Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4413, John Battin, Continental (Md.)
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental (Md.)
Battin, John
Mary

NUMBER
W. 4413.
CONTENTS
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16. 365.
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Pennsylvania
John Ballin
Of Philad City in the State of Penna
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
 Colonel Hazen
of the Congress Reg
for the term of three years
Continental
Enscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3d of December, 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th of Jany 1820
and sent to D. Caldwell, esq of
Philadelphia
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1820
Semi-anl all'ce ending
3 Mo. 2/30
24.51
$24:51
{Revolutionary claim,  }
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Dead
See letter
to S L Douglass, 24
Feb. 1835
Let 25 Aug 1838 to
C.J. Jack
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John Ballin
on roll 
Admitted
(illegible)
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United States 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania ⎬ Sct
I certify that the honorable 
Richard Peters who has subscribed 
the foregoing attestation is the 
Judge of the District Court of the 
United States in and for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania duly 
commissioned and qualified 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed 
my name and affixed the Seal of the said 
Court at Philadelphia this third 
Day of December 
A.D. 1819 and in the 
forty fourth year of the Independence of the 
said United States 
D. Caldwell, Clk. Dist C.
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Col. Allen M’Lane having been sworn, says that he was a captain in one of the 
sixteen additional regiments ordered for 
continental service by Congress during the 
revolutionary war; that John Battin was a soldier in one of the said sixteen 
regiments, commanded by Col. Hazen, and that the facts stated in the deposition 
of the said John Battin are, as this deponent believes, true.
A M’Lane
Sworn 3. Dec. 1819.
before Richard Peters

James Hickey of the City of Philada.
[?] being duly sworn according to Law 
declares & says That he knows John
Battin to be in indigent Circumstances & in need of Assistance from his County for Support 
James Hickey
Sworn 3 Decr. 1819. 
before
Richard Peters 
I believe the fact stated to be true 
R. Peters
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Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, ss
On the thirtieth day of December 1819 before me, the subscriber of the Judge of the District Court of the United States  for the said district, personally appeared John Battin aged seventy
five years, resident in the county of Philadelphia in the said district, who, being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" the he, the said John Battin enlisted for the term of three years or or doing the years on the ( ) day of ( ) in the year 1777 in Hartford County in the state of Maryland in the company commanded by Captain Carlisle or Capt. Gilbert of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hazel on of the sixteen additional accruements on the Continental Establishment: that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until after the surrender of Cornwallis, when he was discharged from service near Yorktown state of Virginia, that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Vermouth, Germantown, Stoney Point and other battles and engagements and was wounded in Staten Island under Lord Sterling and that he was in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of 
his country for support: and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
I, Richard Peter,Judge &c as aforesaid, do certify that is appears, to my satisfaction, the the said John Battin did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time, on the continental establishment: and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support.
December 3 1819 Richard Peter
Seal of the Court
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2570
M
Pennsylvania Phil
Mary Battin
widow of John Battin
Md"
who served in the Revolutionary war
, as a private 
died from $80
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 96 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 day of July 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued
the seventh day of January 1852
and sent to
Geo M Phillips
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 204 Vol. 2
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85
Mary Battin
Admitted
Pr 2 yr $80.
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Pennselvanta, PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, ss. 
I, ROBERT MORRIS, Esquire, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Philadelphia, do CERTIFY that the Hon. Archibald 
Randall Esq. before whom the annexed declaration 
on oath of Mary Battin and affidavit of James Hickey were made and by whom the annexed Certificate 
and attestation were made and given and 
who in his own proper hand Writing has hereunto 
Severally Subscribed his name was at the time of so doing 
and now is one of the Judges of the Said Court of Common 
Pleas which is a Court of Record duly commissioned 
and qualified & all whose acts such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts 
of [?] as thereout.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed 
the Seal of the said Court, the 28th 
day of July eighteen hundred and thirty eight. Robt Morris Prothonotary
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In the matter of the claim of Mary Battin for a pension 
State of Pennsylvania S. S.
Personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Philadelphia, on this twenty eighth 
day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand and Thirty Eight Mary Battin a resident of 
the said City, aged about Seventy years and upwards 
who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her 
oath make the following declaration in order to obtain 
the benefit of the provision made by the act 
of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled an “Act granting 
half pay and Pensions to certain widows” That she 
Is the widow of John Battin who was a soldier of the Revolution, that he was enlisted in a Virginia Regiment 
in the Continental Service, and deponant has
no the documentary evidence in support of this Claim
her husbands Pension Certificate having been sent 
to Washington about this time years ago 
This deponants husband was a pensioner of the United States under the 
Act 1818. It was granted some time after the passage of that act.  that he received a Pension Certificate 
some time before his death. and from some Cause 
to deponant unknown his pension was discontinued.
Deponants husband was in the service during the [?] and at the Battle of Staten Island he was
wounded in the Shin which wound never healed
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up but he carried it to his grave. 

