Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1915, for John Moore, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE                                     NUMBER
Penn.           Moore, John            W.1915
                                Nancy          BLNt.726-100
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In Pittsburgh Pa. fro
4 March 1851. Ap.14.
Certificate No (illegible) to
AP. (illegible)
Pittsburgh, Pa

Date of death
Not on A.B.

(top right hand corner of left side torn)

(top of right side torn)

Pennsylvania Phi
Nancy Moore
widow of John Moore who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Drummer
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
88 Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Increased from $81
Certificate of Pension issued the (illegible) day of Nov. 1847, and sent to 
Morris Owen 
Pittsburgh
Pa.-
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under (crossed out) 1848, Page 225 Vol. 1 
July 27th Book D
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I John Moore of Heshanock Township in the County of Mercer in the state of Pennsylvania, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continen-tal line of the army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a Drum-mer in the first regiment of the Pennsylvania line and I also declare that I  afterwards recieved a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congrefs, (illegible) the 15th of May seventeen hundred and seventy eight-
And I further declare that I was not on the 15th day of March 1828 on the pension list of the United States- Witnefs my hand this sixteenth day of December 1828
John Moore

Mercer County
Before me William Dickson a Justice of the peace in a for said County in the state of Pennsy-lvania personally appeared this day Charles Morrow and Joseph Hanan of Bever County who did (illegible) make oath; that John Moore by whom the fourgoing Declaration was Subscribed is generaly reputed and belived to have been a Drummer in the army of the Revolution, in manner as therin stated  Charles Morrow
                       Joseph Hennons
before me this sixteenth day of December 1828
William Dickson
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Pennsylvania
Mercer County
I Wm S Rankin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County do certify that William Dickson Esquire is a magistrate as within stated and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine and that he is legally qualified to administer oaths  In testimony where of I have  hereunto affixed my seal of office at Mercer and Subscribed my name this nineteenth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight.
Wm S Rankin Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of Mercer County

NB the nearest post office to the applicant is New Castle Mercer County Pennsylvania

Horizontally across the bottom of the page is faintly written:

Act 1828
Settled 9h
Treasury
(illegible) with
(illegible)
File #1915
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Both printed and hand written document

No. of Original Payment 842 (842 underlined)
1398
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
_______________________
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
3 January 1829
John Moore- of New Castle in the County of Mercer in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Drummer in captain _____'s company, in the regiment of the Pennsylvania line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary,
F A Dickins.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE
7th January 1829

It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to John Moore in the Pennsylvania line 
It further appears that John Moore is now not on the pension list of ("the" crossed off) any agency, and has been so since 3 March 1826. (at the rate of dollars per month-all crossed out)
Peter Hagner Aud.

(two lines faintly written unreadable)
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1398
I would just state the reason why my discharge does not acompany this within documents is (crossed out) that in 1818 I gave it to an agent to obtain for me a warrant for Land in the state of Ohio, under the Act of Congrefs of the 15th of April 1806, and he has not returned it to me, but if it is necefsary for it to be sent I will try, (crossed out) to obtain it -, My agent obta-ined a warrant for me bearing date of the 25th of January, 1819
With sentiments of due regard I am Sir your humble servent
John Moore
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Mercer SS-On this Seventeenth of July 1849 personally appeared before the subscribers Theo Wilson a Judge in and for said county, Nancy Moore, a resident of the township of Neshancock, in the County of Mercer, State of Pennsylvania, aged Seventy nine 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 act of congress passed July 29th 1848.
This declarant states that she is the widow of John Moore deceased who served as a Drummer in the was of the revolution in Hazin's Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, a period of several years and who drew a pension from the United States under the act of May 15th 1828, at the rate of eighty eight dollars per annum, and died on the 15th day of August in the year eighteen hundred and forty two, in the afore said County and State.
This declarant further states, that her maiden name was Nancy Morrow, that she was married to the aforesaid John Moore, on the 19th day of September, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety seven (1797); that the ceremony of said marriage took place at the house of Nicholas Swope Esquire, and was performed by him, in  the County of Westmoreland, State of Pennsylvania-that the marriage certificate hereto annexed is original marriage certificate, given to her aforesaid husband at the time of their marriage, & is in the hand writing of the aforesaid Nicholas Swope-that the same gas been preserved by her said husband.
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and herself since the time of their marriage and regarded by them as their only true record of their marriage.

This declarant further states that she lived in lawful wedlock with the aforesaid John Moore from the time of their aforesaid marriage up to the period of his death; th-
at she has not again [in]termarried, but re-
mains his widow-and that she had several children, born to her said husband, as the
fruits of said marriage, whose names are recorded on their family record here to annexed.

