Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,170, for John Moreland, Virginia

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Continental
Va.
Moreland, John
S.40.170

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15564
Ohio
John Moreland
of Clarke County in the state of Ohio who was a private in the 3rd regiment commanded by Capt. West of the Virginia line for the term of two years.

Inscribed on the roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 dollars per month to commence the 12 of May 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of October and sent to Joseph Layton Esq Springfield, Ohio

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 $126.22
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820 $48.00
$174.22

{Revolutionary Claim Act 18th March 1818}

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Notification sent November 14, 1820 to Saul Hinkle Springfield Ohio 
Hon D Kilgore Jany 9/60

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John Moreland
Priv:
[2nd?] Virginia Regt.
1776 for 2 years -
12th May [? 1818]
The residence of Applicant must be stated in the [faint - illegible].
Residence certified within
Admitted
Service 
Admitted

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The State of Ohio
Clark County

Be it remembered that on this 1st day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen John Moreland a native of Virginia by birth but now a citizen of Clark County Ohio personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the associate judges of the county aforesaid who on oath saith that he enlisted in the war of the United States in the revolutionary war against Great Britain as a private in Capt. Charles Wests' company in the third Virginia regt for the term of two years and saith time being enlisted at Hampton Virginia - he was marched from said place of enlistment to New York was in the battles of York Island then was marched from aforesaid island to the White Plains, was in the battle called the battle of the White Plains from which place he under Gen Washington retreated over the Delaware River then was marched to Trenton, was at the taking of Hessians at that place then was at the battle of Princeton, sometime after was marched to Germantown, was in the battle there and several other small skirmishes during this said time of his enlistment, he saith that he was enlisted in March 1776 and after faithfully serving out his time of enlistment was discharged at the Valley Forge Pennsylvania which discharge he saith he gave to Col Cowell in order to enable him to draw his (this deponents) pay which he sold said Cowell the chance of for a trifle. This deponent furthers saith that he again enlisted into the same service against the common enemy for the term of three years under Capt. Triggers in the Virginia line but the regiment never being fully organized, after about two years and four months he was discharged but by carelessness hath lost his discharge after which service this deponent saith he hath not received anything nor any pension from his county except the total sum of about ten pounds which he received of Col Cowell above alluded to - and now this deponent and applicant has grown old and worn out with fatigue and hardship without so much substance not being any longer able to labor for his support stands greatly in need of the liberality of his

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comment as provided by the late act of congress. Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and date above written.

John Moreland

Joseph Layton - Assoc Judge

The state of Ohio
Clark County

I do hereby certify that the above subscriber to the within certificate came before me one of the associate judges for the county aforesaid and was examined and sworn to the truth of the within writing in due for of law from which I am satisfied making - under my hand this 12th day of May 1818.

Joseph Layton - Assoc Judge

The State of Ohio Clark County

I John Layton clerk of the court of common pleas of the county aforesaid pro tempore do hereby certify that Jospeh Layton Esquire before whom the depositions within stated was taken was at the time of the taking thereof one of the Associate Judges of the said court of Common Pleas and that to all his official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Springfield the sixteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

John Layton

SEAL

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recommend as provided by a late law of congress.

The State of Ohio Clark County

I Joseph Layton associated judge before whom the above declaration was made do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John G Moreland did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy for the term of nine months in the continental establishment and that he is in needy circumstances and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had before me to the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of congress. Sworn under my hand this 9th day of Apr 1818.

Joseph Layton - Assoc Judge

I further certify that John Moreland is a resident of the state and county aforesaid and that he is in need of the assistance of his county for support.

Joseph Layton - Assoc Judge

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John Moreland
No 15.564
Mar '20

Secretary of War (Illegible)
Washington City

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The State of Ohio Clark County

Court of Common Pleas before the honorable Joseph H. Grant President Judge and Daniel McKinnon, Joseph Talmor & Joseph Layton his associate judges of said court in this fourteenth day of August AD 1820 personally appeared in open court it being a court of record of said state, John Moreland aged sixty-seven years ten months and thirteen days who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the act of congress of the 18th March 1818 and the first of May 1820, that he the said John Moreland enlisted in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six in the state of Virginia in the company commanded by Captain Charles Ward in the regiment commanded by Colonel Moser in the line of the state of Virginia on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps until sometime in the month of March 1778; when he was discharged from the said service at the Valley Forge in the state of Pennsylvania. That he was in the battles on York Island, next attached to above of Volunteers to go out against a body of Tories near the White Plains in the state of New York was the second engagement. The regiment was commanded by Major Greene. Thirdly I was in the battle when the British advanced on the Americans at the White Plains aforesaid. Fourth I was in the battle of Trenton. Fifth, I was in the battle of Princeton both in the state of New Jersey. Lastly, I was in the battle of Germantown in the month of October 1777 and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except this his declaration. And in pursuance of the act of the first of May AD 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of

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State of Ohio, Pike County

I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true inventory and appraisement of the personal property of John L. Vance, deceased, so far as the same has come to our knowledge.

Given under our hands this 20th day of May 1836.
William Bennett  
John W. Williams  
Appraisers

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of May 1836.
Elijah Bennett, Justice of the Peace

Recapitulation

One heifer ---- 8.00

One cow — $10.00

One calf — $2.00

One bay mare — $40.00

One sorrel horse — $35.00

One saddle — $5.00

One bridle — $1.00

One pair of saddle bags — $1.00

One lot of farming utensils — $8.00

One plow — $3.00

One harrow — $2.00

One lot of carpenter tools — $5.00

One lot of blacksmith tools — $6.00

One lot of household furniture — $15.00

One spinning wheel — $2.00

One loom — $4.00

One lot of kitchen ware — $6.00

One lot of books — $3.00

One rifle gun — $10.00

One shot pouch and powder horn — $1.00

One lot of wearing apparel — $8.00

One lot of bedding — $10.00

One clock — $5.00

One chest — $2.00

One table — $1.50

One cupboard — $3.00

One lot of chairs — $2.00

One axe — $1.00

One hoe — $0.50

One grindstone — $1.00

One lot of barrels — $1.50

One lot of tubs — $1.00

One lot of buckets — $0.75

One lot of baskets — $0.50

One lot of old iron — $1.00

One lot of corn — $10.00

One lot of oats — $5.00

One lot of hay — $6.00

One lot of bacon — $12.00

One lot of lard — $4.00

One lot of soap — $2.00

One lot of candles — $1.50

One lot of beeswax — $1.00

One lot of tallow — $1.00

One lot of flax — $2.00

One lot of wool — $3.00

One lot of leather — $2.00

One lot of nails — $1.00

One lot of glass — $1.00

One lot of window sash — $2.00

One lot of shingles — $3.00

One lot of boards — $4.00

One lot of rails — $5.00

One lot of fencing — $6.00

One lot of timber  $7.00

One lot of firewood — $3.00

One lot of coal — $2.00

One lot of lime — $1.00

One lot of stone — $2.00

One lot of brick — $3.00

One lot of sand — $1.00

One lot of tools — $5.00

One lot of miscellaneous items — $10.00

Total valuation: $300.75

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21.68 & 3/4
One Cut (illegible) 0.75
One Salt Cellar - 0.6 and 1/4
Total $22.50

And this declarant further states that his occupation is that of a farmer and that he is unable to pursue it.

John Moreland

Subscribed & sworn to and declared in open court on the 14th day of August 1820.

Attest: John H Scott - Dep Clerk

The state of Ohio
Clark County

I Saul Henkle clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereunto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty-two dollars and fifty cents. In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 18th day of August AD 1820.

Saul Henkle - Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas for Clark County

N.B. The aforesaid court being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the common law having a jurisdiction unlimited in amount & keeping a record of its proceedings.

Saul Henkle - Clerk

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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MEE/HMM

September 16, 1929.

Mary E. Telford
403 S. Ash Street
Pipestone
Minnesota.

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, S. 40170, it appears that John Moreland was born in Virginia,
place not stated.

He enlisted at Hampton, Virginia, in March 1776, served as
private in Captain Charles West's Company, Colonel Mercer's Virginia
Regiment, was in the battles of York Island and engagement at White
Plains with the Tories, and in the battles of White Plains, Trenton,
Princeton and Germantown and was discharged in March 1778.

He again enlisted in Captain Snicker's Company and served as a
private in the Virginia Troops for two years and four months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 12,
1818 while a resident of Clarke County, Ohio.

