Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41771, for Henry Lingo, Pennsylvania
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Penn                   Lingo, Henry             S.41771
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             11945
Ohio

Henry Lingo
of Milton in the state of Ohio
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel McCoy (illegible) of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of six years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate o 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued 15 of June 1819 and sent to George Tod Esq.
Warren                Ohio
Appears to 4th March 1819  10 86   83.10
                                               30 31  48
                                                         $131:16
                        (Revolutionary claim,)
                        (Act 18th March 1818.)


                         Continued


The letter to pensions 29 July 1829

A B- shows  (.)ealte

Mov. 9 - 1835
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    March 18th 1812

Henry Lingo, Milton, Ohio

Served as a private in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment Col. Brodhead from 17th to the end of the war.




George Tod Court Judge

on roll

Admitted
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Henry Lingo a citizen of the United States residing in Milton in the county of Trumbull and state of Ohio, on his solemn oath did on and says as follows - to wit - that he was born in the state of Delaware - that he enlisted into the Army of the Revolution for three years, under Captain Van Swearengen of the 8th Pennsylvania (...) regiment, commanded by Enos McCoy a colonel - the year or day he cannot recollect but it was at  a place , now called Armstrong, on the Alleghany River, about forty miles above Pittsburgh - that during the three years, he again enlisted for and during the war, then & existing between the United States and Great Britain - under the same Captain Van Swearingen, at Philadelphia - that he served in the revolutionary Army of the United States until the peace in 1783 when he was (...) discharge by the orders of  General Irvin, but his discharge was left out of a box while (...) on the Ohio River - he was discharge in Pittsburgh - that he is in reduced circumstances - and needs the assistance of his country for support; that he is his 69 year - and that he (...) relinquishes his claims to all and singular the
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the provisions, if any, which heretofore have been allowed him by the laws of the United State and for this that subj (...) in support of his claim is all that is within his power and knowledge.
    He therefore humbly prays for relief under the Act of Congress, entitled Act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the land and naval services for the United States in the Revolutionary War - signed March 18, 1818.
   The State of Ohio
    Trumbull County
            I George Tod President of the Courts of Common Pleas in & for the 3rd Circuit in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that on the 23rd day of April 1818. The before named deponent Henry Lingo, personally came before me, and made solemn oath to the truth of his foregoing statement and that I subscribed his name to the same by his direction and I do further certify that I am well satisfied the same Henry Lingo is in reduced circumstances & he need the assistance of his country for support .
    In testimony where I have hereunto subscribed my name at Youngstown in said county of Trumbull this 13 day of April 1819.
                                       
                                       George Tod
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The State of Ohio
Trumbull County

    I George Parsons clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that George Tod Esquire whos signature is affixed to the forgoing certificate which signature is in his [??] hand writing is and was at the time taking this foregoing statement president of the Court of Common Plea within and for the Third Circuit of the state of Ohio duly commissioned and sworn [??] to the  laws of said state and as such his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit in and out of court. In testimony whereof I have unto [??] hand and Seal of Office as [ ??] the 13th day of April 1819.

                                George Parsons
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Henry Lingo
revolutionar Pensioner
11.945

Sept: (1019).



Eben. R. Thompson
          Warren, Ohio

29 Nov
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The State of Ohio
Trumbull County

    On this third day of October 1820 personally  appeared in open court (being a court of record for said county) Henry Lingo aged sixty five year resident in Milton in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth  on his oath declare the he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. That he enlisted as a private in the month of March at a place called Red Stone in Pennsylvania in the year 1775 as the declarant thinks for the term of eighteen months in Captain Van Swearengen Company commonly called the Wood Ranging Company at the expiration of nine months the company was disbanded and the declarant reenlisted in the eight Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col. Enos McCoy for the term of three years. Shortly after his enlistment Col. McCoy died & Capt. Daniel Broadhead took the command of said Regiment that Capt. Van Swearengen commanded & the company to which this declarant was attached at the expiration of three years Captain Van Swearengen resigned and Capt. John Black was appointed to the command of said company & 
this declarant was retained during the war. Said regiment was attached to the Brigade commanded by General Anthony Wayne this declarant continued a soldier in said Regiment & was quartered a considerable time at 
Pittsburgh (Penn) where he was at length regularly discharged at the close of the war in the month of September (as he thinks) in the year 1783. Said applicant was in the Battles of Bound Brook in New Jersey Piscataway in New Jersey Woodbridge in New Jersey Peaoli in Pennsylvania & various other skirmished which this applicant cannot enumerate. Said applicant is a pensioner under the law of 18th of March 1818 his certificate numbered 11.945 V issued from the was office fifteenth day of June 1819 to draw pay from 23d April 1818 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United State on the 18th day of March 1818 & 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 provision of an act of Congress entitle an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any properties or securities contract or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is continued in the Schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed.





