She further declares that she was married 
to the said John Battin on the twenty sixth day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven 
hundred and Eighty seven as will appear from the 
evidence hereto affixed by Fredrick Schmidt Pastor of the German Lutheran Congregation of Philadelphia. [?] her said husband died on the 28th day of October one thousand Eight hundred 
and Twenty. That she was not married to him prior 
to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen 
hundred and Ninety four viz on the day & time above stated 
Mary Battin her [handwritten] X mark
Sworn to & Subscribed upon the day & year aforesaid before me 
Hith Randall Judge Com Pleas 

Sworn to in Open Court as per attestation of Judge Randall.
Robt Morris, Prothy
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Personally appeared before me in open Court of Common Pleas on the twenty eighth day of July in the 
Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and 
Thirty Eight James Hickey, who being duly sworn according 
to Law says that he well acquainted with 
John Battin the husband of the said Mary Batten 
in his life time and knew him upwards of Forty three 
Years. He was deponants unckle. That deponant lived with him and his said aunt Mary Battin. That they 
always lived together as husband & wife, from the 
time of his earliest recollection. That he remembers 
his unckle [uncle] telling him of having his Pension Certificate 
about the close of the year 1818 Deponent Knows 
that his unckle recived this [?] Pension from the government when it was for some reason stopped. 
Deponent said his unckle never knew the reason of it 
being stopped. His said unckle was well known as a Revolutionary Soldier, deponent often knew his wound 
in the shin [?] He understood it was from a
musket Ball in the Battle at Staten Island. He 
from then knows that the said Mary is a woman of truth 
and veracity and worthy of belief upon her oath.  Deponent also knows that the original certificate of Marriage was kept by his Aunt and that it was in [?] pieces, and that it was pasted together by some
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of deponents family-- and that is the paper attached [by]
his Aunt hereto.  
James Hickey
Sworn & subscribed in Court 
before me as above stated }
Arch. Randall 

Sworn to in Open Court 
as per above attestation 
of Judge Randall }
R Morris Prothy

I Archibald  Randall one of the Judges of the Court 
of Common Pleas of the City & County of Philadelphia Do 
certify that it has been duly proved by the testimony 
of James Hickey that the said Mary [Battin] Battel is a woman 
of truth and veracity worthy of belief upon 
her oath - Witness my hand this twenty eighth day of July 1838 
Arch Randall
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I do certify, That John Bat[obscured by tear] of the City of Philadelphia and Mary Steinbecker of the Northern Liberties were lawfully joined together in holy Matrimony, on the twenty sixth Day of July in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty seven 
Witness my Hand and Seal. 
Frederick Schmidt 
Minister of the Gospel
at Philadelphia.
Given at Philadelphia
this 26 day of July 1787 }
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J.H.W. Ex'r.

No. 4413, widow
Revolutionary War.

Jule 25, 1904.

Madam:-

In reply to your inquiry, you are advised that John Battin,
aged 72 years, residing in Philadelphia, Pa., applied for pension
December 3, 1819.

He stated that he enlisted in 1777 and served as a private
three years in the Maryland Line, under Capt. Carlisle or Gilbert
and Col. Hazen; that he was engaged in the battles of Brandywine,
Germantown, and Monmouth, Stony Point and Staten Island, in the last of
which he was wounded. Enlisted in Harford Co., Md.

