Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39706, John Holliday, Continental Penn.
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Service
Continental Penn
Holliday, John 
Number
S. 39706
Contents
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7053
Pennsylvania 
John Holliday
of Huntingdon in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hand of the Pennsylvania line for the term of 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20- Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th of Mar: 1819 and sent to David Stewart Esq'r Huntingdon, Huntingdon County Pennsylvania 
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1819 11 mos 8/31
                                          223.22
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 
4. Sep 1819                       120.
                                         $343.22

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Died Aug 19, 1823
          
Notification sent Nov 13, 1820 to William (illegible) Huntingdon Pa.
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Huntingdon County ss.
Before me the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Personally appeared John Holliday Esq. late a Captain in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain and a Citizen of the County of Huntingdon aforesaid, in which he doth reside, and after being duly sworn according to law by me Doth depose and say That he received a Commission of a second Lieutenant from the Continental Congress by John Hancock President there of bearing date the twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five and marched in the Month of the same year to Boston That in the course of the next winter he was promoted to the rank of first Lieutenant in a Company Commanded by Captain Robert Clugage in the first Pennsylvania Regiment Commanded by Col. William Thompson.  That he was in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six & in the evening of the day before the Battle of Long Island he was promoted to a Captains Command in the same Regiment commanded by Col. Edward Hand at that time.  That he continued in the service until the month of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight.  That this deponents brother James a first Lieutenant in his Company was killed at the Battle of Brandywine in September one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven.  That in consequence of a resolution of Congress Signified by Col Reed (a member of Congress as this deponent was informed) in the Month of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight to the Pennsylvania Line of the Army to reduce the number of officers on the Continental establishment in the several Regiments.  And the exposed situation of his Father and his Family in Bedford County now Huntingdon this deponent resigned his Commission as a Captain in order to assist his Father & his Family.  That in the summer of the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy eight in the early part
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thereof his Father resided in Bedford County in Frankstown township now Huntingdon County aforesaid on the Frontiers and a Station was kept at his House and that his Father moved all his property except some Beds into an out House to accommodate the Men on duty there, That the Indians attacked the men stationed in the House and burned the out house with nearly all his Household property.  That in the Month of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine this deponents brothers Adam and Patrick and his sister Jane were killed in Frankstown township aforesaid by the Indians.  That in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six this deponents Father made his last Will and Testament by which he bequeathed to this deponent a Plantation in Frankstown township in the County of Huntingdon aforesaid and afterwards in the same year died.  That an Ejectment was brought by Edward & Joseph Nicholas against this deponent for the Tract of land thus bequeathed to him by his Father and in the year one thousand eight hundred and two Judgment was rendered against him and he was turned out of Possession of the land aforesaid and still continues to be kept out of Possession.  That in consequence of the Payment of Costs, Lawyers fees, and other expenses & the loss of his property he is Involved in Debt, That against the twenty sixth day of next November this deponent will be sixty nine years of age that he is crippled with Rheumatist pains.  That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for support.  Sworn to and Subscribed this first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
                  John Holliday
 Before             }
 David Stewart  }
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Declaration of John Holliday
7953 H Co
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Western District of Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County SS
On the seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon County before the Honourable Charles Huston Esq President and David Stewart and Joseph W Cune Esquires associate judges of the said court being a court of record for the same district John Holliday aged seventy one years resident of Frankstown Township in the said County of Huntingdon in the said district who being duly sworn according to law doth declare on his oath that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows viz that he was a second lieut in Colonel William Thompson's Regiment in the Pennsylvania line in the year 1775 and his Commission bare date 25th June 1775 that he marched to Boston and was afterwards ordered to New York and was at the Battle of Trenton and also at the Battle of Brandywine and at the Paoli that he lay at the Valley Forge with the army in the winter and was at the Battle of Germantown and then being Captain he resigned and returned home to Bedford County Pennsylvania that his original declaration is dated the twenty first day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that the number of his Certificate as a Pensioner is No 9,950 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of of [sic] my property or any part thereof with an intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the Provision of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and navel service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not since that I have not any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other that what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

List of Declarant's personal property
one mare and colt 3 cows 4 yearlings 3 spring calves 8 head of sheep 8 head of hogs 2 ploughs 1 harrow 2 mattocks hoes pitchforks axe 1 set of horse gear 1 old chest of drawers 2 tables a half dozen chairs 2 beds and bedding sundry plates dishes spoons and knives and forks shovel and tong andirons pots and kettle and one old cupboard some carpenter tools
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that this Declarant has no debts due to him and that he is indebted to sundry persons by judgment notes and book accounts as near as he can ascertain fifteen hundred and eighty dollars and forty four cents.
Sworn & subscribed in            }
open court August 17th 1820 }
John Holliday
William Steel Proty

That this declarant has a wife a son and a daughter the son about 40 years of age and does not contribute to his support the daughter about 30 years of age and is the sole support of his family his wife being upwards of seventy years of age and that he is very infirm and unable to support himself.
Sworn & subscribed in        }
open court 17th Augt 1820 }
John Holliday
William Steel Proty

Western District of Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County SS
Christian Denlinger & Alex Loury being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that they are well acquainted with the within mentioned Pensioner John Holliday and his circumstances and property and estimate the same to be worth two hundred and thirteen dollars which in the opinion of this deponent is the ultimate extent of its value.
Sworn & subscribed in open
 court this 17th day of Augt 1820
C Denlinger
A Loury
William Steel Proty

Huntingdon County SS
The foregoing declaration having been made in open court on the 17th day of August 1820 and the schedule aforesaid being exhibited and the evidence of the value of the property of declarant produced estimating the value of the same at two hundred and thirteen dollars and the court approved of said valuation and concur therein
By the Court
William Steel Proty
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Copied E.E.L.
hist. 8/24/34
November 3, 1936

AB_J/ady
John Holliday
S.39706

Malcolm V. Balmer
Belcourt
North Dakota

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to
John Holliday, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 39706, based upon the military service in that war of John Holliday,

John Holliday was born November 26, 1749. The place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown but his father died in 1796.

While residing in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, John Holliday was commissioned June 25, 1775, second
lieutenant in Captain Robert Cluggage's Company, Colonel William Thompson's Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, marched to Boston and was in a small skirmish near that city; sometime during the winter following, he was commissioned first lieutenant in same company and regiment: August 26, 1776, was commissioned captain and served as such officer in Colonels Edward Hand and James Chambers' First Pennsylvania Regiment until April, 1778, when he resigned his commission. Captain Holliday's brother, James Holliday, was first lieutenant in his company and was killed at the battle of
Brandywine. Captain Holliday was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Paoli, Germantown and White Marsh; also in a skirmish at Mile Square, and wintered at Valley Forge.

The soldier gave as his reason for resigning his commission that he wished to assist his father, who, with his family, was then residing in Frankstown Township, Bedford (later Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, on the frontier. A station was kept at the house and in order
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to accomodate the soldiers stationed there, his father moved all of his hosehold [household] effects, with the exception
of some beds, into an outhouse. The Indians attacked the place and burned the outhouse with all its contents. In August, 1779, soldier's brothers, Adam and Patrick
and his sister, Jane, were killed by the Indians in said Frankstown Township.

John Holliday was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while residing in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

In 1820, he stated that his wife was then "upwards" of seventy years of age; that he had a son, aged about forty years and a daughter, aged thirty years. He did not give their names and there are no further data in regard to them.

John Holliday died August 19, 1823, place not shown.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Lutg.
Wash.
Seattle, Wash

39706
INVALID.
Revy
No. 39,706
John Holliday
Capt Rev War

Act: 18th March 18
Index: Vol. 3, Page D31
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept. 18/97 N.F.
Bedford, Pa

Oct. 28 - 1901
Mr. Welch Seattle

Nov. 1 - 1901
Fred Rice Rowell

1915 Jany 19 Hist. to Carrie Somerville. V.L.M. Letter in S.F. 41.178 Wm Sommerville
1915 Jany to Mrs. Carrie Somerville that pension clf {?} was sent to David Sewart at Huntingdon Penn.
1919 Feby 10 Hist. to L.W. Holliday
1923 Dec. 11 B.Brien infd of war of copies. aw
1923 Dec 26 Copies mailed to B. Brien aw
1932 Feb 17 - Hist. to Pensions Branch, War Dept. EEL
1934 Aug 24 - Hist. to Mr Floyd G. Hoenstine EEL
1938 Nov. 3 Hist. to Malcolm V. Balmer E.E.L. Copied
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Huntingdon County SS
The subscriber one of the associate judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county aforesaid in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania doth certify to the Honourable the Secretary of War for the United States That he hath known Captain John Holliday some time more than forty years, that during that time Captain John Holliday hath always been considered both in private and publick [public] estimation of his fellow citizens a man of truth & veracity. And it appears to the satisfaction of the subscriber that the applicant Capt John Holliday served in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain during the time mentioned in his affidavit hereto attached, and that his particular circumstances in life are truly stated and his commissions attached.
In testimony of which I the subscriber have hereunto set my hand & seal this first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen.
David Stewart [seal]
And I do further certify that the above applicant Captain John Holliday, did declare before me at the time of his making the above declaration that he never was placed on the Pension List of the United States under any law of Congress or the United States
David Stewart
April 1st 1818
Huntingdon County SS
Before me the subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County came Captain John Holliday and did declare that if by any law of the United States he might have obtained a pension here before he doth hereby fully and entirely release the same to the United States. Acknowledged this thirteenth day of April A.D. 1818
Before David Stewart
John Holliday
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Pennsylvania and
Huntingdon County SS
Before me the subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania personally appeared Captain John Holliday mentioned in the within affidavit and declaration and being sworn according to law saith that he kept his commissions until about six or seven years ago that he kept them in a parchment bag and he believes that the rats carried them off as he hath make search for them and cannot find them. Sworn to and subscribed this thirteenth day of April A.D. 1818.
Before David Stewart
John Holliday

Capt John Holliday

State of Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County SS
I William Steel Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county do certify that David Stewart Esquire before whom the above & written affidavits appear to have been made and who has signed the within certificates was at the time of taking the said affidavits & signing the said certificates one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county and that to all his official acts and as such full faith heredity is due & ought to be given as well in courts of justice as thereout.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court at Huntingdon the 4th May 1878.
William Steel, Proty
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Capt. John Holliday
Admitted
P. O. at Huntingdon, Penn.
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Pennsylvania and Huntingdon
County ss.
On this seventh day of January the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen before me the subscriber, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appears John Holliday Esq. aged sixty nine years and upwards, resident in Huntingdon County aforesaid in Pennsylvania, 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" That he the said John Holliday received a commission of a second lieutenant and signed John Hancock President of Congress  bearing date the twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five and marched in the month July the same year to Boston. That in the next winter afterwards he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant in a company commanded by Captain Robert Clugage in the first Pennsylvania Reg. commanded by Col. William Thompson, that on the twenty sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five he was promoted to a Captains command in the first Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col.  Edward Hand that he continued to serve in the said corps, in the service of the United States until the month of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, when he resigned his Commission in the army of the United States in the state of Pennsylvania at the Valley Forge. That he was at the skirmish on Sitessmores point near Boston at the Battles of Songessland, Trentown, Princetown, Brandywine, Germantown, White Plains and in the Skirmishes of White Marsh and another at Mile Square and in others that he cannot recollect at present, and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, that he kept his several commissions until about eight years ago when he had sent them to Lancaster for the purpose of obtaining land from the State of Pennsylvania and that what became of them since he cannot tell that he hath made diligent search for them in the course of last summer and cannot find them, and that he has no other evidence now in his power except what is hereto attached of his said services. That he hath no pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States to his knowledge and if any such exists he doth hereby fully and entirely release the same to the United States.
Sworn to declared and subscribed before me, the day & year aforesaid.
Before David Stewart
John Holliday
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Pennsylvania and
Huntingdon County ss.
I David Stewart an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do Certify, that from the examination and oath of the said Captain John Holliday and from the depositions of Doctor William Magaw a surgeon in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War and Edward Crawford Esquire late Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth aforesaid and formerly an officer in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War it appeared to my satisfaction, that the said John Holliday did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and that he is poor, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Hon'ble the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
February the sixth day A.D. 1819.
David Steward [seal]
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Pennsylvania Franklin County ss. I John Findlay Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. So certify that Thomas Cordon and Lewis Davey Esquire before whom the within depositions appears to have been taken was at the time thereof Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Franklin aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit is due to all him deference acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of said court at Chambersburg this eighteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
John Findlay, Proty

Testy in the case of Captain John Holliday
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Franklin County ss
Personally came before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county Dr. William Magaw of Mercersburg County aforesaid and being sworn according to law saith that he this deponent knew John Holliday in the month of August 1775 at Prospect Hill near Boston who was then a Second Lieut. in Capt Robt Cluggage's Company belonging to a Riffle Reg. commanded by Col Wm Thompson & likewise that said John Holliday continued in the army till the spring 1778 when the army lay at Valley Forge at which time the said John commanded a company in Col. Chambers' Regt Pennsylvania Line - and further saith not.
Sworn & subscribed the 16th day of January 1819 before Thos. Carson
William Magaw

Franklin County Penn ss on the 18th day of January 1819 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace of said County Edward Crawford of Chambersburg in the said County and being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he joined the army of the United States in the spring or summer of 1777 in the first Penna. Regiment Commanded by Col. James Chambers, as a Lieutenant, that at that time Capt. John Holliday commanded a company in the said Regiment, that he is the same John Holliday mentioned in the above deposition of Doctor Wm Magaw who belonged also to the same Regiment, formerly or previously commanded by Col. Wm Thomson. That at Brandywine & through the whole of the campaign of 77 I knew the said John Holliday intimately & that the [illegible] is the same person; He resigned I think in the Spring of the year 1778.
Sworn & subscribed before
Lewis Denig
Edw Crawford
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State of Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County 
I William Steel Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that David Stewart Esquire before whom the above or within affidavits appear to have been made and said and who has signed the within Certificate, was at the time of taking the said affidavit and signing the said Certificate one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that to all his official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Huntingdon the Tenth day of February 1819.
William Steel  Proty

The Honorable the Secretary of War for the United States, will excuse my sending on the former declaration of Captain John Holliday, least he be injured, by my ignorance of the proper form, for at that time all the fact existed in as full force to entitle him to a pension as they do now.
Very respectfully I am
David Stewart
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Bedford, Pa.

Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly inform me date of birth & death of Lieut. John Holliday of Col. Thompson's Battalion in the Revolution. Also was there a John Miller in the Revolution from Bedford Co. & did he or his widow receive a pension?
Thanking you for a reply
Very respectfully
W.F. Lutz
12 Aug. '97

[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE 
AUG 14 1897

[stamp] [illegible] AUG 17 1897 FILES
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[STAMP]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JAN 28 1915
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January 25, 1915
400 South 12th St.
Quincy, Illinois

Com. of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
In your reply to my request for information as to the military history of John Holliday of the Revolutionary War, so kindly sent by you per "V.L.M." it is stated that his residence was Huntingdon Co. Penn.  Can you tell me if you have the name of the city or town to which his pension check was sent?

Very truly yours,
Carrie Somerville
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U.S. Pension Bureau
Wash. D.C.
Will you please send me the data contained in the Pension Application of Capt. John Holliday Pa. Service, which was made in 1820.
Sincerely
Malcolm V. Balmer
Belcourt N. Dak.
Sept. 26- 38.

[stamp]
RECEIVED 
SEP 30 1938
MAIL [ILLEGIBLE]
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MRS. BERNIS BRIEN
223 VOLUSIA AVENUE
DAYTON, OHIO

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Am enclosing one dollar ($1.00) - as per your letter of Dec. 11th - for photostat copy of original pension papers of John Holliday of Pa. S. 89706 - (five pages at fifteen cents each) same to be certified for twenty five cents.
Thanking you I am
Very truly
Lindsay M. Brien
(add. above)

[stamp] FINANCE DIVISION
DEC 18 1923
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE
L
DEC 17 1923
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{letterhead}
Mrs. Bernis Brien
223 Volusia Avenue
Dayton, Ohio

Commissioner of Pensions    1, 2 {cent} stamp
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir-
Have been told that the pension papers of John Holliday of Pa. a Rev. soldier mention his brother James Holliday killed at Brandywine - and that his brothers Adam & Patrick and sister Janet were killed by the Indians.  May I have a copy of this pension paper of John Holliday - will pay any charge required.
Thanking you, I am
     Very truly
     Lindsay M. Brien             
Add. above.

5 pages 
{postmark}. U. S. Pension Office Nov 23 1923
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[stamp] O.W. & N. DIVISION
OCT 31 1901
RECEIVED

ROBINSON & ROWELL
COUNSELORS
HALLER BUILDING
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

J. O. ROBINSON
FRED RICE ROWELL

October 23, 1901
Gentlemen,
Will you please tell me if one John Holliday ever applied for a pension for services rendered in the War of the Revolution?
I think that he served from the State of Pennsylvania, but possibly from North Carolina.
Yours very truly,
Fred Rice Powell
Haller Bldg

[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
OCT 29 1901
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
FEB 9 1932

Memorandum for
The Surgeon General,
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department,
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department,
The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building,
General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W.

1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations.
2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.

[stamp] RECEIVED FEB 11 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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DETROIT CITY GAS COMPANY
CLIFFORD STREET AND BAGLEY AVE.
DETROIT

January 30th, 1919.

[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE N FEB 1 1919

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-

John Holliday, of Peters Township, Pennsylvania, was a Lieutenant and later a Major in Colonel Frederick Watt's Battalion of the "flying camp", a Pennsylvania Military Organization of the Revolutionary War.

He was a prisoner of war on Long Island in 1776 and later parolled.

In the event that a pension or a land warrant was granted him by the Government, will you please give me any information your records contain pertaining to his family? I desire this to solve some genealogical questions in our family.

Very truly yours,
L.W. Holliday

Dictated by
L. W. Holliday
HJS.
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BLAIR COUNTY
OFFICE OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA.

JOHN F. ROYER
PRESIDENT
3RD AVE., 6TH ST., LAKEMONT
CLAIR C. FLECK
SECRETARY
220 FRANKLIN STREET
HOLLIDAYSBURG
DANIEL S. BRUMBAUGH
VICE PRESIDENT
3020 BROAD AVE., ALTOONA
CHESTER H. EDWARDS
CLERK
JOHN J. HABERSTROH
SOLICITOR

[stamp] RECEIVED AUG 6 1934
MAIL SUB.DIV. VETS ADM READER 69

Aug. 4TH, 1934.

Veteran's Administration,
Pension Division,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen: --

Kindly certify to the services of the following Revolutionary War Veterans:

John Clark who served under Captain Parr's Company, Morgan's Rifle.

John Holliday who served as a 1st Lieutenant in Capt. Cluggage's Company of the First Penn'a. Continental Line and later a Captain in the same Regiment.

This information is necessary in order to comply with Act #251, Penn'a. Laws, 1929.

Very truly yours,
Floyd G. Hoenstine
Floyd S. Hoenstine,
Registrar Veterans Graves,

FGH: bm
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Rev. & 1818 Wars Section

Dec. 11, 1923.


Mrs. B. Brien,
223 Volusia Ave.
Dayton, Ohio.

Madam:

I have to advise you that if you desire photostat copies of the original papers of John Holliday, Rev War pension claim, S. 39706, the same will be furnished you,
under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied, is five.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau, by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.

Respectfully
Commissioner.

Send Col. ap. of Jan 7, 1879 - 1 page
   "      "      Apr. 1, 1878 - 2   "
   "     "       Aug 17, 1820 - 2   "
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Request for Photostating   M6
(to be prepared in duplicate)   Ex. AW
Office of the chief clerk
Job No.  405   date Dec 21, 23
Subject: John Holliday, Rev. War S39706
1 copies of 3 pierced consisting of 5 pages to be forwarded when completed to the Rev. War. Section Division.
Remarks:  
approved:
A. W. Wilson
chief Div Rev War Section

M233
Bureau of Pensions
Finance Division
Dec 13, 1923
Chief Rev War Section
Sir:
I have this day received from Lindsay M Brien, cert. check No. 3569 for $1.00 requesting copy as per letter herewith.

Copies mailed and finance Div notf
AW Dec 26, '23
Rev. War Section
Respectfully
O. J. Randall
Chief Finance Div.
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Revolutionary War Records Section    3-525
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.

S.F. 39706

In reply to your request of  BLANK, received BLANK for a statement of the military history of John Holliday a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment:  June 25, 1775
Length of Service:  Blank
Rank:  2nd Leiut
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered
Captain:  Robert Cluggage
Colonel:  William Thompson
State:  Penn.
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment:  Next winter
Length of Service:  Blank
Rank:  1st Lieut.
Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain:  Robert Cluggage
Colonel:  William Thompson
State:  Blank
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment:  Aug. 26, 1776
Length of Service:  Blank
Rank:   Capt
Officer under whom service was rendered
Captain:  Blank
Colonel:  Edward Hand/James Chambers
State:  1st Penn.
Resigned March 1778
Battles engaged in: Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, White March
Residence of soldier at enlistment:  Bedford Co. Penn.
Residence at date of application:  Huntingdon Co., Penn.
Age at date of application: b. Nov 26, 1749 d. Aug 19, 1823*
Remarks:  His brother James a 1st Leiut. in soldiers company, was killed at the battle of Brandywine.  In Aug. 1779 his brothers Adam and Patrick and their sister Jane were killed in Frankstown Twp by Indians.  Their father died in 1796 his name not stated.  No other family data.
* from A. ILLEGIBLE
RESPECTFULLY, 
Commissoner.
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Rev. War Section.

January 30, 1915.

Mrs. Carrie Somerville,
400 South Twelfth Street,
Quincy, Illinois.

Madam:-
In response to your letter dated the 25th instant, you are advised that the pension certificate of John Holliday of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, which issued March 20, 1819,
was sent to David Stewart Esq. at Huntingdon, Huntingdon
Pennsylvania.

Soldier furnished no Post-Office address, but in 1820 he was living in Frankstown Township of said County. (S. F. No. 39,706 Rev. War)

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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August 24, 1934

xxxxxxxxx

BA-J/EEL
John Holliday-S.39706

Mr. Floyd G. Hoenstine
Registrar, Veterans Graves
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.39706, based upon the military service in that war of John Holliday.

John Holliday was born November 26, 1749. The place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown but his father died in 1796.

While residing in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, John Holliday was commissioned June 23, 1775, 2nd lieutenant in Captain Robert Cluggage's Company, Colonel William Thompson's Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, marched to Boston and was in a small skirmish near that city: sometime in the winter following, he was commissioned 1st lieutenant
in same company and regiment:  August 26, 1776, was commissioned captain and served as such officer in Colonels Edward Hand and James Chambers' 1st Pennsylvania Regiment until April, 1778, when he resigned his commission. Captain Holliday's brother, James Holliday, was 1st lieutenant in his company and was killed at the battle of Brandywine. Captain Holliday was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Paoli, 
Germantown and White Marsh; also in a skirmish at Mile Square, and wintered at Valley Forge.

The soldier gave as his reason for resigning his commission that he wished to assist his father, who, with his family, was then residing in Frankstown Township, Bedford (later Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, on the frontier. A station was kept at the house and in order to accomodate the soldiers stationed there, his father moved all of his household effects, with the exception of some beds, into an outhouse. The Indians attacked the place and burned the outhouse with all its contents. In August, 1779, soldier's brothers, Adam and Patrick and his sister, Jane, were killed by the Indians in said Frankstown Township.
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August 24, 1934

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BA-J/EEL

Mr. Floyd G. Hoenstine
Registrar, Veterans Graves
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of John Clark, who served in Captain Parr's Company, Morgan's Rifle and John Holliday, who served as 1st lieutenant of the Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been
made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of a John Clark or Clarke who served in Morgan's Riflemen. However, if he rendered other service, and you will so state and furnish as much as possible of the following data, a further search of the records will be made: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. It will expedite the matter if you will return this letter with your reply.

The record of John Holliday, lieutenant and captain of the Pennsylvania Line, has been found and his history is furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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John Holliday was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while residing in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
In 1820, he stated that his wife was then "upwards" of seventy years of age; that he had a son, aged about forty years and a daughter aged thirty years.  He did not give their names and there are no further data in regard to them.
John Holliday died Agust 19, 1823, place not shown.
Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Adminstrator
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February 17, 1932

BA-J/EEL

Memorial Branch
Office of the Quartermaster General
War Department
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to John Holliday, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.39706, based upon the
military service of John Holliday in that war.

John Holliday was born November 26, 1749, place not stated. His father died in 1796. The names of his parents are not given.

While residing in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, John Holliday was commissioned June 25, 1775, second lieutenant in Captain Robert Cluggage's Company, Colonel William Thompson's Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment and marched to Boston. Sometime during the following winter,  he received a commission as first lieutenant in Captain Robert Cluggage's Company, Colonel William Thompson's First Pennsylvania Regiment: August 26, 1776, was commissioned captain and served as such in Colonels Edward Hand and James Chambers' First Pennsylvania
Regiment. He was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Paoli, Germantown, and White Marsh,
and spent the following winter at Valley Forge. He was also in a skirmish at Mile Square. In April, 1778, he resigned his commission.

He stated that he resigned in order to assist his father, who, with his family was then residing in Frankstown Township, Bedford (later Huntington ) County, Pennsylvania, on the frontier. His father converted his home into a station and moved his household effects into
an outhouse in order to accommodate the soldiers who were on guard there. In the summer of 1778, the Indians attacked the station and burned the outhouse with all of his father's possessions.

John Holliday was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while residing in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
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He died August 19, 1823.

In 1820, soldier stated that his wife was "upwards" of seventy years old and that he had a son, aged about forty years and a daughter, aged thirty years but did not give their names.

His brother, James Holliday, was first lieutenant in his company and was killed at the battle of Brandywine. In August, 1779, soldier's brother, Adam and Patrick and his sister, Jane, were killed by the Indians in Frankstown Township, Pennsylvania.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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the National Archives
form VAM-51
12-5-41

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name:  Holliday, John
Grade:  Private
Line: Maryland
Warrant Number:  11369
Acreage:  100
Issued:  November 26, 1792 to Clayton Colwell, Administrator

*The information concerning the issuance of Warrants cared 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.