Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 196, Isaac Anderson, Penn.

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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                                NUMBER

Penn.                      Anderson, Isaac       R. 196   (row is handwritten)
                                                Mary

CONTENTS

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3570
Pennsylvania
Isaac Anderson
of Chester Co in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Bodley of the Regt commanded
by Col. Growon in the Penna Militia
line for 6 mo Private $20.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Dec.
1832 and sent to U. V. Pennypacker
West Chester, Penna.

Arrears to 4th of Septr. 1832 $30.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 10. --

$40.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk,
Book D Vol. 4 page 45

[right side of page]
Joseph J Lewis Aug 26/53

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act
of Congress Passed June 7, 1832

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania}
Chester County   SS}

On this 22d Day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open
Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting
Isaac Anderson a resident of Schuylkill Township in
County of Chester aged about seventy two years who being
first duly Affirmed according to law doth on his solemn
affirmation make the following Declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he resided in Charlestown Township Chester County
Pennsylvania and volunteered as a militia man ^in1776 in the
company commanded by Capt William Bodley. That
he marched from the Bull Tavern the place of rendavouze)
to Philadelphia from thence through the Jerseys to Princeton
thence to Amboy where they joined the militia forces
stationed at that place. The officers in Command were Col.
Lewis Gronow Major John Bartholomew. That he served
at two months duty the time for which he volunteered was
Dismissed and came home. The English lay on Staten 
Island and frequently annoy us with their cannon
That in the same year he volunteered again for two months
in the company commanded by Capt William Bodley &
marched from the Bull Tavern aforesaid to the Continental 
powder mills in Pikeland Township on the French Creek
and their stood guard performing active Duty. The Regiment
which they joined was commanded by Col William Dewees.
after this term expired he was Dismissed and went home to
Charlestown Township his place of Residence. The applicant
further states that while at the powder mill on Duty he
was appointed Sergeant to oversee and conduct quantities
of powder to Lancaster [words crossed out] for the more secure
safety from the enemy. That in the winter of 1777

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During the time the British occupied Phila, He was [crossed out] again
volunteered for two months in the company commanded
by Capt William Bodley in which he was elected
Ensign ^and received a Commission as such which is now lost or mislaid^ and rendavouzed at the Bull Tavern in
Charlestown Township and marched in the company
as ensign to White Marsh on the Schuylkill and joined
the Militia forces stationed at that place. The Continental
army lay opposite to Chesnut Hill. He cannot recollect
any of the Field officers except Major John Bartholomew.
He served in active Duty as Ensign for two months at the 
end of which time he was discharged. That he was not
engaged in Battle during this time but on one occassion
the Corpse to which he belonged marched with the rest of
the Troops to engage the enemy who however retired into
Phild. A short time after he came home from this tour
to the best of his recollection the Quarter Master engaged him
when the Army lay at Valley Forge as an Express Rider.
The affidavite of Benjamin Boyers is hereto annexed stating that
Col. Lutterlow engaged him by sending a few lines & that
he went. That he served as an Express Rider near a year
carrying despatches from head quarters at considerable
peril to all the out [illegible precquets] of the Army Lancaster
York Reading & elswhere. The applicant further states
that he was born in Charlestown Township Chester County the
place where he now resides in the year 1760 the 23rd of November
That a record of his age was entered in the Bible on a leaf
which is now in his possession. That he was living at the
aforesaid place when called into service and has
resided there ever since. He cannot recollect the names of
the continental & militia Regiments in which he served.
That he obtained no discharge at the end of either period of his
services it not being customary to give discharge to the
militia and has no Documentary Evidence to show
his claim. That the offcers under whom he served are
now as he believes deceased and that he knows of no person
whose Testimony he can procure who can testify to his
services except Thomas Bodley and Jonathan James the last
named whos recollects he served the three ^first^ periods

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as stated in his application. He hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or Annuity except the
present and declares that his name is not on the pension
roll of any state [crossed out] the Agency of any State.
Sworn [crossed out] Affirmed & subscribed
this 22th Day of August A.D. 1832
in Open Court
John W Cuningham Prvt [signature]
Commonwealth of Pena
Chester County

|Isaac Anderson| [signature]

