Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,132, John Darlington, Penn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Penn  Darlington, John  W. 3,132
Elizabeth
CONTENTS
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4034
Pennsylvania
John Darlington
of Chester Co in the State of Pennsylvania
who was the Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Lockart of the {Ry's} commanded by Col Hannum in the Pennsylvania
line for Private 81/2 months --$28.33

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 28 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
is commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of January
1833 and first to D. Pitts Jr
Home Rifes

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 - $42.49
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 14.16
$56.65
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Viral.Luce Clerk,
Book D Vol. 6 Page 53
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Darlington 10,970.

8 1/2 mo.
$28.33 per ann.

Hon. D. Potts Jr.
HR
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by
State of Pennsylvania
County of Chester
On this twenty first day of August Anno
Domini One thousand eight hundred and thirty
two personally appeared in Open Court before
Isaac Darlington Resident and Cromwell
Pearce and Jesse Shark his associates Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas of the County
of Chester now sitting, John Darlington a
resident of Brandywine Township in the County
of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, aged
Seventy Six 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 act of Congress passed
June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers,
and served as herein stated
1st That he was drafted in the militia of the
State of Penn in August 1776 in a company
commanded by Capt Robert Lockart which composed 
part of a Regiment commanded by
Col. John Hannum and Lieut. Col. Joseph
Parker. That his company assembled in Brandywine
Township aforesaid & marched to Philadelphia 
& joined the Regiment. The Regiment
remained in Philadelphia Several weeks & then
marched to Amboy passing through Fenton
Kingston & New Brunswick.  Near Amboy we
built a Battery. We were engaged in no {illegible} battle
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but witnessed in a measure the battle of Long
Island, being able from our situation to see the
flashes & smoke of the guns & at times the
movements of the men. The body of militia stationed
at Amboy he thinks was commanded by
Genl [General] Robert Doe or Genl [General] Ewing. After remaining
at Amboy in the militia, some time, he was discharged but received no paper writing to that
Effect. This was two months after his being first
drafted.

2ndly That he immediately after his discharge
& whilst at Amboy, was drafted or enlisted in the Flying Camp
for four months in a company commanded by
Capt [Captain] James McClure, 1st Lieutenant John Smith
& 2nd Lieutat [Lieutenant] William Anderson which company
composed part of a Regiment commanded by
Col. Thomas Bull & Major Bartholomew, the
other officers of the Regiment he does not remember
except, Captain Hugh Jordan. He
thinks Genl. Ewing had command after his entering
the flying camp. From Amboy he marched
with his regiment to Bergen & from thence to
Fort Lee which [illegible] regiment - then
built.  That his regiment was removed across
the river to Fort Washington to defend the same
but that he was left on guard near
Fort Lee & did not cross with the Regiment;
Fort Washington was attacked & taken by the
British & all of his regiment that had crossed
were taken prisoner & removed to New York, where
many of them died & that he & the others who
were on guard near Fort Lee (which also was
taken possession of by the Enemy soon
after Fort Washington there being no troops
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31/2 [ in margin]

