Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,667, Joseph Fulmore, Penn.
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Penn

Fulmore, Joseph

S.10667
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27658

District of Columbia

Joseph Fulmore of  Alexandria in the Dist of Columbia who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Harper of the Regt commanded by Col Craig in the Pennsylvania line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Columbia at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Oct 1834 and delv'd to Pensioner Present

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1834 $70.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 35   $10.00

(Total)  $80.00

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by DD Addison, Clerk,
 Book E, Vol 6, Page 110
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See letter to P age 6 April 1835

See letter to W Harper Nov 8 1838

Duplicate Certificate issued 6th April 1835 and delivered to the Pensioner, Present
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District of Columbia 

At a United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia held for the County of Alexandria the Sixth day of October 1834 Joseph Fulmore, a resident of the said County and District, aged Seventy six years, personally appeared before the Court, & having first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed 7 of June 1832 - 

That he entered the service of the United States as a private in the militia, in the City of Philadelphia & State of Pennsylvania, in the year 1776, under Major James Pan, Captain Pascal Commanding the Company, and marched to New Jersey with his regiment, and continued for two months, when he was discharged.  That he again entered the service as a private in the militia in the State of Pennsylvania, in the year 1777; was at the battles of Trenton and Princeton, served two months under Col. Craig, and marched with the army to Morristown under Genl Washington where he was discharged with the rest of the militia; That he afterwards, in the year 1778 entered the service as a private soldier in the artillery stationed at Mead Fort, Colonel Shafer commander, and served two months, whence he was removed to a fort called Billing fort, & from thence to  Daily's creek mouth; where he was kept until the fort was dismantled, when he was dis(charged)
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(dis)charged. He again entered the army in 1780 under Col. Craig of the Pennsylvania line, & served seven months and was discharged at Trenton. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency in any state. He further states, that from the lapse of time, deaths & removals he knows of no person living here or elsewhere, who can testify to the matters set forth in this declaration. The only person that he knows who could testify to the matters set forth in this declaration.  The only person that he knew who could testify to them was William Harper, now dec'd who knew the services that he had rendered & whose statement, in his own hand writing & signed by him, is hereunto annexed, & the truth of whose signature is sworn to by his son a respectable citizen of the town of Alexandria.

The said Joseph Fulmore answered the following interrogatories:

1.  Where & in what year were you born?  Ans. I was born in the City of Philadelphia, & State of Pennsylvania, on the 1 January 1757.
2 .Have you any and record of your age and where is it?  Answer: I have none, but I have a recollection of what my parents informed me of the place and time of my birth.
3.  Where were you living when called into service?  where have you lived since the revolutionary war, & where do you now live?   Answer. I was living in Philadelphia and have lived in Alexandria D. C. Since the year 1781, and live there still
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4th.  How were you called into service? were you drafted? did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?   Answer I was drafted as a militiaman in Pennsylvania I was not a substitute

5th. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served. Answer. Colonel Craig of the 3d Pennsylvania regiment, Major James Pan, & Captain Pascal, who was my commander. Col. Proctor's regiment was at the battle of Princeton, in which battle I was wounded, by having three of my ribs broken.

6th.  Did you ever receive a discharge? (Answer) at Morristown in New Jersey, from William Harper, who
was my Captain, which discharge I have lost.

7th.  State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution? 
Answer. Col. Francis Peyton, Richard Rock, William Harper, Thomas Sandford, James Smith.  All  the above persons know me, they reside in the town of Alexandria D.C. the place where I have lived since 1781.

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

Joseph Fulmore (his mark)
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We the undersigned, do hereby certify that we reside in the immediate neighbourhood of the aforesaid
Joseph Fullmore & that from our acquaintance with him, we believe he is of the age he represents
himself to be, and that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood to have been a revolutionary
Soldier, and that we concur in that opinion.

Given under our hands this 7th day of October 1834.

Th Sanford
R Rock
Wm Harper
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District of Columbia
Alexandria County 

At a United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, continued and held for the County of Alexandria the 8 day of October 1834, the Court, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, hereby declare their opinion that the above named Joseph Fulmore was a Revolutionary soldier, & served as he states; and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Thomas Sanford, Richard Rock, & William Harper (who have signed the proceeding certificate) are residents of the town of Alexandria D.C. and are persons of respectability, & good character & standing - and that there is
no clergyman residing in Alexandria, except those who lately came to reside there.

