Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23645, Jesse Fulton, Penn.

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SERVICE                                    NUMBER
                Fulton, Jesse             S.23645

CONTENTS
[name and service number handwritten on pre-printed card]

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Dead. let to J Fulton, July 839
1904 Mar. 28. Quartermaster Gen. U.S.A. furnished history of service. AW. 
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No. 11.354 
Pittsburgh
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Jesse Fulton
of Allegheny Co. in the State of Penna. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Porter of the Regt. commanded by Col Crawford in the Penna. troops [illegible crossed out] for 9 months Private $30.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 30 Dollars ---[cents crossed out] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of April 1833 and sent to Hon. W. Wilkins Pittsburg Pa. 
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833                            60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] Sept. 1833  15.00
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                                                                               $75.00
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 5 Page 76
[pre-printed form on right side of page, with names, dates, amounts and regiment/compaies of service handwritten]

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19 July
F101.
July 201839
Pension Office
ento
Jesse Fulton
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Beaver County July the 18th 1839
Mr Lewis Cass
Sir I am under the necessaty of troubeling you with a line respecting the arears of pension due to Jesse Fulton who obtained a Pension certificate given at the War office of the United States the 26th day of April 1833 recorded in Book E Vol 5 Pge 78 by D Brown the said Jesse Fulton died on the 19th of March last the last simianual payment which was due on the 4th of march last is upaid I being his son and the [crossed out] with whome he spent the eavning of his day obtained the nesasery proof before the court at Beaver Pa to obtain a cartificate of facts proven acording to law vis seting fourth that his wife is dead that there is four children and only four namely John James Elizabeth and Ann that they are all of age the dificully then in drawing the money then[crossed out] was the want of a power of Attorney from my Sister Elizabeth who lives at a grate distance and it will be hard to obtain a power from hir the other two that is John and Ann lives at pittsburgh and can claim in person I have written twiste to Elizabeth and can get no Answer the faveour I now request is that you send an answer to thiss directing some way of geting the arrears of pension if such direction can be consistantly givin for I at pressant know no way to obtain the power of Attorney and as the amount to be claimed is small it would not Justify much cost and that I would have to pay in as much as father lived and died with me and the pension is considered by my Brother and sisters as due to me as I  had the care of their father you will please write me on the subject and oblige your humble servent 
[signed] James Fulton
N B the amount now due alltogether is only sixteen dollars and twenty five cents the amount to my absent sister is only 4 dollars and 6/4 cents if shee was hear to claim it but it is considered as due to me for funaral expences & c. 
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To Mr Lewis Cass [stamp FREE]
Secretary of War
Washington CIty
Hon Joel R Poinsett
DC

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Admitted
Junior
Private
$20-
Hon W Wilkins
Pittsburgh
Penna