And further this declarant saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year first above written. Before me,
X. Thos William

her
Nancy X Moore
mark

State of Pennsylvania
County of Mercer  } ss
I hereby certify that the above named
Nancy Moore is unable by reason of old age
and bodily infirmity to appear in the Open Court and make her declaration; and I further certify that satisfactory evidence was advanced before me that John Moore, the husband of the aforenamed, Nancy, a revolutionary pensioner of the United States,
died on the fifteenth day of August in the year eight-teen hundred & forty two; and that the said Nancy still remains his widow.
Thos Wilson
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477
Nancy Moore,
wo John
Pa
[?] 29 July 1848
Drummer
W 842
[?] 1828
Married 1797
husband died 1842
Arnie Zycerry
$80/mon
from 4 March 1848
Morris Owen
Pittsburgh
Pa
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Mercer } ss
I Michael C Trout Prothonotary of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Thomas Wilson - is a Judge duly qualified and commissioned to act as such in the aforesaid County of Mercer and State of Pennsylvania; and that his signature above written is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the official seal of said County, this tenth day of July 1849.
MC Trout {?}
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Rebechah Moore
[Judith?] Moore
husband and her
Peggy Moore

[illegible random Capital letters and looks like signatures of some kind]
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I the subscriber hereof do hereby Certify that John Moore and Nancy Morrow was lawfully joined together in the Bond of Matrimony the 19th Day of September 1797
before me Nichos Swope
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Mrs. A. J. Berger           JOHN MOORE
Box 379                          W.  1915
Arkansas City, Kansas  BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

You are furnished below the record of John Moore as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 1915, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.

John Moore enlisted November 14, 1776, place not stated, and served as drummer in Colonel Richard Hampton's 1 " Pennsylvania Regiment, and was discharged October 31, 1785.  The name of his captain was not shown.  It stated that he served also in Colonel Hazen's regiment, date of enlistment and length of service not stated.

In 1819, the soldier was residing in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and in 1828 was living in the township of Neshannock in that county, with the nearest post office at New Castle, in the same county.

John Moore was allowed pension on his application executed January 3, 1829, at which time he was of New Castle, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.  He died August 15, 1842, in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

John Moore married September 19, 1797, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Nancy Morrow.

Soldier's widow, Nancy, was allowed pension on her application executed July 7, 1849, at which time she was aged seventy-nine years and living in Neshannock Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.  In 1851, she was a resident of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
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Children of John Moore and his wife, Nancy, referred to in the claim were:

Ellenor Moore, born April            10, 1800
Peggy     "           "     October       5, 1801
Jesse      "           "      December 25, 1803
Adam      "           "      March         19, 1804
John        "           "      March         20, 1806
Rebecha  "           "      March           3, 1810
Sarah        "           "      October       8, 1812

In 1818 it was stated that James, John and Jesse were father and brothers, but the name of the father was not designated and the name of the soldier's mother was not given.  It was also stated that at the time that James and Jesse Moore were both dead and that John was administrator for them.

In 1818, one Robert Moore was a Member of Congress from Pennsylvania; relationship to soldier not shown.

In 1828, one Charles Morrow was living in Beaver County, Pennsylvania; his relationship to soldier's wife, Nancy, not stated.
Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Jany 21st 1818
Robert Moore
Nathl Cutting, Esq

Military widows

66.66 [a symbol]
_______
4,66.85 [a symbol]

Warrant N.918 & 719-ipo
to James & Jesse Moore
others within family
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Sir
enclosed you have the discharge of John James Moore who lived during the revolutionary war with Letters of Administration for the two who are dead.  They are father and brother.  You willl be good enough to act on this as soon as possible and obliged I am
Humble Lient
Robert Moore 
Jany 1818

Men's payment of a Discharge that appeared to have been [?] to "James Moore" is taken out and placed in the file no 667. document on which the Warrant of that N. was  [?] Jan.y 28,1817 and added to the hon[ble] A. Lyle de C._______

John Moore Drummer}
James Moore Piper}
sent to Treas 17th Mar 1818.
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Reported Letter to Morris Owen Oct. 17, 1849
375 Pennsylvania
Nancy Moore
widow of John Moore
who served in the Revolution
war (Penn) as a drummer.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rat[page cut]
80 Dollars 00 cents per annun, to commenc[page cut]
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued
16th day of Oct. [date missing from page]
and sent to Morris Owen
Pittsburgh
Pa
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Pennsylvania  }
Mercer County}

I James Miller Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Mercer County, Do herby certify that William Dickerson Esquire, before whom the above oath was taken and whose hand is thereto subscribed, is and recd at the time said oath was taken, our acting Justice of the Peace in the & for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose official acts as such, full faith & credit are and of right ought be given as wwell in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.  Given under my hand & seal of said Court at Mercer the eighth day of January eighteen hundred and nineteen.
James Miller
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These are to CERTIFY that bearer hereof John Moore Drummer ———in the first Pennsylvania regiment, having faithfully served the United States from illegible word fourteenth day of December 1776, and being inlisted for the war, is hereby discharged from the American army. Paid (initials are illegible) the next two sentences have faded with many of the letters worn off the page. Please refer to original document.