His claim was allowed.

He married Mary Heinbecher, July 26, 1787, in Philadelphia,
Pa. and died October 28, 1820, and she was pensioned as his widow.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Henrietta Phipps Thero,
Idaho Springs, Colo.
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July 21, 1904, Hist to Henrietta Phipps Thero
Idaho Spgs, Colo

Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 4413  
Mary Battin
Widow 
John Battin 
Priv Rev War 
Act: Feb. 2d  1848 
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 30 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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27 
Declaration of 
My Battin


C. J. Jack
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DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to
certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.

State of Penna
City of Philada } ss.
On this Eighteenth day of march personally
appeared before the Subscriber one of the Aldermen of said City Mrs
Mary Battin a resident of Philada~ in the county of Philada
aged Seventy Six years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d
March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the
widow of John Battin who was a private in the Revolution
that She received form the United States a Pension of
Eighty Dollars per annum until the act of July 7. 1838.
Mary X ^her mark^ Battin

She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above
written, before me, the subscriber, this 18 
day of March A.D. 1843.
Armon Davis
Alderman

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Mrs Mary Battin
making this declaration. and im satisfied from the proof before me
that she is his widow and that she was a pensioner
Armon Davis
Alderman

State of Pennsylvania,
Philade County. }ss.

I, Richard Palmer Jr. Esq Prothonotary of the -
Court of Common Pleas of said County, State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify, that
Armon Davis Esq before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is an Alderman and
ex-officio a Justice of the Peace in and for the City of Philadelphia, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the foregoing
signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office
and subscribed my name, this twentieth day
of March in the year 1843
R Palmer Jr Prothonotary.
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Mary Battin
widow of John Battin
Acr 2d Feby 1848

App for Increase
Penna Roll
October 27. 1851
Pa 48,2570

W Cole
Geo. M. Phillips
Present
Oct 27, 1851
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State of Pennsylvania
City of Philadelphia} ss

On this twenty second day of October
1851, personally appeared before the undersigned, an Alderman
and Ex-Officio, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the City aforesaid
duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Mrs Mary Battin
a resident of said City and State, aged [blank] years, who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth declare and say
that she is the widow of John Battin, a soldier of the Revolutionary
War who was a Pensioner of the United States under the Act
of March 18, 1818 - that she is a Pensioner under the Act of
2d February 1848, and makes this application for the purpose
of procuring such increase of Pension as she may
be entitled to by law. She also hereby appoints George
M. Phillips, of Washington City her Attorney to prosecute
said claim

Mary X ^her mark^ Battin
In presence of
David Miller
John A White

Before me, Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year first above mentioned - and I hereby certify that the
declarant is personally known to me and that she is
the same individual she represents herself to be in the
foregoing affidavit
John A White
Alderman & Ex Officio J.P.
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Eastern Dist 
of Penna } ss 
I, Joseph Simon Cohen, Prothonotary 
of the Supreme Court of Penna E D. do certify 
John A. White Esq. before whom the foregoing 
affidavit was made, and whose signature 
is thereto subscribed in his own proper hand-writing, 
was, at the time of taking 
the same and now is an Alderman of the 
City of Philadelphia, and ex officio a Justice 
of the Peace, to whose acts, as such, full 
faith and credit are and ought to be given 

In Witness whereof I have 
hereunto subscribed my name 
and affixed the Seal of the 
said Court at Philadelphia 
this twenty second day of 
October A.D. 1851
J Simon Cohen 
Pro.
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DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled " An Act making further provision for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution.
STATE of Pennsylvania
City of Philadelphia Co
On this Seventh day of October 1848 
personally appeared before the undersigned, an Alderman and Ex-Officio,  a Justice of the Peace, in and for said city, duly authorized
by law to administer oaths Mrs. Mary Batton
a resident of Philadelphia in the city of Philadelphia State of Pennsylvania aged 78 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed the 2d February, 1848, granting
pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow John Batten  who was a private in the Maryland and Continental Line in the war of the Revolution, and that she has drawn a pension at the rate of Eighty dollars ______cents per annum, under the Act of 17th June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mary Batton   her mark
In presence of
James Hickey
J. Linders
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED on the day and year above written, before me
J. Linders  Alderman & Justice of the Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
J. Linders Alderman and Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania
City County of Philadelphia


