Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 25466, George Vaughan, Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
CONTENTS
Vaughan, George
NUMBER
S. 25466.
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692   3785.
Maryland Roll
George Vaughan, [illegible] Capt [Captain] Work Lieutenant.
Pennsylvania line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of Oct 1818 and delivered to 
George Vaughan Esq applicant. Baltimore Md
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 100.66
Semi-anl. all'ce [annual allowance] ending 4 Mar 1819 120.00
5 mo [months] 1/30 [illegible] 76
$220.66
four yrs, &
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
diff: between invalid and revoly [revolutionary] pension to the 4th Sept. 1818 $24-60
Baltimore Md
City of Baltimore
Died Dec 2 - 1820 AB
This date of [illegible] gives [illegible] George Vaughan 21 Md. Line
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Wm Boyd
George Vaughan's Application for a pension
Maryland,
George Vaughn Waggon [wagon] Master,
Army U.S.
Relinquishes his former pension for the benefit of the Law of 18th Mar: 1818. - which will allow him $20 per mo: comd [month commenced] 4th April 1818
cert issued & sent to the Pensioner
Mulberry Street, near Balt. Colledge [college] City of Balt.
---
Allowed as an officer
C.C.
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore ss:
On this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen, and of the Independence of the U. States the forty second personally
appeared before me the undersigned, George Vaughan Residing in the City of Baltimore four years and upwards, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war, and then and there made the following declaration on oath by me administered Viz.
"That he enlisted at Sumbury in the State of Pensylvania [Pennsylvania] into the Company commanded by Captain William Work of the twelfth Pensylvania [Pennsylvania] Regiment commanded by Colonel William Cook in the month of October in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six, continued in said company as a non commissioned officer until about the month of February 1778, when he received a commission of Lieutenant in said Company and the appointment of "Quarter Master", and continued in same capacity until the regiment was reduced
after the battle of "Monmoth" subsequent to which time deponent received an appointment in the Staff as a Waggon [wagon] Master and continued in that office until about the middle of June 1780, when he received from General Thompson, the Waggon[wagon] Master General, a discharge at a place called "White Marsh"; partly in consequence of wounds received while in the service & also from being badly frost=bitten; of which wounds & frost bite he still labours under severe affliction and disability, and was in the year 1803 inscribed on the pension list, as will more fully appear by the certificate hereunto annexed, signed "W. H. Murray"
that
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That there are non of the officers under whom he served now within the City or County of Baltimore to his Knowledge but presuming the circumstance of his being already on the pension list will be deemed by the Hon. the Secretary of War competent testimony of his services for which he now solicits a pension: - That from his reduced circumstances he nees the assistance of his country for support - he therefore hereby relenquishes all claim to the pension heartofor settled upon him by the United States, and in lieu thereof respectfully claimsthe benefit of the law first above recited - George Vaughn
Wm Mlchen
Associate Judge
of Ballo City Court

STae of Maryland, City of Baltimore towith:
I hearby certify that it appears to any entire satisfaction that the asid George Vaughan, served in the War of the revolution against the common enemy in the manner by him set forth in his Decalration under Oath- In as itself whereof I have here to set my hand this fourth day of April One thousand eight hundred and eighteen_
Wm Mlchen
Associate Judge of Balto City Courts
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City of Baltimore, to wit:  I, Thomas Harwood, Clerk of Baltimore City Court, hereby certify that the Honorable William McMechen, before whom the foregoing proceedings appears to have been taken and certified, was at the same time of taking and certifying the same, and still is Associate Judge of Baltimore City Court, duly commissioned and qualified:  and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given ~ In testimony thereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Baltimore City Court, this fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred eighteen ~

Th. Harwood, esq. Baltimore City Court
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STATE OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY, TO WIT:
Be it remembered, That on the Third day of April 1818 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid George Vaughan and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that he is the same person who is placed on the Pension List of the United States, in conformity to an act of Congress
passed on the   day of   181 entitled, "An act to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War." That he served in the 12" Pennsylvania Regiment, and was wounded in an action at the White Marsh   That he now resides in the [county of crossed out] City of Baltimore State of Maryland
Sworn before
W H Murray
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Baltimore County Sct 
I hereby Certify that William H. Murray Esquire before whom the within Oath appears to have
been made, and who have thereto subscribed his name was at the time of taking and subscribing the same and still is a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified: and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given-
In Testimony hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of my Office this third day of April
One thousand eight Hundred eighteen 
Wm Gibson Clk Balto Coty Ct [Clerk Baltimore County Court]
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George Vaughan
[Sus--for Mr Edwards crossed out]

