Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30545, for John Lindsey, Maryland
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MD. Lindsey, John S 30545
Penn. or Lindsay
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22359
Kentucky
John Lindsey
of Henry Co in the state of Kentucky
who was a Pri & Sgt in the company commanded 
by Captain Meridith of the Regt commanded
by Col. Campbell in the Pennsylvania
line for 9 months Private and 6 months Sergeant

Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 60 dollars blank cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of October 1833 and Hon. R.M. Johnson Great Crossing

Arrears to the 4th of September $150.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 March $30.00
$180.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Dan'l Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol 7 Page 17

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Duplicate Certificate issued 6th July 1838 and sent to J. Ficklin Lexington Ky

Letter to Hon R. Hawes 7 Dec 1838
Letters to J E Stone Nov 12, 1840

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 10th Sep 1838 - Agent notified 6th March [illegible]
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office
January 15th, 1841

Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Ad, or of John Lindsey, Decd. a pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Sixty Dollars and cents [Strikethrough] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this department, from the 4th of March 1837, to the 10th of Sept.1838, the day of his death. 
Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller. 
To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
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John Lindsey
Rev Claim

Adm 1 yr & 3 Months
6 Months thereof Serg.

9 mo for 30
6 mo for 30
$60.00
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State of Kentucky 
Henry County 

On this 21st day of August 1835 personally appeared before Price Nuttall a Justce of the peace in and for Henry County Ky. and one of the members of the Henry County Court John Lindsey a resident of the said County aged 74 years who by reason of his bodily infirmity is unable to attend the proper court to make his decleration and who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Conggress passed [?] June 7th 1802
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein Stated - that is to say being a resident of the County of Fredrick in the State of Maryland he did about the middle of September as well as he remembered in the year 1777 under the services of the United States as drafted Militia man and private soldier upon a term of [illegible] months in the company of Captian [Striketrough] Simon Meredith that he discussed with his dais company at Frederick town in the said County and was immediately appointed by his Captain authority 3 serj sergant of the said company and served as such during the [illegible] of his said town [?] - that at their said place of Rendezvous they joined their regiment which was commanded by Col Beatty- that the Lieut: Col. name was Alexander Campbell and the Major Jos. Wells that he was marched with his said company & regiment from his said place of rendezvous into the State of Pennsylvania and there joined the Army of Genl. Washington at what was called the White Mash Mills- that he was attached to the command of Genl. Smallwood that he continued with the Army during the whole of his tour and at the termination thereof was discharged & returned home. he recalls upon this tour to have seen Generals Washington, Smallwood, Gish, & Cols. Hollinsworth & Henson of the Militia - & Col Morgan of the Rifle regiment 
He further states and declares that afterwards in the fall of 1779 he moved to the state of Pennsylvania and in the spring of 1780 he changed his residence to the neighborhood of Buffaloe creek upon a tract of country over which the states of Virginia & Pennsylvania each claimed jurisdiction and in the month of April her entered the services of the United States as private volunteer
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=dier in the company of Captain Ogle upon a toir of six months and served as sick during the whole of his tour- he stats that he rendezd. with his company at the fort at Charles Wells or Buffaloe Creek and was there continued during a portion of his tour and during the resudue [?] thereof he was kept engaged in scouting parties against the Indians that bring a frontier County and much infested by them- he states that the county in which he then lived and in which said fort was situated was called Osio [?] County &  said to be in the state of Virginia . He states that there were but few men in the section of the county able to bear arms & their exertions were in constant requisition to repel the incursions of the savages - he states that during this town he was not under the command of any officer of higher grade than Captain that he served out his tour fully and faithfully and was discharged. And immediately upon his discharge to with in the month of Octr. 1780 the Indians still being troublesome he again entered the service of the United States as a private volunteer soldier in the Company of Capt. Ogle upon a tour of three months - he states that he this volunteered without leaving the fort at Clerk [?] Wells and that he continued in the service against the Indians in scouting parties and in the forts in the neighborhood as in the first tour in the year 1780 as above at the and the forth during the while of his last mentioned tour of three months and being fully and faithfully served out the same he was discharged 
He further states and declares that in the spring of the year 1781 he moved from the said county of oslio to Westmoreland County Pennsylvania which was also a frontier County and soon afterwards to wit: in the month of May 1781 he again entered the service of the United States as a private volunteer soldier in the Company of Capt. Lynch upon a tour of three months and serviced as such during the whole period of his said tour against the Indians who were exceedingly troublesome- that he served actively and faithfully against them during the whole period of his said tour and was them discharged - that during this tour he was under no other officer than Captn. Lynch - 
He further states and declares that in the month of March 1782 as well as he remembers he again entered the service
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of the United States in the Company of Capt. Lynch as a private soldier and drafted militia man upon a tour of three months - that he rendezvous with his said company at Col. Brooks in Westmoreland County Pa. Where he thus declarant he resided and he was immediately upon his entrance into the services appointed by his Captain orders sergeant of his said company and served as such during the whole of his said tour - that he was marched from hence with his company he [strikethrough] to Legard station on Brusky run in Westmoreland County bay and was there kept stationed during his tour- that he was attached to the command of Major Wilson but had no colonel - that Capt. Lynch had the command of the fort at Legard Station and this declarant continued there & continued a part of the Garrison during the whole of his tour and to the termination thereof to wit in the month of June 1782 as well as he remembers he again entered the service of the United States under the command of the same Captain for a tour of three months [strikethrough] as a private volunteer soldier and continued in the service stationed a portion of the time at the said fort at Legard Station and apon scouting parties against the Indians during the whole of his tour and at the termination thereof was discharged.  
He states and declares that there are some services which he performed during the revolution that he cannot now recollect with sufficient certainty to detail but he is confident from his present best recollection that he did serve in the main army and [?] at the times above detailed and that he did not serve serve less than six months as a sergeant and fifteen months as a private solider during the revolutionary War and for that service he claims a pension. 
He states that he has no documentary evidence and that he Knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
John Lindsey His X Mark
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4.