I John Smith Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do certify that .
J. Snyder before whom the foregoing affidavit was made who hath thereunto affixed his name in his own proper hand
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Writing was at the time of so doing and still is an Alderman 
of the City of Philadelphia & Ex official a Justice of the Peace 
duly commissioned & qualified to all whose official act full faith & credit is given in County of Judicature and Elsewhere 
Witness my hand & Seal of said Court 
this Seventh day of October AD 
Eighteen hundred & forty Eight, 1848, 
John Smith 
Prothonotary
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1511
Pennsylvania 
Mary Battin 
widow of John Battin decd 
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 
and who died on the 28 October 1830 
[at] Philadelphia in the State of Pa. 
who was a Private in the ___ commanded 
by Captain ____ of the Rgt commanded
By Col Hazen in the ____
line for 2 years 

Inscribed on the Roll of Penna 
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Sept. 1838 and sent C. J. 
Jack Philadelphia Pa.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " 40.00 [total] $200.00 
{Act July 7, 1838.} 
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk 
Book A Vol. 2d Page 145 

Copy of declaration of decd 
husband sent to C. J Jack Phil 
Ada Feb 9. 1841
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85
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J L Edwards Esq 
Sir
I enclose in the this the copy of Mrs 
Mary Battin Please acknowledge this 
receipt. In Mrs Nai, a New Case sent some time back their is no acknowledgement 
of this  receipt. If there
has been no decision please 
acknowledge this receipt.
[?]
Your obt S
C. J Jack

July 30 1838
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Feb. 1 1841
not adopted
3 papers Geo Kellen
 Jno Battin

J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner or Pensions
Washington, DC
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J. L. Edwards Esquire 
Dr Sir,
By Sundry letters from Members of our State Legislature I am informed, that it is indisputably 
necessary for applicants for State Gratuities in Pa
service to procure from your Office certified Copies 
of the papers upon which you have granted Land 
I am then in two cases therefore I am compelled to ask of you this favor for 
Mrs Margaretta Keller, widow of [George?] Keller Fife Major 
Mrs Mary Battin, widow of John Battin a Private in the Revolutionary War, 
both of which I processed with him to [?] to send me the copies.
And oblige
Your obt S
C. J. Jack

Philada 
January 28. 1841
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Pension Office
January 5, 1852

Sir

[illegible] $80
[illegible] July 1848

Phila

GM Phillips
Present
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Sir

Pension Office
January 5, 1852

Inc to [illegible] $80
[illegible] July 1848

Phila

GM Phillips
Present
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Payment to be made at Philadelphia 

by 

James R. Snowdhely
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of Pennsylvania

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 204 Vol. 2.

Geo. Jenkins
Clerk.

Return for Increased

G.M. Phillips
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848, 
Mary Battin, 
widow of John Battin, 
who was a private in the revolutionary war, 
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty 
dollars per annum, commencing on the 
4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again 
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the War Office of the United 
States this 23d day of December 
one thousand eight hundred and forty Eight. 
M. L. Marcy
Secretary of War 

Examined and Countersigned, 
J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Brief in the case of Mary Battin, widow of John Battin 
Philadelphia County and State of Pennsylvania act 2 Feb 1848 
Claim, (for increase.) 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.


 (If for increase.) 
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Incd under the Joint Resolution of July 1, 1848. 

