Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 5407, James Flack, Penn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE Penn.
Flack, James
NUMBER S 5407
Born in Ireland
Carded.
CONTENTS [BLANK]
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27.613.
Penna Pittsburgh Agency

James Flack of Washn. Co in the State of Pa. who was a Pr. in the Company commanded by Captain Hickson of the Regt commanded by Col Knox in the Penna line for Militia
1yr 5 mo Pr. $ 56.66.

Inscribed on the Roll of Penna. at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Sept '34  Jas. Nichols, Pittsburgh Pa.

Arrears to the 4th of 4 Sept '34 198.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '55 28.33
$226.66
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk, Book E2. Vol. 5. Page 122
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31.216
James Flack
Pennsylvania

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from 1780 pr 1 yr & 5 months.
$ 56.66/10.

James Nichols
Greensburgh Pennsylv
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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 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of James Flack
||  Period when the service was rendered  ||  Duration of the claimant's service | Years. | Months. | Days.  ||  Rank of the claimant.  ||  Names and rand of the Field officers under hom he served.  ||  Age at present, and place of abode when entered the service.  ||  Proof by which the declaration is supported.  ||
||  1777  || [BLANK] | 3 | [BLANK] ||  Pr  ||  Cap Hinkson Col [BLANK]  ||  81 Pa  ||  Traditionary & Witnesses.  ||
||  1778  || [BLANK] | 2 | [BLANK] ||  Pr.  ||  Cap Knox  ||  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]  ||
||  1780*  || [BLANK] | [BLANK] | [BLANK] ||  Pr. + [illegible]  ||  Cap Riddle  ||  [BLANK]  ||  Witness not certified to be credible per note j  ||

* can only allow for one year

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES 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 [BLANK] 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. [symbol of a pointing hand] 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. [BLANK] 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 beena 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 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 expected. 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 inquiry 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 amend 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, deposeth 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 [BLANK] year [BLANK] months, and [BLANK] days, I served as a [BLANK]. For [BLANK] months and [BLANK] days, I served as a [BLANK]; 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 hree or four months, 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, be 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.

