Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2742, John Antrim, Continental Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental
Penn

Antrim, John
Antrein or Antrien    Margaret

NUMBER
W. 2742
[curly bracket] B.L.Wt. 8900_100_Pvt
Issued Mar. 18, 1791.
also recorded as above under
B.L.Wt. 127OH
No papers
__________________________
CONTENTS
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME: Antrim, John 
GRADE: Private 
LINE: Pennsylvania

WARRANT NUMBERs: 8900 and 12704
ACREAGE: 100
ISSUED: March 18, 1791 
to --not shown--

_________
*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.
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THIS is to certify that John Antrim a Private in the Dragoon in the First Partisan Legion, under my Command, has served Faithfully & Bravely to this Day, is hereby discharged from the Service of the United States, in Pursuance of Orders received from the Commander in Chief bearing Date the third instant.

I farther certify that John Antrim a Private in the Dragoon having been draughted from the line of Pennsilvania [Pennsylvania] is intituled by the Resolution of Congress, of the 13th February, 1779, to the Benefits that have been, of hereafter shall be, granted by the said State to the Noncommissioned Officers and Soldiers of the said Line. 

Given under my Hand and Seal at York Town, this November, 1783. 

C Armand Mqs de la Rouerie [signature] Brigadier General.

Entered in the Books of the Legion
Attest.
Godroid Swartz [signature]
Adjutant of the Legion.
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4,836
Pennsylvania Roll-
=========
John Antrein Private 4
Pennsylvania Line
& Continental Co ar
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
========== 
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 22 of May 18
==========
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th of Dec. 1818 and sent to James Diemer hon Judge
Reading
==========
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 3m. 10/31 % 4/30 -$ 27:64
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 ----40:-
[addition of figures=] $75:64
===========
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

6 years
18/67
Continued
Earl Township Berks Co
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Notification sent Dec. 21 1820 to
Henry Belz Reading Pennsylvania
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[lower half of folded paper]
John Antrim

Admitted
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Pennsylvania
Berks County
On the 22nd day of May AD 1818.
Before me James Deimer Esquire One of the Judges of the Court of Commonpleas of the County of Berks aforesaid personally appeared John Antrim of Earl Township
County of Berks aforesaid aged sixty seven years, who being by me duly sworn according to Law, doth on his 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 and Naval Services of the United States in the revolutionary War,"
that he the said John Antrim, enlisted in the year 1777 in the Bucks County Penna in the Company commanded by Captain Edward third Penn Regiment that he continued to serve in the said Capt for [crossed out] sometime, until after the taking of Cornwallis
when he was drafted in a company of Dragoon Commanded by Capt. Bedkin, wherein he served until he was honorable discharged at little York Penn as appears by the discharged hereto annexed and that he is in reduced circumstances and [stated?] in need of the assistance of his country for support
Sworn & Subscribed the day &
year aforesaid 
[illegible]
James Diemer [signature]

John Antrim [signature]
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Berks County ss
On the 22nd day of May AD 1818 Before
me James Deimer Esquire of the Judges of the
Court of Commonpleas in and for said County
personally appeared Henry Betz who upon his
Solemn Oath doth depose and say
according to Law that he hath known John Antrim named in the affidavit the within upwards of twenty years, and that he is in reduced circumstances & hands in need of the assistance of his county for support.
Sworn  & Subscribed
the day & year [illegible]
[illegible]

Henry Betz [signature]
Jas [James] Diemer [signature]

I James Diemer Esquire
One of the Judges
of the Court of Commonpleas of
the County aforesaid, do
hereby certify that it appears
to my satisfaction that the said
John Antrim did serve in the
Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and the testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the war department pursuant to the aforesaid Act of Congress In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the said Court to be affixed this
twenty second day of May
AD 1818
Jas. Diemer [signature]
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[bottom half of folded page] 
Berks County
I James Diemer Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County do hereby further Certify that I am personally acquainted with Henry Betz therefore in my opinion as to circumstances of the Claimant
are true In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this third day of Dec. 3: 1818
Jas Diemer [signature]
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[typed and handwritten] 
a 
DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, SS.
On the 11th day of August A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas, holden in the borough of Reading, county of Berks, being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of the common Law, with a Jurisdiction, unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings John Antrim aged sixty seven
years, resident in the county of Berks, in said District, who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision, made by the Acts of Congress, of the 18th of March, 1818, and the first day of May, 1820. That he served in the revolutionary War, in the company, commanded by Capt. Edwards
in the regiment, commanded by Col. Cadwalleder in the line of the state of Pennsylvania, and has obtained
a pension, under the Act of the 18th day of March, 1818, his Certificate being numbered
4836 - And I do solemly 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 other manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with an 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 States in the revolutionary war” passed on the 18th 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.