therein to make opposition) soon after the taking
thereof started for home passing through Philadelphia. His term of service wanted about a
week of expiring when he left Fort Lee, for
Hackensack River & thence home. He thinks
Colonel Magaw & Colonel Cadwallader of Penna [Pennsylvania]
commanded at Fort Washington when it was
taken.
3dly In August 1777 he was drafted again in
the militia for two months in a company 
commanded by Capt James Robinson. He does not
remember the name of the Colonel of his regiment
but the Lieut Col's name was Kilbraith.
Potter was the name of his General. He met
his company at Old Chester on the Delaware river
in Delaware County Pa [Pennsylvania] where he laid for a
short time near where he assisted in building
a Battery; he was marched from thence to
Chadds Ford & was present in the Battle of
Brandywine at that place & retreated
from thence back to Old Chester & from thence
to Darby & thence to Philadelphia & thence
to Richard Thomas's near Downing town in
the County of Chester, thence to near 
[illegible] (now West-Chester) thence back
of the [illegible]  thence to the Yellow
Springs & after moving through the County of
Chester in various directions was discharged
near the Paoli having served two months
during almost all of which time he was on
the March.
4th That he was again drafted in the militia
in 1781 in a company commanded by Capt. Robert Lockart the same man with whom he served his first term
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in a regiment commanded by Col. Robert Elton. He does not remember any of the other officers.  They started to march through New Jersey towards New York but did not get out of the state of Pennsylvania before we were discharged which was a month after our being drafted.  This was the last tour of the deponent. He further represents that he was born on the 20th day of August A.D. 1756, that a record of the time of his birth was made in a Bible now possessed by George Forbes one of his neighbors who married a first cousin of his, and from which the foregoing date of his birth is [crossout] taken, that he resided in Brandywine township Chester County where he was born, where he was called into the service at the several times stated above & always returned to that township after the expiration of his several tours of service & that ever since the revolutionary was up to this time he has continued to reside in that township; that he was always drafted & never volunteered or acted as a substitute that he has stated the names of the officers with whom he was acquainted so far as he can remember & the general circumstances of his service, that he never received a written discharge at any time, that he is well known by Genl. Matthew Stanley & the [strikeout] and Robert Ralston Esq who reside in his presant [present] neighborhood & who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, that he has no documentary proof of his service & never had any that Nathaniel Irwin who was in service at the same time & place with him & whose certificate is hereto annexed is the only living witness
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of any part of his services that he is now able
to obtain & that from loss of memory he is
unable to give a more particular statement
of his services than is herein contained.
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 and subscribed }
the day and year aforesaid  }John Darlington [signature]
in open Court
John W Cuningham Prot [signature]
State of Pennsylvania
to
Chester County
Nathaniel Irwin being affirmed
according to law declares & says that he is
well acquainted with John Darlington the
above declarant, having resided in the same
neighbourhood [neighborhood] with him all his life, that
he knows him to have been a soldier in
the revolutionary war having seen him both
at Woodbridge & Bergen in the State of New Jersey under [illegible], when on his march from Amboy to Fort Lee, your affirmant at
that time being in the service in Captain
Porter's Company,
which composed part of
the regiment commanded by Colonel Hockley, that it was currently reported & believed
that the said John Darlington was in the
Revolutionary war in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he
resides at that time & that your applicant
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has often heard said Darlington spoken of
by his fellow soldiers as being in the service
[crossed out at or on] other tours than that in which your
applicant saw him & that from his knowledge of said Darlington he has no doubt
of the correctness of his declaration
Affirmed & Subscribed in } Nathaniel Irwin
Open Court this 21st day
of August A.D. 1832

John W Cuningham Prot [signature]
State of Pennsylvania
Chester County
-
Hezekiah Davis being affirmed
in due form of law declares and says
that he was a First Lieutenant of Capt
Culbertsons Company, of the same regiment
as that of which the said John Darlington 
was a member, commanded by
Lieut Col. Thomas Bull, (William Montgomery being the colonel of that Regiment - but never appeared to take command) that your
affirmant has examined that part of the
said Darlington's declaration which [crossed out illegible] states his services in the Flying
camp & that from said declaration & conversations on the subject,- had with the
said Darlington he has no doubt of the
said Darlington's Services in the Revolution
as stated, though your affirmant does
not remember him personally
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Affirmed & Subscribed}       Hezekiah Davis
in open Court this twenty}   [signature]
first day of August }
A.D. 1832
John W Cuningham [signature]

We [strikeout] Robert Ralston residing in Westchester of Brandywine County of Chester State of Pennsylvania and Mathew Stanley residing in the Brandywine Township Chester County aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Darlington who hs subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six 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.
Affirmed, sworn and subscribed } Robt. Ralston
this tenth day of September        } [signatures]
1882 [strikeout] in open court     } M. Stanley

John W Cuningham Prot [signature]
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 [strikeout]
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Robert Ralston who has issued the proceeding certificate is clergyman resident in Franklin of West Chester County of Chester Penn'a and that 
Matthew Stanley by who has also signed the same is a resident of Brandywine County of Chestertown (??) and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
                                By the Court
                                       //s//
                          John W. Cunningham
       I John W. Cunningham Prothonotary of the court of common pleas of the county of Chester, Penn'a do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Darlington for a pension.

    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal affixed this said Court of Common Pleas this tenth day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

                                          //s//
                     John W. Cunningham Proth.
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3034

Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Darlington
widow of John Darlington died
pursuing Act 1832
who died on the 29 January 1833
of Chester Co in the State of Penna
who was a private in the Com(pany) commanded by Captain Lockhart of the reg(iment) commanded by Col Hannum in the {enna line for 8 1/2 Months

Pennsylvania Line

Inscribed on the rolls of Philadelphia at the rate of 28 dollars 33 cents per annum to commence on the 29th day of Jan 1833.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sept 1839. I sent certif. Hemphill Jr Westchester, Penna.

Arrears to the 4th Mar 1839         $172.73
Semi-annual allowance ending 
4 Sept 39                                           14.16 
                                                       __________
                                                      $186.89

                                   {Revolutionary  Claim}
                                    {Act July 4, 1836}
                                    {Section the 3a}
Recorded by D.M.Curdy Clerk
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 138
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Paid at the Treasury under the
act of the 6 April 1838
from 4 Sep 1840 to 4 March
1841. Agt Notified 25 Feby 1842.
Paid as above from 4 Sept
1842 to 4 March 1843 as
Notified 30 Oct 1844
Date of widow's death inform DB
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State of Pennsylvania
Chester County

On this eleventh day of June A.D. 1839 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in the county of Chester, Elizabeth Darlington is a resident of the township of Brandywine in the county of Chester and state of Pennsylvania aged eighty-eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress ___ July 4 1836.  That she is the widow of John Darlington who was a private in the service of the state of Pennsylvania in the army of the Revolution, that she knows little of the history of his services as such and deems any attempt on her front to five any unsuccessful inasmuch as the said John Darlington was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 and in order to obtain his certificate (which was for the sum of twenty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents per annum) he himself made the certifying declaration and statement of his services which she presumed is on record in the proper department. 