Mode 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] [this section has a hand-written bracket along the right side of the text] 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 forth in 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[symbol of a pointing hand] The notes from [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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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Pennsylvania Westmoreland County ss
On this Twenty second day of May in the year 1834 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County Pennsylvania
James Flack a resident of Ligonier Township in the County and State aforesaid aged eighty one 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 in the year 1777 this declarant entered the army in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania as a volunteer in a volunteer Company commanded by Captain John Hinkson in the month of September of said year, we were stationed at Palmers Fort in Ligonier Valley during the period of declarants servcie at Palmers Fort he volunteered with others of the Company to go in pursuit of a party of Indians who had committed a number of depredations in the neighbourhood. we overtook the Indians in the night at a place called Blanket Hill three miles from where Kittaning [Kittanning] now stands we surprised and killed the whole party except one who was supposed at the time to have been the notorious Simon Girty. declarant Remained in the service at Palmers Fort for three months when he returned home
In the month of February or March 1778 this declarant entered as a volunteer in a Company Commanded by Captain Robert Knox. We Rendevoused at Fort Ligonier in Westmorland County from thence we marched to Pittsburgh where he Joined General Hand who commanded an expedition intended to
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out against certain Towns in the Ohio Country. We marched about sixty or seventy miles into the Indian Country and destroyed two Indian Towns. The second Town was fifteen miles beyond the first this declarant was one of sixty volunteers by whom its destruction was effected While engaged in this service we were commanded by Colonel Pumroy [Pomeroy] who was a Colonel, declarant was one of the mounted Volunteers Colonel Crawford Colonel Mason and Colonel Stinson were attached to the expedition he was absent on this Tour two months In the month of may in the year 1780 having gone to Kentucky he entered as a volunter under Captain George Riddle who commanded a small Fort called Licking Station situate on Licking River in Kentucky the Fort was about forty miles from Limestone. The Garrison consisted of about forty men and boys. On the 24th of June 1780 before sunrise we were attacked by a large force of British and Indians amounting as this declarant was afterwards informed by one of the enemys artillery men to two hundred and fifty British and and eight hundred and fifty Indians. The attack and defense was continued until about two hours before night. the enemy then brought forward a piece of Cannon, which cut our pecketing and Compelled us to Surrender declarant lost a horse and two Rifles. one of the Rifles had belonged to declarants brother who was shot by teh Indians while standing sentry at the Fort two days before the action By our articles of capitulation we were to be retained by the British as prisoners of War, but no Sooner had we surrendered than we were delivered to the Indians with the Exception of two Individuals Captain John Hinkson and Enos McDonald. The Indians bound this declarant and marched him to where Cincinnatti now stands and from there to beyond Detroit. The Indians then brought declarant to Detroit and delivered him up to the British. I came to Detroit on the 28th day of July having been with the Indians from the 24th day
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of June. Declarant health being injured from the severe treatment he had received he was allowed the privilege of the Yard of the Barracks. After I had recovered my health I was confined in Jail for three weeks for chastening a refugee for insolency at the end of three weeks I was liberated from the Jail and had the privilege of the Barrack Yard as formerly. A few days after my enlargement I went into the Smiths Shop with a fellow prisoner. I there saw two Rifles which I had known before they were taken from Legoneir [Ligonier] Valley by the Indians. We Sledged the sides of the Rifles together that they might be of no service to our oppressors For this act thirteen of us were placed on board a prison ship and sent down to Niagara. Below Detroit we made an attempt to take the vessel but one of our own party proving a traitor our plan was defeated and we were all seized and bound. At Niagara I was offered four shillings sterling a day to assist in making Gun carriages this I refused and was again imprisoned for what they called my obstinacy & remained in Jail until about the first of May 1781. I was then taken to Montreal where I remained in prison until the last of June or the first of July when through the influence of Michael Rugh of Westmoreland County then a prisoner at Montreal, and afterwards a Representative of the said County in the General assembly of Pennsylvania, I was taken out of Jail & let to work for Captain Grant a British officer I worked on an Island opposite Montreal called Grants Island and was allowed one shilling a day York money. After working some time I received a half Joe from Captain Grant, with this I bought two compass deals some cheese a battle of Rum and a pair of Moccasons. Having made these preparations this declarant took advantage of a dark night and in Company with five other prisoners crossed the St.
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Lawrence in a canoe and made the best of our way to Vermont and after ten days painful travelling We arrived at General Bailey's, in Vermont. General Bailey gave us a pass to Boston and a Recommendation to Governor Hancock From Governor Hancock we got a pass to Philadelphia and an order for ten days provisions. At Sussex in the Jerseys I parted from my Companions and came into Bucks County Pennsylvania where I arrived in the latter part of the month of August
1781 I remained in Bucks County for some time among my Relations to Rest after my fatigue and arrived at my Fathers in [crossed out: Ligonier Valley] Cumberland County in the month of October 1781 the declarant has no documentary evidence of his services

Where and in what year were you born?
I was born in the County of Antrim in the Kingdom of Ireland in the year 1758.
Have you any Record of your age?
I have no record of my age
Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
When first called into service I lived in Leganier [Ligonier] Valley in the County of Westmoreland in the State of Pennsylvania I have lived there since the Revolutionary War, and I now live there
How were you called into service were you drafted, did you Volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a substitute
for whom?
[crossed out: I was drafted ... the service] I was a volunteer for a more particular answer
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I heard nor saw no more of him until I heard he had escaped in company with some other prisoners, this was a short time after the conversation mentioned. On our return from Montreal when released from imprisonment one Alexander Laughlin who was of our Company told us he had been taken prisoner at the same time James Flack was in a Fort in Kentucky
Andrew Dougherty, his X mark

Sworn & Subscribed in open Court this 22d day of May A.D. 1834
attest
Randall M Laughlin, Prot.

