Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10620, for William Tipton, Maryland
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(S-1776)

Service
Md.

Tipton, William [black star stamp above name]

Number
R. 10620

Also in 1773

Contents
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Suspended

See letter to Hon. A, Stewart

3. Feb 1835

10620
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873, [LINED OUT]

10620

P.O. William Tipton

Service:

Enlisted: [STAMP] Rejected
Discharged:

Application filed:

Alleges:

Re-enlisted:

Attorney:
P.O.

[Space] Recognize     [Space] Contra
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32716

William Tipton [illegible]
Pennsylvania

Suspended

William Tipton [illegible]
Declaration for [illegible] & [illegible] Pension

Hon. A Stewart
H.R
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32716

William Tipton [illegible]
Pennsylvania

Suspended

William Tipton [illegible]
Declaration for [illegible] & [illegible] Pension

Hon. A Stewart
H.R
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State of Pennsylvania
Fayette County

On this 12th day of [illegible] personally appeared in open Court the Hon. [crossed out H. Bain President and his]  Charles Porter and Samuel Nixon associates [illegible] of the Gov't of Common [illegible]  of the Court of Common [illegible] now sitting at Union Town for the County of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania William Tipton Sen'r. aged seventy six years who being duly sworn according to law and on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the ast of Congress hoped 
June 7, 1832-
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served  as  herein stated That Col Richard Isling was the Colonel of the regiment in which he served, & Captain Lecky Lemmon was the Capt  of his company, who afterwards resigned & was sucseeded by Jacob Singaree That He entered the service sometime in June in the year of war before 1773 and continued in the same for the period of five years and two months, & that he left the service in consequence of being unfit for duty
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by a service attack of Rheumatism in October 1778 that he resided in the State of Maryland, Baltimore County on Gunpouser follo & inthen twenty seven miles of Baltimore when he Entered He entered the service - That he was paid [illegible], and afterwards volunteered his services in defense of his county after the person or term had expired for which he was [illegible], and that during the time He Served. He acted as private, Ensign & first Lieutenant. He was [illegible] engagement with the British, but was engaged with the indians of Bushay Run in the State of Pennsylvania - that He marched through State of Maryland & Pennsylvania, - That He does not recollect [illegible -stuck thorough]  whether any continental Regiment or Companies served with the regiment to which he belonged, That he has [illegible] his commission together his discharges which He received from His Col & Capt - and that He knows of no person whose testimony He can present who can testify to his service - that He entered
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the service as aforementioned when he was only fifteen years old & continued in the same [illegible] in aforesaid period of five years & two months, without any intermission except on [strike through] furlough occasionally  to see his family & should have remained [sentence strike through He hereby relinquishes any claim written] in the service to the close of the war if he not not been disabled by ruhmatism from performing His duty as a soldier-
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any State
William Tipton his X mark
Sworn & Subscribed in open
Court Oct 13. 1834
Sworn & Subscribe the any &
year aforesaid-