Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,583, William Whitlach, Md. Penn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md.
Penn.

Whitlach, William
Whitlatch

NUMBER 
S. 22583

CONTENTS
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(left side)
11.835
Pennsylvania
William Whitlach or Whitlatch of Greene Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Simpson of the regt. commanded by --- in the Ma. line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of June 1833 and sent to Hon. A Stewart. U. T.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 40.00
$200.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W L Williams Clerk 
Book E Vol. 5 Page 45

(right side)
Dup. Cert. issued on the 23d Feb: 1835, and sent to Hon. A. Stewart, HR. 
do. to Br. Campbell Agent 30.18 
do. to P. Agt. June 28. 1836
do. to B. Campbell, & P. Agt.
4 Oct. 1836
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Green County Pennsylvania SS
On this 10th day of June 1853 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county now sitting William Whitlach resident of Greene County aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1852. That he entered the service of the U. S. under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
That in September 1779 he hired as a substitute for a man the name of Standefor who had been drafted in Captain Simpson's company of Militia for two months and performed this tour in Washington County Maryland, and at the expiration of this two months he volunteered his services to go to the west in companied with an order to recruit the army of Genl McIntosh. This was in fall of 1779 and spent the winter in Washington County M.& with the troops that were mustered for the western army and  expected to repair to west the spring of 1780. That in April 1780 Genl McIntosh sent a letter to the officers that the troops would not be wanted at this time. he was therefore dismissed from his engagement in May 1780 having performed under the engagement and as a substitute for Standefor eight months. The only officers he can remember in this service
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and Capt Simpson and Commissary Charles Clinton, that the deponent in 1781 removed from Maryland to Greene County Penna with the  intention of settling there at this time the entire southwestern boundary of Greene County was frontier, that the spring of 1782 this deponent engaged as a substitute for Captain Pigman's Company of Militia, as an Indian spy. The regulation for the [illegible] of the inhabitants made it necessary for each Militia Company to furnish two men as spies, that this deponent engaged to perform the entire [illegible] Services as one for Captain Pigman company and went out the first of March 1782 and the frontier and removed west till the last of October the same year a period of Eight months. The powerful Fort they had as a kind of Headquarters was Ankram Fort on the waters ten mile [creek, Washington County, Md]. That we had different officers during this summer as the several Militia Captains served but one or two months at a time he cannot recollect which. The captains he served under this term of service were Pigman & Crawford, generally, that the Indians generally left the settlements and returned to their towns during the winter and returned to harass the inhabitants in the spring. That the first of March 1783 this deponent again served as a Substitute for the same company (Capt. Pigmans) and went west to the frontier and continued on duty the whole of summer till the last of October or sometime in November a period of Eight months generally under the same two men as Captains, that this service was strictly the service of an
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“Indian spy.” That he was out constantly the years 1782-3 from the first of March till late in the fall untill(sic) after the Indians had left off plunder and cruelties and returned to their town. That the entire period of his service is two years sixteen months of which he performed as an Indian spy in what is now Greene County Penna. for which service he claims a pension. That he has no documentary evidence of his service but will send to the department some proof of his services. He hereby relinquishes his every pension or annuity whatever except the present and declares that his name is not in the pension Roll or agency of any state.
The answer to the interrogation of the War Dept he[illegible] 
1.	He was born in Harford County Maryland on the 20th day of April 1761
2.	He has no record of his age.
3.	He lived in Hartford Co Maryland where he first entered the service but when he served as an Indian spy, he lived I what is now Greene county—then Washington
4.	He was a substitute.
5.	The only officers he can now recollect are mentioned in the foregoing declaration & the general circumstances of his service.
6.	He never got a written discharge.
7.	The Revd. B Whitlock & Saml. Woodruff will certify unto to his reputation.
William (his x mark) Whitlach
Sworn and subscribed in open court June 10 1833. Enos Hook Prothy
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We the Revd. Barret Whitlock & Samuel Woodruff both of Greene County Precint do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Whitlock who has sworn to & subscribed the forgoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion that he is a man of good moral character.