 






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              Inventory of Property

- One horse upwards of twenty years old worth his skin valued at one dollar
- One horse upwards of fifteen years old worth $20.
- Old plough iron $2.
- One cow bought with pension money already received $12.
- One do not paid for $20.
- One sow and six young pigs $3.
- Three young barrows $6.
- One calf 3 months old $2.
- One yearling bull $4.
- One ten- gallon kettle broke.
- 1 small bake oven,
- One two-gallon pot.
- One haf (sic) dozen (??) tea cups and saucers.
- 4 old knives & one fork.
- One old tea pot (earthan).
- Two old pewter Spoons.
- One iron spoon.
- Five old chairs.
- One old kitchen table.
- One old scythe
- Two old axes.
- Two old hoes.
- Two pair old horse chains.
- 1 old collar.
- 1 3/4 auger old.
- Two meat barrels.

                    Debts the Declarant owes

$10 for a barrel of meat to Thomas Fenton
$16.50 for a barrel of meat to James Marshall
$20 for a cow o Calvin Shepherd
$ 5 to George Tod Esquire for obtaining Certificate of Pension
$3 to John McKinn for Smith work
 Doctor Gilbert's bill amount not know for medical assistance for my wife for nine months
$7 to Joseph lingo for necessaries bought at auction

The declarant is by occupation a farmer nearly [??] of sight & very infirm of body in no condition to pursue his occupation for a livelihood.  Has a wife confined to her room & has been for nearly three years last by sickness has one child a boy aged 12years named Hamilton now living with him but not capable of rendering him much assistance & that he stands in need of his country for support. 
                                 Henry "X" Lingo
                                           his mark

Sworn and subscribe in open court this 3rd day of October 1820.
Before me E.R. Thompson Clerk P.T.

I Robert Price being acquainted with the within named Henry Lingo know him to be a poor man and believe that has no other property than that enumerated in the above schedule and do upon my oath say the value of the aforesaid property is not more eighty dollars as I verily believe.
                             Robert Price

Sworn declar'd on & subscribed to in open court this 3r day of October 1820.   Clerk P.T. 
 Before me Eben. R. Thompson
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The State of Ohio
Trumbull County 

    I Ebenezer R. Thompson Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio with & for the County of Trumbull do hereby certify that ; and foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed was truly copied from the record of said Court; and I do further certified that is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property is $80. In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and fixed the seal of said Court on this 13th day of October 1820.

                                         Eben. R. Thompson   

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                                              February 6, 1937.

Miss Priscilla Lingo                  BA-J/ILL
1614 Bell Avenue                     Henry Lingo
Wooster, Ohio.                         s. 41771
                                                 William Lingo
                                                  s. 38913

Dear Madam:
    Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to you ancestors with the surname Lingo who served in the Revolutionary War.

    The record of only two soldiers with that surname who applied for pension on account of service in the Revolutionary War have been found, Henry and William. Their records are furnished you herein as found in those claims, as they may be of interest to you.

    Henry LINGO-s. 41771

    Henry Lingo was born in Delaware: the date of birth and names of parents were not given.

    He enlisted sometime in 1775, at Red Stone, Pennsylvania, served as private in Captain Van Swearengens company, Colonel Aenas Mackay's and Daniel Brodhead's 8th Pennsylvania regiment,  also in Captain John Clark's company in that same regiment and was discharged from service September 29, 1783; during  his service, he was in the battles of Bound Brook, Woodbridge, Piscataway and Paoli, and in many skirmishes.

    He was allowed pension on his application executed April 23, 1818, at which time he resided in Milton, Trumbull County, Ohio. He was then in the sixty-third year of age.

    In 1820, the soldier refered to his wife but did not state  (report continues on next page)
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her name, nor the date and place of their marriage. In 1820, he, was in the battle of Guilfor, was in the battle of Gates Defeat referred also to one child, a boy, Hamilton, aged twelve years, who lived with him, and to a Joseph Lingo.

    Henry Lingo died November 9, 1835.

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    William Lingo-s. 38913

    William Lingo enlisted in the year 1779, in Lewiston, Delaware, served as private in Captain Peter Jaquett's and Robert Kirkwood's companies, Colonel Yaughan's Delaware regiment, marched south, was in the battle of Gate's Defeat, was in the battle of Guilford in which he wounded in his right arm, was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and was discharged at the close of the war.

    He was allowed pension on his application executed October 1, 1826, at which time he resided in Maury County, Tennessee. He was aged then about seventy-three: the date and place of his birth and the names of parents were not given.

    In 1836, William Lingo's wife, Susannah, was aged about sixty-three years; her maiden name and the date and place of their marriage were not given. No reference was made to children.

    In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, record Division, this city, and furnish the following;

     William Lingo
      Certificate #19747
      Issued March 2, 1827
      Rate $8 per month
      Commenced January 31, 1827.
      Act of March 18, 1818
      Tennesse Agency.