In testimony whereof I, Edmund J. Lee, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereto set my hand & the seal of said Court, this 8th day of October 1834.

Edm J Lee C.C

District of Columbia, to wit:

I. William Cranch Chief Judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that the foregoing attestation of Edmund J. Lee, Clerk of the said Court, for the County of Alexandria is in due form

Given under my hand this 8th day of October 1834

Wm Cranch
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See the notes on the 3d page. particularly note (e )

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

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 show 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

Period | Duration  |  Rank  |  Field Officers  |  

1776  |  2 months  |  private  |  Major Jan Pan, Capt Pascal
1777  | 2 months  |  private  |  Col Craig, his Capt at this time was Capt Harper 
1778  |  2 months  |  private  |  Col Shafer
1780  |  7 months  |  private  |  Col Craig

Age at present  |  Proof by which declaration is supported

 76 years  | Certificate of Capt Harper and his own declaration herewith annexed

I am, respectfully,

Your obedient servant
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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- standard form without any notes on Fulmore - not transcribed -
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- standard form without any notes on Fulmore - not transcribed -
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10667

Revolutionary

INVALID

File No. 10667

Joseph Fulmore

Priv - Rev war

Act:  June 7th 1832

Index:  Vol A, Page 125

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Fulmore

Admit this for 6 mo

The alledged service in 1780 cannot be allowed without some proof other than the applicant's own declaration
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.

District of Columbia
County of Washington  SS.

On this Sixth day of April 1835, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Washington personally appeared Joseph Fulmore who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Harper in the regiment commanded by Colonel Craig in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the District  of Columbia; that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the 11th day of October 1834 at or near the City of Washington (his said Certificate of Pension) he the said Joseph Fulmore lost or mislaid. At same time, James William says under oath that he well knows Josep Fulmore described in the above certificate. the said James Williams is a person of veracity. R. Briscoe, JP

Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid

Joseph fulmore (his mark)

R.S. Briscoe, J Peace

NOTES. -- The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated. If the Pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one." The Pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be. 

When a person acting as an agent or attorney for a pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required which must be authenticated as above.

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 be sent with the papers.
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Payments to be made at Washington DC by the Pres of the Metropolis Bank, Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of the District of Columbia


Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E, Vol 6, Page 110 by DD Addison, Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Joseph Fulmore of the District of Columbia who was a Private in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty
dollars and no cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this Eleventh day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty four

Mahlon Dickerson
Acting Secretary of War

Examined and
Countersigned.

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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I Do Certify that I knew the bearer, Joseph Fulmore, in year of 1776 as a soldier in the Militia of Philadelphia and marched to New Jersey with his Regiment and continued in the Service untill discharged. I also new him in the year 1777 as a Soldier at the Battle of Trenton & Prince Town in Jersey and Marched with the Army under Gen Washington to Morris Town where he was Discharged with the rest of the Militia. I also knew him in 1778 as a Soldier in the Artillery stationed at Mead Fort.  was removed to the fort called Billins port and from thence to Darby Creeks mouth where he staid untill after the Battle of Brandewine untill the Fort was orders to be Dismantled and was then Discharge

Given under my Hand
Alex Octr 22d 1828

County of Glen DC 12 June 1834

Wm Harper

personally appeared before me William Harper Right and made oath according to law that he is well acquainted with signature and knows it to be the hand writing of Wm Harper his Father 

Jon Shellabe  Justice of the peace
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Col Jos L Edwards
War Depart
Washington DC
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Alexd Nov 7 1838

Dear Sir,

my mother the widow of Wm Harper is still living and wishes to receive the benefit of the act of 1838. my fathers services was in the Pensylvania line, or militia, I can say, I dont know
and my mother is not well enough acquainted with such matters to be positive, but my father's certificate taken some few years before his death, on the application of Joseph Fulmore for a pension which was granted, will no doubt throw some light on the subject. Fullmore was a resident of Alex(andria).  - will you do my mother the favor to furnish a copy of my father W Harpers certificate above refered to & you will oblige her

Wm Harper

the son of Wm Dec'd