Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,090, for Benjamin Mc Lane, Delaware
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Del.
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McLane, Benjamin
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S. 36,090
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5,018
Delaware.
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Benjamin McLane
Capt Holland
Ensign
Delaware line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Delaware
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 10th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Dec 1818
and sent to himself, at Wilmington,
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 96.66
Semi-anl, all'ee 1ending dollar 1819 120.00
4 month 25/30  216.66
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.
Wilmington
2 years
Continued

September 
A Rodney, Wilmington, Delaware
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To J C Calhoun Esquire
Secretary of War
for the United States
the subscriber one of the
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Delaware

Do hereby certify that aforegoing
depositions herewith transmitted respecting the service of Benjamin McLane an Ensign in the Revolutionary war has
proven to my satisfaction that he the said B McLane did serve in a manner  and form as in therein stated and that from my personal knowledge, he is reduced to extreme poverty
independent on the Trustee of the Poor of the County of  New Castle for a substance


State of Delaware
New Castle County
of
 I Joseph Roberts Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the said State of Delaware in and for the said County of New Castle do
hereby certify that the Honorable John Way before whom the foregoing depositions were taken & who hath certified the same was at the time of his so doing and now is one of the associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of the said State of Delaware duly commissioned & qualified
and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to all such his acts and attestations
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at New Castle the
thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Jos. Roberts Prothy
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Be it remembered that on this tenth day of April Domini Eighteen hundred & Eighteen before John Day Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Delaware personally appeared Benjamin McLane aged sixty three years
a resident of the  Borough of Wilmington in the State aforesaid who upon
his solemn oath duly administered deposith and saith that in the month of October 1776 he was appointed and Commissioned an Ensign in the Delaware Regiment
then on the continental establishment commanded by Colonel Marlet and attached to the eighth company commanded
by Capt Thomas Holland, that on a new arrangement in said Regiment on the fifth of April 1777 he was transferred to the first company as aforesaid commanded by
Capt John Patton & remained in actual service until the month of October 1778 when he resigned and gave his commission into the hands of the Commander in
Chief General George Washington - This deponent further states that through a complication of misfortune
his circumstances are extremity reduced & that he needs the assistance of his country for support
Benjamin McLane
Sworn to & subscribed before the subscriber
on the day and year above mentioned -
John Day
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Personally appeared before John
Way Esquire one of the
aforesaid Edward Roche Esqr who upon his solemn oath duly administered deponeth and
with that he has been and now is personally acquainted with the aforesaid
Benjaman McLane and that he did serve as Ensign to the aforesaid Company commanded
Capt Jno Patton of the Delaware
Regiment as above stated & that he left the service by resignation
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Sworn
and subscribed before the member the day & year afore
John Way
personally appeared before me one of the Judges or aforesaid Major Caleb P Bennet who upon his solemn affirmation duly
administered deposeth & saith that he has been & now is formally acquainted with the afore Benjamin W Lane & that he did
in the Army of the revolution
in manner & form or
stated in the foregoing certificate
C. P. Bennett
Judge
Sworn to & subscribed before the this day & year aforesaid
John Way
Foreman
the
before
in
as aforesaid
Major Peter
Judge
quit who upon his solemn ad
duly administered deposeth & saith that he has been & now is
acquainted with Benjamin McLane & that from his personal
knowledge he lives the relation of man with respect
his service in the Revolutionary war to be set tonhall
to
subscribed before the intention as aforesaid P Jaquett
John Way
Sworn
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n the case of Benjamin McLane of Wilmington in the State of Delaware, a petitioner for a pension under the act of Congress
of the 18th March 1818, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States
in the revolutionary war"

Office of the Secretary of State Dover Dec. 16 Dec 1818


I, Henry M. Ridgely, Secretary of the said State of Delaware, do certify that
from the pay rolls of Captain John Patten's company, which was attached to and
formed part of the Delaware Regiment in the service of the United States during the
revolutionary war, it appears that a person of the name of Benjamin McLane served
in the said company, as the Ensign thereof, from the first day of May 1777 until
the 20th May 1778, and during this time was never absent, it does not appear from
the said pay rolls that the said Benjamin M. Lane later served in the said company
after the said 20th May 1778, nor what became of him, her who was the duty of his
commission. The pay rolls of the said company, now in this office, are from the
month of May 1777 to the month of March 1780 inclusive
A.M. Ridgely
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Benjamin McLane
5018

IPO. 22 Dec 1818

Notification 
Sent to A Rodney
Wilmington Delaware
8 Sept 1820
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New Castle County


On this twentieth day of June
1820 Personally appeared in Open Court of Common
Pleas of the State of Delaware being a Court of Record and so expressly made and declared, by the act of the General assembly of the said State, which created the said
Court Benjamin McLane, a resident of the Borough of Wilmington, aged about sixty five years who being first
duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath declared that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows to wit in the Delaware Regiment, in the Company then
Commanded by Captain Patten as he hath heretofore declared in his original declaration dated the tenth day of April 1818 Certificate of pension whereon was granted No 50.18. 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 my property or any part thereof with intent
thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land
and Naval service of the United State during the Revolutionary War passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person
in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit

Lands  None
Houses None
Bond and Mortgages None
Book Accounts None
Public Stock  None
Bank Stock None
Household furniture None
Kitchen Furniture None
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And I further declare that my occupation has been that of a Labourer, and that I am now and have been for some years past, totally disqualified and unable to pursue it I have no family residing with me and incapable of supporting myself without the aid of government except by private or public Charity
Signed
Sworn to & declared and Subscribed on the day and year aforesaid in open Court
attest
Jos. Roberts Prothonatary

State of Delaware
New Castle County
Joseph Roberts Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware in and for the County of New Castle in the said State
hereby Certify, that the foregoing
Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed
are truly copied from the Record of the said Court, and Do further Certify, that it appears to the said Court by the oath of the said Benjamin Line that he
hath no property whatever.
.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto ferry
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at New
Castle the Twentieth day of July in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight Hundred and
Twenty
Jos.
Robert in the said State
hereby Certify, that the foregoing
Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed
are truly copied from the Record of the said Court, and
Do further Certify, that it appears to the said Court
by the oath of the said Benjamin Line that he
hath no property whatever.
.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto ferry
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at New
Castle the Twentieth day of July in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight Hundred and
Twenty
Jos. Roberts Prothonatary
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36090

INVALID

Revy

File No 36,090
Benjamin McLane
Ensign  ? MD

Act 18 March 18
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Arrangement of 1870