Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3450, John Farrell, Md

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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md [Maryland]
Farrell, John

NUMBER
R.3450

CONTENTS

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State of Pennsylvania
County of Cambria S.S.

On this 30th day of June AD 1852, personally came before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County John Nagle who being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that he was intimately acquainted with John Farrell and that he has frequently heard John Farrell and Richard Nagle father of said deponant conversing about being in the Revolutionary War together and that he has also heard them saying that they were [illegible] together at the time said R. Nagle was taken prisoner by the British, where under the command of the Lance Captain Goode (Riflemen) in the Regiment of the "Flying Camp" and Maryland     Commanded by Col. [Colonel] Griffey, that the father of said deponant Richard Nagle Recd. [Received] a pension from the United States Government but that he cannot now Recollect the date or number of his certification that he has no doubt said John Farrell served as said by the said Mary Donoughe Thomas Ferrell Cornelius Farrell & [and] Ruth Weaklands children & [and] heirs at law of the said John Farrell decd [deceased] and further that he has no intrest in this application
Sworn and Subscribed before me this day and year above written and I do hereby certify that the above named

his
John X Nagle
Mark

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Mark

before me this day and year above written and I do hereby certify that the above named deponent is Respectable and entitled to Credit
Daniel Litsinger J.P. [Justice of the Peace]

A. Andrew Donoughe

Cambria County SS. A. Andrew Donoughe Personally came before me the the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in and for said county Jacob Nagle who being duly sworn according to law saith that the facts set forth in the above affidavit of John Nagle are true and correct, and that he understood that there was one person left to take care of clothing [illegible] while the parties on [illegible] and that John Farrell above mentioned was guard at the line that the said Richard Nagle was taken [illegible]. There is no doubt in his mind that John Farrell served his full time in the revolutionary war. Jacob Nagle
Sworn and subscribed before me the 1st day of July 1852.
Andrew Doughe J.P. [Justice of the Peace] Seal [hand drawn]

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State of Pennsylvania}
County of Cambria SS}
Before me Andrew Dououghe a Justice of
the Peace in & for said county and State personally came 
Thomas Farrell Mary Dououghe - late Mary Farrell - [crossed out: illegible]
and Ruth Weakland - late Ruth Farrell, who after being
duly sworn according to law do depose and say that
they are the lawful heirs and children of John Farrell
arcd. who was a private in the company commanded
by leaptauy Jacob Goods (Rifleman) in the Regt. of the Flying Camp of Maryland
^commanded by Col. Griffey^ that saw John Farrell entered the service of the United
States of Pipe Creek in said State during the Revolutionary
War and was out tow times of 6 months one of which he served as above in said company & Regiment
and that they verily believe that the said John Farrell was
honorably discharged from said service They there-
for pray that their claim for Pension may be 
examined and allowed
[below is to the left]
Sworn & subscribed before me this 30th}
day of June 1852 & I here certify}
that I know said deponents to be the heirs of}
said John Farrell and} 
that they are respectable & worthy of}
credit}
[below is to the right of paragraph above]
Mary Donoghe
Thomas Farrell
Ruth Weakland

State of Maryland}
County of Cambria SS}

I R.L. Johnston Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas of said county
do hereby certify that Daniel Litsinger & Andrew
Dououghe Esqs. before whom the above & foregoing affe-
davits were maid were at the time of the making these
of a chug Justices of the Peace in & for Law County & State duly
elected commissioned & sworn
In testimony [writing is blocked by image of a seal] I have here aforto set my hand & affixed my seal of office at
Ofensburg [writing is blocked by image of a seal] county this 17 July A.D. 1852
R.L. Johnston Prothonotary

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State of Pennsylvania }
County of Cambria } SS

Be it Known that before me Daniel
Litsinger a Justice of the Peace in & for said county & State duly au-
thorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared
Samuel McMullen, Bridget Fugan John Nagle & Jacob Nagle who
after being duly sworn according to law do depose and say
that they were mutually acquainted with John Farrell and
Lydia Farrell (whose maiden name was McGuire). That they the said
John Farrell & Lydia Farrell lived together as husband and
wife from the time they the said deponents became acquaint-
ed with them which was about the year 1780.  That
the family record hereto attached is in the proper hand writing
of said John Farrell by which it appears that said John
Farrell & Lydia were married December 8 1778, and that
Mary Donoughe, whose maiden name was Mary Farrell, Thomas
Farrell Cornelius Farrell and Ruth Weakland whose maiden
name was Ruth Farrell are children of the said John Farrell
and Lydia Farrell born in lawful wedlock.  They state
further said John Farrell died in Shirley Township Huntingdon
County in November 1809 and that Lydia Farrell died
at Allegheny Township Cambria County on or about the 30th
day of December A.D. 1830.  They further state that they
have no interest in the present application.