Sworn & Subscribed the day
and year aforesaid in Open Court
John Antrim [signature]

Jn Addam's Prothy
Schedule of Property
I have beside necessary clothing and bedding. I have no property it being all sold by the Constable. I have no trade but by reason
of age and infirmative, I am not able to persue any labour. I am not able to support my-self with-out the aid of the Goverment
except by private or public charity. I have a wife named Margaret upwards of fifty years and the Son about fourteen years,
and Daughter aged about fifteen years.
John Antrim [signature]

Sworn & Subscribed in open
Court this 11th day of August AD 1820
Jn Addam's Prothy
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[top third of page]
I John Addams. Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Berks do hereby certify that the foregoing Oaths and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
Court this fourteenth day of November AD 1820
John Addams [signature]
[seal illegible]

[middle of page, turned sideways]
No. 4836
John Antrim 
Dec '18
Mar '19
Berks Co
Pa 
[very large initial] C
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Declaration of Margaret Antrim, now of the age of Seventy four years and the widow & relict of John Antrim deceased who served in the Revolutionary war of the United States of American in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress granting an Annuity or Pension to the widow of a deceased Soldier
Pennsylvania-
Berks County ss
On the seventeenth day of September AD
One thousand eight-hundred and thirty eight personally came before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania, the said Margaret Antrim, of Earl township Berks County, representing herself as the widow of John Antrim whose name was on the Pension rolls, and who received his pension up to the time of his death - and the said Margaret Antrim being unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, and being
first sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declarations to wit, That the said John Antrim deceased was lawfully joined to her in Matrimony in the fall
of the year, one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven before Jacob Weaver Esquire, an acting Justice of the Peace of the said
County of Berks, that she this Deponant [deponent] received a certificate of marriage and had it long lying bye in her chest but in the course of time it crumbled to pieces, and has become lost that the said Jacob Weaver, is dead forty years and upward and his records scattered and lost that she lived and cohabited with her said husband the said John Antrim for
period of about forty six years up to the time of his death that during their cohabitation, they had eleven children ten of whom are now living. - that she this deponant [deponent] is, and has been a widow since the time of the death of her
said husband the said John Antrim deceased. that her said husband received the annual pension of Ninety six dollars for a number of years previous to his decease, which was
usually paid semiannually - That the Pension Certificate
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was placed in the hands of a Mr. Henry Betz who usually acted as Attorney in fact for the purpose of receiving the Pension that since the death of the said John Antrim, no pension being paid, the aforesaid Certificate is either lost, or mislaid-

Witness the signature of the said Deponant
Margaret Antrim her x mark

Sworn & subscribed
before me the day & 
year aforesaid 
Matthias V. Richard [signature]


Pennsylvania Berks County ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County of Berks Christian Mosser of Earl township
Berks County, a disinterested Witness, aged about seventy two years who being sworn according to law, on his Oath doth
depose and say, that he know John Antrim as a young man and before he was intermarried with the aforesaid Margaret Antrim
and that he this Deponant was intermarried on the same day before Jacob Weaver Esquire an acting Justice of the Peace of the County of Berks, on which the said John Antrim was intermarried with the said Margaret that the time stated by her is the time of its confirmation - that from that time be
this Deponant, and the said John Antrim and family have continued as residents in the same neighbourhood that the said Margaret Antrim is, and remains the widow of the said
deceased. that he always understood that the said John Antrim served faithfully as a soldier in the revolutionary was of the United States, and was privy to the fact that he received a Pension of the United States. Witness the signature of the said Deponent, this seventeenth day of Sept. 1838

Sworn & subscribed before me
Mathias S. Richard [signature]
Christian Mosser  his mark
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Pennsylvania
Berks County SS
On the fourth Day of October One thousand
eight hundred and thirty eight before the undersigned a Justice of the Piece in and for said County Came Margaret Antrim of the said
County widow who upon her solemn oath doth depose and say. That she is the widow of the said John Antrim late of the same place yeoman deceased. That her said husband was a pensioner on the Pension Rolls of the United States and received a Pension of ninety six dollars per Annum which was regularly paid to him during his life time. That her said husband died about 5 years ago. That she was lawfully married to the said John Antrim, (as she stated in her former Deposition, that no Record of her marriage was made that she knows off, other than what may have been made by______Weaver Esq. and the certificate given to her at the time of her marriage which in the lapse of time became lost (as stated in former Deposition) And that no family record of the birth of her children was kept except the Baptismal Record usually kept in Churches. That her oldest son William Antrim was Baptized in the Oley Church by the Revd M Michael (at that time, Pastor of said
[crossed out - Church, of which (as the understood an entry was made on the here
of said Record] of said Church.