Registered in the books of the regiment, 
James Morris  James illegible adjutant RT
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John Moore
Power of Attorney
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The Secretary at War will please hand over to the Honorable Robert Moore - member of Congress from Pennsylvania. the military land Warrants coming to James Moore Jesse Moore and to myself and oblige
John Moore in behalf of himself and as Adminestrator of James Moore and Jesse Moore
10th March 1818

John Moore is one of the Heirs of Said kin saying “in behalf of himself” as above, meant to coney his authority as “an Heir.” And also for himself - as he was a soldier 
Robert Moore
MC
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Pittsburg Oct 22 1849
I am in receipt of the Pension Certificate of Nancy Moore under act of 19 July 1848. which stipulates she shall draw at the rate of $80. per annum.  Her husband John Moore is inscribed on the list of Mercer County Penn under the act of 15 May 1828, at the rate of 88 $.  This service being that of a Drummer.
What is the reason for her certificate is not granted for $88 per annum the same that her husband drew.

I apprehend some error has occured in the issuing of her certificate.

Please inform me if it is not so.
Your obt serv
Morris Owen

Hon J.L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington
D C
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Pittsburgh October 31 1849
Hon Sir

By the request made in your letter of the 29  inst I return the Pension Certificate of Nancy Moore widow of John Moore for a reissue no payment having yet been made on this one herein enclosed,

I am very respectfully your
Obt Sevt
Morris Owen

Hon J.L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Pittsburgh P Mar 8 1851

Herewith I enclose the Pension Certificate of Nancy Moore & a Power of Attorney from her.
Mrs. Moore request me to ask that she be transfered from the Phila agency to the Pittsburgh agency to take effect from this time the amount now due having been having been applied at Phila.

Mrs Moore being situated in the [west]stern part of the State it is at some [in]convenience that she draw her pension at Phila.

I leave the honor to be with great respect
Your obt Serv
A P Norton

Hon J E Heath
Com of Pensions
Washington
DC
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Pittsburgh Penn, July 13” 1849

Sir

“Herewith I send you the declaration of Nancy Moore, asking to be allowed a pension under the act of July 29th 1848.
Very Respectfully Yours
Morris Owen
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Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Moore
$88 per annum for 
4 March 1848

Payment to be made at 
Philadelphia by James R. Snowden
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, 1948, Page 225 Vol./Book D

J P Chase
Clerk

Morris Owen
Pittsburgh,
Pa
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WDW’S PENSION
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I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29th 1848, Nancy Moore, ——-widow of Jon Moore———who was a Drummer in the revolutionary war, as inscribed on the pension use at the rate of Eighty dollars and ——-cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. 

Given at the Department of the Interior
This 16th day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
D.C. Goddard
Acting Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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John Moore P. Act 15 May 1828 $80.00 per anm  to what time was he last paid?
Pension office.       Died 15th August 1842
Oct 12. 1849}.         Pd to his death BLB
Mercer Co Pa 88y Act 1828}
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Origl Discharge
John Moore
Drumm 1st Regt Penn.a

fo 73.456

The Hon. W Moore, M.C. aparts that there wore two John Moore's in the Penna Line, and that the one who is subject of the within Discharge and is now living, has never recd B.ty Land from the U.S.-

Submit to the Secy office.