Interrogatories put to the above named applicant by Price Nuttall the said Justice of the Peace.

1st - Where and in what year were you born?
Ans - I was born in Baltimore County in the State of Maryland in the year 1759 according to my information.
2nd - Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Ans - I have none.
3rd - Where were you living when called into the service, where have y ou lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans - Upon my first tour I lived in Frederick County in the state of Maryland. Upon my tour in 1780 I lived in [illegible] County Va and in my last tours I lived in Westmoreland County Pa and there remained till 1781 and then I moved to Kentucky where I have continued to reside ever since and now I live in Henry County, Kentucky.
4th - How were you called into the service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom?
Ans - I was drafted upon some of my tours and upon the other I was a volunteer.
5th - State the name 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 service.
Ans - In the course of my service I saw Genls. Washington, Smallwood & Gist, Col. Morgan of the regulars and Col. Hollingsworth and Hinsley in the militia. Upon my first tour I served in the main army under Genl Washington in Pennsylvania. In my other tours I served against the Indians in the back parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia.
6th - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and is so by whom was it signed and what has become of it?
Ans - I don't think I ever rec'd a discharge.
7th - State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Ans - I will name Benjamin H Perry & Francis Thomas .

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

John Lindsey
His X Mark
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5.

We Benjamin H Perry and Francis Thomas being residents of the county of Henry in the state of Kentucky hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Lindsey who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be 76 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. We further certify that he is so infirm in body that he cannot attend court to make his declaration.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Frs Thomas
B H Perry

and I the said Price Nuttall Justice of the Peace in and for Henry County Ky and member of the Henry Circuit Court as aforesaid hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant John Lindsey was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that B H Perry and Francis Thomas who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the county of Henry in the state of Ky and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit - and I further certify that there is no clergyman living in the vicinity of the said Lindsey and that he the said Lindsey is so infirm that he is unable to attend court to make his declaration.

In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this 21st day of August 1833.

Price Nuttall JP HC

State of Kentucky
Henry County

I Edwd P Thomas clerk of the court of Henry County in the state of Kentucky hereby certify that Price Nuttall whose name appears to the preceding certificate was at the date thereof and still is a Justice of the Peace
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in and for Henry County and noe of the Justices of the Court of which I am clerk and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature and that the foregoing proceedings were this day presented to me in my office as the original proceedings had in the matter therein mentioned by the said Justice.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this 9th day of Sept 1833.

Edw P Thomas
Clerk of the Henry County Court

SEAL

John Lindsey
Revolutionary claim
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30545
INVALID
Revy
File No. 30545
John Lindsey
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:-- Vol. 2, Page 243
[Arrangement of 19870.]
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John Lindsey, Kentucky {wll}, Act June 7, 1832 at $60 hr annum. 
Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid. 
Pension Officer 
Nov. 11, 1846
{...} 4th March 1834
 LH
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Free
L Edwards Esq.
Comon  {ifceance} of Pna
Washington City 

In circle / Washington, KY  Jun 27

M Evans July?
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Dear Sir

I beg leave to trouble you with an other application for duplicate certificate.
The {?} my officer to the paper
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{?} Dec. 6 
Mr Evans

J. L. Edwards 
Court pension
W City
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W. City 6 Dec 1838
Sir, 
John Lindsay a revolutionary pensioner has departed this life and is entitled to pension claims unclaimed for than eight months before his death. 
Will you be so good as to endorse me the necessary forms to his representatives to draw the money. 