Sworn & Subscribed the day and
year above said before me
John Stauffer [signature]

Margaret Antrim, her X mark
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Berks County, ss
I A. H. Witman Prothonotary of the court of Common pleas of Berks County Do hereby certify that John Stouffer Esquire before
whom the within proceedings were had is an acting justice of the peace in and for Berks County duly authorized & commissioned and that full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given to all his official acts whereof the within is one.

In testimony whereas I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Reading the 12th day of Oct. A.D. 1838
A. H. Witman [signature]
Prothy

Seal [illegible]
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[image 16 and 17 are duplicates]
[left side of page]
4392
Pennsylvania Phila
========
Margaret Antrim
widow of John Antrim
who was a Pri of Cavalry & Pri of In [infantry] 7
in the Revolution
Penn Line
========
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
95 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
========
Certificate of Pension issued the
16th day of January 1844
and sent to
Hon. John Ritter
HR
========

[Square bracket] Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 Page 129.

[right side of page]
Reported
let to J. M. Jones Feb 26. 1845
Widow's date of death
not on A.B.
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[image 16 and 17 are duplicates]
[left side of page]
4392
Pennsylvania Phila
========
Margaret Antrim
widow of John Antrim
who was a Pri of Cavalry & Pri of In [infantry] 7
in the Revolution
Penn Line
========
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
95 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
========
Certificate of Pension issued the
16th day of January 1844
and sent to
Hon. John Ritter
HR
========

[Square bracket] Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 Page 129.

[right side of page]
Reported
let to J. M. Jones Feb 26. 1845
Widow's date of death
not on A.B.
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4796
Margaret Antrim
$95 per annum

Pensioner
Reading
Pa.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 3d March 1843 granting Pensions for 1 year to certain widows who have received
Pension under the Act of July 7th 1838
State of Pennsylvania 
Berks County ss.                                 ⎬

On the twenty fifth day of August. One
thousand eight hundred and forty three Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Berks aforesaid. Margaret Antrim a resident of Earl township in
said County, aged about seventy seven years. Who being first duly sworn according to law. Doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benifits of the provision made by the Act of
Congress passed on 3 March 1843 granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the
widow of John Antrim who was a private of Cavalry & Infantry in the Revolutionary war, and died on the 24th day of August 1833. And that she received five years Pension at the rate of Ninety five Dollars per annum under the Act of July 7th 1838. And she further declares that she is still a widow.

To the truth of which declaration I am fully satisfied the declarant being personally known to me.

Sworn to & subscribed
on the day and year above
written before
John Stauffer [signature]
a Judge of Berks County.

Witnesses present at signing
William Antrim [signature]
Mrs. J Stauffer [signature]
Margaret Antrim her X mark
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State of Pennsylvania
Berks County ss
Seal [illegible]

I Daniel Young Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas of Berks County do certify
that John Stauffer Esq. is one of the Associate
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is true and genuine-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Reading No 9, 1843

Daniel Young [signature] Proth
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April 8, 1939
XXXXX

Mr. Walter Lewis
The Park Lane
117 South Illinois Avenue
Atlantic City, New Jersey


JOHN ANTRIM
W. 2742
BA-J/MLB

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Antrim who served in the Revolutionary War from sometime in
1777 to November, 1783, from Pennsylvania and received a pension on his application executed May 22, 1818.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers in the claims for pension and bounty land on file under No. W. 2742, based upon his
service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of John Antrim and names of his parents are not shown.
John Antrim enlisted in Bucks County [x mark above Bucks], Pennsylvania, sometime in
1777, served as private in Captain Edwards' company, Colonel Cadwalader's
Pennsylvania regiment, until sometime after October, 1781; he was transferred to Captain Bedkin's company of dragoons, General Armand's Partisan Legion, in which he served as private until discharged at
Yorktown in November, 1783.
The soldier was granted one hundred acres of bounty land on account of his service in the Revolution, on Warrant No. 8900 or 12704, issued March 18, 1791.
He was allowed pension, also, on his application executed May 22,
1818, at which time he was aged sixty-seven years and residing in Earl Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He died August 24, 1833,
in Berks County,
John Antrim married in the fall of 1787 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Margaret ____. The date and place of her birth, maiden name or the names of her parents were not given.
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Margaret Antrim was allowed pension on account of the service of her husband, John, on her application executed September 17, 1838,
at which time she was aged seventy-four years and a resident of Earl Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
John Antrim and his wife, Margaret, had eleven children, ten of whom were still living in 1838. The only name designated was that of William Antrim, the eldest child. In 1820, the soldier while living in Berks County, Pennsylvania, referred to a son then aged about
fourteen years, and to a daughter aged about fifteen years, but did not state their names.
If you desire information in regard to the location of the land which was granted to John Antrim, you should apply to the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the numbers of the warrants, the acreage, and date of issuance. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of soldier's widow,
Margaret Antrim, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Margaret Antrim, widow of John, certificate #4392, issued January 16, 1844, rate $95 per annum, commenced March 4, 1843, Act of March 3, 1843, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
-2-
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[different handwriting in upper corners]
[upper left corner]
The original dismiss endorsed
Land issued Mar. 18, 1791
warrant for one hundred acres
War Office 

