sworn to and subscribed
to the day & year aforesaid
Before
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David Stewart


Pennsylvania & Huntingdon County ss

    I David Stewart an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Duncan did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and, I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me, to the Hon'ble the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned Act of Congress.
April 14th 1818.
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David Stewart

State of Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County ss

    I William Steel Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Huntingdon in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do certify that David Stewart Esquire before whom the within affidavit of James Duncan appears to have been made, and: who has signed the within certificate, is now and was at the time of taking the same, and making the said certificate one of the Judges of the Court [of common] Pleas in and for said county of Huntingdon, and that all his official acts, as such, full faith and credit is due and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice, as thereout. 
    I testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, at Huntingdon, the fourth day of May A.D. 1818.
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William Steel
Proth.
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Huntingdon County ss
    I David Stewart an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid Do certify to the Honorable the Secretary of War for the United States, that I am now satisfied that James Duncan named in the aforesaid Declaration on this sheet of paper is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.  In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twelfth day of August A.D. 1818.
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David Stewart


State of Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County ss

    I William Steel Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county of Huntingdon, Do certify that David Stewart, Esquire by whom the above certificate appears to have been signed was at the time of signing the same and now is one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned and sworn in and for said county and that all his official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given as well in courts of justice as thereout.

    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said office at Huntingdon the 13th day of August A.D. 1818.

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William Stewart Proth'y.