Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39529, Stephen Fleeharty, Md.

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Service 
Md 

Fleeharty, Stephen 

Number 
S. 39529

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13.411      
Virginia          
Stephen Fleeharty           
of     in the state of          who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Smallwood of the Maryland  for the term of 8 years         
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20th of July 1818               
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of July 1819 and sent to John Wilson Senr Clerk, County of Harrison Clarksburg Virginia              
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819   ….     $60.12                  
Semi-anl. all’ce ending  4 Sep 1819      48          
7 months 16 / 31            $108.12       
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}                
Died Jan 28, 1825 
Continued
Notification sent October 26 1820 
John P. Moore, Clarksburg, Virginia

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Fleeharty
Admd [admitted]
(3 yr service)
Clerk of Harrison 
Clarksburg Virginia.
2 day of  August J. Wilson C. H. C.

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Virginia to wit At a Court held for the county of Harrison the 20th day of July 1818 + 43rd year of the commonwealth       
Present David Morris Benjamin Robinson, Joseph Chenvout and Francis Reed    Gentlemen  Justices. Before the Court aforesaid personally appeared Stephen Fleeharty who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration 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 States in the revolutionary war”     That he the said Stephen Fleeharty enlisted in the year 1775 in the state of Maryland in the company commanded by Captain George Stricken of the First Maryland Regiment commanded by Col. Smallwood for the Term of during the war, that he continued to serve with said Comp. or in the service of the united States until the Close of the war when he was discharged from service at Annapolis in the state of Maryland in the year 1782. That he was at the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Germantown, Monmouth, Camden, Guilford, Eutaw Springs, Cowpens, and at the Siege of 96 and that he has now no other evidence of his said service and that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance

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of his country for support         
 a Copy J. Wilson J C H C                 
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that Stephen Fleeharty served in the revolutionary war ag't [against] the common enemy and from the Declaration here filed and their belief in its truth from examination of the said Stephen before the Court and his standing as a citizen in this County It is ordered that the said Declaration with the opinion of the Court be Certified to the Honorable Secretary of War the Court being fully satisfied that the said Stephen did serve in the army of the United States ag't the Common enemy more than nine months and that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support. 
A Copy J Wilson Jr. C H C      
Virginia I John Wilson Junior clerk of the county court of Harrison do certify that the foregoing is truly copied and testimony     Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this Court 12 day of August                  
J Wilson C H C 
Fleeharty Admi'd. (3 yrs service) 
Clk of Harrison Clarksburg Va.

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Stephen 
Fleeharty 

13.411 

Sept 1819
 

John P. Moore 
Clarksburg 
Va

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Virginia At a court held for the county of Harrison on the 21st day of August 1820 (being a court of record established by an act of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth). Personally appeared before the court aforesd. Stephen Fleeharty aged 74 years resident in Harrison County Virginia who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, that he enlisted in the Year 1775 in the first Maryland Regiment commanded by Col Smallwood in Capt George Strickens Company Maryland line his original declaration was made July 20 1818 the number of his pension certificate is 13.411 + he also took the following oath viz. “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 whatever 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 day of March 1818. 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 property [lined out] income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed + by me subscribed viz “I have no property” Stephen Fleeharty + he also Declared in these words “I am by occupation a farmer but from infirmities unable to labor have no family” I John Wilson Jr. Clerk of the county court of said county of Harrison do certify that the foregoing is truly copied. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 24th day of August 1820 J Wilson Jr. C H C

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April 6, 1931 

Willis G. Fetrick 
P. O. Box 643 
Clarksburg, West Virginia 

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
EEL 

Dear Sir: 

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.39529, that Stephen Fleeharty enlisted in the State of Maryland in 1775, exact date not stated, served as a private in Captain George Stricker’s Company, Colonel Smallwood’s Maryland Regiment, was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Germantown, Monmouth, Cowpens, Guilford Court House, Siege of Ninety Six and Eutaw Springs, and was discharged in 1782. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 20, 1818. Application was made in Harrison County Virginia. 

In 1820, he stated that he was aged seventy-four years, and that he had no family residing with him. 

He died January 28, 1825. 

Very truly yours 
R. W. MORGAN 
Acting Commissioner.

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39529 
INVALID 

Revy

File No. 39,529 
Stephen Fleeharty 
Prv Rev War 

Act: 18th March 18 
Index: Vol. 3, Page 173 

[Arrangement of 1870] 

1910 Dec 23 Hist. to George Fleharty 
1920 Mar of Hist. for George Fleharty 

1931Apr. 6 Hist. to Willis G. Fetrick [illegible]

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Auditor’s Office, Annapolis, June 25th 1819 

I hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls remaining in the Auditor’s Office, that Stephen Fleharty enlisted as a Private in the First Maryland Regiment, on the tenth day of Dec 1776. 

Promoted to Capt 
1st August 1779 

Thos. Harney Aud. S. M.

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Revo 1 – 7 yr
Pleasanton Nebraska Feb 19th – 20           
To the Hon Commission of pensions        
Dear Sir Would you be as kind as to inform and the year in which the soldiers of the Revolutionary War were first granted pensions         
I want to know the date in which my Great Greandfather Stephen Fleharty received his pension. He served in the first Maryland Regiment and also in the seventh cavalry (Maryland) The provision I presume was a grant of land T        
hanking you in advance I remain &c George Fleharty

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Seattle Wash – University[?] Sta 

Dec 14th 1910 

Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C 

Dear Sir 
Have you any Record of one Stephen Fleharty who enlisted in a Maryland Regiment during the Revolutionary war, when in a cavalry or infantry reg. The period served is from Dec 10th 1776 to Feb 1779.  Again the name should appear Oct 30th 1784 Any information thankfully received 

Respectfully Yours 
Geo Fleharty 
Seattle Wash 

University Sta 
Seattle Wash

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P. O. Box #643 
Clarksburg, W. Va. 
January 23m 1931. 

U. S. Pension Office 
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sirs: 

Will you kindly examine and give me a notation of the Revolutionary Services and any genealogical information contained in the application or any other papers or affidavits filed therewith of Stephen Fleeharty, who served as a Revolutionary Soldier in the Maryland Line and who was granted a pension for such services while residing in Harrison County, West Virginia. 

I would also like similar information from the application and other papers of Matthias Hite who served as a Lieutenant in the Virginia Line and who was granted a pension for such services while a resident of Harrison County, West Virginia. 

Thanking you very kingly for this information and hoping that I may hear from you at your earliest convenience, I am 

Yours very truly, 
Willis G. Fetrick

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In reply to your request of       , received       for a statement of the military history of Stephen Fleeharty a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau.    S. File 39.529                   
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment 1775 to 1782   Length of Service 1775 to 1782     Rank Pri. Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered Captain. George Stricken Colonel. Smallwood State. MD               
Discharged at Annapolis Md.
Battles engaged in, L.I. [Long Island] , Wh Pl. [White Plains], Trenton, Princeton, Germantown, Monmouth, Cowpen, Guilford, Eutaw Spgs, Cowpens, Siege of 96                  
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl [enlisted]  in Md            
Date of application for pension, July 20, 1818 His claim was allowed                
Residence  in 1820 Harrison Co, Va                           
Age  72.             
Remarks: In 1820 he had no family residing with him


Remarks: In 1820 he had no family residing with him