Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,148, for William Mc Mullen, Delaware
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Del             McMullen, William           S.40.148
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4.239
Pennsylvania
William McMullen,
Private
Delaware line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary war.
Inscribed on the Roll of PA at the rate of 8 dollars per month to commence on the 28th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th of Nov 1818 and sent to the care of David Beale Esq Judge ? Lewistown, Mifflin Co. Pennsylvania

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 4 7/30 mo $33.86
Semi-anl. all'c ending 4 Mar 1819 $ 48.00
81.86
Ogearg
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818
Notification Sent November 7 1820 to J. Dickson Lewistown, Virginia [crossed out]Penns a
Duplicate certificate of pension ? 11 Sept 1819 and delivered to the pensioner
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Application of
Wm. M. McMullen

Wm.  McMullen

Con

Mifflin Co'y
Nov 18
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District of Pennsylvania
Mifflin County 

On the twenty second day of August one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court being a court of record held in Lewistown in and for Mifflin County and State of Pennsylvania Willam McMullen of Leech Township in Mifflin County and state aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth for his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. that he enlisted under Captain Barker for three years or during the war of Colonel Proctors Artillery and that he continued for three years during which time he was in the battle of Brandywine Germantown and New Town. The deponant has received a pension under the law of Congress of 18th March 1818 but the certificate thereof was sent on to the United States Bank and has not been returned - and deponant has it not in his power to furnish the date of his original application nor the number of the certificate.

ANd I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 the intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress - entitled an act to provider for certain persons engaged in the lands and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that have not nor no person for me in truth any property or securities contracts or debts - due me - nor have I any income other than what is contined in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed viz.
88 acres of mountainland very stoney and left to my wife and her heirs by John Fleming valued at $30.00
2 horses 2 cows & 6 sheep at $63.00
A few articles of household & kitchen furniture which might all be worth 12.00
A pension from the state of Pennsylvania of $30 per year 30.00
$138.00 [total - note total should be $148.00, if pension is $30 - might be $20]

Willam McMillan aged 67 years by occupation a laborer but by reason of his infirmities unable to work.

Hanah McMullen aged 60 years
Isabella McMullen Aged 17 years working for herself

I have no other property - than the foregoing nor have I any debts coming to me and am indebted to sundry funds the sum of $250.04

Sworn and declared in open court the 22nd day of August 1820
E Banks Prothy

William M. McMullen
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Mifflin County



James Gray being sworn in
open Court, saith
that the foregoing is a sure and true valuation of the 
property of William McMullen to the best of his knowledge and
Belief.

James Gray
Sworn & Subscribed in open
Court this 22d day of Augt 1820
E. Banks Proth


I Ephraim Banks clerk of the County of Common pleas
of Mifflin County, being a court of record
having general jurisdiction do certify, that the foregoing oath &
Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of
the said court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion
of the said court that the total amount in value of the
 property [enumerated] in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred
 thirty Eight dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand & affixed the seal of the said
Court. Done at Lewiston the 22d day of
Augt A.D. 1820
E. Banks, Proth.
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William McMullen's
Deposition of certificate
Correct
by Roll
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State of Pennsylvania, Mifflin County ss
On the Twenty eighth Day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight
Hundred & eighteen, before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of
Common pleas in & for the County of Mifflin & State aforesaid, Personally appears
William McMullen aged Sixty Eight years Resident of Mifflin County aforesaid
who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his solemn Oath
make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late
Act of Congress entitled an “act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War.” That he
the said William McMullen Enlisted in the year one thousand Seven Hundred
& Seventy Seven on the 4th day of April, in the State of Deleware in the Company
Commanded by Captain Courtney, of Colonel Proctor’s Regiment of Artillery,
being the 4th Regiment of artillery of the Pennsylvania line. that he continued to serve in
said Corps or in the service of the United States, untill in the Spring of one
Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty when he was discharged at Morristown, New Jersey
from the service by
Colonel Proctor. that he was in the Battles of Brandywine & German Town
where he was attached to a Six pounder commanded by Joseph Barker where the
Report of the Cannon was so sharp as to cause the blood to gush out of his ears & to run
Down his cheeke, which caused him to be exceeding hard of hearing ever since.
That he was in the Battle of Newtown in Genesee County & that he is in Reduced
Circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Service Except
 the copy by the Auditor General which is hereto attached.
William Mcmullen