Sworn & subscribed before me this } John X his mark Nagle
30th day of June A.D. 1852 and } Jacob Nagel
I do hereby certify that the above } Samuel McMullen
named deponents are respectable } Bridget Fugan
& worthy of credit }

Daniel Litsinger J.P.

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State of Pennsylvania }
County of Cambria SS }

On this [blank] day of June A.D. 1852
personally came before me a Justice of the Peace in
and for said county John Nagle & Jacob Nagle who
being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that they
were intimately acquainted with John Farrell and that
they have frequently heard him John Farrell and Richard
Nagle, father of said deponents conversing about being in
the Revolutionary War together under the same Captain
Captain Good-in the Regiment of Maryland mili-
tia commanded by Col.  That the father of said
deponents, Richard Nagle recd. a pension from the Uni-
ted States government but that they cannot now recol-
lect the date or number of his certificate.  That they
have no doubt said John Farrell served as said by the
said Mary Donoughe Thomas Farrell Cornelius Farrell
and Ruth Weakland-children & heirs at law of the
said John Farrell decd.  And further that they
have no interest in this application

Sworn & subscribed before me the }
day & year above written and I }
do hereby certify that the above }
named deponents are respectable }
& entitled to credit }
J.P. }

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August 17, 1938

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/EEL
John Farrell-R.3450

Mrs. J.E. Shepardson
Box 184
Granville, Ohio

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.3450, based upon the mili-tary [military] service in that war of John Farrell.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of John Farrell are not shown.

John Farrell married, place not stated, December 8, 1778, Lydia McGuire, date and place of her birth and names of her par-ents [parents] not shown.

John Farrell died in November, 1809, in Shirley Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and his widow, Lydia, died Decem-ber [December] 30, 1820, in Allegheny Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

The following names of children are shown:

Mary Farrell . . . . . . . . . .date of birth not given, married --------Donoughe.
Thomas Farrell . . . . . . . . . " " " " " [date of birth not given]
Cornelius Farrell. . . . . . . . . " " " " " [date of birth not given]
Ruth Farrell . . .                " " [date of birth not given, married] ------- Weakland.

June 30, 1852, Mary Donoughe, Thomas Farrell and Ruth Weakland made application in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, for the pension that might have been due on account of the service of their father, John Farrell, in the Revolutionary War and alleged that their father enlisted at Pipe Creek, Frederick County, Maryland and served two tours of six months each as a private in Captain Jacob Good's Com-pany [Company], Colonel Griffith's Maryland Regiment of the Flying Camp; no dates of service were given.

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Their claim was not allowed as there was then no provision of law under which the children of a soldier of the Revolution-ary [Revolutionary] War were entitled to pension.

In 1852, on Andrew Donoughe was a Justice of the Peace for Cambria County, Pennsylvania; no relationship to Mary Don-oughe [Donoughe], daughter of the soldier, John Farrell, was stated.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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[marked through] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873,

[stamped] REJECTED

3450
P.O.
Lydia Farrell
Service: wid. [widow] of John

Enlisted:       , 18     ,
Discharged:  , 18    .

Application filed:     , 18    ,

Alleges:
Re-enlisted:

Attorney:
P.O.

Recognized,        Contract,
Cert. [Certificate] of Dis. [Discharge]   Searched for      , 18    .

1938- Aug [August] 17 - Hist to Mrs. J.E. Shepardson - EL

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Land Office of Maryland

I certify that it appears by a pay
roll remaining in this Office that
John Farrell a private 3rd Maryland
Regiment, received of John Hamilton agent of the
Maryland Line $80. arrears of pay from the 1st August
1780, to 1st January 1782.  Also $80 pay from 1st Jany
1782, to 1st January 1783.  Total Received $160.

In testimony whereof I hereto
subscribe my name this 3rd day of June 1853

J. Murray
[illegible] of the L Off

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Ebensburg Penna.
July 17. 1852

Honored Sir

I enclose an application by
heirs of John Farrell decd. for Pension.

The affidavits may be somewhat
informal having been drawn up by persons
inexperienced.  Should this be so might I
ask of you the favor of sending blanks
of the proper kind.

When you have examined the
papers inform me.

E Hutchinson Jr.
Attr for Farrells heirs

Hon J. E. Heath

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[Appears to be an envelope]
[Written vertically on the left side of envelope:
Nov. 15th 1852 [underlined]
Rel: to case of
John Farrell decd.]