[upper right corner]
The original of this discharge has been removed from this case and is locked up in the Record Div. [illegible] Mar 23, 1911

Copy
This is to certify that John Antrime a private in
the Dragoons, in the first Partisan Legion under my command has served faithfully and bravely to this day, is hereby discharged
from the service of the United States, in Pursuance upon [illegible] received from the Commander in Chief bearing date this third instant.
I further certify that John Antrime a private in the Dragoons having been drafted from the line of Pennsylvania is intitaled by the Resolution of Congress of the 13th February 1779, to the Benefits that have been or hereafter shall be granted by the said State, to the non=commissioned officers and Soldiers of the said Line. Given under my
hand and sealed at York Town this of November 1783

C Armand Mqs de la Rouerie [C Armand Marquis de la Rouerie]
Brigadier General

Entered in the Books of the Legion
Attest
Godford Swartz [signature] 
Adjutant of the Legion 
Capt. Bedkin [signature]
[illegible signature]
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War Department
Pension Office
July 1st 1819

I do certify that the aforegoing is a true Copy of the Discharge of John Antrim, [illegible] file 
in this Office.
Jas. L. Edwards


500
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[lower right corner of folded paper]
John Antrim
Pen (Cont)
W2742
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[left side of page]
Wm. O. Antrim,   M.E.C
Mulberry St, Danville, Pa, 
Letter to Wm. O. Antrim
Mulberry St. Danville, Pa.    M.E.C.

Hist. to Mrs. R. W. Montelius   M.E.C.
Carmel, Pa. 

Hist. to Mrs. D. Heiser   M.E.C. 

Hist, to Wm. O. Antrim, 315 L.
St. Danville, Pa.  (3 copies)

1911 Mch 27  Hist to  Ernest I. Antrim  V.L.M.

1925-Aug-27- Hist to Mrs. Harry E.    MMHF
Hook.  MMHF

1926 - Oct 29_Hist. to Mr. Harry Beck 
thru desk of M. John G Brice, Finance Div

1927- Apr-13 - Hist. to Mrs. H.N. Tilton  MMHF

1928- June 19, Hist to Mrs. Elinor 
A. Heil - M.E.E.

1928 - July 5, Hist to Chas B Beck, M.E.E.

1929 Apr 17. Hist to Mrs. A.O. Sandburg
A.D.Y

[middle of page]
Revy    WIDOW,  &c. 
File No.  2742
Margaret Antrim
widow
John Antrim 
Pri. Rev. War
Act: March 3, 1843
Index:- vol. A, Page 13
[Arrangement of 1870]

[left side of page, two columns}
[first column]
Oct. 2/95
315 L. 
Oct. 12/95
315 L. 
Oct. 16/95
Normal
Oct. 17/95
424-4"
Nov. 11/95
Mulberry

[second column, written down side of edge]
1932 - May 19- Hist to Mrs. Henry E Beck - NLB
1939, Apr. 8, Hist to Walter Lewis -



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Pennsylvania - 1535.
========

Margaret Antrim widow of John Antrim, decd [deceased] who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 Mar. 1818, and who died on the 24th August, 1833 of Berks Co. in the State of Penna
who was a pri [private] of cavalry & pri [private] of infantry in the ____________commanded by Captain _____________ of the ___________commanded by ______________ in the Pennsylvania line 
for pri [private] of cavalry 6 mos 75
pri of Infantry - 6 " 20  [total] $95
========

Inscribed on the Roll of Philada
at the rate of 95 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1839
[double line]

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of January, 1839 and sent to Hon. G. M. Keim, H.R.
========

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 = $237.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 M '39= 47.00
[total] $284.00

{Act July 7, 1838}

Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk
Book A, Vol. 2, Page 144
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[check mark]
Margaret Antrim
Pennsylvania

Suspended

Sent let. Sept 22d 1838
to [name crossed out]
M. S. Richards

Act 7 July 1838
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Pennsylvania
Berks County ss

Personally appeared before me the
undersigned, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Berks Tobias Schall, of Oley township in the said County, a disinterested Witness, aged about sixty seven years, who being duly sworn according to law, on his Oath doth depose and say, that he knew the aforenamed John Antrim in his younger years, and knew that he was enlisted as a Soldier, and that he served in the War of the United States, in what was called the Revolutionary war that he was not at the intermarriage of John Antrim, with Margaret his wife, the present applicant for Pension but having always resided in the neighbourhood with the said John Antrim knows the fact, that they were always esteemed as man and wife, and that they cohabited as such up to the time of the death of the said John Antrim, who died on latter part of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, was at the funeral of the said deceased - that the said Margaret has ever since remained the widow of the said John Antrim decd [deceased] Witness the signature of the said deponent the seventeenth day of September AD 1838