Jonathan James being sworn according 
to Law declares and says that he is well acquainted with
Isaac Anderson and that he recollects he served in the
company command by Capt Bodley at Amboy and also
at the Powder Mill in Pikeland Township and also
at White Marsh as ensign in the aforesaid company
all as stated in his Declaration
Sworn & subscribed
this 22nd Day of Augt 1832
in open court
John W. Cuningham Prvt [signature]

|Jonathan his X mark James|

Commonwealth of Pa
Chester County

Thomas Bodley being affirmed]according
to Law declares and says that he is well acquainted 
with Isaac Anderson. That he served in the same company
of militia with him at Amboy the Continental powder
mills and at White Marsh. and that he well remembers
he rode express but as to how long the affirmant
sayeth not.
Affirmed & subscribed
the 22nd Day of Augt 1832
in open Court
John W. Cuningham Prot [signature]

|Tho Bodley| [signature]

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Chester County
We Hezekiah Davis residing in the Township of Charles
Town Chester County and John G Wersler residing in
the same county and township hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with Isaac Anderson who
has subscribed and sworn to the above decluration
that we beleive him to be near 72 years of age that he
is reputed and beleived in the neighbourhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution
and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed
this 22nd Day of Augt 1832
in open Court
John W Cuningham Prot [signature]

|Hezekiah Davies| [signature]
|Jno G Wersler| [signature]

And the said court ^do^ hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department that this above
named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and
served three tours of militia Duty as he states. And
the Court further certifys that it appears to them that
Hezekiah Davis who has signed the preceding certificate
is a resident in the Township of Charlestown Chester county
and that John G Wersler who has ^also^ signed the same is a
resident in the same Township and are credible
persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

By the Court
John W. Cuningham Prot [signature]

December 15th 1832. The said Court further certify
that Jonathan James and Thomas Bodley who have testified to
the services of the said Isaac Anderson as a soldier of the
Revolution are [crossed out] "persons of credibility"

By the Court
John W. Cuningham Prot [signature]

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3604
PO Sep 6-32

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I John W Cuningham Prothonotary of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for said County of Chester do
hereby certify that the foregoing contain to original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application
of Isaac Anderson for a Pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and Affixed the seal
of the said court at West Chester this
22nd Day of August AD 1832

John W Cuningham Prot [signature]

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Commonwealth of Pennsa.
Chester County
I John W Cuningham Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said
County of Chester Do Certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Isaac Anderson for a
pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court at West Chester this fifteenth
day of December A.D. 1832

John W Cuningham Prot [signature]

[seal at bottom left]

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No 3604
Suspended
Novr 1. 1832
to U.V. Pennypacker
West Chester
Penna.

obj 14 & 16 p_50

admitted
Private
6 mo.
$20.00

U.V. Pennypacker
West Chester
Penna.

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BRIEF in the case of Isaac Anderson
of Chester County in the State of Pennsylvania
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In open Court. [handwritten]

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?
72 years. [handwritten]

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.
In 1776 2 Private volunteered in PA. militia Capt. Bodle, Col. Monow
1776 2 Private Capt. Bodley, Col. Dawes
1777 winter 2 Ensign Capt. Bodley Maj. Bartholomew

5. In what battles was he engaged?
None mentioned

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Chester County Pa.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
The first proves by two witnesses, one of whom also swears to the 3rd period.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Not properly attached.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
JmsDupfield
Examining Clerk.

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Schuylkill Township, Chester County
State of Pennsylvania

On this Tenth day of January One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty four, personally appeared before me, John H Thomas a Justice of the Peace in and for the Township of Schuylkill aforesaid Joseph E Anderson a resident of said Township in the said County of Chester, aged Fifty three years, who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on his Oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, and the subsequent act entitled "An Act or Acts granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows," That he is the Executor named in the last Will and Testament of Mary Anderson deceased, which said Will was made on the Twenty seventh day of September One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty One, The same being proven at West Chester in the County of Chester aforesaid, on the Twenty fourth day of May One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty three by Alexander Leslie Register for the Probate of Wills, and granting Letters of Administration in and for the said County of Chester and Letters Testamentary were granted unto the said Joseph E Anderson, Executor named in said Will, as by reference thereto will more fully appear, That the said Mary Anderson was the Widow of Isaac Anderson, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, and a Pensioner, under the act of June 7th 1832, as by reference to his papers on file in the Pension Office will more fully appear. That the said Isaac Anderson was Born on the Twenty third day of November One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty, the said Mary Anderson his widow, was born on the Twenty Second day of May One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty two. That the said Mary Anderson was married to the said Isaac Anderson on or about the First day of May One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty One. That the said Isaac Anderson died on the Twenty Seventh day of October One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Eight. That the said Mary Anderson was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the First of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four, viz, at the

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time above stated. That the said Mary Anderson remained the widow of the said Isaac Anderson to her decease, August Twenty Seventh One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Seven, and that she never before made, nor any person for her, any application for the Pension due her, as the widow of the said Pensioner Isaac Anderson. James, Isaac, and Joseph Everett Anderson are the only surviving Children.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written the said Joseph E Anderson being unable from bodily Infirmities to attend court. Before me

John H. Thomas [signature]    } Jos. E. Anderson [signature]
Justice of the Peace in
and for the county of Chester

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Schuylkill Township Chester County
State of Pennsylvania

Albert R Schofield being duly sworn according to Law says that the following is a true and correct copy of the Family Record in the possession of Joseph E. Anderson of Schuylkill Township and County aforesaid the same being in the hand writing of the said Joseph E. Anderson. 

Sworn and subscribed    }Albert R. Schofield [signature]
This 10th day of January
A.D. 1854 before me
John H. Thomas
Justice of the Peace in and 
for the County of Chester

Family Record
Births
[in margin: My Parents]
Isaac Anderson was born November 23rd 1760
Mary Lane Anderson was born May 22nd 1762
[in margin: My Brothers and Sisters]
James Anderson was born April 11th 1782
Sarah Anderson was born February 10th 1784
Edward Anderson was born August 18th 1786
Samuel Anderson was born September 23rd 1788
Wesley Anderson was born August 15th 1790
Simon M Anderson was born August 4th 1792
Elizabeth Anderson was born June 27th 1794
Isaac Anderson was born August 1st 1796
Mary Anderson was born July 18th 1798
Joseph Everett Anderson was born June 27th 1800
Mary Anderson was born November 1st 1803

Deaths
Isaac Anderson Deceased October 27th 1838
Mary Lane Anderson Deceased August 27th 1847

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Deaths
Elizabeth Anderson Deceased April 9th 1814
Samuel Anderson Deceased February 27th 1816
Wesley Anderson Deceased December 1st 1825
Edward Anderson Deceased December 3rd 1828
Mary Anderson Fort Deceased 1833 [whole line crossed out]
Sarah Anderson Pennypacker Deceased September 13th 1853

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Schuylkill Township, Chester County
State of Pennsylvania

Moses Robinson being duly sworn according to Law says that he was born on the Thirtieth day of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy four, that he was personally acquainted with Isaac Anderson and Mary Lane Anderson deceased, that they lived together as Man and Wife to his knowledge for a space of over Forty years From previous to the First day of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four until the decease of the said Isaac Anderson, his widow Mary Lane Anderson seeming him a number of years, that he drew the Will of the said Mary Anderson and was one of the subscribing witnesses thereto --That he was well acquainted with the Children of the said Isaac and Mary Lane ANderson deceased and that the Copy made from the Family Record in the Possession of Joseph E Anderson by Albert R Schofield is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. And that he has no doubt in his mind at all that Mary Lane Anderson deceased was the widow of the late Isaac Anderson

