Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41739, for Mordecai Lane, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
Lane, Mordecai
NUMBER
S. 41739
CONTENTS
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18.600
Ohio
Mordecai Lane of Clermont County in the State of Ohio, who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hand of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of two years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 29th of July 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of May 1822 and sent to Elnathan Scofield, esq., Williamsburg, Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of March 1822 $337.83
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 1822 $48.00
$385.83
3 ½ years
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
1 May 1820.
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The State of Ohio
Clermont County, ss.
On this nineteenth day of August 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas of Clermont County in the State of Ohio and a Court of Record under the laws thereof and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Mordecai Lane, aged Sixty Seven years next, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and of the 1st of May 1820. That he, the said Mordecai Lane, enlisted for the term of three years, on the [blank] day of April in the year 1777 in the State of Pennsylvania, in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Morehead in the 8th Regiment commanded by Col. Edward Hand in the line of the State of Pennsylvania, on the continental  establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the year 1779 when he was discharged from the said service in the year aforesaid in the State of Pennsylvania as being unfit for duty by reason of wounds received by him in battles with the enemy at White Pine Run. That he was in the Battle at the aforesaid White Pine Run, that
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he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except the documents herein enclosed.
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820, 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 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 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.
What Real estate: none
What he has: some hogs of the value of $9.00
1 Spinning wheel: $3.00
2 pots of the value of $1.50
3 plates of the value of $.50
2 knives and four forks: $.25
1 Axe and hoe: $1.00
1 wire lifter: $.50
$15.75
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That I am in the sixty seventh year of my age. That I am not only aged but infirm by reason of the wounds I received in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war. That my occupation is that of a day laborer. That I have no family residing with me, but my wife Margaret, aged fifty-two years, who from age and infirmity is unable to render much assistance to support the family.
Mordecai Lane
Sworn and subscribed before the Court aforesaid this 19th day of August 1820.
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I, David C. Bryan, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereunto 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 exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is fifteen dollars, seventy five cents.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 19th day of August 1820.
David C. Bryan, Clerk
Mordecai Lane
Declaration before the Court of Common pleas
Clermont County, Ohio
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Mordecai Lane
Private
Col. Hand's Regiment
Pennsylvania Line
1776 - 2 years
The deposition of 2 witnesses, certified by the Judge to be credible proving the service is required.
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State Ohio
Clermont County, ss.
On this 29th day of July 1818 before me, one of the Judges of the court of common pleas for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mordecai Lane, aged Sixty five years, resident in said State and County, who being first 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 in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That the said Mordecai Lane enlisted in the year 1777 in the State of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania line in the company commanded by Captain Saml. Moorhead in the eighth regiment commanded by Gen. or Col. Hand. That he continued in said corps or in the service of the United States until the year 1779 when he was discharged in the State of Pennsylvania as being unfit for duty in consequence of wounds he received in the battles with the enemy at White Pine Run and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support and that he has never received my pension and has no other evidence in his power of his said service.
Mordecai Lane
Sworn to and declared and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.
John Morris
I, John Morris, Judge of the court of common pleas as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Mordecai Lane did serve in the war of the revolution as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for more than nine months on the continental establishment and it further appears to my satisfaction that he does stand in need of assistance for support as above stated and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war
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pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
John Morris
August 7th 1818
The State of Ohio
Clermont County, ss.
I, David C. Bryan, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, do certify that John Morris, Esquire, whose name is signed to the within Certificate of the deposition of the therein named Mordecai Lane and also the underwritten Certificate,  &c., now is and was at the time of signing his name thereto a judge of the said Court, duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid, the 21st day of August A.D. 1818.
David C. Bryan
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State of Ohio Clermont County
Personally appeared before me, the subscriber Judge of the court of common pleas as aforesaid, Theodore Malott, a man of good character as to truth and veracity, who being sworn saith that he was and is well acquainted with Mordecai Lane, the applicant. That the said Mordecai Lane enlisted in Huntington in the State of Pennsylvania in Capt. Moorhead's Company in the latter part of the year 1776 or fore part of 1777, as he believes, and that afterward, he saw said Lane in the service and that he saw said Lane again after name was discharged from the service and before his wounds were well and have been acquainted with Lane ever since and that he, the said Lane, is disabled in consequence of his wounds.
Theodore Malott
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th day of April in the year 1820.
John Morris, Judge as aforesaid
And I again further state that he, the said M. Lane, is in very reduced circumstances, this from my own knowledge.
John Morris
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16,885
Mordecai Lane
Elnathan Scofield
Williamsburg, Ohio
Received 16 April 1822
The Honorable the Secretary for the Department of War
Washington City
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The State of Ohio, Fairfield County, ss.
Before me, Elnathan Scofield, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, personally appeared Aaron Donaldson, an aged resident of this County who is a man of reputable standing in society as to truth and veracity, and after being duly sworn on the holy evangelist of Almighty God, deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted and has been for many years with Mordecai Lane who now resides in Clermont County in this State. He, this deponent, recollects being at Huntingdon in Pennsylvania where Captain Morehead was enlisting men for the service. He thinks it was in the year 1776 but is not positive. He was not at that time acquainted with Mordecai Lane but became acquainted with him soon after he left the service and has been an intimate acquaintance ever since. He has seen the said Lane's discharge and read it frequently. He thinks it we for three years. He recollects being in company with said Lane when he lost his pocket book in which he said was his discharge. He assisted him in hunting for the packet book but could not find it. He [illegible] the loss of the Discharge much more than the pocket book or what little money was in it. This happened about four or five years after the revolutionary war. He will recollects of frequently seeing the wound which Lane received in the war, which has ever since been a detriment to his health. He further states that the said Mordecai Lane is in reduced circumstances, unable to support himself without [illegible].
Aaron Donaldson
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of Feb. 1820.
Elnathan Scofield, Judge C. Pleas
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State of Ohio, Fairfield County, ss.
I, Hugh Boyle, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Elnathan Scofield, Esq., before whom the within deposition was taken and whose name is thereunto subscribed, is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, by lawful authority commissioned and sworn as such, and that to his judicial acts full faith and credit are due and ought to be given as well throughout the United States as elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Lancaster in said County this 9th day of February AD 1820.
Hugh Boyle, Clerk
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Most Respectfully,
The declaration and oath of Mordecai Lane, taken before the court of Common pleas for Clermont County, Ohio, together with the depositions of Aaron Donaldson and Theodore Malott on former occasion for like purposes, taken and certified are again transmitted to the Honorable, the Secretary of War for examination. For myself, being one of the Judges of the aforesaid Court, have no doubt of the correctness of the statement made by Mordecai Lane. There is no witness that can prove any more within many hundred miles of this place and whether living is unknown. Mordecai Lane's former deposition taken before myself is transmitted for the sake of Theodore Malott's deposition, which is on the same sheet. The reason of the delay of this last application is the papers were mislaid. As it respects any statement coming from me, I would refer your Honor to the Honorable John W Campbell, member of Congress from Ohio.
Your most obedient humble servant,
John Morris
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41739
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 41.739
Mordecai Lane
Private Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index: -- Vol. 8, Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]