Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S.16033, Alexander Armstrong, Penn.

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Penn.  Armstrong, Alexander. S. 16033
carded

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3100
Indiana
Alexander Armstrong 
of Sullivan in the State of Indiana 
was a [Pvt +Sgt?  1st Sgt?] in the Compy commanded 
by Captain Clark of the Regt commanded 
by Col Watt -- in the [Penn a?]  ["a" is underlined]
line for 6 months from 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana 
at the rate of 23 - Dollars 33 - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Dec 32 and  [Clerk?]  W. M. Purdy  Carlisle  Ind.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                   34.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33   11.67
                                                              $46.66

Revolutionary Claim 
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Martha Rice   Clerk
Book D Vol. 9  Page 178 _

178

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Service Penn. Armstrong, Alexander Number S.16033 carded

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of Col Turdy, Maj Mc Elpadden & Capt
William Black, The detachment was
commanded by Gen. Potter, that he does
not recollect the particular days on which
he entered the service as he has no
documentary evidence but know that
he was in actual service more than six
months in the aforesaid three tours
of
duty and that he knows of no person
he can procure who can testify to his service
he declares that his name is not on
the pension roll of the agency of any
State
(Alexander Armstrong mark)
Interrogatories propounded by the
Court
1st  - where and in what year was you
born
Ans: I cannot recollect the year & was gone but as well as Son
collect one in the 57th year of my age, was born in the
County of Farnaugh, Ireland
2nd - Have you any
record of your age
Ans: I have not. It is lost
3rd - Where were you living when called into
service where have you lived since the
revolutionary war & where do
you now live
Ans: When I first entered the service & resided in
Cumberland County
Pennsylvania in 1790 moved to Flemming
County Kentucky
and lived there untill about seven years ago then moved to Green County
Indiana and have since continued to live alternately with my children in Green
and Lucherian County where I now am.
4th - How were you drafted into service, did you volunteer or were you a 
substitute
Ans: I volunteered twice. The third time I was
drafted be cause away from home had I been at home
I would have volunteered the third time I was never 
a substitute
5th - state the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops
where you served such continental or militia regiments as you
can recollect, and the General circumstances of your service
Ans: I cannot not recollect the names of officers except as named in my declaration nor
what troops were with us except some six months more capt name not recollected 
late were engaged while stationed at Fishing Creek in scouting parties aga

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6th   Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what  has become of it

Ans    I have received three discharges which are now all lost. The first was given by Col Frederick Matt and Capt Thomas Clark
The second discharge was signed by Capt Clark [and?] [another?] officers name not recalled [more common?] and at that time by Gen. [Patmand ?] [Putman?}
The third discharge was given by Capt William Black and Col Purdy - Major McPhadden.

State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present [     ] and who can testify to your character for [veracity? ] and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution. 

Ans   I am acquainted with Col John [Bornfiel?] the Revd John S. Cartwright and John M. [Davis?] Hugh S [Rap?] Esq. [    ] [    ]  [   ] and James Brooks of Sullivan county. Am also acquainted [    ?]  P Roper and [     } L [     ] of Rose County

[Don't know what happened but my document flew off the screen and I can't recover it, so I'm going to publish what I have so far... not done]

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10,573
Alexander Armstrong
Indiana

from 1776 private
[+ Sgt ?] 6 months.
 $23.33
       100 
[there's a line under the 33, so it appears as a fraction -- 33/100]
       
W. M. Purdy
Carlisle
Ind.

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10.578

Brief in the case of Alexander Armstrong of Hadden Township, Sullivan County in the state of Indiana.               
                    (Act 7 June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?  In open court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  (No answer given)

3. How old is He?  76 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period/Duration of Service/Rank/Names of General and Field Officer under whom he served.