Robert Piper being sworn in Open Court deposes and says that about the commencement of the Revolutionary war the year he does not recollect he remembers to see James Flack who has sworn and subscribed the above declaration in service as a soldier in Palmers Fort in Leganeir [Ligonier] really in Westmoreland County he knows he was one of the party who destroyed and killed a party of Indians near Kittaning [Kittanning] who had committed depredations in the Valley. deponent Remembers to see James Flack returning to the Fort with the party after the engagement they had one or two Scalps with them declarant was very young at the time he will be sixty five years of age next October
Robt. Piper

Sworn & Subscribed in open Court 22d day of May A.D. 1834.
attest,
Randal McLaughlin, Prot.

We Robert Piper Residing in Ligonier Vally Westmoreland County Pennsylvania and Hugh M. Skiles Residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Flack who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. that we believe him to be eighty one years of age that he is Reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he
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Resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Robt. Piper
Hugh M Skiles

Sworn & Subscribed in open Court this 22d day of May A D 1834.
Attest
Randal M Laughlin, Prot.

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 he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Robert Piper and Hugh M. Skiles who have signed the preceding certificate are Residents in Leganeir [Legonier] Valley Westmorland County are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

Westmoreland County ss I. Randal M Laughlin Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of Westmoreland County Do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of James Flack for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Greensburgh this twenty second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Randal M Laughlin Prot.

31.216
James Flack
Pennsyla
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as he states

Andrew Dougherty being duly sworn in open Court deposes and says that in the summer of the year 1780 deponent with his Father two brother and a Sister were taken prisoners in Ligonier Valley by the Indians and marched by them to the neighbourhood of Lake Erie we was trialed with seventy and my sister and one of my brothers they killed on the Road. After some time they took us down the Lake to a bruck called by the Indians Mallet Creek, and delivered us to the British by them we were carried to Montreal where we arrived in the month of August we remained prisoners in Montreal until the 14th of August 1782. When we were released and permitted to return home along with three hundred and thirty two American prisoners men women and children Sometime in the summer of 1780 this deponent in company with his Father met James Flack who has sworn and Subscribed to the above declaration in the Street of Montreal on a Sunday we had been neighbours in Ligonier Valley in the Course of the Coversation he told my Father that he had been taken prisoner in a Fort in Kentucky. that he intended making his escape that if we could get on the Island he would be glad to have us along said he had been purchasing necessaries for the journey my Father said he could not venture to go for that We (the boys) could not stand such a journey I was in the thirteenth year of my age my brother was three years younger my Father asked him whether he was able to steer home through the wilderness he replied he had the pilot in his pocket my Father requested him if he got home before us to inform my mother that he was in Montreal that my brother and myself were with him that my sister and brother were killed by the Indians James Flack charged my Father Strictly that he should not speak himself nor suffer us to speak of his intended escape we then parted he residing on the Island opposite the town
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I refer to my declaration
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.
Declarant has no recollection of any officers or Regiments but those mentioned in his declaration and to this he refers
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it?
I never received a discharge from the service

Declarant States as persons to whom he is known in his neighbourhood who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution Hon Richard Cutter James Brady Esqr John Pollock Hugh Hamill Esqr Robert Piper Colonel Jacob D. Mathias and Hon Thomas Pollock. The declarant states that he served not less than the periods mentioned below. For three months under Capt. Hinkson. Two months under Capt Knox and fifteen months under Capt Riddle, including his imprisonment, and for such service I claim a pension
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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
James Flack

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court
Attest
Randal M Laughten Prot.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served
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In reply to your request of [BLANK], received [BLANK] for a statement of the military history of James Flack a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out: (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this bureau. J. F. 5407.

||  DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  ||  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  ||  RANK.  ||  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL.  ||  STATE.  ||
||  Sept. 1777  ||  3 mos.  ||  Pri.  ||  John Hinkson | [checkmark]  ||  Pa.  ||
||  Feb. 1778  ||  2 "  ||  [BLANK]  ||  Robert Knox | Pomeroy  ||  [BLANK]  ||
|| May 1780 [an arrow points to the text below this table]  ||  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]  ||  Geo. Riddle | [checkmark]  ||  [BLANK]  ||

[the above arrow points to this text] On June 24, 1780, was captured in attack by British and Indians at Fort called Licking Station, detained until he escaped from Montreal, Canada, reaching Bucks Co. Pa. late in Aug, 1781.