She further declares that she was married to the said John Darlington on the twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty, that her husband the aforementioned John Darlington died on the twenty-ninth day of January, A.D. 1833 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully affirm by reference to the ___ hereto annexed. 

She further declares that there is no
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documentary or written evidence of the exact date of her marriage except this paper accompanying this declaration hereto attached marked (A) which was written by a school mate named William Henderson, now deceased, and the first entries made there at the request of the declarant shortly after the birth of her first child, the last two entries she thinks were made by some of her children.  This paper has always been in her possession and has been known as a correct record, which it is, of the time of her marriage and of the birth of her respective children.

She further declares that she thinks her said husband John Darlington was in the service as a private in the militia twice after their marriage.  She is confident of his being out once and that he was ___ out in 1781 and she distinctly remembers his being about at the time of the child's birth - he was also out of the service several times before the marriage.

Sworn and subscribed before the Hon. Thomas S. Bele and his _____ of the Court of Common Pleas in the county of Chester   ____ this eleventh day of June A.D, 1839.

The word "unsuccessful" on the first page _____before signing also the words "or written" on the second page.
Sam Pinkerton Proth
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John & Elizabeth Darlington married Dec 12, 1780

Jimmy Darlington born             Sep 29 1781 
Theophilia Darlington born       Jan 3 1783
Joseph Darlington born            Sep 13 1784
John Darlington born                Feb 17 1786
Elizabeth Darlington born         Jan 18 1788
Mary Darlington born                Jul 20 1789
Robert Darlington born             May 9 1791
Margret Darlington born           Feb 8 1793
Abram Darlington born             July 26 1795
Rebekah Darlington born  November 9 1799

Theophilia (words blocked) August 28 1802
Tuesday (words blocked) life
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4579
Elizabeth Darlington
of John
Penna
admitted
Pr, 8/mo $28.33/100
died 29 Jany 1836
Act 4 July
J. Hemphill Jr
West Chester
Pa
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State of Pennsylvania
Chester County

On this eleventh day of June 1839 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in the county of Chester, Elizabeth Currey, ___ Darlington, who being sworn in due form of law doth depose and say that she is a daughter of Elizabeth Darlington the above declarant that her father the said John Darlington died on the twenty-ninth day of January eighteen hundred and thirty-three, that the said Elizabeth Darlington his widow has not married since his death but still remains a widow. 

Signature:  Elizabeth Currey

Sworn and subscribed before the Hon. Thomas S. Bele and his apelet judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Chester in open court this eleventh day of June A.D. 1839
Sam Pinkerton Proth.

State of Pennsylvania
Chester County

On the eleventh day of June A.D. 1839 personally appeared before the Cout of Common Pleas of the county of Chester, Matthew Stanley, who being appointed in due form of law doth declare and say that he is a resident of
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Brandywine Township in Chester count,y where he has resided ever since 1771, that he is aged seventy-four years and has been acquainted with John Darlington _____ and his wife Elizabeth Darlington for sixty years, that they have always been known and referred as man and wife and as such lived together, from the best of his knowledge and belief they must have been married in the year 1780.  John Darlington was personally reputed and believed   _____
to have been in the service of the country during the Revolution on several occasions, that he died a few years last and Elizabeth Darlington still remains his widow.

Signed: Matthew Stanley

Sworn and subscribed before the Hon. Thomas S Bele and his ____ judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said county of Chester in open court this eleventh day of June A.D. 1839.
Sam Pinkerton Proth.

State of Pennsylvania
Chester County
And the said Court of Common Pleas of the county of Chester in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania doth hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings held in said court in the matter of the declaration of Elizabeth Darlington to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 4 1836 and that the said Elizabeth Currey and Matthew Stanley whose depositions there to ____are credible witnesses.
In testimony whereof I Samual Pinkerton Prothonotary of said Court have hereto set my hand and office the seal of said court this eleventh day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.
Sam Pinkerton Proth.
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February 1, 1940

John Darlington 
W. 3132
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Mr. Edgar M Myers
228 West Plumstead Avenue
Lansdown, PA

Dear Sir:

You are furnished herein the record of John Darlington as found in the papers of the claims for pension under File No. W-3132, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Darlington was born August 20, 1756, in Brandywine Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Brandywine Township, Pennsylvania, John Darlington enlisted in August, 1776 and served two months as private in Captain Robert Lockhart's company, Colonel John Hannum's Pennsylvania regiment, engaged in helping to build a battery near Amboy, New Jersey.  While stationed at Amboy, upon the expiration of that tour, he enlisted and served three months three weeks as private in Captain James McClure's company, Colonel William Montgomery's Pennsylvania battalion of the flying camp,  assisted in building Fort Lee where he remained guarding the fort, during which, part of his regiment crossed the river to Fort Washington where they were attacked and taken prisoners by the British who carried them to New York; many of them died.  Fort Lee was next attacked and taken by the British.  He enlisted again in August,1777, served two months as private in Captain James Robinson's company, Lieutenant Colonel Kilbraith's Pennsylvania regiment, assisted in building a battery near Old Chester on the Delaware River, marched to Chadds Ford, was in the battle of Brandywine and was discharged at Paoli; during nearly all of that tour he was on the march.  He enlisted in 1781 and served one month as private in Captain Robert Lockhart's company, Colonel Robert Elton's Pennsylvania regiment. 

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832, at which time he was living in Brandywine Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  He died there January 29, 1855
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John Darlington married December 12, 1780, place not given, Elizabeth (referred to also as Eliza) the date and place of her birth, maiden name and names of her parents were not stated.
Elizabeth Darlington was allowed pension on account of the service of her husband, John, on her application executed June 11,1839, at which time she was aged eighty-eight years and a resident of Brandywine Township, Pennsylvania.
The following names of children of John Darlington and his wife, Elizabeth, are shown in the claims:
Jinny       Darlington, born  September 29, 1781
Theophilus        "            "     January     3, 1783
Joseph              "          "     September 13. 1784
John                  "           "        February 17, 1786
Elizabeth             "           "       January 18, 1788
married Curry, date of marriage and his given
name not shown.
Mary                  "             "           July 20, 1789
Robert                "              "          May 9, 1791
Margret             "              "      February 8, 1793
Abram                "              "          July 26, 1795
Rebekah          "              "     November 9, 1799

{I did not include my family record the last item as I could not determine to whom date of death applied: MLB}
[Above is Handwritten Note in Margin]
In 1832, one Isaac Darlington was president of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, Pennsylvania; his relationship to the soldier,
John Darlington, was not stated. No further family data are shown
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of
Elizabeth Darlington, widow of John, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Elizabeth Darlington, widow of John, certificate #3034, issued September 4, 1839, rate $28.33 per annum, commenced January 29, 1833, Act of July 4, 1836, Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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REV
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3132
Elizabeth Darling
Widow
John Dallington ┃
Pri .Rev. War
---
Act: July 4, 1836
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 166.
Arrangement of 1870.}
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1940, Feb. 7. Hist  to Edger M.
Myers ______   MLB
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West Chester
June 11, 1839

To:  J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commission of Pensions

Dear Sir:
Enclosed herewith   ___ find the declaration of Elizabeth Darlington, widow of John Darlington late of Brandywine Township this county deceased.

I hope that early and favorable action may be taken when it was inasmuch as Mrs. Darlington is very aged and if she is to be helped with the ____ of the _____ it is of importance to her that it ___ ____.  She is very ____.

The certificate or any communication may be forwarded to the domiciles ____ ___ ___ .

Most respectfully
Jos Hemphill
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Sept 23d 1844.
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," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Elizabeth Darlington a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of twenty eight Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th July 1836,
has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of Sept 1842, to the 4th March 1843.
Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
Jan'y 5th 1842.
Sir:
Under the date 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, Elizabeth Darlington a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Twenty Eight Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th  of Sept. 1840
to the 4th March 1841.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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January 14, 1940.
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen;
May I solicit your assistance in securing information concerning my ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War? I am preparing a genealogy of our family and am
anxious to include all the data possible.
My fourth Great Grandfather was James Curry or Currey, another was Joshua Chamberlain and another was John Darlington. All of these men resided in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
On the other side of the family Nicholas Myers and his son Samuel Myers from Lebanon County, Pennsylvania also served.
I will be grateful for any details concerning these men their services and families.
Thank you.
228 W. Plumstead Ave.
Lansdowne, Pa.
Very truly yours,
Edgar M. Myers.
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February 1, 1940
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Mr. Edgar M. Myers
228 West Plumstead Avenue
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of James Curry or Currey, Joshua Chamberlain and John Darlington, all of Chester County, Pennsylvania, also Nicholas Myers and his son, Samuel Myers, of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service in that war of a Joshua Chamberlain, Nicholas Myers or Samuel Myers, as described by you, under any spelling.
In order to identify the record of the particular James Curry in whom you are interested, should it be on file, please furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to him when another search of the records will be made in your behalf and a report furnished: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of wife or widow.
The record of John Darlington is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator