Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8874, for John Lyn, Pennsylvania
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Penn.

Lyn, John 
or Lind

S. 8874

Carded
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State of Pennsylvania 
County of Northampton }
S.S. On this 24th day of April A.D. 1850 personally appeared in Open Court, Before the Court of Common Please of the County aforesaid. Personally appeared in open Court Peter Lyn or Lind, a resident of Lehigh Township in the county aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law, maketh the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That his father John Lyn or Lind (in German) in the War of the Revolution, as appears by the papers from Hamburg herewith submitted served two months as Militiaman under Capt. John Gregory that he then drove team in the Continental Service under enlistment, under Daniel Mc Ginnes - that he then enlisted for seven months under Capt. John Van Etten to go against the Indians, that he afterwards served two months as a militia man under Capt. John Deeter that during his life he applied to the Legislature of Pennsylvania for a pension and that on the papers filed, he was allowed forty dollars per annum, that his said father from the United States under the Act of 1832. 
That his father John Lyn or Lind died on the Fourth day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Three (1833) and left as only surviving children, Anna Maria Rape, Elizabeth Oblinger, Catharine Kocher, Susanna Lyn, and Peter Lyn the declarant. 

Sworn & subscribed in open court this 24th day of April 1830 }
J. Weygandt, A Judge

his Peter Lyn

And the said Court do certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to the said Court, that, John Lyn or Lind, was a soldier of the Revolution, and died on the Fourth day of February One Thousand Eight Hun.
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To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Petition of the undersigned John Lind of Northampton County and Commonwealth aforesaid
Respectfully showith

That your Petitioner in the revolutionary war served as a private Militiaman two months under Captain John Gregory and marched towards the enemy while the [illegible] Philadelphia. He then enlisted for six months to drive a learn in the Continental Service under the Command of Daniel [David?] Mc Ginness. He then enlisted for seven months under Captain John Kenath to go against the Indians to Minisink and other places and was in the noted battle with the Indians at the Nescopeck Valley where the seven months men were nearly all killed and the whole party completely defeated. That he served his full term of seven months agreeable to his enlistment but unfortunately by being tossed from place to place through the world he lost his discharge and further your petition begs leave to state that he has never in this day received one cent for his services except his county that he afterwards served two months in the militia under Captain John Dieter against the Indians. That during the time he was int he Service he received an injury in one of his legs which all most deprived him of gathering his living by labour. And as your petitioner is now old much debilitated and very poor having neither house or land and without friends to assist him to obtain a livelihood. He therefore Humbly prays your honorable body to grant him an annuity such often relief as in your Wisdom shall sworn [illegible] and your Petitioner as in duly bound will Pray.

John Lind
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We the under named subscribes, inhabitants of Northampton County Pennsylvania do certify that we are well acquainted with the within Petitioner John Lind and from what we know of him and have heard from others we are fully of the belief that his statement of services are correct and true and that we know him to be a sober industrious [illegible] man and that he is now very poor and unable to support himself by labour.

Witness our hands this 28 day of November 1825
Abm Lerch
Jacob Kent
Charles Craig
Jacob Solt
George [illegible]
Jacob Gable
Nathaniel [illegible]
Phillip Scheffer
Peter Labongood
[illegible]
George Simmons
Phillip [illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
Peter Eckert
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Allen Township N.C. 29th March 1793
Dear Sir,
If there is any Certificate due to John Lynn a seven month man in Captain van Etten's Company please to let the bearer Jacob Eyerly Esq. have it if not give him he power of Attorney I left with you in April last in so doing you will oblige.

To John Nicholson Esq
Comptroller General
Philadelphia

Sir your hble servt.
Michael Kreider