Anna Robinson wife of the above named Moses Robinson being duly sworn according to Law says that she was born on the second day of April One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Nine that she was the First Cousin of the said Mary Lane Anderson and that the facts set forth by her Husband Moses Robinson, are fresh in her recollection and are true in every particular

Affirmed and subscribed  
this 10th day of January AD
1854
John H. Thomas 
Justice of the Peace
in and for the County of Chester

 |Moses Robinson| Anna T Robinson|

[written in left margin sideways] And further, that James, Isaac, and Joseph Everett Anderson are the only surviving Children of the said Isaac and Mary Lane Anderson deceased Moses Robinson
Anna T Robinson

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State of Pennsylvania
Chester County SS

I William Wollerton Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Chester do certify that John H. Thomas Esq. before when the aforegoing affidavit of Joseph E. Anderson, Moses Robinson, Anna T. Robinson and Albert R. Schofield were made, was at the time thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified to all whose official acts and such full faith and credit are due and that the aforegoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine as I believe.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the said Court hereto affixed this sixteenth day of January AD one thousand Eight hundred fifty-four
Wm Wollerton [signature]
Prot'hy
[written sideways below] DD Addison
Present

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No 196

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 8 1873. [whole line struck through]

REJECTED [stamp, centered slightly crooked]
Mary Anderson
P.O. widow of Isaac Anderson
Private Capt Bodley Penn
Service: Revy War Certf 3540
Admitted Soldier File
Enlisted: No 46.683, 18  .
Discharged: [left blank], 18  .

Application filed: [left blank], 18  .

Alleges:

Re-enlisted:

Attorney:
P.O.

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No. 15,105

Mary Anderson, Deceased
widow of Isaac
Penn.

Rejected
Scr. to D. D. Addison
Feby 3 / 54

Act July 7. 1838

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Comonwealth of Pennsylvania
Chester County}Js

I Alexander Leslie Register 
for the probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for the County of Chester aforesaid; Do hereby Certify that the last Will and Testament of Mary Anderson late of the township of Scuylkill in said County of Chester, deceased, as this day, by me, duly proved and approved in due form of law and Letters Testamentary thereore were duly granted to Joseph E Anderson, Executor in said Will named.

Given under my hand and seal of Office at West Chester this twenty fourth day of May A do. 1853
A. Leslie, Register
[flourish]

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Washington Jany 19 1854

Sir,
I enclose herewith the application of Mrs. Mary Anderson widow of Isaac Anderson for a pension under the Act of July of 1838.
Isaac Anderson was a pensioner under the Act of June of 1832 in the Pennsylvania Roll.
I respectfully request an Early decision.

I am
[illegible] respectfully
[illegible] 
D.D. Addison

L.P. Waldo Esq
[illegible]

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T. West Chester Pa,
June 7, 1853
Jos. J Lewis
Warnts printed forms + instruction
related to the applications for
pension's for
Respectfully referred with
Dept of the Interior.
[illegible]
June 9 /53

Relative to the claim of the heirs of Isaac Anderson
v
Respectfully referred to the Commisioner of Pensions for answer
Dept: 
June 10/'53
G C Whiting
ChfClps

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West Chester Pa: June 7, 1853
Hn: T. Jefferson Davis
Sec. of War
D__
Isaac Anderson was an officer in the army of the revolution and a pension for a number of yeasrs from the government. He was married prior to the year 1790 and his wife surived him some nine or ten years. Issac Anderson dying in the year 1838 and his widow in 1847 or so.
They had a number of children several of whome died in the lifetime of the father leaving children, and four have survived their mother.
The widow Mrs entitled to receive the pension allowed to her husband never drew it. The children now propose to apply for it. According to the opinion of the sec of War of Jan 25, 1840 the children & not the executors or administrators of the widow are entitled to it.

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I have consultedthe copy of the pension laws published by Congress in 1838 (Doc. No 118) with the forms appended by find no instructions fitting the case.
If you have in your office instructions and forms suited to the application mentioned you wld greatly oblige me by sending me a copy.
Your ob servant
Joseph J Lewis