Barnet Whitlatch, Esqr
Saml Woodruff

Sworn and subscribed in open court June 10th. 1833

Enos. Hook, Prothy

And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogation presented by the War Department that William Whitlock was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states. And the court do further certify that it appears to them that Barnet Whitlock who has signed the above certificate is a clergyman resident of Greene County Provt and that Samuel Woodruff who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Greene county, Pennsylvania}ss I Enos Hook Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Whitloch for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the said court at Waynesburg this 10th day of June A.D. 1833.
Enos Hook, Prothy.
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BA-J/ILL
William Whitlash
S. 22583

J.A. Spencer
Magrath
Alberta, Canada

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to William Whitlatch who served from Pennsylvania in 1782-1783, and William Whitlatch who served from Harford County, Maryland, and whether or not they were identical.

The data given herein are shown in papers on file is pension claim, S. 22583, based upon service of William Whitach, or Whitlatch in the Revolutionary War.

William Whitlach or Whitlatch, was born April 20, 1761 in Harford County, Maryland; the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Harford County, Maryland, he enlisted in September 1779 and served eight months as a private in Captain Simpson's Maryland company, engaged most of the time in Washington County, Maryland. He moved sometime in 1781 from Maryland to Pennsylvania, the part which was later Greene County. He enlisted there March 1, 1782 and served eight months as an Indian Spy in Captain Pigman's Pennsylvania company, re-enlisted March 1, 1783, and served eight months in that same company; he was engaged principally at different forts in Pennsylvania.

He was allowed pansion on his application executed June 10, 1833, at which time he resided in Whitely Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania; he had continued to live there ever since he moved from Maryland. The soldier made no reference to wife or children.

When the soldier made application for pension in 1833, one Barnet Whitlatch (as he signed his name) stated that he was acquainted
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with said William at the time he rendered service in the Revolutionary War. In June 1833, one Barnet Whitlatch, Jr., was a clergyman of Greene County, Pennsylvania, and made affidavit in the soldier's behalf. No relationship between these persons and the soldier's family was stated.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of the person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following:
William Whitlash, or Whitlatch
Certificate #11835 Issued June 29, 1833
Rate $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832.
Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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State of Pennsylvania, Greene County
}ss Personally came Elisha Plummerafter being sworn deponeth & saith that William Whitlach served as a gard at Ankrams for on ten mile Creek in Washington County. Now Green County from the first of March we[] this Deponant [] at the fort which was the first of July Elishah (his c mark) Plummer
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I hereby certify that Josh Baily Esq. before whom the within affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace in and for Greene County Prect & that his signature is genuine & further that Elisha Plummer is a creditable witness and that his statement is entitled to Credit.
Andrew Stewart
June 25, 1833

Deposition Elisha Plummer
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this letter is to be returned to Miss Pelz Med. Div. with military history.

the above letter was Daisy V. Babcock Clinton Ill. dated Oct 17 "
recd Oct 20 "
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FINANCE DIVISION
MAR 5 1926
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Waynesburg, Pa., Feb 26 1926
Revolutionary War section Washington, D.C.
Will you please send me the war record of William Whitlatch. He is buried in Greene Co. near Waynes Burg Pa. and this inscription is on his tomb stone William Whitlatch died March 14th 1846 in his 89th year. Boldly defended his country in the revolutionary war. Not sure I have the last date correct as the tombstone is of sand stone and partly crumbled away. Would apreciate(sic) it very much iff(sic) you could give me
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any information at all in regard to this man. We think he drew a pentsion(sic) as he was blind.

Yours and Oblige

Mrs. Fay Fuller Hoskinson
210 E. Greene St.
Waynesburg, Pa.

Greene Co 

A descendent of William Whitlatch
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REVOLUTION
22583 INVALID.

No. 22,583
William Whitlach or Whitlatch
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32

[Illegible]ax:--Vol. 2, Page 447

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1911 Oct. 27 Hist. to Daisy V. Babcock
1926 Mar. 5 Hist of Mrs FF Hoskinson & #1 retrieved to her all.

1930- May 3. History to Mrs. H.F. Miller [illegible]
1937 Dec. 4-Hist to J.A. Spinck [illegible]
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State Pennsylvania, Greene County}ss Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in said County Barnett Whitlatch & being sworn according to Law Deposeth saith that he is well acquainted William Whitlatch of the township of Whitely County of Greene & State of Pennsylvania; that the said William Whitlatch in the 1779 & 1780 drawed(sic) pensions from Charles Clinton Comissary(sic) for the United States Army At Cumberland, now Alleghany County, state of Maryland in 1782 & 1783 on the waters of Ten Mile Creek in Greene County Pennsylvania said Whitlatch was out on station to gard(sic) the frontiers as much as six months Each year from early in the spring till I the fall & further saith not. Sworn and subscribed Before me April 2nd 1833.
Barnet Whitlatch
Joab Baily J.P.
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I hereby certify that Joab Baily before whom the within affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace in & for Greene County & that his signature is genuine and further that Barnet Whitlach is a credible witness & that his statement is entitled to credit – the said Barnet is a clergyman in good standing in the said county of Greene.
Andrew Stewart
June 25, 1833
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A. Stewart Esq

Hon. A. Stewart

not paid for 2 years

Hon. A. Steward Pres't
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An old man by the name of Whitlatch who being in Greene County has let his Pension lay over two years in consequence of which his pay has been stopped, M=Stewart will [illegible] attend to this matter for Whitlatch when he goes to Washington City.

[illegible name] June 9th 1836

Barry Campbell
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Affadavit of Wm Ankrom
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Greene Cty ss
Personally appeared before one of the Justice of the [missing text] in and for said County. William Ankrom who after being sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth that he distinctly recolects(sic) that William Whitlatch served two tower or two summer Campaigns under (as he believes) Captain Pigman in Washington know(sic) Greene County about the year 81 and 82.
William Ankrom
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of June 1833.
David Hall
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I hereby certify that Dan'l Hook before whom the within affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace resident in Waynesburg Greene County and that this signature is genuine and further that William Ankram is a credible witness and his statement is entitled to credit.

Andrew Stewart
June 25. 1833
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Greene County ss Pennsylvania
Personally appeared before me Lewis Headler a Justice of the Peace for the County of Greene this 5th day of February 1835 William Whitlach and after being sworn according to law and to depose and say that he has lost his Certificate he Received  from the Secretary of War for his services rendered as a soldier & further says he has diligently sought for said certificate & cannot find it.
William (his x mark) Whitlatch
Sworn & subscribed before me this 5th day of February 1835
Lewis Headler J.P.
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Certificate of William Whitlach

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Whitlach who has made the within affidavit that I know him to be the identical person to whom the pension certificate was granted, that it was obtained by me & he applied to me for advice on the mode of getting a duplicate after he had lost the original.

Andw Stewart
House of Reps
18 July 1835
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Publick Documents

Waynesburg Pa.
Apr 24
Apr 30.

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

Mr. Whitelatch, pa 2oth

1835
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Dear Sir
William Whitlatch a Pensioner of the United States under the late [illegible] had the misfortune to learn his Pension Certificate issued 29th June 1833, another certificate was issued 23d day of Feb. 1835, which did not come into said Whitlatches hands until a short time from [illegible] to his making his power of attorney on the 13th of March and when presented to the Pension Agent in Philadelphia for payment & appeared from the books that his pension had not been drawn for upwards of two years, therefore the agent would not pay it. The old man being poor and blind he requested me to write to the War Department on the Subject, I would thank you to inform me what courses will be necessary to pursue to get the old man his money.
Yours very Respectfully
Benj Campbell
J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
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Feb 20

Wm Whitlock pa
11835

Cor't. [illegible] that a Dup. Cert. be issued on the within paper.

Hon. A. Stewart
Hon. Stewart

Edwards Comsr of Pensions
War Dept.
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J.L. Edwards, Esq.
D’r. Sir
I enclose the affidavit of Wm Whitlach with the certificate of identity required by you to authorize the issuing of a duplicate.
Very Respectfully
Yr mo. Obt svt.
A.	Stewart
18 July 1835
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
ILL

May 3, 1930

Mrs. H.F. Miller
1109 N. 6th Street
Estherville, Iowa.

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22683, it appears that William Whitlach, or Whitlatch, was born Aril 20, 1761 in Harford County, Maryland.

While residing there, he enlisted in September 1779 and served eight months as a private in Captain Simpson's Company of Maryland troops.

In 1781, he moved to Greene County, Pennsylvania. While a resident of said county, he enlisted March 1, 1782, and served eight months as an Indian spy in Captain Pigman's Company of Pennsylvania troops; March 1, 1783, he enlisted and served another eight months in the same company as an Indian spy.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 10, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Greene County, Pennsylvania.

