Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2163-100, Thomas Derrick, Del.

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SERVICE
Del.
Derrick, Thomas
NUMBER
B. L. Wt. 2163-100
Wt. 2163 was lost
& Wt. 2183 issued

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Thomas Derrick
N. 2163
The papers connected with the issue of this number, are filed with number 2183.
No. 2163 was lost in its transmission by mail to Henry K Helmuth, at Philadelphia, and No 2183 has issued in line thereof by direction of the Secretary of War
W. G.

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Wm. Gordon Esqr.
Department of War} Philadelphia Augt. 19th 1837
Bounty Land Office
City of Washington
Sir,
Nothing having transpired since the receipt of your favour of the 21st of April last in relation to the land Warrant N.2163 for 100 Acres Bounty Land, granted in favour of the heirs of Thomas Derrick deceased, which was sent by mail to my address in Philadelphia on the 26th of October 1836, and never came to hand, it may  be presumed, that the same is lost; I have therefore annexed my Affidavit, which I hope will be all that is necessary in order to obtain a new Warrant. The Commissioner of the General land Office being now authorized to issue scrip, in satisfaction of military land Warrants, the heirs are very desirous to have the new Warrant as early as convenient, which when issued, I will thank you to have the goodness to transmit to me. The scrip now granted, is, I presume, similar to that issued under the law which expired on the 1st Jany. 1835.
Respectfully I am Sir your most Obd Servt [obedient servant]
Henry K. Helmuth
No. 346 Race near 10th

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Thomas Derrick
N. 2183
Warrt. No. 2183. has issued in lieu of No. 2163. the Latter having been lost in its transmission by mail in a Letter addressed to Henry K. Helmuth NO. 347 Race St. Philadelphia

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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an act of Congress of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities:
State of Pennsylvania.
County of Philadelphia}
I, Ellen Brown, wife of John Brown ^[insert] and one of the heirs at law of Thomas Derrick, deceased do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Thomas Derrick did enter the service in 17[blank], for the term of during the war - and served as a Soldier - in the Regiment No. [blank] under the command of Colonel [blank], of the Delaware line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the end of the revolutionary war
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to Thomas Derrick on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever; therefore, 
Ellen her X mark Brown
Know all men by these presents, Thai I Ellen Brown aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Jacob Broom, of the City of Washington to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the Untied States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Ellen her X mark Brown
Attest,
Charles Clark
Robert Fulton
Personally appeared the abovenamed Ellen Brown subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be her free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest,
my hand the 23d day of September 1836} Wm. L Norton Justice of the Peace. 
In testimony that the above written William L. Norton was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of Pennsylvania at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Philadelphia, this twenty fourth day of September 1836.
Robert Morris
In [?] the court of comm. pleas for the city and county of Phila

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Know all men by these presents that I, Jacob Broom the within named Attorney for Ellen Brown constituted and appointed by her, for her and in her name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant [underlined] for the quantity of land due to her as within named, do hereby fully authorize and empower Henry K. Helmuth Esquire of the City of Philadelphia ['my substitute' lined out] whom I have and do hereby appoint my substitute agreeably to the condition therefor within named with like powers and authority as conferred upon my by said power of attorney for the special purpose therein named. Witness my hand this twenty-second day of October Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and thirty-six -
Jacob Broom [signature]
Witness -
J [illegible]
J. H. Mackland

City of Philadelphia
State of Pennsylvania} SS.
Personally appeared before me One of the Aldermen for the said city, Jacob Broom whose name is subscribed to the above power of substitution and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed delivered for the purpose therein mentioned - Witness my hand and seal this twenty second day of October A. D 1836. -
S. Badger seal [hand circled]
In testimony, that ['that' lined out] the above named S. Badger was a Magistrate authorized to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments in the State of Pennsylvania, at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature I have hereunto affixed the county seal and subscribed my name and quality, at Philadelphia, this twenty second day of October AD. 1836 -
R Morris

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& 1812 Wars Section
/ecl
October 31, 1928
Ada L. Chamberlin
135 Hansberry Street, Germantown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Madam:
I advise you that from the records of this bureau it appears that Thomas Derrick [underlined] served as a private with the Delaware Troops until the close of the Revolutionary War. No further details of his service are given.
In 1836 the heirs of Thomas Derrick applied for bounty land that might be due them on account of his services in the Revolutionary War and then stated that he had died "upwards of forty years ago in the State of Delaware".
Warrant Number 2163 [underlined] for one hundred acres of bounty land was issued in full satisfaction of services rendered, to the following heirs:
Daughter, Ellen, wife of John Brown, a stevedore, of Southwark District, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Daughter, Rachel, wife of Nicholas Johnson; "and six grandchildren, the offspring of a daughter, Mary, who is deceased, and was the wife of Peter Katz; of these grandchildren two

