Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41481, John Clark, Del.

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SERVICE
Del.
Clark, John
NUMBER
S. 41481

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ctf# 8767
Pennsylvania
John Clark 3d.
Fredericktown in the state of Pennsylvania
who was a Captain in the regiment commanded
Colonel Hazlett of the Delaware ['Pennsylvania' lined out]
for the term of 1 years [sic] & 2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20 - Dollars per month,
to commence on the 29th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3d of April 1819 and sent to Robert Clark, Agent
Brownsville, Fayette County Pa
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 = 10 mo 9/30 4/31 = 203.91
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep:1819 120,, [double underlined]
$323"91 [double underlined]
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
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Notification sent - November 13 1820 to Robt. Clarke Brownsville Pa
Date of death not on A.B.

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District of Pennsylvania ss
On this twentieth day of February 1819 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Washington in the said district personally appeared John Clark aged seventy two years resident in Washington County in the said district who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the Provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for Certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United State in the Revolutionary war" that he the said John Clark entered the Army of the United States Ensign in the Whig Battalion in the year 1775 and that in July 1776 he entered the Delaware Regiment Under the Command of Collonal [sic] Hazlett and Served Untill [sic] the Close of that year that he in January 1777 obtained a Lieutenants Commission and Continued in the said service Under the Command of Collonal [sic] Hall from January 1777 Untill [sic] some time in March 1778 when he received a Captains Commission and Commanded a detachment of Genaral [sic] Smallwoods Brigade from 1778 to 1780 to the end of the year that in January 1781 he was regularily [sic] Discharged and afterwards in that month of February 1781 raised a Company of Voluntiers [sic] with whom he served untill [sic] the Close of the war Under the Commanded of Collnl [sic] Hall in the year 1782-

Pennsylvania Washington County ss
Personally appeared before me Boyce Minn ['of' lined out] one of the judges in and for sd County John Clarke, the above applicant and made oath that the facts contained in the above declaration are just and true ---
John Clark [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Boyce Minn

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Pennsylvania Washington County ss
Personally appeared before me Boyce Minn ^[insert] one of the judges in and for sd County John Bowers Esqr ^[insert] and Israel Dalby and being sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that they have ^[insert] been acquainted with John Clarke ^[insert] the within applicant for a number of years, and that he is an aged and very infirm man, that he is in very reduced circumstances and stands in great need of support from his country
John Bower [signature]
Israel Dalbey [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of February 1819
Boyce Minn

I hereby certify that I am intirely [sic] satisfied, both with regard to John Clarks service in the army of the United States, and ['of' lined out] also of his very [illegible lined out] reduced circumstances in life
Certified this 20th day of February 1819
Boyce Minn

Washington County Pennsa ss
I Alexander Murdoch Prothonotary [illegible lined out] of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify, that Boyd Minn before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is, and was at the time, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, duly Commissioned and that full faith and Credit, is, and ought to be given to all his Official Acts
In testimony whereof I have I have [duplicate] hereunto set my hand and seal of offices the fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & Nineteen
Alexr Murdoch Prothy

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were exhibited to me on the examination - In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 29th day of April A. D. 1818
James Allison Proth

State of Pennsylvania ss I Alexander Murdoch Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas for said County, Do certify that James Allison Esq before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made in and was at the time [illegible lined out] One of the associate Judges of the court of Common Pleas for said County duly commissioned as such, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Washington the twenty ninth day of April eighteen hundred and eighteen.
Alexr Murdoch Prothy

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Complification [sic] of the proceedings in the case of John Clarke 3d Revolutionary Officer
No fin charged
[?]
8767
Wash Cty
Apl 19

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Pennsylvania
Washington County ss
On this twenty ninth day of Sept 1825 Personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said County John Clarke /3do/ aged 74 years, resident in Fredercktown [sic]  in said County, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath declare that  he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: He the said John Clarke entered the army of the United States as Ensign in the Whig Battallion [sic] in the year 1775 and that in July 1776 he entered the Delaware Regiment under the command of Coll. Hazlet, and served until the close of that year, he in January 1777 Obtained a Lieutenants commission and continued in the said service under the command of Colonel Hall from January 1777 until some time in March 1778 where he obtained a Captains Commission and commanded a detachment of General Smallwoods Brigade from 1778 to 1780 to the end of the year - That in January1781 raised a company of Volunteers with whom he served until the close of the War under the command of Coll. Hall, in the year 1782, as is Stated in the Original declaration made by me dated the 29th day of April 1818 and afterwards on the 20th Feby. 1819 on which I received a Certificate from the Honl. John C. Calhoun Secretary of War to 8767. On which I received a pension of twenty dollars per month. - I was in the Battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and many skirmishes. And I do Solemnly Swear that I was ^[insert] 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 an intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision 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 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

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than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed. Real property none, Income none, debts due me, in the hands of Robert Clarke being a balance of my pensions unexpended $17.83. Other debts none, One table $2.50 One [?] $1.00 three chairs $1.00 One candle stand 50/100 One pair of Candle Sticks $1.50 One small waiter 50/100 Two pots $1.50 One Skillet no lid 38/100 One grate and poker $1.25 One small sink $0.25 four small plates 25/100 One pair cast logs $1.25 One [?] /old/ $1.00 2 small piggs [sic] $1.00 making in the aggregate $31.58. My family is as follows, my wife Mary aged sixty six years and very infirm, my daughter Elizabeth aged thirty years, my daughter Harriet aged twenty seven years, who cannot well support themselves, my Occupation has been that of hatter, but from Rheumatic complaints and the consequent infirmaties [sic] of age I have not been able to follow it for some years past, so I am now unable to follow my employment that would afford myself  or family any support 
Sworn to and declared on the 29th day of Sepr. AD. 1820 before me in Open Court.
John Clark
William Tample Prothy.
Pennsylvania Ss I, William Tample Prothonotary of the court of Common Please in and for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court; and that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule  is thirty One dollars and fifty eight cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, at Washington, on the twenty ninth day of September, AD 1820.
Wm Tample Prothonotary

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Fayette County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Ss,
Before me James Blaine Esqr. one of the Commonwealth Justices of the Peace, for the Borough of Brownsville in Fayette County Pennsylvania, Came personally Samuel Clarke, who deposeth and saith, that he is now and has been particularly acquainted with John Clarke, in Deleware [sic] his then place of residence and now of Frederick-town in the County of Washington and State of Penna. aforesaid, That the said deponent believed that the said John was a Lieutenant in the revolutionary war with Great Britain. That at the commencement of said ^[insert] war said John was an Ensign in Captain Stedhams Company of Militia in Wilmington Deleware [sic], that when the said Capt. Stedham was appointed a Captain in the standing troops under the command of Col Hazlet of Deleware [sic] State, the said John was constantly engaged in filling up said Stedhams Company, and that being a Hatter by trade he was employed to furnish said Regiment with hats, that this deponent further saith that the depreciation of money emitted by Congress was so rappid [sic] that the price of a hat would not nor did not furnish Materials to make another, That this deponent was actively employed in preparing them as agent whilst said John was constantly on duty the said deponent being ^[insert] then young does not now recollect dates, but remembers well his March to Iron Hill to meet the enemy under Genral [sic] Haws. That well knowing his character and the Malignancy of the enemies of the cause

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Shipped his family then helpless to Philadelphia for safety, but that proveing [sic] on the advance of the enemy of no avail sent them under the care of friends from that city State further (as he thought) out of their reach, That he was in the mean while at the Battle of Brandywine which induced him to cause the second removal, That after said Battle the enemy took possession of Wilmington, and destroyed the effects he had left. That on Genral [sic] Washingtons taking up winter quarters at Valley Forge he returned to his family within eight Miles of Wilmington, but information being given to the Enemy in Wilmington a detachment of both horse and foot was sent in pursuit of the said John then esteemed a most infamous rebel, but by a friendly notice escaped their [?] That the said John the said deponent believes never received any compensation from the Government, that he did not even ask and has often heard him say takeing [sic] pay was Selfish, and mercenary, that within the knowledge of this deponent Genl Smallwood after the evacuation of Wilmington by the Brittish [sic] sent for said John, and gave him the command of both Horse and foot troops to annoy the enemy, and those furnishing provisions to them, that during one of those excursions for which he was so famous he discovered a Brittish [sic] Brig loaded with arms amunition [sic] and several thousand suits of Clothes which oweing [sic] to his active management became a prize to the United States, that he the said John was almost during the Revolution ^[insert] war either as a regular officer and soldier, or as a partizan [sic] Officer, being then esteemed most trusty and vigilent [sic] in the service of his country, for which to my knowledge he has never either then or since

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been in any degree renumerated [sic] and is a poor, helpless, infirm old man, with a family, which for many years he has been unable to support, in a word he spent his then moderate Estate in the prime of life and is a living monument of misery and neglect, many witnesses to his valour have long since paid natures debt, and but few remain to testify to his love of liberty and his country
John Clarke
Sworn and subscribed before me the 11th March 1818.
James Blaine

Fayette County Penna ss In testimony that James Blaine Esquire before whom the above deposition appears to have been taken is and was at the time of taking Signing the same a Justice of the peace acting under the authority of this State I Richard W Lane Prothy of the court of Common Pleas in & for said County have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Union 
[?] 19th March 1818 -

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February 6, 1936
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JOHN CLARK
S. 41481
BA-J/MLB

Elizabeth B. Clark
2001 Bancroft Parkway
Wilmington, Delaware

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Captain John Clark of the Delaware troops who was pensioned in Pennsylvania.
The record of John Clark follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 41481, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.
While residing in New Castle County, Delaware, John Clark entered the service the latter part of the year 1775, served as ensign and lieutenant in Captain John James' company, Colonel George Craghead's "Whig Battalion"; in 1776, he served as ensign in Captain Stedham's company, Colonel Haslet's Delaware regiment; in January, 1777, was appointed lieutenant, served in Colonel Hall's Delaware regiment; March, 1778, was appointed captain and commanded a detachment of General Smallwood's brigade until January, 1781; in February, 1781, he raised a company of volunteers and served in Colonel Hall's Delaware regiment, until sometime in 1782.  He was in the battles of Trenton, Cooch's Bridge, Brandywine, Germantown, and in many skirmishes and assisted in capturing on the Delaware River an English brig filled with valuable cargo, the brig afterwards being used as a prison ship at Philadelphia. It was stated that his entire service amounted to twenty-five months, also, that John Clark was an "enterprising, very useful and meritorious officer".
John Clark was allowed pension on his application executed April 29, 1818, while a resident of Fredericktown, Washington County, Pennsylvania. His name was borne on the pension rolls as John Clark, 3rd. In 1819, he was still living in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and gave his age as seventy-two years.

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In 1820, the soldier referred to his wife, Mary, then aged sixty-six years, and to two daughters, Elizabeth, aged thirty and Harriet aged twenty-seven years. No other names were designated as those of children.
In 1818, one Samuel Clarke made affidavit in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in behalf of the soldier, John Clark, but did not state his relationship to him. In the same year, the soldier referred to one William Clark, of Wilmington, Delaware, who had been dead some time, but did not state any relationship. In 1819, one Robert Clarke was residing in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and still living there the following year, no relationship shown to soldier's family, and no relationship was shown between any of the three to each other.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of John Clark, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
John Clark, 3rd
Certificate #8767
Issued April 3, 1819
Rate $20 per month
Commenced April 29, 1818
Act March 18, 1818
Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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2001 BANCROFT PARKWAY WILMINGTON DELAWARE
1/23/36
Veterans Administration
War Department
Washington, D. C. 
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RECEIVED
JAN 24 1936

Dear Sirs,
Re: -
John Clark 3rd Capt. from Delaware, on the Pa. Roll of Revolutionary Pensioners, Folio 501 - Delaware Archives, 2:729 & 3:1223, 1232
Please be kind enough to tell me if this Capt. John Clark was the one who was wounded at the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, Del., who was also in Col. Samuel Patterson's Battalion [?] Comp. Delaware troops.

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Thanking you for your courtesy in looking this up for me, I am, Your truly
Elizabeth B. Clark

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U. S. P. [?]
OLD WAR & NAVY
JUL 21 1904
FILES.

 [illegible] Park
Madison, Wis
July 15" 1904
Pension Dept. 
Washington D. C. 

Can you inform me if the name of John Clark of New Castle Co. Del. & of Lieut. Abel Miles same place who served in Rev. war, are mentioned in your Pension rolls and what was their rank at that time. If there is a certain amount I must pay to obtain this information will

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you kindly inform me. 
Very truly
Eugenia B. Rowley
address Mrs. L. B. Rowley

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US
PENSION OFFICE
A
JUL 20 1904

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S 41481
Wingra Park
Madison, Wis
June 18" 1904

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U. S. P. B. 
OLD WAR & NAVY
JUN 21 1904
FILES.

Pension Office
Washington D. C. 
Can you tell me if there is any mention on the Pension rolls of John Clark, of New Castle Co. Del, who served during the Revolutionary War, in Kirkwoods company. Dol. David Hall's Del. regiment and what was his rank at the close of the war. I have obtained record of his service from the War Dept. but as the Del. records are incomplete, I thought I might obtain further information from the Pension Rolls. Also

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is there mention and the rank of Second Lieutenant Abel Miles Delaware Battalion, Flying Camp Commanded by Col. Samuel Peterson
Any charge connected with obtaining this information please inform me of, and I will remit the amount.
Truly
Mrs. Eugenia B. Rowley

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US
PENSION OFFICE
A
JUN 20 1904

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THE HISTORICAL BULLETIN
Subscription 50c a year Advertisements $1 an inch
Devoted to Patriotism, Genealogy and Historical Research: our Ancestors and Relatives, and their Military Achievements.
NEWTON L. COLLAMER..................................Editor and Proprietor
Office, room 16, 1006 F street.........Telephone, Main 2593-y.
Washington, D. C. May 6, 1904.
Commissioner of Pensions,
City.
Sir:
For a descendant will you kindly give me the pension record, if any, of John Clark of Delaware City, Delaware, who was a Revolutionary soldier and married Mary Adams.
Very respectfully,
N. L. Collamer

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OLD WAR & NAVY
MAY 10 1904
FILES.

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U.S.
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SAM. HUGH BROCKUNIER,
MINING ENGINEER,
OIL, COAL AND TIMBER LAND EXAMINED.
OFFICE, PEABODY BUILDING,
WHEELING, W. VA.

March 8, 1897
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: Is there any record of John Clarke [underlined] of Newcastle Co. Del. as ensign or in other capacity in the Delaware line [underlined] at the latter part of the Revolutionary War? [underlined]
Or was any pension awarded Capt. John Clarke [underlined] of Wilmington, Del. for military services during the Revolutionary War?
Respt. Yours
S. H. Brockunier
P. S. Would I find any information at the War Dept?
B

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41481
Revy
INVALID.
No. 41,481
John Clark
Capt Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. [?], Page 89
[Arrangement of 1870.]

History to [Brock]unier
Wheeling
W. Va.
His to
City
Mrs. Eugenia B.
Madison, Wis.
1936, Feb. 6 - Hist to Elizabeth Clark [?]

Apr. 10. 1897 -
Mr. S. H. Brock
May 16. 1904
N. L. Collamer
July 30, 1905 - Hist to Rowley Wingra Park

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Washington County & Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Ss.
On this 25th day of February 1818, Before me John Bower a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Personally appeared Captain Jonathan Morris who being legally sworn as the Law directs, deposeth and saith That int he fall of 1777 on the East side of the Brandewine [sic] Bridge in the State of Delaware as this deponant [sic] (under the office of a Captain was Commanding a Piquett Guard, he was joined by a Captain John Clarke who at that time was Commanding a Volunteer army which this deponant [sic] verily believes was raised by the said Captain Clarke and supported at this Own Expense untill [sic] he was joined into the Delaware Regiment into which he was afterwards admitted by Colonel Hall, And to the Certain knowledge of this deponant [sic] the said Captain John Clarke done duly that ensuing winter with the Regular troops and was Generally Considered a Respectable and industrious and Valuable Officer - this deponant [sic] further saith that John Clarke who is now resident in Frederick Town in the County aforesaid as the same Captain John Clarke above aluded to and further this deponant [sic] saith not.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year above written
Jona. Morris
Before me
John Bower

State of Pennsylvania
Washington County I Alexander Murdoch Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for said Couty Do certify that John Bower Esqr before whom the above deposition of Jonathan Morris was taken in and was a the time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his Official acts.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Washington the Ninth day of March in the year of Our LORD One thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Alex Murdoch Prothy

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To The honourable the Senate and house of Representatives of the United States of America.
The Petition of the Subscribers Citizens of Frederick Town and its vicinity Respectfully Represents [in bold ink] That John Clarke (often called Captain Clarke) of the said Town in the County of Washington and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as said to have been an Active and useful Officer in the revolutionary war, that in that war he has spent the prime of his life - Exhausted much of his Strength and Vigour, and also his wealth the very mean which might have afforded ^[insert] him Comfort Circumstances and has now become old and unable to support himself by his industry, and is therefore Compelled from necessity to become burthensome to his neighbours or to his Township if support be withheld from him by his Country - he declares by some accompanying documents that he has done much Service in the war aforesaid - spent much property - that twenty five months service he done for which he received no pay, and that he ought to be justly entitled to a Share of Prize money for a Brig he Captured on the Delaware a Valuable prize of which he received no Share some small trifles excepted -
Your Petitioners Conceive it would be Cruel in a Government like ours to withhold support from a person who holds such just Claims on his Country of the truth of many of them your petitioners have no doubt.
Your Petitioner therefore beg leave to recommend to you the said John Clarke as a proper Object for your Consideration And pray that Your honourable Bodies may provide for him

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him in such Manner as may grant him relief and give him comfort during the remaining part of his life 
And as in duty bound your petitioners ever pray
[signatures]
John Bower
Benjamin Bower
Jon Morris
Wm Ross
James Cranford
James Porter
William Dalbey
John Vandegrift
Henry Heaton
John Horstman
Samuel Witt
Jacob Jordan
Robt Nailey
Jesse Bumgarner
Joseph Woodfill
James Rodgers Jr.
Robert Philson
John Green
Sampiles C C Daniels
Isaac Davis
Peter Parson
Israel Dalbey

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Fayette County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania SS
Before me James Blaine Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Fayette in the State of Penna. personally appeared Peter Baker, formerly and in the revolutionary War a Militia Captain, deposeth and saith that he was then and from his childhood was acquainted with John Clarke, a revolutionary officer in the service of his country, in various Commands, and in the State of Deleware [sic] his then place of residence, and now of Fredrick-town in the County of Washington and State of Penna. aforesaid That this deponent served with the said John at the Battles of Couches Bridge, and Brandywine, in - September 1777, where the said John served as Lieutenant, that the said John was tot he knowledge of this deponent on active service guarding the shores of the Deleware [sic] from the inroads of the Brittish, [sic] that the said John was an enterprising every useful and meritorious Officer, and as this - deponent believes spent all he had in the said service. That the said John is now old poor and unable to support himself or family 
Peter Baker
Affirmed and Subscribed before me this 18th day of March 1818.
James Blaine

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Fayette County in the State of Pennsylvania} SS
In Testimony that James Blaine Esquire before whom the within deposition appears to have been proven is & was at the time of taking [illegible] the same a Justice of the peace acting under the Authority of this State I Richard W Law Prot the court of common pleas in & for said County have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at [?] 19 March 1818
Richard W Law

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Lieutenant Clarke
a/c with U. States