Philip  Moore Esqr
Baltimore Md
4"October 1828
[illegible]
not entitled-- but reinstate him on the Invalid Roll. Return Mr. Walsh's letter to Mr Boyle -
to whom also send the notification
N. Dye
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SCHEDULE.
United States of America
(A.) District of Maryland SS.
On this fourteenth day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court (*) [being  a court of record, crossed out] () (B.) in the District Court of the United States in and for the said (C.) District
George Vaughan aged Seventy Six years, resident in the City of Baltimore in said (D.) District who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: (E.) enlisted in the month of October 1776 
Captain Works Company, 12th Regiment Pennsylvania Line command by Col William Cooke, that he served in that Regiment in the various capacities of Sergeant, Sergeant Major, Quarter Master, and Lieutenan [Lieutenant] until it was reduced, after the reduction of the Regiment he served as waggon [wagon] Master until July 1780, when he Honorably
left the service, he was in the Battles of Brandy wine, German Town and Monmouth, and in many skirmishes with the Enemy In consequence of wounds received during the service he received a pension in 1803, which he surrendered, and received the pension allowed under the law of the 18th March 1818 as per Certificate dated 21 October 1818 No 3785. He is unable to do any thing for the support of himself and wife who is 66 years old -- 
and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th
March, 1818; and 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 provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, ""An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary
War,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
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(F.) An old Frame House much out of repair subject to annual ground rent of Thirty one Dollars and Eighty Eight Cents also to the payment of City and County Taxes which average about fifteen Dollars per annum. The said House is encumbered with a mortgage to William Steele for three hundred Dollars and Interest thereon for about fourteen years I rent a part of said House which produces about sufficient to pay the ground rent and Taxes-- Value of the House $800-
Deduct therefrom the amount of the Mortgage & Interest 552
Balance $248
one Cow 16 -
Two old Desks, Two Tables, one candle stand, nine old chairs, one old settee, one ray carpet, one [illegible] looking Glass, three old pictures, one sett old fire Irons} . . . . . . . .25 -
one dozen common plates, Three dishes, three Mugs, half a dozen old knives, and forks, half dozen small Silver Tea Spoons, half Dozen plated table spoons One Dozen cups and saucers one Tureen, Three old Tubs one small stove, and one broken stove, one old Bible and a few old Books} 14.50
one old file watch, and a few carpenter Tools ..... 6.50
$310.-
signed George Vaughan
Sworn to and declared on the 14th day of September 1820 BEFORE, the District Court aforesaid
I, Philip Moore Clerk of the said District Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Three hundred and Ten Dollars and ---- Cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said court, this 21st day of September 1820
Philip Moore
Clerk of the District Court for the District of Maryland
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The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the Act of Congress:

1st. Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the State which create them;
2d. Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several States, to be courts of record;
3d. Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount;
4th. Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according to the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal.
The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record, and state why it is such. - (Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States.)
The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the
DIRECTIONS FOR FILLING UP THE BLANKS.
A. District-circuit,-county, or corporation, as the case may be.
B. State why a court of record.
C. After repeating the district, circuit, county, or corporation, insert the declarant's name.
D. District, circuit, county, or corporation.
E. Here set forth the regiment, company and line; or ship, corps or vessel, and the date of the original declaration; and if he has received a pension, the number of his pension certificate should be inserted.
F. Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary bedding and clothing excepted, and subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the third section of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, ""in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only, who are incapable of
supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.
Extract of a CIRCULAR LETTER from the War Department, to the several Agents for
paying pensions, enclosing the foregoing Form.
"For the guidance of persons already on the pension list, or who may hereafter make application for that purpose, it may be proper to state, explicitly that, as experience has proved the necessity of a rigid adherence
to particular forms in such cases, no instrument of writing drawn up contrary to this form can be admitted as a
proper voucher."
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February 3, 1936.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MMHF/ady
George Vaughan
S. 35466