{Rispy} 
R. Harves
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DATE STAMP - Nov

J.L. Edwards Comm
of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

Mail
Nov 11, 1840

John Lindsey
Kentucky
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Hawesville, Hancock County Ky
3 Nov 1840

Dear Sir

I drop you these lines to get some further instructions relative to the drawing of the John Lindsay's Revolutionary pension. Mr. Lindsay before he died had three installments due to him in all $90.00 he lost his original certificate = obtained a new one & prepared these power of attorney and sent them to Honorable Richd Hawes to draw at Lexington Ky - the time had elapsed so that he could not draw it then and soon after that he departed this life - I was appointed his administrator by request of his son who lives in this county and a law was passed the last session of Congress permitting [illegible] to draw balances of pensions due. The last certificate is lost or among some of the papers of Congress - and I do not know how to proceed in order to get the amount - I have to request you to send me full instructions & forms so that I can have them prepared for the purpose - In doing so you will not only confer a favor on me but on the Representatives of Mr. Lindsay.

I have the instructions you formerly sent me for pensioners to draw but I wish to have these necessary instructions administrators can draw.

Yours
James E Stone
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Hancock County Ky to wit

I John Lindsay a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby certify and make known to the war department of the U.S. that on or about the 5th day of September 1837 I executed my power of attorney as pensioner as aforesaid to Joseph Ficklin Esq of Lexington State of Kentucky whom I made my attorney in fact to draw my pension from the agent for paying pensions in Lexington, Ky from the 4th day of March 1835 to the 4th day of Sept 1837 which was due and payable semi-annually at the rate of sixty dollars & blank cents per annum during my natural live - and that at the time of making the aforesaid power of attorney the original certificate from the war office was then in my possession which was enclosed with said Power of Attorney in the form of a letter and directed to Joseph Ficklin Esq Lexington, Ky and placed in the post office at Hawesville the county seat of the aforesaid county - Since which I have not heard anything of them or either and between that they are lost or misplaced and consequently cannot draw my pension without a certificate. I therefore request a certificate to issue from the war office and forwarded to me as soon as possible to Hawesville, Hancock County Ky. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23rd day of May 1838.

John Lindsay 
His X Mark - SEAL

Sworn to and subscribed by the said John Lindsay the day last above written before me. Wm Mason - JPHC 

Test: A Harvy
John J Cowder

State of Kentucky
Hancock County

I S H T Woolfolk Clerk of the court of Hancock County certify that William Mason is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed by name this 23 day of May 1838.

S H T Woolfolk - clerk of the court of Hancock County
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State of Kentucky Hancock County to wit

I Samuel H T Woolfolk Clerk of the County Cort of Hancock County do hereby certify that on or about the 5th day of September 1837 I prepared the papers of John Lindsay of said county a revolutionary soldier of the  United States for drawing his pension from Lexington, Ky and he the said Lindsay made Joseph Ficklin Esq of Lexington, Ky his attorney in fact for drawing his pension form the 4th day of March 1837 to the 4th day of September 1837 which was at the rates of sixty dollars per annum and that the original certificate which issued from the war office of the United States as well as the Power of Attorney as above was enclosed in the form of a letter and directed to Joseph Ficklin Esq Lexington Ky and also that I know that John Lindsay who has made an affidavit hereto attached is the identical individual named in the said original certificate which he then exhibited dates and numbers not recollected.

As witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office and subscribed my name this 23rd day of May 1838.

S H T Woolfolk
Clerk of the Court of Hancock County

State of Kentucky Hancock County to wit

This day personally appeared before me William Mason a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid S.H.T Woolfolk and made oath in due form of law that all the statements made in the above certificate are true to the best of his knowledge as there set forth and certified by him as clerk of the county aforesaid. Given under my hand as aforesaid this 23 day of May 1838.

Wm Mason - JPHC
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State of Kentucky Fayette County

Be it known that on this 27th day of June 1838 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Joseph Ficklin who states that he has made diligent search for the pension certificate of John Lindsey & does not believe the same can possibly be in his possessions or among his papers.

Joseph Ficklin
Atty

Sworn & subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me.

James L Hickman - JP FC