Tresury Dept
3 Aus office
March 18 1818

It appears by the registers of Final Severance [fulfilled] upon the John Moore of Col Ricka Hamptons Regt Penna Line with [?] for and served to the end of the War

Peter Hagner
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Power of Attorney.
State of Pennsylvania }
County of Lawrence }
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I Nancy Moore of Laurence County Penna do hereby authorize, constitute, and appoint A. P. Norton of Pittsburgh Penna my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute for me and on my behalf all and singular claim or claims I may have against the General Government of the United States on account of the services of my Husband John Moore deceased, in the war of the Revolution.  And the said A. P. Norton is herby authorized to take all necessary and proper steps in the proscecution of said claim or claims on my behalf.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of Marcy 1851
Signed in my presence }
Jas Dickson J. P.                                 

her X Nancy Moore
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New Castle Chapter
Sons of the American Revolution
New Castle PA
Sep 29. 1900

John Moore-
Rev War Pa

J. S. DuShane Pres
asks if he applied for pension or land warrant.

J.S. DuShane, President
R.C. Clarke, Secretary

O.W.&N. Division
October 9, 1900 
Received
Com. of Pensions
Dear Sir.
Can this information asked in enclosed letter be given by your department?  We find the most satisfactory history of pensions and services giving in applications for pensions etc.
Yours truly
J. S. DuShane
NewCastle
Pa
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J.S. DuShane, President
R. C. Clarke, Secretary
W. A Stritmater, Treasurer
C. P. DuShane, Registrar

NEW CASTLE CHAPTER
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

New Castle, Pa. Sept. 29, 1900
Chief of the Record & Pension Office.
Dear Sir.
Did John Moore, drummer, who served in Major John Murray's company 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col. Walter Stewart (Revolutionary War.) apply for or receive a pension or make application for "Land Warrant"?  Did he give any discription of himself or his service?

Thanking you for this and for former services, I remain
Yours truly
 J.S. DuShane
Pres. NewCastle Chapter
S.of A.R.
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O.W&N
Dear Sirs
Kindly let me know if there is any record in Washington that the two serve following were in the Revolutionary War.
-1- John Moore. b. Apr. 8th 1755 in N Jersey near Mt. Holly.  In 78 moved to Ridshone Fayette Co. Pa. Died in Brownsville Pa. Dec 1834.  He was sone of Joseph Moore.
-2- James Laughlin, born in Maryland moved to Fayette Co. Pa
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[Vhita] to
(Miss) Augusta True
McConnelsville
Ohio.
I note once before and they said they would look up two for me.
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WIDOW, &c.
Revy
File No 1915
Nancy Moore 
widow
John Moore
Drummr Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: Vol. M, Page 58

Oct 17 1900 Histy to J S Du Shane in New Castle Pa
Feby 12, 1904 His to Miss Augusta True McConnellsville, PA 
1933 July 24 H ret to Mrs J Benton Boyles (See ltr included MLB A 22590 of John Wirtz)
1935 Dec 10 Hist to Mr A. J. Berger (see ltr in claim R16561 of John Moore) - MLB
1936 Apr 30 Hist to Mrs Mary E Thornbrough (see ltr in claim of James Moore BLM 718-100) MLB
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See claims:

James Moore B.L. Wt. 718-100

Jess Moore B L Wt. 719-100
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April 30, 1936

Xxxxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/EEL

Mrs. Mary E. Thornbrough
Box 723
Larkin, Kansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is add to your letter in which you furnish further information in regard to John Moore and his brother, Jesse Moore, who served under their father in the Revolutionary War, you think, from York County, Pennsylvania.

You are furnished herewith the records of James, John, and Jesse Moore as found inn claims for pension and bounty land based upon their services in the Revolutionary War.

Very truly yours

A.D. MILLER
Executive Assistant
To the Administrator.

See Reg. File - Charles Murray May 25-1936 - further correspondence with above writer requesting these claims - Mr. /ILL
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April 30, 1936
 XXXXXXXXXXXX
JOHN MOORE
W. 1915
BA-/MLB

Mrs. Mary E. Thornbrough
Box 725 
Lakin, Kansas 

Dear Madam
You are furnished herein the record of John Moore as found in the papers on file in the pension claim, W. 1915, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of the soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.

John Moore enlisted November 14, 1776, place not stated, and served as drummer in Colonel Richard Hampton's 1" Pennsylvania Regiment, and was discharged October 31, 1785.  The name of his captain was not shown.  It is stated that he served also in Colonel Hazen's regiment, date of enlistment and length of service not stated.

In 1819, the soldier was residing in Mercer County, Pennsylvania and in 1828 he was living in the Township of Neshannock in that county, with the nearest post office at New Castle, in the same county.

John Moore was allowed pension on his application executed January 3, 1929, at which time he was of New Castle, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.  He died August 15, 1842, in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

John Moore Married September 19, 1797, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Nancy Morrow.