Mr. R. Carteret Sutton
4 East 95 " Street
New York City
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
state that Maryland records, by Brumbaugh, show that a Lieutenant George Vaughan of a Maryland regiment had been receiving a pension in January 1830, and that one George Vaughan is recorded in Heitman's Historical Register of Officers of the Continental
army as Quartermaster Twelfth Pennsylvania Regiment in October 1777 and was retired in 1778, also, that some records show service of a George H. Vaughan and you desire to know whether or not any of these were identical with the pensioner George Vaughan, S.35466,
whose record was furnished you December 16, 1935, and whether, in his claim for pension, the battle of
Guilford is mentioned and the exact nature of wounds he received in service.
In the claim for pension of George Vaughan,
5.25466, the battle of Guilford is not mentioned, nor is his name shown as George H. Vaughan. He did not state the nature of his wounds, but stated that he was wounded in action at White Marsh and that he was badly
frost-bitten, also. He did not state that he served in the War of 1812, nor is there a claim for pension on file based upon service in the War of 1812 of a George Vaughan.
This office has no way to determine whether or
not the persons described by you were identical with the George Vaughan, the Revolutionary War pensioner. His claim is the only one made by a George Vaughan that is
found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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RICHARD CARTERET SUTTON
4 EAST 95TH STREET
NEW YORK CITY
℗
January 22, 1937.

RECEIVED
JAN 23 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM 20
READER # 39

Mr. A. D. Hiller,

Veterans Administration 
Washington, D. C.

Dear sir:
Would it be possible for you to furnish me
immediately with a certified copy, complete, of
pension claim S.25466 concerning George Vaughan of the Revolutionary Army?
It is imperative that I obtain this at the
earliest possible moment and as I assume there is some fee required I would be grateful if you would inform me as to the amount so that I may remit.
Again let me repeat that I need this record
as soon as possible and enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope for your reply.
Very truly yours, R.C. Sutton
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Dec 4th 1935 ┃
Washington
RECEIVED
DEC 6, 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM
READER # 67
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs,
Can you give me the following
information?
Are there any records
of a pension granted to
Geoge Vaughan He was a lieutenant in the
Revolution either in Pennsylvania or Maryland. He is said to have served in the War of 1812 in Maryland.
If there are
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several of this name will you send me the records of each?
I particularly want data on the wife and
family of George Vaughan which your records may contain.

Any information will be most gratefully received.
Very truly yours
R. Carteret Sutton
4 East 95th Street
New York City
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Dec
20th
Stamp gone when rec-in Re {illegible]

RECEIVED
DEC 23, 1935
MAIL SUB. DIV.
VETS ADM
READER # 64

Mr A.D. Hiller
Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.
My dear sir,
 Thank you for your very
helpful letter of Dec. 16th in regard to the Revolutionary service of George Vaughan--
I find in "Maryland Records" by Brumbaugh that a George Vaughan Lieut. of a Maryland Regiment had been receiving a pension Jan

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Papers Geo Vaughan assisted in the defense of North Point near Baltimore Md. in the War of 1812. Is any mention made of this in your records. 
Thanking you, I am very truly yours
R. Carterel Sutton
4 East 95th street
New York City
Does the pension record mention the Battle of Guilford and exactly what wounds were received by Vaughan?
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1820
Could you tell me if this
is the same Vaughan as the
one mentioned in your letters.
There is a George
Vaughan who is mentioned
in Heitman's "Hist. Reg. of
Officers of the Continental Army"
as Reg. Quartermaster 12th Penn
Reg in Oct 1777 who was
retired July 1, 1778. I would
like to know if this Vaughan is
identical with the one
mentioned in your letter.
Also in some records
George Vaughan is given as
George H. Vaughan, is this
true throughout his pension
records?
According to family
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25466
Revy INVALID.

File No. 25, 466
George Vaughan
Lieut [Lieutenant] Rev War

Act: March 18" 1818"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 433
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1935. Dec 16 - Hist to R. Carteret Sutton, AWF.
1936 - Feb. 3. Mr. R. C. Sutton add. relative to identity, etc. MHE
1937- Jan. 29 - Mr. Richard C. Sutton add-cost photos.
1937 April - Photos mailed. ILL.
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No 692
Maryland.
George Vaughan Lieutenant

Late a pensioner under the Law 18th March 1818. 
Stricken from Roll under law 1st May 1820, on account of property.
See schedule within.

Reinstated on the Roll as an Invalid at $15. 11 1/9 per month,  com:g [commencing] 4th March 1820,
under law May 1 1820.