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Allegheny County SS

Before the Honorable the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania. now sitting personally came, on this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord 1833 Jesse Fulton for said county, an applicant for pension under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832, who on his solemn oath deposeth as follows: 
That he was born in Lancaster County state of Pennsylvania ca 1759 as declarant was told by his mother--his Father having died when declarant was three or four years of age there being no record of declarant's age in the family bible, or any where else as he knows of-- at about eight years old declarant was bound an apprentice until he should arrive at the age of sixteen years--to James Mayfield of Lancaster County aforesaid at the expiration of said apprenticeship in the following year declarant volunteered as a private in a company [illegible] and comm[illegible] by Capt. William Porter of said Lancaster County in the first or second week of July 1776 declarant volunteered and joined aforesaid company as a private under Capt William Porter aforesaid and said company Joined Col Crawfords Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia and [illegible] part of the sa[creased, torn making illegible]nant Colonel of said Regi[torn, illegible] was Josiah Crawford-- declarant on joining said Col Crawfords regiment marched with the Regiment to Bergen on the opposite side to the city of New York and performed duty there as he believes under General Robertjo or Robertas, and whilst doing duty as aforesaid declarant well recollects the capture or taking of the city of New York by the British and thus in a [illegible] he saw the American Flag hauled down at the Fort and the British Flag hoisted in its place- Col Crawfords Regiment remained at Bergen aforesaid two or three months - being the whole Term for which said Regiment turned out and then [illegible] home on their return march at Amboy in the state of New Jersey- a company of volunteers was formed under Captain William Scott from Col Crawfords Regiment declarant joined said company as a private with the approbation of Col Crawford and did not receive a written discharge at that time or at any time- but was told to go as aforesaid by Col Crawford-- declarant then marched back with Capt Scotts company to Fort Washington and were disbanded in Fort Washington under Col McGaw or McGraw who then commanded at Fort Washington-- is a few days after being stationed as aforesaid in Fort Washington the said Fort was captured by the British and the said Capt Scott and all his men were made prisoners - with the exception of about six of his men of which number declarant was one--who had been sent from the Fort as a [illegible] to remove provisions (for the use of the American Army-) placed a short distance from -- the Fort- declarant was marched as one of said commissarys guard on the retreat with the army under General Washington--through New Brunswick- and Princeton- to Trenton. thence across the [illegible] on to the Pennsylvania side of the River=  delaware- the declarant still was on of said commissary guard- when Washington recrossed the Delaware and fought the Hessians at Trenton and banged them-- after the Cap[illegible] the Hessians at Trenton aforesaid declarant was detailed as one of the guard- [torn illegible] marched the said Hessian [illegible] about [illegible] 
P.T. V. [centered at bottom of page]
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of Lancaster Pennsylvania where the Hessians were placed under confinement and the sa[illegible] guard were discharged by the offices commissary - whose name declarant cannot now recollect - and told that they might go home - no [illegible] discharge was given to declarant or to any of the men - declarant was discharged in the Town of Lancaster as aforesaid in the first or second week in the month of January 1777 - having been in service as a private aforesaid from the first or second week in July 1776 to the first or second week in January 1777- making six month declarant served at that time without any interruption as a private aforesaid. 
declarant then - Jany 1777 returned to his mothers house in Lancaster county aforesaid and remained at home until the next fall - shortly after holy eve - in the first week or the beginning of the second week in November 1777 declarant was accepted in the 7th class Pennsylvania Militia as a private in Capt Patrick Marshales company Col Boyles Regiment and marched from Lancaster county [illegible] while marsh in Philadelphia or Bucks county in Pennsylvania - where the said Regiment joined the regular army under General Washington and remained some weeks at whole marsh when declarant marched with the militia aforesaid from while marsh to the [illegible] harmony creek & [illegible] there a few days and then returned to while marsh - when the Regulars marched [illegible] Valley Forge - In the winter of 1777 & 1778 declarant marched with the militia aforesaid in [illegible] weather and fought in the battle of Chestnut Hill when his Captain Patrick Marshall was killed - declarant was in the while a [illegible, tear] regiment there were three Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia engaged in the action - Boyds Regiment to which declarant belonged = Col Rodgers regiment & one other from Bucks County the colonels name not now recollected = there were no regulars in the [illegible] of this [illegible] - after the engagement aforesaid declarant with his [illegible] returned to [illegible] - remained there some days and then marched to the Hickam[illegible] creek [illegible] and - returned to while march again the [illegible] Col Boyd together with the other Regiments of Pennsylvania militia [illegible] together and were marched from Place to Place not remaining more than three nights at any one place - and finally to [illegible] into its neighbourhood until discharged in the first week or beginning of the second week in the month of February 1778 declarant served as a private in the drafted militia as aforesaid at that time without any interruption three months - declarant did not receive a written discharge at that time from Col Boyd or from any one else - but was told to go home by Col Boyd - and the men and the Col (Boyd) all went home at the Battle of Chestnut Hill aforesaid declarant believes General Irwin commanded the three Regiments Penn Militia - General Irwin was wounded in the same engagement and taken prisoner -- when the militia returned about a [illegible] , and were then formed by General Bull -- which was the first declarant had seen of General Bull on that day-- declarant further states that as to capture of General Irwin aforesaid he was so informed on that day. declarant further states that he is not aware of any person now living who can testify to his service or any part of it.
Since the war of the Revolution declarant has resided in Lancaster county -- about 4 or 5 years -- in York County about 20 years - and the[illegible] in [illegible] county - When he was commissioned a Justice of the Peace by Governor Huster until [illegible, torn] into Allegheny county [illegible, torn] one year since all the foregoing
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mentioned county's are situated in the state of Pennsylvania
declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
[signed] Jesse Henson
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Wm M Candless [illegible]
WE Alfred Brunson a clergyman residing in Allegheny Town - Allegheny County Penna and Col William Robinson Jun residing in said Allegheny Town County & state aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse Fulton, who has subscribed and sworn to to the above declaration, that we believe him - to be in his Seventy fourth year, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution - and that we concur in that opinion. 
[signed] Alfred [illegible]unson
[signed] Wm Robinson [illegible]
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
[signed] Wm M Candless 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the Interrogatories as prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states- and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Rev Alfred Brunson & [illegible, creased] William Robinson who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in Allegheny Town - Allegheny county & State of Pennsylvania and that Col William Robinson Junr of same place who has also signed the same is a resident of said - Allegheny Town - county of Allegheny state of Penna and is a credible and that their  statement is entitled to credit. 
By the Court - 
[signed] Wm M Candless[illegible]
I William McCandless Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Fulton for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord 1833
[signed]Wm M Candless [illegible]

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M[illegible] Edwards
[handwritten]

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Pittsh Ap. 8 - '33
D Sir; 
You have enclosed the application of Jesse Fulton for a pension. 
Very respectfully 
[illegible]
[signed]Wm Wilkins
Mey - Edwards
P. S. At the first convenient moment oblige me by giving me an andser in reference to Gallagher's & Powers application from this county -
[signed]W. W. 
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Revolution [slanted script]
23645 [hand written]
INVALID
File No. 23,645
Jesse Fulton
[illegible] Rev War

Act: June 7 [illegible year]
Index:- Vol. 9, Page 146

[Arrangement of 1870]

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* [centered]

NAME Fulton, John GRADE Private LINE New York

WARRANT NUMBER 7120 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 15, 1790
to William Bell, assignee

*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 subse-quent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department far 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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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-52
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD* [centered]
NAME Fulton, Robert  GRADE Sergeant LINE Crane's Continental Artillery (Massachusetts)

WARRANT NUMBER 4197 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan 26, 1790 to John May

*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 subse-quent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department far 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.