Sworn to & declared before me the day & year above Written
 David Beale

I David Beale Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction
that the said William  Mc Mullen did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated
in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy, and I now transmit
the proceedings & Testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the
Department of War, pursuant to the Direction of the aforementioned act of
Congress, Given under my hand this 28th day of April 1818
David Beale

Pennsylvania Mifflin County Ss
I Ephraim Banks Prothonatory of the court of
Common pleas in and for Mifflin County in the
State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the above
named David Beale Esquire was and in one of our
Associate Judges of said court of Common pleas
duly appointed and commissioned and that
full faith and credit is and ought to be given to
all his official acts as well in Courts of Justice as thereout
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Lewiston
in said County this sixth day of
May AD 1818
E Banks, Prothy
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I do Certify that the [same] Wm M. [G] Mullen
was a soldier in Cap Courtney's Company in the
Regiment of Artillery commanded by Colonel Thom's
Proctor and to the best of my recollection was honorably
discharged from said Reg't.  
given under my hand this 14 day of April 1813.

John B Webster Capt
4 Regt of Pennsyla Artillery

Lemont Pennsyl'a


I certify that the foregoing is correctly
copied from the original in the files of
the Auditor Generals Office. Witness
my hand & Seal of Office the 27th
January 1815.

Geo. Bryan [and J P]
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February 16, 1932.
BA-J/ADY

Mrs. J. Henry Burnett,
Hotel Dempsey,
Macon, Georgia.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to
one William McMullen, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from
the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim
S. 40148, based upon his military service in that war.
William McMullen enlisted April 4, 1777 in
Delaware, place not stated, served in Captains
Courtenay's and Joseph Barker's Companies, Colonel Thomas Proctor's Fourth Regiment of Artillery and was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and
Newtown; length of service three years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 28, 1818 while a resident of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, aged sixty-eight years.
In 1820 soldier stated his family consisted of
Hanah McMullen, aged sixty years and Isabella McMullen,
aged seventeen years, relationship not stated.
Soldier also received a pension from the State of
Pennsylvania.
There is no statement that he ever lived in
Massachusetts.
Because of the very large number of inquiries
similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force
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available for the purpose of furnishing Revolutionary War data,
only two histories are furnished each
person.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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40148
INVALID.
Revy

File No. 40,148
William McMullen
Pri Rev War

Act: 18 thMarch 18

Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 819
{Arrangement of 1870.}

1932 Feb. 16 Hist. to Mrs. J. Henry Burnett
See Michael McMullen, S 40142 A.D.Y.
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
District of Columbia
Washington County ss
On this eleventh day of September 1829, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Washington,  R. S. Briscoe appeared William McMullin
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same
person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain
Courtney, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Procter, 
in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of
Pennsylvania
that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, 
on or about the month of January 1829, at or near Harrisburg State of Pennsylvania
was lost or mislaid. he the said Deponent having
put said certificate into the hands of a Member
of the Legislation of Pennsylvania which he
has never been able to repossess.
William M. Mcmullen

Sworn and subscribed to before me, 
the day and year aforesaid.
R. S. Priscoe J. Peace

NOTE. -- The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the
loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must
be properly authenticated.
If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere
notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in
tice, and insert, in lieu thereof, ""but has never received certificate, and now wise to obtain
one."
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person
must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The
magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated
by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom
the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be,
When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a pensioner, lose the certificate, the affidavit of
that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
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I Thomas F. Anderson of the District of Columbia hereby
certify upon oath that I have long known Wm McMullin who subscribed
the annexed affidavit, and know him to be the person
described in the said affidavit Given under my hand
this 11 day of September 1829.
Thos F. Anderson
I certify that the above named Thos P. Anderson is a person
of veracity & great respectability. Given from under
my hand Septem 11th 1829
R. S. Briscoe J. Peace
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41	
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME McMullen, William Corporal
GRADE Corporal
LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10,064
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED January 18, 1800
to Peter Eyster, assignee

notation:
Issued a Certif. to Mr.
S. Smith 28th May ‘18


The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded 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.