Soldier's widow, Nancy Moore, was allowed pension on her application executed July 7, 1849, at which time she was aged seventy-nine years and living in Neshannock Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.  In 1851, she was living in Lawrence County Pennsylvania.
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The following children of John Moore and his wife, Nancy, were referred to in the claim:
Ellenor  Moore      born   April           10,   1800
Peggy       "               "      October       5,  1802
Jesse        "               "      December 25,  1803
Adam        "               "       March        19,  1804
John          "               "      March         20, 1806
Rebecha   "               "       March           2, 1810
Sarah        "                "      October        8, 1812

In 1818, it was stated that James, John and Jesse were father and brothers, but the name of the father was not disgnated and the name of the soldier's mother was not given.  It also stated at the time that James and Jesse Moore were both dead and that John was administrator for their estate.

In 1818, one Robert Moore was a Member of Congress from Pennsylvania; relationship to soldier not shown.

In 1828, one Charles Morrow was living in Beaver County, Pennsylvania; his relationship to soldier's wife, Nancy, not stated.

Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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December 9, 1935.
BA-J/ILL

Mrs. A. J. Berger
Box 379
Arkansas City, Kansas.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War Records of Zachariah Carlisle (Carlyle) and David Williams of Virginia, whos wife was Mary, also, two soldiers of Pennsylvania named John Moore, one a pensioner of Mercer County Pennsylvania, in 1835, Report of Secretary of War, and the other listed as a pensioner of Green County, Pennsylvania, according to the "Pennsylvania Manuscript Pension Books".

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Zachariah Carlisle, under any spelling of the surname, nor has it been possible to identify the record of any particular soldier named David Williams with the meager data given by you.  The records of John Moore, the pensioner of Mercer County, Pennsylvania and the John Moore who applied for pension while residing in Green County, Pennsylvania, are furnished herewith.

Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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July 24, 2935
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John Moore, W. 1915
John Wirtz, S. 22590
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. J. Benton Boyles
220 Edgewood Avenue
Grove City, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of July 7, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of two pensioners named John Moore, of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and John Wirtz, of Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

The records of John Moore and John Wirtz (the spelling of the surname under which the latter was pensioned) follow as found in claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.

JOHN MOORE, W 1915
The date and place of soldier's birth are not shown in the claim.

John Moore enlisted November 14, 1776, place not stated, and served as a drummer in Colonel Richard Hampton's 1"Pennsylvania Regiment, and was discharged October 31, 1785.  The name of his captain was not shown.  It is stated that he served also in Colonel Hazan's regiment, date of enlistment and length of service not stated.

In 1819, the soldier was residing in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and in 1920 he was living in the township of Neshannock in that county, with the nearest post office at New Castle, in the same county.

John Moore was allowed pension on his application executed January 3, 1820, at which time he was of New Castle, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

He died August 15, 1842, in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
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John Moore married September 19, 1797, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Nancy Morrow.
Children of John Moore and his wife, Nancy, referred to in claim:
Ellenor Moore     born       April           10, 1800
Peggy      "             "           October       5, 1801
Jesse       "             "           December 23, 1802
Adam       "             "           March        19, 1804
John         "             "          March        20, 1806
Rebecha   "            "          March           2, 1810
Sarah        "            "          October         8,1812

In 1818 it was stated that James, John and Jesse were father and brothers, but the name of the father was not designated and the name of the soldier's mother was not given.  It was also stated at that time that James and Jesse Moore were both dead and that John was administrator for them.

In 1818, one Robert Moore was a Member of Congress from Pennsylvania; relationship to soldier not shown.

In 1828, one Charles Morrow was living in Beaver County, Pennsylvania; his relationship to soldier's wife, Nancy not shown.
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JOHN WIRTZ, S 22590

John Wirtz (the name also appears Wertz and Wurtz) was born March 15, 1762, in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; the names of his parents are not stated.

While residing in Lehigh Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in May, 1778 or 1779, and served as
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Teamster in Captain Lawrence Erbane’s company, Colonel Hooper’s Pennsylvania regiment, length of service nine months.  He volunteered in 1780 or 1781 and served on short tours of two months each, amounting in all to twelve months, as a private under Captains Searfoss, Good, Kern, Jacob, Rhoda’s, Clendening, and Colonals Geiger, Bollard, Siegfried and Kerns, in the Pennsylvania troops and was engaged in guarding the frontier settlements from the ravages of the Indians. 

     The soldier lived in Lehigh Township, Pennsylvania, until 1814 when he moved to Mifflinburg, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he lived two years, thence to Chilliquaque Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.

     John Wirtz was allowed pension on his application executed January 11, 1834, at which time he was a resident of said Chilliquaque Township, Pennsylvania.

     There are no family data on file in this claim.

     In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and possibly the date of soldier’s death, you should write to the Comtroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data: John Wirtz, Certificate 26191, issued April 3, 1834, rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency.

                          Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator