Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17950, Charles Fizgerald, Md.

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Md    Fitzgerald, Charles,  S. 17950
                                          B.L.Wt. 1338 - 100

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Received from the Secretary of War a
Land Warranty No. 1338 [illegible] in my name
the 19 July 1828 for one hundred acres of land for
services rendered duing the Rev. War-
dated at Vincennes-Indiana,
this 20. day of August
1828  Charles X his mark Fitzgerald

Witness
Wm H. Johnston
Jno. Ewing

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Maryd
673 
Priv

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Ho of Reps. Decbr. 6. 1839

Sir

James Jerrel (alias) Fitsgerrel of Knox
Co Indiana - States that his father Charles
Fitsgerrald (late of said Co. now decd.) was
a pensioner and died about the 2d of July
1836.  James his son is his administrator
and says his belief is that his father
had pension money due him at the
time of his death.  He further states that
he gave to Mr. John Ewing (late a member
of Congress) a power of attorney (about Oct.
1838) to ascertain and collect the same if
any money was found to have been due his father
at the time of his death.  He says Mr.
Ewing denies having recd. the power
of Atty. referred too.  I am requested

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to inquire if any money is due his late
father and if any such money was paid to Mr
Ewing.  Mr. Fitsjerrel further states
that he has been informed that the
soldiers of the Maryland line were entitled
to receive thirty acres of land in addition
to the quantity usually granted to soldiers
of the Revolution if such be the fact
will you be so good as to inform me

[illegible] your obt Srvt.
Jno. W. Davis

J L Edwards Esqr

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Act 1828
Settled at
Treasury
Consd.
with Invalid
File # 17,950

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Vincennes Sept. 18th. 1828

Hon: R Rush.

Sir,

On behalf of the old
man whose declaration is enclosed
and with a knowledge of his [illegible]
situation, I am urged to beg for him
a speedy decision, and that he may
be advised thereof.

Most respy. [illegible]
Jno Ewing

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That I may forward a power of atty-
the Honbl. the secy of the Treasury, will
please order, that I be informed of
the result of this application to [begin underline] the care [end underline]
of [begin underline] Mr. Ewing [end underline[ Vincennes I'a.

My situation is deplorable,
and I beg for a speedy acknowledgment.

Most respy. I have the honor
to be Yr. obt St

Chas Fitzgerral

Hon: Secy of the Treasury

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State of Indiana }
Knox County } Ss

I Charles Fitzgerald of said state
and county, do hereby declare in conformity to an
Act approved on the 15th day of May 1828, entitled "An
Act for the relief of soldiers of the revolution," that I
enlisted in the continental Line of the Army of the
Revolution for and during the war--That I enlisted
under Captn. Richd. Andrew in Caroline County, Maryland
was marched to Philadelphia and was there mustered
in a company commanded by Captn. Sheppard,
from thence I was ordered to Annapolis, and from
thence to join the Army commanded by General
Green, which with my companions, I did join a few
days before the battle of Guilford.  On joining said
Army I was attached to the 2d. Regt. of Maryland, at
that time commanded by Col. or Lt. Col. Stewart.
Afterwards when Col. Stewart was killed by his
horse, Major Egglestone or Col. Williams commanded
the said Regt.  In the battle of Eutaw Springs I was
severely wounded and after being on [illegible]
Island was ordered to Annapolis, where
I received my discharge.  [illegible] peace had
been proclaimed that on the day I was
wounded I served under Captn. Smith, and do
not distinctly remember where Captn. Smith
or Captn. Price commanded at this time I
received a discharge, but believe it was Captn.
Price:  And I also declare that I served
in the army as stated, from the day of my
enlistment until the day of my discharge
which was three years and three days and
during the said period received only five

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months pay at eight dollars p. month paid to me
at Alexandria, Va. and five months pay
when I was discharged at Annapolis, amounting
altogether, to eighty dollars--that Major Egglestone
after my discharge, offered to procure me a
pension but I declined to accept of it as I was
then able to earn a living without it; and although
I have heretofore applied, I am utterly unable
to make a clear representation of my own case
not being able to write, and I have never
learned that I was placed on any pension
Roll.  Witness my hand this 16th day of
September in the year one thousand eight
hundred and twenty eight.

Charles X his mark Fitzgerald
Test.
Thomas Hollingsworth } Sworn to before me this 18
Samuel O. Johnson } September 1828 Samuel Hill
Justice of the Peace for the
County of Knox State of Ind.

Indiana. }
Knox County. } Before me, Samuel Hill, a justice
of the Peace in and for said county, duly empowered
to administer oaths, personally appeared 
this day, Thomas Hollingsworth and Samuel
O. Johnson, old and respectable inhabitants
of said county and state, who did severally
make oath, that Charles Fitzgerald by whom
the foregoing declaration was subscribed
with a mark, is generally believed to have
been a soldier in the army of the Revolution
in manner as is therein stated--that the
said declaration was acknowledged in their

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presence and they have been personally acquainted
with the said Charles Fitzgerald for upwards
of thirty years, have seen the scar of the
wound said to be received at the battle of Eutaw, and
general repute has always agreed with
the statement, or declaration, he has made
which is hereunto annexed that with
the knowledge avowed and possessed by them, and
each of them, of the said Charles Fitzgerald
he is believed to be well worthy of the provision
made by law for the remaining soldiers of the
revolution.

In testimony whereof, witness my 
hand this 18th day of September in the
year 1828.  Samuel Hill, JPeace
[word seal encircled]

State of Indiana }
Knox County }

I Homer Johnson Clerk of the
Circuit Court in & for the County of Knox do hereby
certify that Samuel Hill before whom the above
Acknowledgment appears to have been taken is
and was at the time of taking the same a justice
of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned
& qualified & that due faith & credence is and
ought to be given to all his official acts as
such.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of
office at Vincennes this 19th day
of September A.D. 1828.

H. Johnson Clk
C C. K. C

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March 6, 1936

xxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J/MCS [illegible]
Charles Fitzgerald
S. 17950

Mrs. T. Ray Cross
506 N. Third Street
Vincennes, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to
Charles Fitzgerald, a Revolutionary War soldier who was pensioned
while living in Knox County, Indiana

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S. 17950, based upon the military service of Charles 
Fitzgerald.

The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents
were not given.

While living in Caroline County, Maryland, he enlisted in 1779
or 1780 and served three years and three days as private with the
Maryland troops under Captains Richard Andrew, Sheppard, Smith and
Price, and Lieutenant Colonel Stewart and Colonel Williams, and he
was wounded in the battle of Eutaw Springs.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 2, 1828,
at which time he was about sixty-seven years of age and was living in
Knox County, Indiana.

Charles Fitzgerald died about July 2, 1836, and his son, James,
was administrator of his estate.  In 1839 said James was living in Knox
County, Indiana.  There are no further data relative to the soldier's
family and no one applied for pension as his widow.

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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of
Charles Fitzgerald, the name and address of the person to whom it
was paid, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing
the following data: Charles Fitzgerald, Certificate 474, dated August
3, 1829, rate $8[illegible] per annum, Act of May 15, 1828, Indiana Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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[Two columns]
[Left column]

1936. Mar. 6. Hist to Mrs. T.
Ray Cross. MCS

[Right column]
17,950
Rev War [written vertically in left margin]
INVALID.

File No. 17,950
Charles Fitzgerald
Private Revy war
Maryland line

No 673
Act: May 15" 28
on Inda
Index:--Vol. 1, Page 126

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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No. 17,950
[words blacked out]

Received Augt. 2d, 1828.
[double underline]

Chas Fitzgerald
Private
Capt Price,
2d. Regt Md. Line

Indiana Roll

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Charles Fitzgerald.  Inda[illegible] Act
of May 15. 1828.

Has [word he lined through] payt. been made up to
the day of his death?  If so, be pleased to
say to what time and to when paid.

Pension Office
Dec. 7. 1839  

pd to 3d March 1839.
JD.W.

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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

[Handwritten note: No. of Origl. payments 673]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
August 2, 1828.

Charles Fitzgerald of  ---- in the County of
Knox ---- in the State of Indiana ---- has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entailed "An Act for the relief of certain surviving,
officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he,
enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and
continued until its termination, at which period he was a private ---- in captain
Price (or Smith's) 's company, in the regiment of the Maryland line;
and does not state that the received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of
the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of 
March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by
the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary,
A. Dinkins

893341

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Aug 7. 1828

It appears by the records of this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been issued to Charles [begin underline] Fitzgerald [end underline] in the Maryland Line.

It further appears that Charles Fitzgerald is not now on the pension
list of [word struck out] any ---- agency, and has not been so since the 3d. March 
1826 [remaining words of sentence have been struck out]

Peter Hagner Aud

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No. 1338
Charles Fitzgerald
[illegible]
Maryld.
by mail to him
Vincenner
Indiana

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Indiana
Knox County
I Charles Fitzgerald
aged about sixty seven, do upon oath
testify and declare that I enlisted
in Carolina Co. [illegible] Maryland,
by [illegible] Rich Andrew for and during
the war in the year seventeen hundred
and seventy nine or eighty, (1779 -or- 1780)
that I was attached to the Maryland Line
cheifty to the Reg. commanded by Col Stewart
of the said state of Maryland. - I further
declare that I have neither received, assigned
or transferred my claim in any manner
whatsoever: therefore I request the Hon
the secretary of war to honor the warrent
sent to me, directed to the care of
John Ewing Vincennes [illegible] _ and 
this shall be his receipt for the same.
Signed Charles (X) Fitzgerral [X is his mark]

Witness
John Myers

Before me Samuel Hill a justice
of the peace in and for said county
and state, personally appeared the 
[illegible] subscriber Charles Fitzgeral and
acknowledged the oath, the statement and

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and declaration of order, to his fare act
and deed for this purpose therein mentioned
at this same time also, appeared Thomas Hollingsworth
a citizen of thruth and respectability who
states upon oath that he has been acquainted
for near forty years with Charles Fitzgeral
that he has always understood said Fitzgerral
was a soldier in the revolutionary army
as stated by him and he has every reason
to believe said Fitzgeral performed the service
and merits the reward of a good soldier.
This 8 July 1828   [illegible] my hand & seal
Samuel Hill

State of Indiana
Knox County I Homer Johnson Clerk of the Cir
ciut Court in and for said County, do Certify, that Samuel Hill
whose signature is subscribed to the writies and above [illegible]
ledgerucut is and not at the time of signing the same a justice
of the peace in and for said County, duly [illegible] and
qualified and [illegible] faith and credence and ought to be 
given to all his official acts os such.

In testimony where of I heard [illegible]
[illegible] my hand and affixed the seal
of Office at Vincennes this 8th day
of July A.D. 1828
Ho: Johnson Clk

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3-871
---
RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
---
Briefed by
Claim No.
Certificate [crossed out] No. Sur. File 17,950 
Claimant
Soldier Charles Fitzgerald
Service Rev. War.
Additional Service Md.

No          claim, State records          , 190
No claim, combination records          , 190

REMARKS:

No inv., wid, or [illegible]
claim except as above.

[Illegible]                                Chief Division
Dec. 6/09

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Vincennes Indiana
January 23-1936

[Gothic 'C' stamp(?)] Veterans Administration
Washington D.C. 
[Illegible margin note on right dated 1/30/36, followed by illegible note]
Gentlemen
                 Please send me
what data you have concerning
Charles Fitzgerald Private Md
Line pensioned in 1831 - at the
age of 72 while living in Knox
County, Indiana. Please give
me the date and place of
his birth, his [illegible] record
and pension claim number,
date of his death, [illegible] time
of last payment of pension.

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Also given are the names of
his wife and children, and if
his wife applied for a pension.
Does the last payment go to
some other address other
than Knox County showing
removal from this city.
Thanking you for this
information [illegible - maybe Ian?]

Yours very sincerely
(Mrs T Ray) Martha C. Cross
506 N 3rd St.

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Charles Fitzgerald 
Morana RM
Act May 15, 1828

[Illegible] J. W. Davis
Dec. 7, 1839

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