Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,369, John Weaver, Penn.
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Service.
Penn.

Weaver, john
         Eve.

Number.
W. 3369
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6705
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania 

Eve Weaver, decd
widow of John Weaver 
Who was a pri.
In the Revo. War
 Pennsylvania Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. & end of Feby 6. 1845 when ____.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Mar ‘45 and sen to Hon H. D. Foster
Greensburg, Westmoreland Co
Penn

{Act of March 3, 1843
And June 7 1844
Recorded in Book
Vol. 2 Page 119

Pay to— John, Wm, Jacob, Garnett, Joseph, Elizabeth, Catherine, & Christine Weaver only sur. children of Eve Weaver, Dec.

Repo, see, letter to act Mar. 8 1845
L. Certz [?]
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of congress granting half pay and pensions to certain widows State of Pennsylvania}                                                      
                               Westmoreland County} on this thirty first day of January Eighteen hundred and forty five personally appeared before me one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westmoreland Eve Weaver Resident in the County of Westmoreland aforesaid of ____ _____ February next Eighty four years of age who being sworn  according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress granting half pay and pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of John Weaver a private of the third regiment in the Penn line that he was German and when he came not the County he enlisted in the army of the United States from home of the County near Philadelphia and lived three years then enlisted a second time for ____ this war and lived to the end of the war and was in the battle of Brandywine and that his brother Henry Weaver was an enlisted soldier at the ________ with him the said John Weaver and that his brother Henry was shot by his side in the battle of Brandywine aforesaid as informed by her husband. She further declares that she was married to the said John Weaver on the ___ day of ____ in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty four that her husband the aforesaid John Weaver died on the 7th day of April Eighteen hundred and twenty two aged eight two years and 7 days that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time above stated sworn and subscribed on the day and year above writen-

James Bell {
 Associate Judge{

Eve Weaver her X mark
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Eve Weaver decd

Act 7 July 38
Pa 
Aomd
2 yrs pri
$80.
Also act 3 march 43. & 17. June 44
To 6 Feb 45. The day of her death—
to John Wm Jacob Garrett Joseph- Elizabeth Catherine & Christine only surviving children

 Hon H.D. Foster
H.R.
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Westmoreland County
State of Penn__ personally appeared before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Garret Weaver and Joseph Weaver in behalf of themselves and the other children to wit John Weaver William Weaver and Jacob Weaver and Elizabeth Weaver Catharine Weaver and Christiania Residents of Westmoreland County and State aforesaid only children of Eve Weaver widow of John weaver a private soldier the Revolution said widow being eighty four years of age this present month February 1845 at the time of her death on the fifth day of February Eighteen hundred and forty five and said children do on their oaths make this following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions accruing to their mother said Eve Weaver made by the acts of Congress granting half pay and ______ to certain widows that said Eve Weaver was maried to John Weaver who was a private soldier in the third Pennsylvania Regiment that he entered the service as a private soldier and remained in service three years and afterwards enlisted for _____ the war and lived to the end of the war and that his brother Henry Weaver enlisted the same time and that his brother Henry was shot by his side in the Battle of Brandywine and they further declare that their father John Weaver died on the 7th day of April Eighteen hundred  and twenty two that said Eve Weaver was maried to said John Weaver in the Summer of [‘day of’ is crossed out] Seventeen hundred and eighty four and that said John Weavers widow the said Eve Weaver died on the Sixth day of February Eighteen hundred forty five and that she was not maried to him prior to his leaving the service aforesaid but the marriage took place previous to the first of January

[note married is consistently spelled ‘maried’]
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seventeen hundred and ninety four and that their father was at the time of his death eighty two years __ months and seven days old that he was a German and just came into the United States and was poor which was the cause of enlistment and he then said John advised his brother to enlist and after his death was mutch reflected upon by his brother William and further that he the said John Weaver was not upon the pension list sworn and subscribed in open court the _____ day of February 1845 and that the above is the statement given to them by their father and mother the said John and Eve Weaver aforesaid

Garrett Weaver 
Joseph Weaver

Sworn & subscribed in open Court}
February 17. 1843 David Fullwood pro}

State of Pennsylvania 
Westmoreland County, 
David Fullwood ______ of the Court of Common Pleas Westmoreland County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do hereby certify that at a Court of Common Pleas said at Greensburgh in and for said county before the Honble Thomas White President and his associates Judge of the said Court on this 17th day of February AD 1845 [?] 
The Court having heard the testimony hereto approved and the declaration made by Garrett Weaver Joseph Weaver in the matter of the application of the heirs of John and Eve Weaver for a pension did order and direct the _____ to certify that the evidence advised to me that John Weaver had been a Revolutionary Soldier that Eve Weaver was his widow and that their children now surviving  are John , William, Jacob , Garrett, Joseph , Elizabeth , Catherine, Christina Weaver is satisfactory to said Court. And order to be so certified and also that the death of the said John Weaver  occurred on the 7th day of April 1822 and Eve Weaver on the 6th day of February AD 1845. And I do also certify that’s.B. Oliver & Henry Shelton Esquire now are and each of whom serve acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland, at the time of administering the oath to A Hunter, Moses Falla [?]  & Henry Shell respectively in testimony where of have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Greensburgh the twenty fourth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty five. 

David Fullwood P__
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Westmoreland County __
  State of Pennsylvania personally came before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Andrew Hunter who being sworn according to law sayeth that he this deponant[?] was acquainted with John Weaver a German and by repute was a private soldier of the third regiment in the Pa ____ line who died on the 7th day of April Eighteen hundred and twenty two in Westmoreland County. I lived with in one mile of said Weaver he left a widow and children his widow was name Eve Weaver she died on the sixth day of February Eighteen hundred and forty five the names of the children who survived her death was John, William, Jacob, Garrett and Joseph Weaver and Elizabeth Catherine and Christiana the said Eve Weaver was the reputed widow of the said John Weaver they live together as man and wife and it was generally believed that they were Legally married and that the children above named was always esteemed and legitimate children of the said John and Eve Weaver his wife.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 15th day of February 1845 
J.B. Oliver., J.P.

Andrew Hunter 

Westmoreland County __ [?Pa]
I do hereby certify tha the said Andrew Hunter, the witness is a creditable witness and having been well acquainted with him I do say I would rely upon his testimony given under my hand and seal this 15th day of February 1845

J.B. Oliver J.P.  [Hand written] Seal
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Westmoreland County}
State of Pennsylvania }

Personally came before me a Justice of the Peace Moses Latta who being sworn according to to Law sayeth that he this ____ was well acquainted with John Weaver a German by repute was a private soldier of the third Pennsylvania Regiment in the Revolutionary war in the Pennsylvania line who died on the 7th day of April Eighteen hundred and twenty two in Westmoreland County I lived within one and a half miles of said Weaver he left a widow and children his widow was called Eve Weaver his children who survived the death of this mother who died on the sixth day of February eighteen hundred and forty five was John Weaver William Weaver Jacob Weaver Garret Weaver and. Joseph Weaver and Elizabeth Weaver Catherine Weaver and Christiana the said Eve Weaver was the reputed widow of the said John weaver aforesaid the lived together as man and wife and the above children was esteemed and legitimate children of the said John and Eve Weaver aforesaid sworn and subscribed before me this 13th day of February 1845
Henry Fulton J.P.         Moses Latta

Westmoreland County __
  I do hereby certify that Moses Latta the witness to the above deposition that he is a credible witness and that I would rely upon his testimony given under my and and seal

Henry Fulton.   [hand written] Seal
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Westmoreland County
State of Penna

personally came before me a Justice of the peace in and for said county Henry Null who being sworn according to law sayeth that he this informant was well acquainted with John Weaver a German and by refute was a private soldier of the third Regiment in the penna Line who died on the 7th day of April eighteen hundred and twenty two in Westmoreland County I have lived within three miles of said Weaver he left a widow and children his widow was named Eve she died on the fifth day of February eighteen hundred and forty five the names of the children who survived her death was John Weaver William Weaver Jacob Weaver Garrett Weaver and Joseph Weaver and Elizabeth Weaver Catherine Weaver and Christiana the said Eve Weaver was the refuted widow of the said John Weaver and was not again married after the death of her husband, the said John Weaver to[?] lived together as man and wife and generally believed to have been loyally maried and that the children above named was always refuted to be ____ children of the said John and Eve Weaver aforesaid sworn and subscribed before me this 13th day of February 1845

Henry Fulton J.P.               Henry Null

Westmoreland County _
  I do hereby certify that Henry Nulls the above witness is a creditable witness in whom testimony I would rely upon having been well acquainted with the witness & given under my hand and seal this 13 day of February 1845

Henry Fulton [hand written] Seal
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For a statement of the military history of John Weaver a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Mid. F. 3369

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
STAFF.

Served 3yrs. As Pri in the 3” Pennsylvania regiment, and afterwards enlisted for[?] “ during the war” and served to the end thereof.
No dates or officers mentioned.

Battles engaged in,  Brandywine

Residence of soldier at enlistment,    Enl. At East  Town, Northumberland Co. Pa.

Date of widow’s application for pension,   Jan. 31, 1845. Her cl. was at [???]

Her Residence at date of application,  Westmoreland Co. Pa.

Age at date of application,  she was 84 yrs. In February, 1845. 

Remarks:
Soldier was a German. He mar. In Westmoreland Co. Pa. In summer of 1784, Eve Thomas and died in said county apr. 7, 1822, aged 82 yrs. 6 mos. & 7 days; she died Feb. 6, 1845 leaving the following children: Garret, Joseph, John, William, Jacob, Elizabeth, Catherine, and Christiana.
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9077
Pennsylvania 

Eve Weaver, dec’d
Widow of John Weaver
Who was a pensioner under the Act of______ and who died on 7 APL. 1822, of Westmoreland in the State of Penn who was a Pri in the Comp commanded by Captain ________ of the _____ commanded by _______ in the Revo line for 2 years 

Inscribed on the Roll of Pitts g.at the rate of 80 dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. & ending 4” Mar “41
She having died Feb 6. 1845

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Mar ‘45 and sent to Hon. H.D. Foster.

Total amount,  $400:00
Act July 7, 1838

Recorded by F. S. Swann  Clerk.
Book D.    Vol. 1[?].      Page 235.

Pay to Jno, William, Jacob, Garrett, Joseph, Elizabeth, Catherine, & Christiana Weaver only Sur children of Eve, dec d.
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To ______

_______

___ ____ _____

[illegible]
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[illegible for the most part]

This Identuse [?] made this ninth[?] day of May in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five between George Amond of the one past of the County of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania: and John Weaver of the County and State aforesaid of then  __ Witnesseth that the said John Weaver first of his free will and consent doth saith himself on  a Justice to George Amond for the term of three years and doth command and engage to serve the said George Amond to an apprentice from the eleventh day of 7 month in such lawful employment as he the said May__ shall imploy [employee?] him during wich [which?] ___ he the said John Weaver shall faithfully serve the said George Amond his ___ to _____. This lawful commands gladly obay [obey?] he shall not _____ ______ ___ ___ ____  goods nor suffer them to be wanted in ____ presents to that ____ ____ may sustain any damage in confiscation of with the said George Amond to ____ ___ the ___ John Weaver the ______ ___ ___ of ____ and find him the John Weaver in sufficient ____ appeared during the  __ term of then said  _____ give him the land John Weaver one Months _____ in ___ year  11 mon _____ expense in ___ of which we the said Justice doth above written


John Weaver

Signed sealed and delivered in the present by  __
Jacob Shaw
John Welch
Peter Aterhold [?]
_____ _____
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[illegible for the most part] 

This 15 day of May 1788 I George Amond [Ament?] do hereby ___ by that John Weaver has ____ his _____ of the within in sender reel and ____ as the with ___ or _____ __ say that John Weaver has ____ ___ Thime [time?] as aforesaid witness may this day of May 1789 

Barter Laffer
_____ Irving         ____ Crawford [?]
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_____ W 10612 ____ ____ _____ this 4th May 1791 to Jno McClelland captain of John Weaver who  ___ as soldier of the Penn. Line name found in the __. Pa. Reg’t. No 72.org 3rd vol. Final settlement - Pay’d 240
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Rev.

WIDOW, &c

File No. 3369
Eve Weaver 
Widow
John Weaver 
Pri. Rev. War

Act: March 3, 1843

Index: —- Vol. M,  Page 318. 

{Arrangement of 1870}

1908, Dept. 24. History to Miss Mabel H. Martins, Carthage Ills.
F.W.
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_MD

Carthage Ill
Sept 4- 08

Commissioner of Pensions-
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir.
I wish to know if you can give me any information concerning John Weaver of North Hampton Co. Pa. Who served in War of Revolution and Jacob Dreisbach who also served in that war but whether he enlisted
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In Pennsylvania or Virginia I do not know.
I am anxious to learn what I can of both and when and where they were from as such information will be of service to me in join the  D. A. R. 
If you can not give me this information, but can tell me where I might possible obtain it I shall be very grateful indeed

Thanking you in advance I am
Very truly 
Miss Mabel H Martinis
Carthage 
Box 482 Ill
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Deposition of John Weaver
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Westmoreland County __
State of Penna personally apeared [appeared] before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County John Weaver Son of the said  Reverent William Weaver who being sworn according to law sayeth that his father lived in Northampton County State of ____ that while they lived there the said John Weaver his unkle [uncle] enlisted in East town in said County of North Hampton a private soldier to live for ____ time and that this ____ father got him off the said John afterwards again enlisted for three years lived out that time and came home and again the 2d time enlisted I think for ___ the war my father moved out to Westmoreland County and there in the spring of 1785 bound myself to a trade which indentures is here present and handed to Joseph Stokely the agent in behalf of the children of the said John and Eve Weaver aforesaid and that after the said John Weaver left the army I think belonged to the third Reg’t Penna line he came out to Westmoreland County and got maried [married] to EveThomas which marige[marriage] to  took place the summer before this Indenture which must have been in the summer of Seventeen hundred and eighty four the said John and Eve his wife after maried
[married] lived on and farmed my fathers farm and that they maried by my father William Weaver who was a presbyterian minister and well know there was no mareges kept by the 
_____ preacher in the Church Books and that the said
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Weaver was no scholar and that he did not let down in his family bible the ages of his children or his marege [marriage] therefore record or dockaminty [documentary] evidence of marege cannot be had and further that the said Eve Weaver aforesaid died on the sixth February 1845 this present month

Sworn & subscribed before me this 22d day of Feb 1845
Joseph Gross J.P.                 John Weaver 
                                                  His X mark

Westmoreland County __
  I certify that the said John Weaver is a creditable witness I am well acquainted with him and would rely upon his testimony given under my and seal this 22d February 1845.

Joseph Gross [hand made]  Seal

The Deponet can write but at present is disabled in his right hand 
Joseph Gross


I am well aquatinted with John Weaver and have been for a number of years and I have no hesitation in saying that any statement he may make is entitled to the fullest credence

________ 5 March 1845

H D Foster
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Westmoreland County __
  State of Penna personally came before me this subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county Bearnet Thomas who being sworn according to law sayeth that he was present when John Weaver was joined in wedlock to Eve Thomas this deponent ___ the ceremony was performed by the Rev William Weaver a presbyterian minister the marege [marriage] took place in the summer of Seventeen hundred  and eight four the said John Weaver was reputed to be a private soldier of the third penna regiment in the pennsylvania line understood that he had enlisted first for three years and afterwards for ____ the war
The marege took place at my father house and afterwards they were maried the lived at my fathers house afterward moved to his brothers the Reverend William Weaver aforesaid the said John Waver was a German and therefore there never was any mariages entered by the German preacher in they church books consequently there is not any Record of said mareage the said John was no Schollar therefore no entry would be made in his family Bible I this day ___ the indenture of John Weave the son of the said Reverent Wm Weaver which satisfies me the marege took place the Summer before that date the said Eve Weaver died on the Sixth day of February 1845 this present month sworn and subscribed before me this 22d day of February 1845 the date of indenture being in Seventeen hundred and eighty five the mareage was in seventeen hundred & eighty four

Joseph Gross J.P.
          Barned Thomas
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I do hereby certify the Bearnet Thomas the written witness is a man that I am well aquatinted with and i say he is a credible witness that I would rely upon his testimony given under my hand and seal this 22d February 1845

