Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22823, Robert Hanna, Md.
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Service 
Md.

Hanna Robert
Hannah or

Number
S. 22823
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No. 11.755 Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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Robert Hannah
of Fayette Co. in the State of Penn. 
who was a Private in the company commanded 
by Captain Norris of the Regt. commanded 
by Col. Ramsay in the Maryland Militia
line for 11 months Private $36.66
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania 
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 13th. day of June
1833 and send to son A. Stewart
Union Town Pa.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  13.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833. 18.18 [".18" crossed out, ".33" written below]
$91.65
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E. Vol. 5 Page 23
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Fayette County}
Pennsylvania} ss

On this 10th day May A.D.
1833 personally appeared before Samuel Nixon one of the associate lawyers of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county Robert Hanna a resident of Georges Township county & state aforesaid aged seventy eight 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 1832.

That he entered the service of the United
States under the following named officers &
served as herein stated.

That in April 1776 he was drafted in
Captain McComas company Maryland militia for two months but has forgotten the name
of his Col. Thinks he was marched from Harford County M.D. to Baltimore and performed his two months at that place.  The object of the service was to guard the city of Baltimore against the British.

Thinks the summer of 1776 he was again drafted for two months under Capt. McComas and was
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marched from Hartford County to Bush Town
on the head of Chesapeake Bay and stationed
there for the purpose of opposing the British.
At that time laying in the Bay and performing his entire two months service at this place. 

Since this deponent further Saith on his oath aforesaid that the fall of 1776 his Enlisted in the "Flying Camp" for five months in Captain Robert Harris's company attached to Col  Ramsays Regt.  That he was first marched to Amboy opposite Staten Island and was stationed there most of the time during his enlistment. That a part of British Army lay on Staten Island at this time.  from there he was marched to Brunswick where he was attached to Genl. Washington Army and at this place was engaged in a cannonade with the British who were on the other side of Raritan River.   from there he was marched to Princeton + from there to Trenton at which place his term expired and he returned home.

That the spring of 1777 he performed a two month tour in the Militia but cannot recollect          his officers names. that he remembers well that his captain was an old man but can not remember his name. He performed his services at the Head of [?} R
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the British & that laying in the state of 
Delaware.  That the whole period of his service
is eleven months for which service he claims
a pension.  That he has no documentary evidence
of his services, nor does he know of least one man
by whom he can prove his services.

That he was born in the County Down Ireland
in the year 1755.

That he has a record of his age.

That he resided in Hartford County Maryland when he 
entered the service.  He continued there & in the eastern part
of Penna for several years after the war.  He then moved to
Fayette County Penna where he still resides.

He went first into the service under draft--he then
enlisted in the "Flying Camp"

The regular officers who were with the troops he
cannot now recollect [illegible] of them he knows that Genl
Washington was with the troops during part of his service.
He received a written discharge for his service in the
Flying Camp but has lost it.

The Revd. William Brownfield & Lewis Williams will certify
as to his reputation.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to
any pension or annuity except the present and
declares that his name is not on the pension
role of the agency of any state.

Affirmed and Subscribed}     Robert Hanna
the 10th day of May A.D. 1833.}
Before Samuel Nixon}
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Rev William Brownfield a clergyman resident
of Union Township & Lewis Williams of George's
Township both of Fayette County, Pa do hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with
Robert Hannah who has sworn to the forego-
ing declaration.  That we believe him to
be seventy eight years of age and that he
is reputed & believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of
the revolution and that we concur in that
opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the 10th}   W. Brownfield
day of May A.D. 1833 Before}    Lewis Williams
Samuel Nixon

Fayette County/ss:

I Samuel Nixon one of the associate Judges of
the Court in and for the County of Fayette do
hereby certify that Robert Hannah who has subscribed
and sworn to the foregoing declaration had the in
terrogatories prescribed by the war department put
to him and after investigating the matter it
appears he was a revolutionary soldier and served
as he states.  I further certify that he is so
infirm as to to be incapable of attending the court at its
sitting and further that William Brownfield who has signed the above certificate 
is a clergyman
resident of this County & that Lewis Williams who has also signed
the same is a resident of the same County is a credible person and their
statement is entitled to credit.

Samuel Nixon Judge

[Written vertically in the right hand margin]
Robert Hannah's
Declaration
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25332
Robert Hannah's
application for a 
Pension

(11 months)
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Pennsylvania Fayette County/ss

I Henry W. Bunn Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas in & for said
County do certify that Samuel Nixon
Esq is one of the associate Judges of the said
Court as herein stated & that the foregoing signatures
purporting to be his are respectively genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand & seal of office the 6th day of June 1833

Henry W. Bunn
Prothy
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No. 25332
Robert Hannah Fayette County
Penna.
Admitted.
$ 11 mo. Private. $36:66
Andrew Stewart Union Town
Penna.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
183

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and regulations will show what is
necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:  } ). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Robert Hannah Fayette County Pennsylvania

Period when the
service was
rendered.

Drafted Apl. 1776
Drafted Sum. 1776
Enlisted Fall 1776
Served Sprg 1777

Duration of the
claimant's service.
Years.   Months.   Days.

--  2  --
--  2  --
--  5  --
--  2  --
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Rank of
the claimant.

Private
"
"
"

Names and rank of the Field of-
ficers under whom he served.
Genl. Washington

Cap McComas
Cap McComas
Cap Harris; Col Ramsy
Officer not recollected

Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered the service.

78 years
Hartford County
Maryland

Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Traditionary & one [illegible]
papers correct--

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:

This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:

1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim-
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of }
County of } ss.

On this    day of     personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of    in the county of    and State, Territory, or District
of    aged (c)     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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with    and
served in the       (e) regiment of the       line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers ; the time he left the service ; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service ; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  [right hand pointing] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.        A.B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolu-
tionary solider, and served as he states.

I      of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of             for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
      day of      &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except this who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the       and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with          , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I,       Clerk of the Court of     do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this   day of  &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commis-
sion; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will 
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and they're subscribe and sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.

1.  Where and in what year were you born?

2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?

3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?

4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?

5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.

6.  {To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?

{To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?

7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these question are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and they the concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, of of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can pro-
cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

___________

[a]  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.

[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.

[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.

[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.  

[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c.  A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For ____ year _____ months, and ____ days, I served as a ________.  For ______ months and _____ days, I served as a ______; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase [begin language in italics] about three of four months, [end language in italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served ; the duration of each term of engagement ; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison ; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.

[g]  The opinion of the Court is always required.

[h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.

[I]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers. [Paragraph title in italics]

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must 
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.  [Paragraph title in italics]

[j]  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

[right hand index finger pointing] The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.

[k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.

[l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.

[m]  The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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September 25, 1939.

Mr. Wayne V. Parker
144 North Sedgwick
Wichita, Kansas.
BA-J/ILL
Robert Hanna
S. 22823

Dear Sir:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers
on file in pension claim, S. 22823, based upon service of
Robert Hanna in the Revolutionary War.

Robert Hanna was born in the year 1755, in County
Down, Ireland; the names of his parents were not given.  At the
time of the Revolutionary War, he resided in Harford County, Maryland.

He enlisted and served as private in the Maryland
troops, at different times, given as follows:  from April 1776,
two months in Captain McComas' company, and in the summer of
that year, two months under that same officer; from sometime in
the fall of 1776, five months in Captain Robert Harris' company,
Colonel Rumsey's regiment, during which he was in an engagement
on the Raritan River; in the pring of 1777, two months in Captain
John Jolly's company, engaged at the head of the Elk River.

The soldier resided for several years after the war in
Harford County, Maryland, and in eastern Pennsylvania, after which 
he moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
May 10, 1833, at which time he resided in George's Township, Fayette
County, Pennsylvania.  His name was borne on the pension roll as
Robert Hannah.  No reference was made to wife or children of this
pensioner.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension,
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name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date
of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller
General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish
the following data:

Robert Hannah
Certificate #11755
Issued June 13, 1833
Rate $36.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Pennsylvania Agency, transferred to Pittsburgh (Ohio)

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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September 25, 1939.

Mr. Wayne V. Parker
144 North Sedgwick
Wichita, Kansas

BA-J/ILL
Peter Hammer-W5699 (See letter in this [illegible])
Robert Hanna-S.22823

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War records of Peter Hammer, Robert
Hanna and Robert Colburn, all pensioners of Pennsylvania.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War
data and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such
information, it is impossible to comply in full with each
request pertaining to soldiers of that war.  The records of
Peter Hammer and Robert Hanna are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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RECORD DIVISION     3-525
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION

AW  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
S.22823
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., _______, 19__

In reply to your request of _____, received ____
for a statement of the military history of Robert Hanna
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [(or his widow's)--lined through] application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.

Apr 1776
Summer 1776
Fall 1776
Spg 1777

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.

2 mos
2 "
5 "
2 "

RANK.

Pvt
"

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

CAPTAIN.

McComas
"
Robt Harris
John Jolly

COLONEL.

Checkmark

Ramsay

STATE.