Name and residence of Agent 
G.M. Phillips 
Present 

S. Cole 
Examining Clerk.
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E. C. Dale Pension Agent
Philad. Feb. 3, 1852
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Pension Agency 
Philadelphia, Feb. 3, 1852 
Sir:
Mary Battin, widow of Jno. Battin, Pensioner on the rolls of this Agency, Act Feb 2, 1848, at $80 has presented 
a Pension Certificate dated January 7, 1852, increasing her 
allowance to $96. from July 1st 1848 

No notification of this increase having been received 
from your office, will you please furnish me with the 
usual instructions. In anticipation of such instructions 
I have paid the pensioner the amount of her increased allowance
to 4th September last.
I am very respectfully 
Your obt servt 
E. C. Dall, 
Pension agent

J. E. Heath, Esq 
Commr of Pensions,
Washington City
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J.L. Edwards Esq.
Washington City
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Philad'a Sep. 12th, 1848

J. L. Edwards, Esq.

Dear Sir

Some eight or ten days ago I sent you the application of Mary Battin widow of John Battoin a Revolutionary soldier.

There has not any answer been rec'd as yet. If there is any information in this application, be pleased to inform me if so -- and any attention by you will be most respectfully appreciated by

Yours

[illegible]
Alderman No. 75. North 8th St. Philad'a
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[illegible] to [illegible]
2 Dec. 18[illegible]

2570
Pennsylvania Phila
Mary Battin
widow of John Battin

who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Dec [illegible] and sent to 
Hon. J.G. Chapman
[illegible]

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners [illegible] February 2, 1848, Page 204 Vol. 2.
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Ref. 327

Pennsylvania
Mary Battin
widow of John Battin
who was a private in the Penn'a line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of [illegible] 1843 and sent to 
C.J. Jack
Philadelphia

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1. Page 130.
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W Edwards

Tue

To the [illegible]
Mr. [illegible]
[illegible] at War
City of Washington

2 Cand.

M. Battin
    &
Ja. McKinzey

D. Caldwell,
cck

Phil'a
Rec'd Dec 6, 1819
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Phila'a 3rd Dec. 1819

Sir
I am directed by the Judge of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to transmit to you the included Declaration of Deposition of John Battin an original copy, and the Deposition and Declarations of James McKinzey and Elias Dele, with further [illegible] --

I am, with great [illegible],
Yours [illegible].

D. Caldwell -- CCK [illegible]
[illegible] are taken out.

[illegible]
M. Calhoun
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M.R. The Bureau of Pensions, Washington

THE ARNBERCAM
4861 Avery Ave.
Phone Glendale 5286
Detroit
10th. April 1923

Thomas H.S. Schooley
Leaseholder -- Insurance
Attorney

Gentlemen:

I wish to ascertain what information might be gotten from the petition for a pension made by John Battin or Battan.

In the Penn'a Archives, 2d. Series, Vol. 15, P. 683 under Pensioners in Penn'a I found his name on page 713, List of 1825.

He is also mentioned as a private of a Philadelphia company, Cont'l line, On roll Jan 18th, 1820--age 87.

I shall appreciate receiving all the data you may be able to give me. 

Respectfully,
H.S. Schooley

Date Stamp:
Pension Office
US
G Apr 12 1923
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Idaho Springs, Colorado
June 22, 1904

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Will you kindly inform me if John or Johnathan Battin of Pennsylvania was on the list of Pensioners of the Revolutionary War? By so doing you will greatly oblige.

Henrietta Phipps Thero
Idaho Springs, Colorado

Date Stamps: O.W & N. Division
Jun 28 1904
Received

Pension Office
A Jun 27 1904
US
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Revolutionary War, Records Section
[illegible]
W. 4413

3--525
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C., __________ 192_

In reply to your request of ________, for the history of John Battin, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's widow's claim for pension.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: 
1777

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
until after the surrender of Cornwallis

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFIERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
Captain.
   Carlisle
   Gilbert

Colonel.
   Hazen

STATE 
Md.

Battles engaged in, Staten Island, where he was wounded in the shin, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth & Stony Point.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Hartford [sic] Co. Md.

Date of application for Dec. 3, 1819 -- claim allowed.

Age at date of application, 72 years.

Remarks: He died Oct. 28, 1820. Soldier married July 26, 1784. Mary Heinbecher of Northern Liberties -- she was allowed pension on her application executed July 28, 1838, while a resident of Philadelphia, Pa., aged about 70 years. No further family data [illegible] and upwards.

Respectfully,

Government Printing Office

Commissioner

Nephew of soldier James Hickey.