Joseph Gross  [hand written]  Seal
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Westmoreland County _ personally came before me a State of Penna Justice of the peace and for said County William Beck who being sworn according to law sayeth that he was well acquainted with John Weaver a German and by repute was a private soldier of the third-Pennsylvania regiment in the Revolutionary war who died I thinks in the month of April-Eighteen hundred and twenty two in Westmoreland County I lived within three miles of him he left a widow and children his widow Eve Weaver died on the sixth day of February Eighteen hundred and forty five 1845 the children who survived the death of their mother was John weaver and Joseph Weaver and Elizabeth Weaver Catherine Weaver and Christiana Weaver the said Eve Weaver was the refuted widow of the aforesaid John Weaver [‘aforesaid’ is crossed out] the lived together as man and wife and the above children was the refuted legitimate children of the said John and Eve Weaver aforesaid and the said Eve Weaver was not afterwords maried [married] after the death of her husband John Weaver sworn and subscribed before me this 14th _____[month is smudged out] 45 
Joseph Gross. J.P.            William Beck

Westmoreland County __
  I do hereby certify that William Beck aforesaid is a creditable witness and that I am well acquainted with him and would rely upon his testimony given under my hand and seal this 14th-February 1845
  Joseph Gross [hand made] Seal
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State of Pennsylvania }
Westmoreland County}

I David Fullwood Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do hereby certify that Joseph Gross Esquire before whom the forgoing Deposition were made and whose name in his own proper hand writing is to the within Certificate appended was then and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Westmoreland duly elected and commissioned and to all whose official Acts and Deeds full faith and credit are of right due
 In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court as Greensburgh the twenty fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and forty five

David Fullwood ____ [hand drawn oval with intinials inside]
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No. 11.685 declaration of Eve Weaver

Eve Weaver,
Pa.
Act July 7. 38
Aomd. $ 80 /an

Also 
Under act 1843- bgg5
  “.         “.   1844- 445
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Westmoreland County __
  I do hereby certify that the above widow Eve Weaver the aforesaid declaring is from old age and bodily infirmity unable to appear in Court and Reputation I believe her to be Correct in her declaration as I would Rely upon her testimony given under my hand and Seal

James Bell
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Certificate of Land for Weaver
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Return of the Pennsylvania Line entitled to Donation Lands reported by the late Comptroller General

John Weaver.                                                       Rank Private 
Regiment. 3 Penn.                                           Acres Land. 200 
No 1749 1st Dis.

I do hereby certify that the above is a true fact from the return of offices and soldier of the Pennsylvania Line entitled to Donation Lands reported by the Comptroller General now remaining in the office of the Surveyor General of Pennsylvania 

In Testimony whereof I have henceto set my hand and caused the seal of said office to be hereto affixed at Harrisburg this 20th day of January A. D. 1845.
For Jacob Sallade __

R. M. Crain
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Know all men by these presents that we Garret and Joseph Weaver for ourselves and our brothers and sisters doth by then presents nominate and appoint Joseph Stokely of Westmoreland County our lawful attorney for us and in our names to receive from the government of the United States all such money as had accrued to our mother Eve Weaver by virtue of the acts of congress granting half pay and pensions to certain widows & giving and granting to our land attorney all our ___ and authority in and about the home and to do all acts they or there’s relative there to as fully to all intents and purposes as we ___ or could do were we personally present in testimony whereof we have hereunto let our hand and seals this 17th day of February 1845

Signed-Sealed and delivered in presence of us
Jos. Gross.     Garret Weaver [hand written seal]
J L Holmes      Joseph Weaver[hand seal]

Westmoreland County
State of Penna}

personally came before me one of the Justices of the Peace Garret and Joseph Weaver above named who acknowledged the above power of Attorney to Joseph Stokely to be their acts and deeds for the purpose Theron contained given under by hand and seal this 17th day Feb of 1845

Joseph Gross [hand made] Seal
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State of Pennsylvania }
Westmoreland County } SS.

I David Fullwood Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do hereby certify that Joseph Gross esquire before whom the within Power of Attorney was acknowledged and whose name in his own proper hand writing is to the within certificate appended was then and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Westmoreland duly Elected commissioned and to all whose official acts and Deeds full faith and credit are of right due in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Greensburgh the twenty fourth day of February in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight and forty five.

Daniel Fullwood [hand written] Seal
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Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

The National Archives 
Division of Veterans’ Administration Archives

Weaver, John

Grade Private

Line Pennsylvania 

Warrant number 10612
Acreage 100
Issued November 4, 1791
To John McCleland assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of “Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800” which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.