On August 14, 1820 he stated that he was aged sixty-seven years,
ten months and thirteen days, and that his wife, Catherine, was about
sixty-five years old. He also referred to his son-in-law then living,
his name and that of his wife not given, and there is no further data
on file as to family.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.

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Hon. D Kilgore
H of Reps
Jany 9/60

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Pension Office
Jany 9, 1860

Sir

In answer to the enclosed letter of Wm Brotherton Esq to which accompanies yours of the 6th instant, I have the honor to state that there is not anything due the heirs of John Moreland under existing pension laws unless he failed to draw the pension allowed him to the day of his death.

If however, he did not draw his pension to his decease the arrears of pension can be obtained upon application to the office of the heirs' authority the heading accompanied with proof of heirship.

By addressing their auditor can ascertain if arrears are due John Moreland was pensioner under the act of 18th March 1818. On the Ohio roll at the rate of $96 per annum.

Hon D Kilgore
Ho Reps

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House of Representatives
Washington City Jan. 6th 1860
Hon. George C.Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions for
Washington City

Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose to you a letter I received from Wm. Brotherton of Muncie, Ind. Will you be kind enough to give me the information desired, and oblige.
Yours Respectfully [illegible]
D. Kilgore

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40 170
INVALID.
Revy
---
File No. 40,170
John Moreland
Pri Rev War

Act: 18th March 18
Index: -- Vol. I, Page 375?
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1927-Mich. 31. Hist to
Mary E Telford, MME

1929 - Sept. 16, 7 dist
again furn Mary
E. Telford, M. E. E.

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Pipestone Minn
Feb 4, 1927,

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Can you give 
me any information relative
to a Revolutionary war soldier
named Moreland, think the 
first name was John, but
am not positive as to the
Christian name, and do not
know in what colony
he lived at the time, but

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in later life he lived in
Eastern Ohio, think in or
near Gallia Co. one of his
Daughters married a man
named Cunningham and their
daughter Temperance married
James Waddell..  These
(illegible) Temperance James Waddell
are my grandparents and
I am anxious to trace this
line of ancestry, I understand
Mr. Moreland was a pensioner
so hope to receive some aid
from your department

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Thanking you for any assistance
you can give me.  
Yours Respectfully
Mary E Telford
403 S Ash St.
Pipestone, Minn

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Pipestone, Minnesota
July 30, 1929

Pension Bureau, Dept. of Interior
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

Something over a year ago I wrote you asking for the Revolutionary
War record of John Moreland who served with the Virginia
troops, later moving to Gallia Co. Ohio, where he received a pension
of ninety six dollars a year,  You very kindly and promptly sent
me the information in your files but unfortunately it has been
lost. If you will again send me this record I will be very glad
and repay any expense it may cause you. Also I would like to ask
if you could tell me how or where to secure information about an
Alexander Waddell who at the time of the Revolution lived in
Bath Co. Virginia, later moving to Gallia Co. Ohio, where his naturalization
papers were signed by John Hancock.
Respectfully,
Mary E. Telford,
Pipestone
Minnesota

(stamp)
Pension Office US
Aug 5 1929

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Rev & 1812 Wars Section

March 31, 1927

Mary E Telford
403 S. Ash St.
Pipestone Minn.

Madam

I have to advise you that form the papers in the revolutionary war pension claim S.40170 it appears that John Moreland was born in Virginia, place not stated.

He enlisted at Hampton, Virginia in March 1776 served as private in Captain Charles West's Company, Colonel Mercer's Virginia Regiment, was in the battles of York Island, and engagement at White Plains with the Tories, and in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, Princeton and Germantown and was discharged in March 1778.

He again enlisted in Captain Snicker's Company and served as a private in the Virginia Troops for two years and four months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 12, 1818, while a resident of Clarke County, Ohio.

On August 14, 1820, he stated that he was aged sixty-seven years, ten months and thirteen days and that his

(Handwritten in Margin)

This was Capt. Wm Snicker's.
See [illegible] of page 26 in [illegible] where soldiers relinquish which was

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wife Catherine was about sixty-five years old. He also referred to his son-in-law then living, his name and that of his wife not given, and there is no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form
VAM-51
12-5-41 BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD Division of Veterans' Administration Archives Name: Moreland, Moses GRADE Private
LINE  Pennsylvania WARRANT NUMBER 9909 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 9, 1795 to [ ] not shown
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 subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire 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.