[Circular mail stamp
[illegiblel]
Nov 
11 ]

Col. J. E. Heath
[written vertically across the above: E Hutchinson Jr.
Ebensburgh]
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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Ebensburg Penna.
Nov. 9. 1852

Hon J. E.Heath
Comr. of Pensions

Dr Sir

Sometime
since I forwarded you an application for
pension from the heirs of John Farrell
late of Cambria Co. Pa. to which you sent
for answer that the services of Farrell were
not sufficiently proved.

Owing to the lapse of time and
the fact that all his male associates are
dead it will be next to impossible to prove
[begin underline] positively [end underlie] his services.  I am requested to
ask of you to forward a statement of the
time and place [begin underline] Richard Nagle [end underline] entered and
left the service.  Richard Nagle was a "private
in Capt. Jacob Goods compy. of Riflemen in
Col. Griffeys Regt. of the Flying Camp Mary-
land" in the Revolutionary War.  Nagle and
Farrell entered the service together in the said
Compy. & Regt. & were [illegible] mates during the time
they were in the service.  Nagle in his lifetime
recd. a pension from Govt. But Farrell

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never applied.  It not inconsistent with
your duties as an officer of Government
I would request you to send this
statement as it will at once enable
the heirs of Farrell to furnish such
proof as may be satisfactory to
you in their present application.

Very Respectfy. Yours
E. Hutchinson Jr
Atty for heirs of Farrell

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262

Pension Office.
28th April 1853.

Sir,

The application of Lydia
Farrell decd. widow of John of Pa. on
file in this office under the act 
of July 7th 1838, is at the present
time subject to the objections sta-
ted in the letter from this office
of date the 18th Sept. 1852.  The
Declaration is very informal &
the service not stated with any
degree of certainty.  On an exami-
nation of the application of Rich-
ard Nagel for a pension, no re-
ference is found to the services
of John Farrell.  An examina-
tion of the Records in the Auditor
Generals Office, or of the Register
of the Land Office at Annapolis
may furnish you the evidence

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of the time of the enlistment and
discharge of John Farrell.

E. Hutchinson Jr.
Ebensburg.
Pa.

[Written vertically on the right side of page]

E Hutchinson
April 28/53
__________

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Ebensburg Cambria Co. Pa.
May 26. 1853

Honored Sir:

Enclosed you will find an affidavit
made by Mary Fels as to the service & discharge of
John Farrell decd.  It is hoped this may be of some
[illegible] in satisfying the Department of his services.
Owing to the lapse of time, the death of the soldier
for whose services a pension is claimed, most of those
who were his companions, although no doubt exists
in my mind as to the justice of the claim, yet
in this case, as in most other of the same kind
it is impossible to obtain direct & positive evidence of
the service & discharge of the soldier.

Under such circumstances, is the Com-
missioner of Pensions not allowed to exercise a
certain discretion.  Or must the rules of evidence
in all cases be strictly complied with?

I am sorry to trouble you with
these inquiries, and certainly should not do so
only that I fear that the claim for Pension
in the present case, although no about exists
[begin underline] here [end underline] where he was known, as to its justice, must
fail for want of positive proofs.

Respectfully Yr. Humble Servt
E Hutchinson Jr
Atty for Claimant

Hon L P. Waldo
Comr. Pensions

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Ebensburg [Pa scratched out]
Cambria Co
Pa
June 13 1853

Honored Sir:

I enclose you here
with 3 certificates from the
Court of the Land Office
of Maryland showing that
John Farrell has served
as a private has been
paid. [illegible]

I hope these may
be sufficient proof of
the services of the soldier
for whose services a pension
is claimed.

Yours Truly
E.Hutchinson Jr
Atty for Claimant

Hon LP Waldo
Comr. of Pensions

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Land Office of Maryland

I certify that it appears by a Return
made by the Commissioners agreeably to
an act of the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland passed at November Session
1788, that John Farrel a private of the 3rd Regiment
of the Maryland Line is entitled to Lot No. 1758
lying to the Westward of Fort Cumberland in
Allegany County containing Fifty acres.

In witness whereof I hereby subscribe
my name & affix the seal of the Land Ofice
of Maryland this 3rd day of June 1853.

J. Murray
[illegible] of the L Off

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State of Pennsylvania }
County of Cambria S.S }

On this 28th day of April A.D. 1853
before me James McDermit a Justice of the Peace in and
for said county personally came Mary Fels aged
Seventy Seven years, and to me well known who after being
duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that
during the Revolutionary War She resided in the
County of Frederick Maryland.  That She was
well acquainted with John Farrell whose heirs
are now applying for pension.  That she recollects
well of said John Farrell being in the United
States Army during [the scratched out] a part of the time
of the Continuance of said war.  That she recollects
well of said John Farrell and her brother Mar-
tin Hines returning to their homes In Frederick
County Maryland soon after the battle of
Brandywine.  That she has a distinct recol-
lection of seeing the discharge that said
John Farrell brot home with him from the
commanding officer.