Entered as a Volunteer in the summer of 1776/Served 2 months/Sergeant/Col. F, Matt

Again Volunteer in the fall of 1776/Served 2 months/-/Capt Thom. Clark

Drafted in 1777/Served 2 months/-/Capt Thom. Clark and Genl Potter

5. In what battles engaged? (None listed)

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Cumberland Coty Pennsylvania

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  (No answer given)

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

                                        Examining Clerk

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[[Upper-left hand corner torn, all that is legible are the numbers 1812]]

March 19, 1930.

Hon. Louis Ludlow
House Office Building, Room 436
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Ludlow:

In response to your request made be telephone March 19, 1930, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 16033, it appears that Alexander Armstrong was born in the County of "Farnaugh" (this is probably meant for Fermanagh) Ireland, date not given.

While a resident in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in the summer of 1776 and served two months as a sergeant in Captain Thomas Clark's Company, Colonel Frederick Watts' Pennsylvania Regiment; and in the fall of 1776 he served two months in Captain Clark's Pennsylvania Company; in 1777 he served two months in Captain William Black's Company, Colonel Purdy's Pennsylvania Regiment.

He stated that he moved to Fleming County, Kentucky in 1790; and about 1825 he moved to Green County, Indiana, and that ever since that time he had lived with his children in Green and Sullivan Counties, Indiana. He did not give the names of his children, and there are no further data relative to the family.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, at which time he was living in Hadden Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, aged seventy-six years.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Alexander Armstrong, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid, and possibly the date of the soldier's death, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington D.C., citing all of 

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Rev. and
Wars  S
MOS  
 
the following data:
Alexander Armstrong
Certificate Number 3100
Issued December 13, 1832
Rate $23.33 per annum
commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Indiana Agency.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
 
[This appears to be two typed fragments of a longer document that appear to have been reassembled on one page.]

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P 16033   
INVALID.

File No. 16,033
Alexander Armstrong
Sergt Rev War

Act:  June 7"  32

Index: -- Vol.  /   ,  Page //
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[At top of facing page, handwritten...]
1930, Mar 19 hist. to 
Hon. Louis Ludlow
MCS

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(This is the reverse side of a letter with the opposite side "bleeding" through. There is no text on this side of the page.)

10573

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We John S. Cartwright a Clergyman residing in Sullivan County [& State?] of [Indiana?] and
John Davis residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alexander Armstrong who has [    ?] 
[& sworn?] to the within declarations, that we
believe him to be 76 years of Age, that he is reputed & [believed] in the neighbor hood where by [    ] to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
Jn S. Cartwright
John Davis
Sworn & subscribed the day & year [aforesaid?]

and the said Court do hereby [deliver ?] their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after getting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Solder and served as he states -- And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that  [blank space, apparently supposed to have John Cartwright's name] who has signed the preceding certification is a Clergyman resident in said County of Sullivan and [another wide blank space, presumably supposed to show John Davis's name] is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I Benjamin [Wolf? Clerk?] of the Circuit Court of [???] County do hereby certify [The preceding was crossed out, except for the unclear words in brackets here.]

State of Indiana   I Benjamin Wolfe Clerk of Sullivan County said Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a [the] original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the Application of Alexander Armstrong for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at [    ] this 28th day of August D. 1832  
Benjamin Wolfe Clerk
S. C. C.   [below name]

[word at left of page is cut off -- seems to end in "ist"] the British and Indians that [mar?] our business there and we had a desperate time)  
[I don't think I have all the words right....and don't know how it relates.]

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10573

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Alexander Armstrong, which require
further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? No
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes & has a device

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on [illegible] make the declaration in the in the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.

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Hon. Louis Ludlow
Room 436 House Off. Bldg.
Telephone call Mch. 19- 1930
For history of Rev. War soldier whose name was Alexander Armstrong who went from Jefferson Co., Ky to Sullivan Co, Ind. where he died. 
MMHF. [??]

(Only one Sullivan Co. Ind. pensioner by that name)    ["one" and "Sullivan" are underlined]