Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40666, John Weasey, Penn.
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Penn.                   Weasey, John                 S 40666
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 14 076q
Pennsylvania
John Weasey
of Bucks Co. in the state of PA
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Capt Bush of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of one year Mar

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22nd of 1818 and sent to Richard Peters {unreadable} Esq.   Philadelphia

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 S 6743
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819   "48"

8 mo 9/30 4/51                  $115"43

{Revolutionary claim,}
Act 18th March, 1818
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John Weasey
private
'82 War [illegible]
3 Penns regt

Service
Committee
[illegible] of need not [illegible]
[illegible]
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District of Pennsylvania, ss.

On this twenty second day of June-- A. D. 1818, before me, Richard Peters, Judge of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Pennsylvania District, personally appeared John Weasey--- of Bucks County-----who being duly sworn---deposes and declares, that during the War of the Revolution he served against the common enemy as a private soldier in the army on the Continental Establishment- that on the -- day of A. D. 1782 at Rightstown in the state of Pennsylvania, he enlisted for the was in the Sixth Company commanded by Captain Bush was attached to the third Regiment Pennsylvania [illegible] as appears by the certificate hereto annexed-


That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his county for support, that he never has received, or been allowed any Pension by the laws of the United States- that he is a resident citizen of the United States, and that his Discharge is hereto annexed- dated the 28th day of June 1788

[illegible]
John x Weasey
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Sworn andsubscribed this 22 day of June A. D. 1818, before me    Richard Peters
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District of Pennsylvania

Personally appeared before me the subscriber Joseph Sackett of Bucks County who being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is acquainted with the [illegible] named John Weasey since he was fourteen years of age and knows him to be the same person mentioned in the certificate hereto attached he is also acquainted with the circumstances of John Weasey having a large family and [illegible] reduced circumstances of life.

Joseph Sackett

Sworn before me June 22, [illegible]
Richard Peters

I am satisfied of the truth of the fact stated, that the applicant is in [illegible].

Richard Peters, Judge [illegible]
23 August 1819
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John Weasey
14.076
Sept. 1819



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District of Pennsylvania, JS:

On the 30th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court of common pleas holden at Doylestown for the County of Bucks being a court of [illegible] proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in [illegible] of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings. John Weasey age fifty six years, resident in Bucks County in the said district, who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of congress of March 18,1818 and of the first of May,1820, that he served in the revolutionary was in the company commanded by Captain Stoutsbury afterwards by Captain Bush in the regiment commanded by Colonel Batter in the Pennsylvania line and has obtained a pension under the [illegible] of the 18th of March 1818 his certificate being numbered 14.076.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of  the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person entered for me, any property or sureties, contract or debt due to me,nor have I any income other than is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed                    John x Weasey
                                        his mark

Schedule of Property
I have besides [illegible] any clothing and bedding 1 bureau 1 teakettle one frying pan one bake iron one gridiron one [illegible] andiron shovel and tongs two earthen pots six dishes, three pans, seven plates lots of earthenware cups and saucers one dough trough three pine tables and two pot enamels one looking glass and three older tubs one bucket and one large wheel two small wheels a lot of earthen and a cradle five old chairs one reel and a [illegible] a lot ofold crockiery and tin ware, two hogs, one pair candle sticks and one pair of flatirons, three pickling tubs, one flour barrel three old chests, six knives and forks, one knife box, two axes and maul and wedge
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one hoe and one churn, I have no debts due to me, I am indebted to the amount of 35.75, my family consists of my wife 43 years old in weak health, and four children, one named Phebe ten years old one named William Eight years old, one Sarah five, one named Elizabeth aged two years none of them able to maintain
themselves,
I am by trade a weaver but it injures my health and I am obliged to desist from it I follow common labour [labor] when I can -- obtain it but cannot support my family by it
Sworn to this 30th day of June AD 1820 before William Watts one of the Judges of the said Court
his
John X Weasey
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Bucks County Ss:
I John Benezet Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of
Bucks Do Certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record record of the 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 thirty dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court on this first day of July
1820
John S Benezet, Prothy [Prothonotary]
[white paper folded at left edge]
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John Weasey
$30.00 Schedule
35.75 Debts
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THESE are to CERTIFY that the bearer hereof John Weasey Soldier -- in
the 3d Pennsylvania regiment, having faithfully served the United States from early in the year 1782 -- and being inlisted [enlisted] for the war, is hereby discharged from the American army.
Given at the war office the 28th day of June 1783 ~ Paid for 1783 & Gratuity - VBB ~ 
By order of the secretary at war, A B Lincoln [illegible] 
Registered in the books of the regiment, E[illegible] Butler adjutan
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War office, 28th June 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the bearer as a discharge, until the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace; previous to which time, and until proclamation thereof shall be made, he is to be considered as being on furlough. 
B. LINCOLN.

Weasey, John
Penn. 540666
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40666
INVALID.
Revy -
File No. 40, 666
John Weasey
Pri [private] Rev War
Act: 18th March 18
Index: -- Vol. 5 , Page 551
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Mr Edwards
will give this case his immediate attention J. C. C
Admd
[illegible at left margin]
Free
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary at War
Washington
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Phila Any 23 1839
Honble [Honorable] J.C. Calhoun Esque [Esquire]
Secretary at War
Sir
I respectfully enclose my application for a pension. It is now in form, and I earnestly and humbly entreat that it may obtain your early attention. The application was made in June 1838, and but little is left of [illegible] of life, and the burthen of that little will be lessened by the relief which my country has promised.
I beg you will enclose the certificate for my pension to Richard Peters [illegible] Esq. Philadelphia
[illegible] humble S[illegible] 
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John X Weasey
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Honbl [Honorable] J. C. Calhoun
Secretary at War
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Phila Aug 24. 1819
Sir
I by leave to solicit the early attention of the department to the declarant which
accompanies this letter, showing the right of John Weasey to a pension. It will be observed that the application was made in June 1818, and I would submit that if the certificate entitling him to a pension should be withheld
until after the first day of September such in his situation that he may not live to receive the bounty of his country.
I am very respectfully your obt [obedient] 
Richd [Richard] Peters [illegible]

Honble [Honorable] J.C. Calhoun
Secretary at War