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Washington County, SS
I, George Craghead, Esquire, one of the Justice of the Peace in and for said County, do hereby Certify, that the bearer, hereof, John Clarck, Formerly of New Castle County in the State of Delaware Served in the Whigg Batalian [sic] under my command, in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, as a Lieutenant in Captain John James's Company, Until Regularly Discharged; Becoming a [illegible] which time he [?] himself, as good Officer, both in the field and in the Comp, and for Which he was much [illegible] by Every Officer, [underlined] and Soldier, - His good Conduct at Trenton and in [?], and every of Services, as far as I was acquainted with it, or ever heard, was such as in my oppinion [sic] Deserved that, of a True Friend to his Country, a good = Officer and undaunted Soldier: - Given under my hand and seal, the 5th Day of July 1809.
To al whom it may concern
Geo: Craghead
Formerly Coll. of the Whig Batta.

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Brownsville Fayette County
October 6th 1820
The Honl. J. C. Calhoun Esquire
Secretary of War
Sir
Enclosed is the application of John Clark (3,d) (an old Revolutionary officer) for a renewal of his pension, under the supplementary act of Congress passed the 1st May 1820; - When his case shall be acted on, please direct to me as his agent.
Robt. Clarke

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Brownsville Fayette County Penna.
March 9th 1819
The Honl. John C. Calhoun Esqr.
Secretary at War
Sir
The enclosed papers were put into my hands by John Clark an old Revolutionary officer who made application for a Pension under the act of Congress passed the 18th day of March 1818. They were enclosed to you from Philda. in June last and his case was examined say the 20th January last when it appeared his statement was not explicit as to the time of entering and leaving the service. The papers were returned to me (by the Honl. W. Beecher a member of Congress) with your objections. John Clark the applicant has since appeared

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appeared before Judge Mercer and has made a statement noting more particularly the time of entering and leaving the service which is annexed to his declaration of the 29th April last before Judge Allison which he hopes will be satisfactory. - And should you approve of his papers and place the said John on the pension list please be good as to enclose the certificate to me and advise me of the time and place the pension will be paid
I am Respectfully Yr. Mo. Obt Servt
Robt. Clarke
agent for John Clark

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Washington County and Commonth. of Penna SS.
Before me James Allison, one of the associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington aforesaid appeared John Clark of Frederick town in the County aforesaid and made oath according to law - That in the Revolutionary ^[insert] War in the year 1775 he entered the army of the U. States, & in the latter end of the same year raised a company of men who enlisted under him for one year - this deponent then bore the commission of Ensign of the Whig Battalion - that he was constantly on duty and always had to command [?] Scouting party he was with - That he assisted in taking the Sloop of War Swift Commander, near Port Perron (he believes in 1776.) - that he obtained a Lieutenant commission (as he believes) in the beginning of [?] year 1777 - That he afterwards received a Captains Commission and commanded a detachment of General Smallwood's Brigade, with whom he captured an English Brig in the river Delaware in the winter of 1777 near [?] heights of Brandywine with a valuable Cargo, which said vessel and Cargo was ensured in Liverpool before she sailed for twenty one thousand pounds sterling- That this deponent took possession of said Brig and sold the Cargo in Wilmington - the vessel was afterwards used at Philadelphia as a prison ship - That this deponent with a Company of Volunteers which he had raised, he believes in the

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year 1778, was admitted by Col. Hall into the Delaware Regiment - That he served as an Ensign and Lieutenant in the regular army and afterwards as ['a volunteer' lined out] Captain of a volunteer Company from 1775 until the close of the Revolutionary war. The deponent further states that he served in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and in many skirmishes besides - that he is now upwards of seventy years of age and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life stands in need of the assistance of his country of support - that he put his several commissions into the hands to William Clark of Wilmington Delaware for the purpose of having them laid before Congress to enable him to procure arrears of pay, prize money &c. That the said William Clark has been dead for some time and this deponent thinks it probable that his commissions are lost in as much as he has written to the representatives of the said William on the subject and recd. no answer - That the deponent never has received any pension from the United States for his services -
John Clark

Washington County SS.
Personally came before me the above named John Clark and being sworn according to law saith that the facts set forth in the above declaration are just and true to the best of his knowledge & belief - I also certify that the accompanying depositions and documents