Battles engaged in, Several engagements with Indians.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, May 22. 1834. His claim was al.
Residence at date of application, Ligonier Twp, Westmoreland Co., Pa
Age at date of application, Born in 1753, County of Antrim, Ireland
Remarks: There is no data relative to wife or children. For date of last payment of pension and name of person to whom said payment was made, you should apply to the auditor for the Interior Dept, U. S. Treasury Dept, citing all of the following data: James Flack, Ctf. No. 27,613, issued Sept. 12. 1834, at 56.66 per an. from Mch. 4, 1832, under Act June 7. 1832, Penna, Pittsburgh Agency.
[the following note was added] not sent to Mary B. Clark F.N.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
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5407
Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 5407
James Flack Pri Rev. War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index:-Vol. M, Page 126
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1915. Apr. 21 History to M. Skiles. F.W.
1916, May 3. History to Mary B. Clark. FW.
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the Court of Common of Westmoreland County do hereby certify that Andrew Dougherty Robert Piper and Hugh M. Skiles who have Sworn to and subscribed the affadavits and Certificate in the matter of James Flack a Revolutionary soldier hereto annexed are credible persons and their statement is entitled to belief

Westmoreland County ss. I Randal M Laughlin Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do hereby certify, that the above certificate, in addition to the annexed proceedings in the application of James Flack for a pension, was given by the same Court, at a court of Common pleas held at Greensburgh in & for said County On the eighteenth day of August A.D. 1834, and ordered to be appended to the original application
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the same Court at my Office in Greensburgh this twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four - Randal M Laughlin, Prot.
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Free

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

Pa. Sept 9

[stamped: GRE [illegible] SEP 6]
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Greensburgh Westd. County
Septr 4th 1834
Sir,
Inclosed are the documents in the case of James Flack, who claims a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier. My opinion was that the peculiarity of his situation entitled him to claim for twenty months service, but of course we must submit to the decision of the department
I am in your Obdt Servt
James Nichols

J.L. Edwards Esqr
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Stampd. and. retd - W
had one 2 ct. stampd envelope JMD Res Sec

Pittsburgh, Pa. April 27, 1916.
317 South Graham Street, East End.

Department of Interior-Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:--
Will you kindly forward me at your earliest convenience-A copy of the Pension Record of James Flack, who was a private in the Revolutionary War and received a pension "Given at the war Office of the United States- this 12th day of September, 1834" Signed-Lew Cass, Secretary of war. "
I am a grand-daughter of James Flack and want the record for use in application for membership to the Daughters of American Revolution.
Enclosed please find stamped envelope for reply. Thanking you copy of above named record, and asking you to mail same as soon as possible, I am,
very respectfully,
Mary B Clark
371 South Graham Street,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Room 1830 Frick Building,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
April 14, 1915

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
(JAMES FLACK - Soldier of American Revolution).

As this soldier was granted a pension by our Government after the close of the Revolution, your files no doubt contain a record of him, and I shall be greatly obliged if you will be kind enough to give me the following information, also any additional information you may find in regard to him:-

Place of residence at the time of enlistment (probably Westmoreland Co. Pa.) (or Lancaster Co. Pa.)

Date of enlistment ( probably 1775-1776)

Age at time of enlistment (

What regiment (
Name of commander of regiment(
What company (
Name of captain (Probably Captain Nickson)

Date of application for pension (

Date pension ceased (

It is not intented that you shall be put to a lot of trouble to ascertain the above; the volume containing the application for pension will probably show all the information I have asked for above.
Thanking you in advance, I remain,
Yours truly,
M. Skiles