Sworn and subscribed before me }
the day and year above written }  Mary X her mark Fels
and I do hereby certify that the above }
deponent Mary Fels is worthy of }  
credit }
James McDermit JP. } 
Witness
James McDermit
Anastasia Shiels

State of Pennsylvania Cambria county SS

I R. L. Johnston Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said county do certi-
fy that James McDermit Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was made
was at that time and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said county
and State duly elected commissioned and sworn and that his signature that is
attached is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Eb-
ensburg in said county this 25th day of May 1853.  R. L. Johnston, Prothonotary

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100 [circled]

E Hutchinson
Sept 18/52
___________

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251
Pension Office
Sep 18 1852

Sir

I herewith enclose you a form for a
Declaration under the Acton July 7 1838.
The informal Declaration of Lydia
Farrell decd. widow of John of Pa has
been received and filed under the above
Act, but as no service is stated with
any degree of certainty, we can not make
an examination of the papers.  Let a
Declaration be made in accord and
with the enclosed form, and when
filed make reference to the fact that
papers are of file here in the name
of Lydia Farrell decd widow of Jno of
Pa Act July 7 1838--

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E. Hutchinson
Aug. 30. 1853

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432
Pension Office
August 30. 1853

Sir,

The additional evidence in the case
of Lydia Farrell has been recd. & filed.
Upon an examination of the evidence I find
that John Farrell died in 1819 and his
widow in 1830--and consequently that there
is no claim, whatsoever, to a pension.  Both
parties having died before the passage of the
pension laws the case is rejected.

E. Hutchinson Jr.
Ebensburg
Cambria Co.
Pa.

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Land Office of Maryland

I certify that it appears by a Deprecia-
tion Pay roll remaining in this
office, that John Farrell a private
of the 3rd Regiment Maryland Line
received L[symbol for the English pound] 14"18"4.  Depreciation
recovery [illegible] to the Maryland Troops on Conti-
mental Establishment on the 29th of August
1782;--discharged 14th Feby 1783.

In witness whereof I hereto
subscribe my name & affix the seal of the
Land Office of Maryland this 3rd June 1853

J. Murray
[illegible] of the L Off

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Husband decd 1809 }
Widow 1830 } See correspondence

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No. 14723
Lydia Farrell dec
wid of Jno Pa

[Following have been lined through]
E Hutchinson Sep 18 52
E Hutchinson 28th April 1853
Same Aug 10 1853
Same " 30 1853

3450

Act July 7 1838

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E. Hutchinson
Aug 10/53

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174

Pension Office
Aug 10 1853

Sir

On the 18 Sept 1852 my predeces-
sor enclosed you a form for a Decla-
ration under the Act of July 7 1838 to
be used in the case of Lydia Farrell
decd. widow of John of Pa.  I enclose 
form of the same kind and advice in
compliance with the requisitions of
the letter of the above date and of the
28 April last if you desire the
case to be considered again.  The
claim must be supported by Record
or by the testimony of those who know
that the service was rendered as
alleged.

E Hutchinson Esq
Ebensburg
Cambria Co
Pa

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Granville Ohio
July 17- 1938.

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen - will you kindly tell
me if John Farrall (also spelled
(Fearall) of Prince Georges Co. Md.
received a pension in the Rev War.
He also had a son William from
same state & co-but removed to
Jackson tp-Muskingussa Co. Ohio
in 1816 - did he receive pension -
Wm. settled on the military land
here in Ohio & I have the original
land grant signed James
Monroe.  Yours truly Mrs. J. E. Shepardson
Box 184.

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August 17, 1938

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/EEL

Mrs. J.E. Shepardson
Box 184, Granville
Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Farrell (Fearall), of Prince Georges County, Maryland; also, record of his son, William Farrell, of same state, who, in 1816, moved to Muskigum  County, Ohio and received a granted of land from James Monroe.

As a means of identifying the particular record of the William Farrell or similar spelling, in whom you are interested, should it be on file, it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to him: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service, given name of widow and particularly the war in which he served. Upon receipt of this information, a further search of the records will be made and a report furnished you.

You are furnished herewith the record of John Farrell, the only soldier of that name or similar spelling, who served in the Maryland troops, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Farrell, Thomas  
GRADE Private  
LINE Massachusetts

WARRANT
NUMBER
4141  
ACREAGE 100  I
SSUED May 10, 1799 
to Allen Crocker
_____

*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 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.