                          Very Truly yours,
                           A.D. Hiller
                           Executive Assistant
                           to the Administrator

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41771
Invalid.
Revy.
File No. 41771
Henry Lingo
(illegible) Rev. War

Act: 18th March 18(18)
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 295

[Arrangement of 1870.]


Feb.6-1937 - Hist. to Miss Pricilla Lingo - SLL
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Commonwealth of Penna.
Mercer County ss

    Personally came before me Alex Brown one of the Judges in and for the said county, who being duly sworn according to law, saith that he was personally acquainted with Henry Lingo in the year of our Lord 1777 when this deponent enlisted & soon after and knows that the said Henry Lingo served as a private in Captain Van Swearengens Company first, and afterward in Captain John Clark Company until the end of the year when he and this deponent were both discharged on the same 29th Sept. 1783. The above services were rendered during the Revolutionary War.

Sworn and Subscribed  Timothy Swan(illegible)
before on this 12th day of
Nov 1818

                             A. Brown
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Pennsylvania
Mercer County

    I James Miller Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Mercer County, do hereby certify that Alexander Brown Esquire, before whom the within oath was taken and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the time of administering said oath and now is one of the Associate Judges in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit are and of right ought be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.

    Given under my hand and seal of said court at Mercer the twelfth day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

                                James Miller Proth'y
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 State of Ohio
Columbiana County

    Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County William Lee and being duly sworn deposith and saith that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine that he was personally acquainted with Henry Lingo he was in the service if the United States as a private soldier in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment Commanded by Col Brodhead and that said Henry Lingo served from that time to the end of the war.

Sworn and subscribed before me  (illegible) on November 6th 1818.

David Scott                      Wm. Lee Sgt-
Justice of the Peace         Major of the 8th
                                         Penna. Regt.
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The State of Ohio
Columbiana County

     In testimony that David Scott Esquire is a Justice of the Peace whose signature is attached to the written affidavit was that full faith and credit thereto be given to his official acts as such. I have affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Columbiana of Ohio to be hereunto to [??] and {??] any name as [??] thereof    
this 16th of November A.D. 1818.

                               (illegible)  for
                                Horace Potter (illegible)
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Pennsylvania
Mercer County

    I James Miller Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Mercer County, do hereby certify, that Alexander Brown Esquire, before whom the within oath was taken and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the time of administering said oath and now is one of the Associate Judges in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are and of right ought be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
    Given under my hand and Seal of November one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

                              James Miller Proth'y
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Personally appeared before me James Clark a Justice of the Peace in and for Mercer County in the State of Pennsylvania - Wm. Amberson who being duly sworn according to law. Saith that he was a Lieutenant in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col. Dane. Brodhead and in Captain Van Swearengens Company. He says also that Henry Lingo was a private soldier in the same company. That the said Henry Lingo enlisted in the 8th Regiment of Pennsylvania in the year 1776 and served during the war.

Sworn and subscribed.    Wm. Amberson
before me this 12th Nov. 1818

James Clark

Pennsylvania
Mercer County
          I James Miller Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Mercer County, do hereby certify, that James Clark Esquire, before whom the foregoing oath was taken and whose name is thereto subscribed, was, at the time of administering said oath and now is, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are, and of right ought be given as well is Courts of Justice as elsewhere - Given under my hand and seal of said court the twelfth day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

                          James Miller Prothon.
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(This appears to be a continuation of a multi-page letter however, previous pages not available.) 

    Please send the names of all soldiers of the American Revolution named "Lingo",. And include as much information as you have about each name.

    I am trying to learn the name of the father of my greatgreatgrandfather.

    Since any Lingo belongs on my family tree somewhere and because there will not be many of that name, I have asked a question of this kind.

    Three Lingo brothers came to America about 1700. They landed in Delaware or Maryland. And anyone named Lingo is a descendant of one of these brothers. I do not know in what state my ancestors were living at the time of the war. This makes it necessary for me to seek information about all soldiers of that name.

    My greatgreatgrandfather owned land in Belmont County, Ohio. I think he was too young to have been in the war himself, but I do not have the date for his birth. If land was granted to James Lingo in Belmont County for military services then I am wrong on the point. In that case I need information about Janes Lingo.

    Thank you very much for any information you can give me on the records of soldiers named Lingo.

                            Miss Priscilla Lingo
                            1814 Beall Ave.
                             Wooster, Ohio

Only 2 in files
send both.  (??)
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The Nation Archives   Division of Veterans' Administration Archives Form VAM-51 12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD

Name Lingo, Willia Grade Private  Line Delaware

Warrant number 10810      Acreage  100

Issued April 19, 1797 to James DeBaufre assignes



This information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the  War Department fire of November 9,1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office Records in The National Archives.