Sworn & Subscribed before me
Matthias V. Richards [signature]
Tobias Schall [signature]

I do hereby certify that the aforesaid Margaret Antrim, by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to appear in Court and I do further ┃
certify that the said Christian Mosser, and Tobias Schall the aforegoing witnesses are persons of good credit, and their testimony entitled to full faith and credit, and from their personal appearance believe them, and the said Margaret Antrim, of the respective ages set forth

September 17. 1838.
Matthias V. Richards, [signature] a Judge
of Berks County, Pennsylvania
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[paper folded in thirds, upper third]
Berks County, ss. I, A. H. Witman
Prothonotary of the Court of Common
pleas of Berks County do hereby certify that M.S. Richards & before whom the within proceedings were here is one of the
associate judges of the Court of Common pleas of Berks County duly Authorized and commissioned and that full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given to all his official acts whereof the foregoing is one.

In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Reading the 19th day of September A.D. 1838
A.H. Witman
Prot

[middle third, sideways]
1535, check mark, check mark, 1578
Margaret Antrim
Pa

admitted
Pa Cavalry, 6 mos, 75
Pa In[infantry], 6 mos 20 - 95
died 24 Aug 1833
[illegible] list

Jan 2, 1839

Hon. G.M. Keim
Page 31

[round stamp]
Reading Pa. 
Oct 13
by public service

[handwritten sideways over stamp]
Oct 15
pa. 
addlproof [additional proof] of 
Margaret Antrim

[center of page]
J. L. Edwards, Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

[stamped] FREE

[written sideways]
7 July 1578
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Reading Penn October 14. 1838

J.L. Edwards Esq

Sir;
I have been solicited to forward the enclosed
Deposition of Mrs. Antrim in furtherance of her claim for Pension her former testimonials you will recollect are on file.
Having seen this good old Lady. I would say in her behalf that she is old, infirm, and destitute, is therefore unable of her own means to make any exertions for her benefit any thing
come for her among her friends, is done in charity for her situation

Very respectfully
Yours &
M.V. Richards [signature]
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[images 33 and 34 are duplicates]
[left side of vertically folded page]

Pension Certificates in
the Antrim cases
issued yesterday

Hon J. Ritter
JTR
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[images 33 and 34 are duplicates]
[left side of vertically folded page]

Pension Certificates in
the Antrim cases
issued yesterday

Hon J. Ritter
JTR
Page 35

House of Repr. January 16, 1844
Jas L Edwards, Esqr. Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
I have received from John Stauffer, Esq
one of my constituents, a request to inquire:
whether two declarations of widows of Revolutionary soldiers, one of Mrs. Hartman and the others of Mrs. Antrim, which he had
sent to the Pension office some time
ago, had been received, and how and
when those widows were to receive their
pensions.
Will you have the goodness to give me such information on the subject as you have, and ask as early a day as you conveniently can.

very respectfully yours
John O Ritter [signature]

4392
Jan 16
4391
Page 36

[written sideways on left side
[illegible]
Mar 2 '39

[center] 
J L Edwards 
Com of Pensions
Washington DC

[right side of page written sideways]
Hon G.M. Keim HR
Page 37

Sir
Several days ago I addressed a letter to your department being second, since I am in this city
which awaits the courtesy of a reply.
Permit me to enclose the within letter and hope that I may be enabled to hear from you soon

Your Obt Sert [Your obedient servant]
Geo M Kean
Decr 31 1838.
Page 38

RRS  2742 W  Pa. Rev
no other [illegible] 
not I  
" 1812
a

424-4th St. NO.
Washington, D.C. 
October 7th 1895

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C

Sir:-
I wish to obtain the military history of our
ancestor who served in the War of
Independence or in 1812. Can I obtain
any information from the Pension Office? no
The name is Antrim and he drew a 
pension at Reading Pennsylvania,
as near as we can find, the place
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of residence was Amityville, Oley
Township, Berks County, Penna.
Yours respectfully

[illegible] D. Heiser

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
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OCT 8, 1895

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U.S.P.B.
O.W. & N.
OCT 10 1895
RECEIVED
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RECORD DIVISION
MAR 22 1911

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
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MAR 22, 1911

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ERNEST IRVING ANTRIM
VAN WERT, OHIO
March 21, 1911.

Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
In a book on the Antrims of America
I find that John Antrim who was born in the year 1755 fought in the Revolutionary War from 1777 to 1783, that he got frosted
feet at Valley Forge and that he was on the pension list when the veterans of that War were pensioned.
Can you give me a statement of his record as it is shown by your department so that I can forge a sufficiently convincing chain of evidence to enable me to become a member of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Also could you tell me of my grandfather's record in war of 1812. He was Rev. Jacob [negative, handwritten above Jacob] Antrim and was born in 1792 in Pennsylvania. I would greatly appreciate any information you
can give me regarding both or either of these men.

Sincerely,
E. I. Antrim [signature]
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PRS:   a

Danville, Pa., 9-23 -95.
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,
I was referred to the Pension Bureau, by
Wm H. Egle, M.D, Librarian, State Library, Pa.
in my search for the record of John Antrim, who served in the Revolutionary War.
This John Anton enlisted we think from either Berks or Bucks Co. Pa. but my reason in writing, to your Bureau is, that he was a pensioner.
I wish to have a copy of his application for
a pension, and all information you can furnish me with
over
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concerning him; also any information
concerning his wife, you may have; for she outlived him and received a pension.
John Antrim died I think in 1830 something, and his wife, Rebekah, died about 1846.
Please give this your prompt attention
and oblige,

Yours Respectfully
Wm O. Antrim
315 L. Mulberry St
Danville
Penna.

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
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SEP 24 1895

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OLD WAR & NAVY FILES
SEP 26 1895
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RRS
Danville, Pa. Oct. 4. 1895
Commissioner of Pensions,

Dear Sir
Letter, containing information of John Antrim a
Pensioner of the Revolutionary War, is received
It is possible, as our information is mostly traditional, that this ancestor of ours was not named John. Now to settle the matter and to
avoid further inquiry; Please send me copies of the applications for pensions of all the
Antrim's who were Revolution War Pensioners enlisting either from Pennsylvania or
New Jersey, also of the wives, if any were pensioners; I am
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anxious to get to the bottom of the matter, and this will settle it. I beg your indulgence in
this matter, and hope you will give me all this information as soon as convenient, I await your
reply and remain,

Yours Respectfully
Wm O. Antrim
315 L. [lower] Mulberry St
Danville, Pa.

P.S. - If these records are not in your Dept. or if there is additional records in the War Dept., I don't know where the Revolutionary Pension
Records are kept; I wish to have all the information to be had and would be obliged to you if you obtain it. 

Yours with Respect,
W. O. Antrim [signature]

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
OCT 5 1895

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U.S.P.D. 
O.W. & N. 
OCT 10 1895
RECEIVED
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W2742
Danville, Pa. Nov 1, 1895
to Hon. Wm Lochren, 
Commissioner of Pensions, 

Dear Sir,
Thanking you for the prompt manner, in which you treated my former correspondence concerning John Antrim, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, I beg your indulgence 
in furnishing me with three type-written copies of all the information contained in his application for a pension; also information you have concerning his wife, Margaret who was a pensioner. This information is of great value to their descendants and I wish everything to the
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minutest details. Be sure to have the name spelled correctly John Antrim. These paper
will confirm other records in our family; as we are after a legacy reaching beyond this John
Antrim; so for this reason, partly I wish all information you have, which furnished by such authority as you Dept gives it, can be used
as evidence. I ask for three separate copies so that I may furnish the same to other descendants, and thus avoid having them
bothering you again in the matter. 

Yours Respectfully, 
Wm O. Antrim
315 L. [lower] Mulberry St
Danville,
Penna

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
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Jul 21 1925
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MRS. HARRY E. HOOK
210 WINDSOR STREET
READING
PA.
July 1, 1925

The U.S. Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen; Please send me all the information you have concerning John Antrim or
Antreen who was on the Pension lists of 1818-19, as shown on page 500, Vol 23. Penna Archives
3rd series.

Mrs. Harry E. Hook
210 Windsor St
Reading, Pa
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219 E. Decature Ave., Willow Grove, Pa.
June 29, 1928

U. S. Dept of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Will you kindly give me full information concerning the war record of one John Antrim who I believe enlisted in Bucks Co., Pa
in 1777 served in Capt Edwards' Company of Colonel Cadwalader's Penna. Regiment.
I desire this information for application
to admission in the Penna. Society of Sons of the Revolution.
Thanking you for your kindness in the matter,
I am 
Very truly yours,
Chas B Beck

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE 
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JUL 2 1928
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Mount Carmel, Pa.,

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Wash., D. C. 

Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me official statement
concerning the Pension of John Antrim,  granted in May 1818. Will remit necessary fee if you will advise amount. 