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only are of age; their mother died about nine years ago, their father is still living"; their names were Jacob, Peter, Barnet, Lewis, Sarah and Rachel Katz.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner

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135 Hansberry St.
Germantown, Phila. Pa. 
January 10 - 1928.
[ink stamp] PENSION OFFICE US JAN 12 1928
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension record of Thomas ['Derick' lined out] Derrick [underlined] who served in the Delaware Regiment, in the Revolutionary War.
I am particularly anxious for all data concerning him, birth, marriage and death, and any information ^[insert] if any concerning his family.
Thanking you for your

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courtesy in the matter, I am 
Very sincerely yours,
Ada L. Chamberlain

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State of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County ss. 
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for the said county Harvey K. Helmuth of the City of Philadelphia, who being duly sworn according to Law, deposeth and saith, that as Attorney for the heirs at law of Thomas Derrick deceased; he made application for their United States Bounty land, in due form, in September last, and that he was subsequently informed by Letter from the Bounty land Office, that a Warrant No2163 for 100 Acres had issued in favour of the heirs, which was sent by mail to him from the City of Washington - And that neither the said letter nor Warrant had ever been received by him, nor by any other person of whom he has my knowledge -
Subscribed and sworn to, the 19th day of August AD. 1837.
Henry K. Helmuth [signature]
Wm L Norton
For the signature and official character of Wm L Norton, see papers filed on the issue of Warrant No 2163

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William Gordon Esqr.
Bounty Land Office} Philada. Augt. 16. 1836 -
Sir,
I was duly favored with yours of the 9th insd, & in consequence of the same, annex the power of Atty. of James Brown one of the heirs of Jno. Brown deceased, and that of Jno. Brown the husband of Ellen, and one of the daughters of Thomas Derrick decd., which I presume, will be deemed sufficient to authorise one to act in the cases, according to the Rules of your Office, of which when I wrote to you on the 5th insd., I was ignorant.

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I, James Brown of the City of Philadelphia, Tobacconist have authorised [sic] and by these presents do authorise [sic] Henry K. Helmuth of the same place, Esquire, to make application to the Bounty land Office, Department of War of the United States for the purpose of obtaining information whether my deceased Father John Brown, who served in the Delaware line in the revolutionary war to the end of it, and who died at Wilmington in the State of Delaware upwards of forty years ago, ever received his Bounty land, to which he became entitled in consequence of such service, in order that in case the same was not obtained by him in his lifetime, such steps may be taken as to enable his heirs to obtain the same, of whom I am one, being his son. Witness my hand and seal at Philadelphia this fifteenth day of August anno domini One thousand eight hundred and thirty six. 
James Brown [signature]
Witness Henry Sailor
Henry F Fetting

I, John Brown, Stevidore [sic], of the district of Southwark in the County of Philadelphia, Husband of Ellen daughter of Thomas Derrick deceased, one of the soldiers of the revolutionary Army in the service of the United States, who served in the same in the Delaware line, to the end of the war and who died upwards of forty years ago in the State of Delaware, have authorised [sic] and empowered and by these presents do authorise [sic] and empower Henry K. Helmuth of the City of Philadelphia Esquire, to make application to the Bounty land Office, department of war of the United States for the purpose of obtaining information whether the said Thomas Derrick ever received his bounty land to which he became entitled in consequence of such service in order that in case the same was not obtained by him in his lifetime, such steps may be taken as to enable his heirs to obtain the same, of whom my wife Ellen is one she being one of his daughters. Witness my hand and seal this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty six.
John his X mark Brown
Witness Jesse Bickerton
Joseph Frazier

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[Depa]rtment of war
Bounty land Office
City of Washington
D. C.

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Wm. Gordon Esqr
Department of War} Philada. Sept. ['8' lined out] 7th 1836
Bounty land Office
Sir,
Enclosed I take the liberty to transmit to your department, the declaration, and evidence of heirship in the case of Thomas Derrick deceased, a revolutionary soldier, which I hope you will find correct - Jacob Broom Esqr. will call for the warrant -
Respectfully I am truly your friend & hbl servt. [humble servant]
Henry K. Helmuth

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STATE OF Pennsylvania
At a court held for Philadelphia county, September 17 1836 satisfactory evidence was adduced in court, to prove that Rachel Johnson and Ellen Brown are the daughters and Jacob Katz, Peter Katz, Barnet Katz, Lewis Katz, Sarah Katz and Rachel Katz
the grandchildren and only heirs at law in fee to Thomas Derrick late a soldier in the Regiment, Delaware line
I, Robert Morris, Clerk of the county court, do certify, that the above evidence is taken from the records in my office.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my official seal, this Seventeenth day of Sep. 1836
Robert Morris [signature]
[finger point graphic] The above form will answer for the States of ^[insert] Pennsyla. Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and other western States.