Certificate of pension issd [issued] Dec 4th 1820 & sent to Jno. [John] Boyle Esq N.D.
Washington City
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War Department,
Pension Office,
Oct. 5. 1818.
Sir,
I return the Declaration transmitted by you to this Department, for the purpose of obtaining a
Pension under the act of 18th March last, Under that law you cannot receive so high an allowance as you do at present. You served nine months and upwards as an enlisted soldier, and would therefore be entitled to $8 per month; but it appears that you served only about six months as a Lieutenant, and, of course, would not be entitled for services, in that grade, to a pension under the law in question. A waggon [wagon] master being neither a commissioned officer, nor an enlisted soldier, your claim for services in that capacity, is also inadmissible.
I am, respectfully,
Your obt Servt [obedient servant]
Jas. L. Edwards
Geo. Vaughan, Esqr [esquire]
Baltimore.}
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{Handwritten: This was inserted on
Vet Adam
Form 57 Revised, July 1931}

APRIL 2 1937
twelve pages are true photostatic
copies of the originals thereof, in the claim for pension of GEORGE VAUGHAN; based upon his service in the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, on file under S. 25466,
FRANK T. HINES
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RICHARD CARTERET SUTTON
4 EAST OSTH STREET
NEW YORK CITY
March 20, 1937

Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
20640

Dear Sir:
I enclose a check for $3.25 (three dollars and twenty five cents) for a certified photostatic copy of pension record S.25466 dealing with the revolutionary service of George Vaughan.
I understand that this record consists of twelve pages and I wish to be sure of having a complete copy.
It is necessary that I have this photostat as soon as possible and would appreciate your giving the matter your prompt attention.

Very truly yours, 

Richard Carteret Sutton
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[typed]
BA-J/ILL
Rev. & 1812
No. 361
January 29
7
Rev & 1812 Wars Section
Navy - Br. 970
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Revolutionary War claim for pension of
George Vaughen -s. 25466 Actual  1 of each page

[handwritten upside down in space between typed lines] 
Order for Mr. Richard C Sutton included: sol's afr dated apr. 4,1818 = 2$
Affid of Wm H. Murray date apr. 3, 1818, that
Geo. Vaughen appeared before time + serve that he see in 12" Pa - wounded at white marsh etc., both sides of sheet + 2$
Affid of Thos. Harwood date apr 4 1818 that Hon. Wm Mc Mechen was qualified as Judge etc. tact side of that + 2$
Let. fr. Jas L Edwards to see air Ocks. 1818 + 1$
Let. fr. S Smith to Seen Mar dated Apr 19
Schedule - both sides + 2$
Both for jackets - no. 692 + 3785 = 2$/ 12$

[typed]
12 pages $3.00
Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2
inch at top of each page and
return papers in case in folder
with corresponding name and number. Chief. Rev. &1812 Wars Section
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January 20, 1937.
Mr. Richard Carteret Sutton
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December 16, 1935
George Vaughn--S.25466
BA-J/AWF

Mr. R. Carteret Sutton
4 East 95th Street
New York City

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to George Vaughn from either Pennsylvania or Maryland, War of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file is pension claim, S. 25466, based upon the service of George Vaughn in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not shown, nor are the names of his parents stated.
George Vaughn enlisted in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, sometime in October 1776, served as sergeant and sergeant major in Captain William Work's company, Colonel Willliam Cooke's 13th Pennsylvania Regiment; he was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown was wounded in action at Whitemarsh, and served until , sometime in February 1788, when he was commissioned Lieutenant,  rec. the appointment of quartermaster, was in the battle of Monmouth, after which the regiment was reduced, and he received an "appointment in the Staff as a "Waggon Master", and continued to serve in "that office" until the middle of the summer of 1780, when he was discharged on account of the wounds received while in the service, also from being badly frost bitten. The nature of his wounds in not known.
He was pensioned from January1, 1803, on account
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Of disability resulting from the wounds and frostbite referred to herein.

George Vaughn relinquished this pension and was allowed pension on his application executed April 4, 1818, at which time he was living on Mulberry Street, near Baltimore College, Baltimore, Maryland.

He was seventy-six ears of age in September, 1820, and at that time stated that his wife was sixty-six years old. He did not give the name of his wife and there is no reference to children.He died December 2, 1820.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Honble
J.C. Calhoun
Sect. of War
Washington
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Baltimore. 19. Octr. [October] 1818
Sir
An applicant for a Change of Pension has shown on a decision in his case, that appears
to me rigorous. the law may and probably does admit the construction, but the [illegible]. I may say the fair understanding of the law might be different - The law says that every Commissioned officer who served in the War of the revolution For the time of Nine Months shall receive a pension of $20 dollar month" - It does not say shall have served Nine months as an officer. but shall have served 9 months in the [illegible] 
Now the applicant served two years, 18 Months as a Sergeant, and six months as a Lieutenant when his Regiment was disbanded, of Course he served more than 9 months. he now draws a 15 [illegible] for his wounds which he relinguished [relinquished] on the
condition of the act, but his relinquishment has not been accepted - I really think the [illegible] might be reversed - 
your [illegible] 
S. Smith