Yours very truly, 
(Mrs.) Elinor A. Heil
400 W. Avenue
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130 Wright St.
Corry, Penna.
Apr. 15, 1929

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Have you a record of John Antrim (1750) who served in the Revolution from 1777-1783 from either Burlington Co., N.J. or Berks Co., Pa. probably the former?
If there be a fee in connection with
this information, you will please state same
and any information about this man will be
very gratefully received by

Yours respectfully
Mrs. A. O. Sandburg [signature]

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE 
APR 16 1929
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HENRY E. BECK
REGISTERED ARCHITECT
[crossed out, 920 So. CECIL STREET]
319 Tilden Street
[illegible]
PHILADELPHIA, April 15, 1932.

Commissioner of the Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, 
D. C.

In Re: Rev. War Record
of John Antrim.

Dear Sir:
Will you please send me at
your convenience the Revolutionary War
record of John Antrim [Antrim underlined], who enlisted in Bucks County, Pa., in 1777, as shown by his Revolutionary War Pension Claim W. 2742.

Thanking you for this favor,
I am
Yours very truly,
Henry E. Beck [signature]
HEB:E

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April 15, 1932
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THE PARK LANE
117 SOUTH ILLINOIS AVENUE
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sir:
I will be obliged if you will cause to be sent to me a statement of the Military history of JOHN ANTRIM a soldier of the United States in the war of the Revolution. He enlisted from Berks Co Pa some time in 1777 and was discharged in November 1783 He was pensioned Dec 10 1818 on application dated May 22 1818.

Respectfully, 
Walter Lewis 

February twenty fourth
Nineteen thirty nine

N L.B.

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RECEIVED
FEB 25 1939
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Hollywood, Cal.
765 No. Gower St.,

U. S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Will you please furnish abstract of service
and all family data on file of John Antrim. who died 1833, Olney, Pa. He was placed on the Pension Rolls of Burkes Co., 1818 -

Moses Warren, enlisted [checkmark above enlisted] 1777, in Capt. Stephen Bett's Co.,
Col. Charles Webb's regiment -  Discharged 1778 for disability- He died in Columbus, N. Y.

Thanking yoy for same,
Very truly yours,
(Mrs) Harriette Norton Tilton [signature]

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U.S PENSION OFFICE
FEB 21 1927
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OFFICE OF
DR. R. W. MONTELIUS.

OFFICE HOURS: 
7 to 9 A.M.
1 to 3 P.M.
6 to 9 P.M.

RRS  a  2742

Mount Carmel, Pa., Oct. 8th 1895

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington - D.C. 

Sir:
Have been advised to write - direct to you - in order to get some information which is very much desired at present.
An Ancestor of mine John Antrim by name - was a soldier in the Revolutionary War - was injured to such and an extent as to enable him to draw a Pension. 
He lived at Amityville Penna- and went to Reading, Penna. every three months to draw his Pension.
This is family history, but just now it is
necessary to have proofs of every thing
as we are among the claimants of the
Antrim fortune - which is being pushed

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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OFFICE OF
DR. R. W. MONTELIUS.
OFFICE HOURS: 
7 to 9 A. M.
1  "  3 P. M.
6  "  9 "
Mount Carmel, Pa.,____________189

Just now in a very determined way- indeed a meeting is being held in Chicago this week - in the interest the Heirs - and are very desirous of getting all information as speedily as possible.
This man was born the 22nd of Jan 1749.
I consulted a Firm of Washington Attorneys
who advised me to send the data directly
to you. 
Hoping I am not trespassing too much
on valuable time - and begging the
favor of an early reply.

I am Respectfully
Mrs. R. W. Montelius. [signature]

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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[Info]rmation as contained in his (or his widow's ) application for pen[sion] on file in this Bureau. John Antrim   W.F. 2742

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1777
transferred

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
check mark

RANK.
Pvt. and discharged Nov. 17, 1783

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Edward
Bedkin
COLONEL.
Cadwalader
Armand's Partisan Legion

STATE.
Penn

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, check mark
Date of application for pension, May 22, 1818. His cl. was al. 
Age at date of application, 67 yrs. He died Aug 24, 1833
Remarks: Soldier married in Berks Co. Penn. the fall of 1787. Margaret... She was allowed pension on an application ex. Sept. 17,1838 while a resident of Earl Twp. Berks Co. Pa. There were 11 children, the oldest son William is the only on whose name is stated.

Very respectfully, 
Commissioner
31793b5m10-07
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[handwriting on typed document]
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF
This letter was sent thru desk of Mr. John G. Brice, Finance Div

October 28, 1926

Mr. Harry Beck
988 South Cecil St.,
Philadelphia, PENN.

Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 2742 it appears that John Antrim enlisted in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1777, served in Captain Edwards' Company, Colonel Cadwalader's Pennsylvania Regiment until some time after October 1781, was transferred to Captain Bedkins' Company, General Armand's Partisan Legion in which he served as a private until discharged in November 1783.