Md

Battles engaged in, on Raritan River

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Harford Co. Md

Date of application for pension, May 10 1833.  His cl. was al

Residence at date of application, Georges Twp. Fayette Co Pa

Age at date of application, b. County Down Ireland in 1755

Remarks:  There is no data on file as to his family

Respectfully,
6-2856     Commissioner.
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MARGARET CALDWELL SHOTWELL
3224 POPPLETON AVENUE
OMAHA, NEBR.

April 7 1922 [illegible notation]

Pension Bureau Washington D. C.

Dear Sirs, Will you kindly supply me with the
following information, for which I will gladly
pay any fee involved.

I want the names, dates of birth, marriage
and death; of the children, of the following two
Revolutionary Soldiers who are on the pension roll.

1.  Robert Hanna born 1755 on pension roll of 1833
Fayette Co. PA. for 11 months service
as private Maryland Line.

2.  John Hanna born 1751 died 1845 on pension roll
1832 in Tiago CO. N.Y. for service in Pa.

Thanking you for any information you can
give me on this I am

Very Sincerely

[Signature] Margaret C Shotwell
over (Mrs. Franklin A. Shotwell)
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I am looking for the parents of Margaret Hanna
who married John Badolle[o]t in Pa in about 1787
He is in the census of Springhill Township [Pa--lined through] Fayette
Co Pa in 1790.

[Circular Pension Office Stamp]

PENSION
F 
APR
U  11  S.
1922
OFFICE.
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[Rectangular Stamp]

O. W. & N. DIVISION
JUNE 28 1904
RECEIVED
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Champaign Illinois
June 25, 1904.

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

About a year ago I applied
to the Dept of the Interior for
the military history of my
ancestor Robert Hanna, a Sol-
dier in the Revolutionary War.

From the Record and Pension
Office I learned that the records
show that a number of men
named Robert Hanna and
Robert Hannah served in
various organizations of
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Pennsylvania Troops during
the Revolutionary War.

The military history which
was sent me does not seem
to agree with our written
family history, and I have
thought it must be the record
of another Robert Hanna than
my ancestor.  My ancestor
was born in Ireland, was about
21 when he enlisted.  I do not
know his residence at time
of enlistment, but immediately
after his discharge he went
to Fayette Co. Penn. where he
lived until his death.  He
drew a pension.

It it is possible that he enlisted
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from Maryland or Delaware.

I copy this paragraph from my family
history. :When he (Robert Hanna) was
discharged he went back to Joseph 
Thomas, I think in Maryland, and
married his daughter, the girl for
whom he had served so long.  Then he
went west to Fayette Co Penn."
Joseph Thomas was a Welshman[?], or-
iginally from the Welsh Tract in Delaware.

The record sent from your dept last
Spring, May 8, 1903, gives the residence
at date of application for pension as West-
moreland Co Pa. and my history
says he lived in Fayette Co from the
time of the Rev. till his death.

Address -
(Miss) Lilian Hammers
#609 W. White St.
Champaign, Ill

[Circular Pension Office Stamp]

PENSION
A
JUN
U   27   S.
1904
OFFICE
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[Two columns]
[First column]

Revolution written in left hand margin

22823
INVALID

File No. 22,823
Robert Hannah
Pri. Rev War

Act: June 7th 32

Index.--Vol. 2, Page 148

[Arrangement of 1870]

[Second column]

July 20, 1904.  Hist. to
Miss Lilian Hammers
Champaign Ill

1922 May 18. Hist to Mrs.
F. A. Shotwell. aw

1939 Sept. 25 - Hist. to Wayne V.
Parker-See letter in Rev claim-
Peter Hammer W.5699-JLL
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Fayette County/ss
State of Pennsylvania

Personally came
Richard Cooley, before Squire Ayers a Justice of the Peace
in and for Fayette County, and after being sworn according
to law did depose & say that this Dep. and Robt. Hannah were
drafted in Hartford C. Maryland, & served together a cam-
pain in the Militia in or about the year 1777 under the
command of Capt. John Jolly and were stationed during
said campaign at the head of Elk.  Dep. states he has
forgotten the names of the Col. and Gen under whom they
served & further says not.

Richard Cooley

Sworn & subscribed}
the 16th of May 1833}
Squire Ayers

I do here certify that from the acquaintance I
have with Richard Cooley, above named, I believe
him to be a man of truth & that full confidence
may be placed in his allegations.

Squire Ayers
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Pennsylvania Fayette County/ss:

I Henry W. Bunn Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas in & for said county do
certify that Squire Ayers Esq is a
magistrate as within stated & that the
within signatures purporting to be his
are respectively genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand & seal of office the 6th day
of June 1833.

H. W. Bunn
Prothy.