It is not stated that soldier ever married.

Very truly yours,

Earl D. Church,
Commissioner.

The name Barnet Whitlatch, Reverent, a clergyman of Greene County Pa, is of record. April 2-1833 - June 25, 1833. there is a Jr. on one signature. Ihh.
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3-2233
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division

March 5, 1926

Chief Rev. Sect.

I have this day received from Mrs. Fay Fuller Hoskinson, cash No______ for $1.00 requesting phototstat copy} as per letter herewith

One dollar bill returned to writer & Finance Did Nosj AW Mas v. 26

O.J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div. H.C.L.
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March 5, 1926.

Mr. F.F. Hoskinson,
210 East Greene St.
Waynesburg, Penn.

Madam:

In response to your letter of the 26th ultimo, I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 22583, it appears that William Whitlach, or Whitlatch was born April 20, 1761, in Harford County, Maryland and while living there enlisted in September 1779 and served eight months as a private in Captain Simpson's Company of Maryland Troops.

He moved to Greene County, Pennsylvania in 1781 and on March 1, 1782 he enlisted and served for eight months as an Indian spy in Captain Pigman's Company of Pennsylvania Troops and he re-enlisted on March 1, 1783 and served again as an Indian spy in the same company, for eight months.

He was allowed pension on account of the above services on his application executed June 10, 1833, while living in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It is not stated whether he was married.
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Herewith is returned your dollar bill as no fee is charged for this service.
Very respectfully,
Winfield Scott,
Commissioner.
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Magrath Athesta
22 Nov. 1937

Veteran's Admininstration
Washington D.C.

Sirs:

Research in the Whitlatch line disclosed that a William Whitlatch served as an Indian spy from Penn. enlisting Mar 1st 1782 under Capt Pigman, re-enlisting Mar 1st 1783 served 8 months.

A William Whitlatch served in the revolutionary War from Harford Co. Maryland as private in Capt. Simpson's Co--Maryland troops.

I wish to know if the two items concern the same man an if possible the vital data and parentages as well as the town.

I do not know your fees, but will be glad to pay them.

Yours truly

J.A. Spencer
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Estherville Iowa
Feb 24th 1930.

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

I am writing to see if you will send me a copy of the two following pensions.

Henry Jolly applied for a person in 1818 from Washington Co, Ohio stating that he had Pensylvania Service.

Also

William Whitlatch was a pensioner with certificate no. 11835 and Pennsylvania Services.

Am willing to pay any fee required.

Yours truly, 

Mrs. H.F. Miller
1109 N. Sixth St.
Esterville, Iowa

History of Henry Jolly furnished same date - ILL
S. 41710
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J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

[illegible] a 2 years $80

Hon. A. Stewart
Uniontown Pa

FREE
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Union Town June 25, 1833

J.L. Edwards Esq

Sir
 I send enclosed the application of William Whitlach on old "Indian Spy" who was among the first settler on the western frontier and acted for many years in the revolution as a "spy" in defending the Settlement against the hostile incursions of the savages. He has always been known in the county as the old "spy and Indian hunter" in which he was said to have excepted his contemporaries--he is now very old, infirm and poor, owing to the hardships and exposure in Early life he has long been a cripple & from Rheumatic & other afflictions incapable of any kind of labour. He is now & has been for many years almost entirely blind. He is in fact the wreck of a once powerful frame & constitution broken down in the service of his country whose assistance he now asks for support in the decline of life, which I trust will not be withheld.

Very respectfully your obt sert

And'w Stewart
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Publick Documents.

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

OchV.

Wm Whtelatch PA roll

11835
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Baltimore Setp 30th 1836

Dear Sir

Enclosed is Wm Whitlatch's power of Attorney & Certificate of Pension he has not drawn any pension for 3 years his being some distance from Mr. Fletcher who has always been his Attorney and being  a blind man, was the reason why he did not attend to it regularly. He did not know that he was suspended until I took his Power of Attorney to Philadelphia last Spring and was informed it has been over 2 years. I now enclose you the certif of Power of Attorney to shew you that he is the same one from the Cerificate by the Justice of the Peace Certifying to the same. If this Proof will answer please send it unto me to the care of Newkirk White a merchant at Philadelphia. I will be there & [illegible] days and on draw the money for the old man.

Yours very Respectufully Benj Campbell