Soldier married in the fall of 1787 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Margaret whose maiden name is not given. She was allowed pension on her application executed September 17, 1838 while a resident of Earl Township, Berks County,
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Pennsylvania aged seventy-four years.
They had eleven children, ten of whom were living in 1838, no names given except that of William the oldest.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF
August 27, 1925

Mrs. Harry E. Hook
210 Windsor St.
Reading, Penna.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 2742 it appears that John Antrim enlisted in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1777, served in Captain Edwards' Company, Colonel Cadwalader's Pennsylvania Regiment until some time after October 1781, was transferred to Captain Bedkins' Company, General Armand's Partisan Legion in which he served
as a private until discharged in November 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 22, 1818 while a resident of Earl Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania aged about [see handwritten notation below] sixty-seven years. He died August 24, 1833 in said Berks County.

Soldier married in the fall of 1787 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Margaret whose maiden name is not given. She was allowed pension on her application executed September
17, 1818 while a resident of Earl Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania aged seventy-four 
years. 

[About is  underlined with arrow to right side of page and handwritten vertical note.]
I use this because he gave about age both in 1818 & 1820
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They had eleven children, ten of whom were living in 1833, no names stated except that of William the eldest.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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. & 1812 Wars Section

M.E.E.
Copied from of
M. M. H. F.

June 19, 1928

Mrs. Elinor A. Heil
400 W. Avenue
Mount Carmel
Pennsylvania

Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 2742 it appears that John Antrim enlisted in Bucks
County, Pennsylvania in 1777, served in Captain Edwards' Company, Colonel Cadwalader's Pennsylvania Regiment until some time after October, 1781, was transferred to Captain Bedkins' Company, General
Armand's Partisan Legion in which he served as a private until discharged in November 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 22, 1818 while a resident of Earl Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
aged about sixty-seven years. He died August 24, 1833 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Soldier married in the fall of 1787 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Margaret, whose maiden name is not given. She was allowed pension on
her application executed September 17, 1838 while a resident of Earl Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-four years.
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They had eleven children, ten of whom were living in 1838, no names given except that of William the eldest.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

MMHF

April 13, 1927

Mrs. Harriette N. Tilton
765 North Gower St.,
Hollywood, Calif.

Madam:
[not legible] to advise you that
from the papers in the Rev
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[There are handwritten notations throughout the document that are difficult to read.]

COPY FROM MMHF

May 19, 1932
BA-J/MLB
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
JOHN ANTRIM
W. 2742

Mr. Henry E. Beck
3319 Tilden Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to John Antrim, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 2742, based upon the military service of John Antrim in the Revolutionary War.

He enlisted in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1777, served in Captain Edwards' company, Colonel Cadwalader's Pennsylvania
regiment, until sometime after October, 1781; was transferred to Captain Bedkins' company, General Armand's Partisan Legion,
in which he served as a private of dragoons until discharged in November,
1783. at Yktown

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 22, 1818, while a resident of Earl Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, aged about sixty-seven years.

He died August 24, 1833, in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Soldier married in the fall of 1787, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Margaret, whose maiden name is not given.

She was allowed pension on her application executed September 17, 1838, while a resident of Earl Township, Berks County,
Pennsylvania, aged seventy-four years.

John Antrim and his wife, Margaret, had eleven children, ten of whom were living in 1838, no names given except that of William the eldest. 

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
ADY

April 17, 1929.

Mrs. A. O. Sandburg,
130 Wright Street,
Corry, Pennsylvania.

Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2742, it appears that John Antrim enlisted in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1777, served in Captain Edwards' Company, Colonel Cadwalader's Pennsylvania Regiment until some time after October 1781, was transferred to Captain Bedkins' Company, General
Armand's Partisan Legion in which he served as a private until discharged in November 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 22, 1818 while a resident of Earl Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, aged about sixty-seven years. He died August 24, 1833 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Soldier married in the fall of 1787 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Margaret, whose maiden name is not given. She was allowed pension on her application executed September 17, 1838 while a resident of Earl Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-four years.
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They had eleven children, ten of whom were living in 1838, no names given except that of William the eldest.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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1812 Wars Section

M. E. E.
copied from letter
of MMHF. 

July 5, 1928

Charles B. Bock
219 E. Decatur Avenue
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania

Madam: 
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 2742 it appears that John Antrim enlisted in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1777, served in Captain Edwards' Company, Colonel Cadwalader's Pennsylvania Regiment until some time after October, 1781, was transferred to Captain Bodkins' Company, General
Armand's Partisan Legion in which he served as a private until discharged in November 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 22, 1818 while a resident of Earl Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania aged about sixty-seven years. He died August 24, 1833 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. 

Soldier married in the fall of 1787 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Margaret, whose maiden name is not given. She was allowed pension on her application executed September 17, 1838 while a resident of Earl Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-four years.
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They had eleven children, ten of whom were living in 1838, no names given except that of William the eldest.

Respectfully,

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.