Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40614, Thomas Vaughan, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Vaughan, Thomas.
S. 40614
CONTENTS

3,993 Pennsylvania Roll.
Thomas Vaughan, Capt Hughes P. Private Pennsylvania line 3 yrs 6 mo In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Penn at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of Oct. 1818 and sent to Saml. Roberts, Esq. Pitts b . Pa.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 — $ 39. 21 Semi-ann. all ce ending Mar. 4. 1819. 48. am o 4m o 27/30 $ 87. 21
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
for Continued Pittsburgh Alleghany County

Dear Adolphus to Clerk A. J. Dillman Pittsburgh, Penn.
June 20. 1820.
Dear Sir Letter to J. S. Stevenson, Sept. 12. 1829 No. 10. H. M. Frankfort June 27. 1832.
Duplicate certificate issued 10. Apr. 1824, and sent to R. Portland, at Pittsburgh, Pa.

Certificate of the said wanting return the paper with copies
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Pennsylvania
Before the Hon ble Samuel Roberts, President of the Court of Common Pleas in the 5 th district, personally appeared Thomas Vaughan, who having been duly sworn de- posed & said, that He served as a private soldier, in Captain James Green's Company, in the First Pennsylvania Reg t commanded by Colonel James Chambers, from June 1777, until January 1781, at which time he was regularly discharged. That "by reason of his reduced circumstance in life", He is "in need of assistance from his County for support". That His discharge was lost. Sworn & Subscribed at Pittsburgh 8 th day of April 1818. — Thomas Vaughan
Sam l Roberts
I have a personal knowledge of the Deponent Thomas Vaughan & served in the same Regiment with him. Certified at Pittsburgh from a 8. April 1818. —
George Stevenson
Formerly a Lieut. in the 1. Penn. Reg t

• Allegheny County ss.
John Smith
I Ephraim Pentland, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County do by these Presents Certify that Samuel Roberts, Esquire, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken And who hath thereunto in his own proper hand writing Subscribed his Name, was at the time of taking such deposition And Now is President of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of the Fifth Judicial District of Penn- sylvania, And is duly Authorized by the Laws of the said State to administer oaths &c to all whose Acts As Such due faith And Credulity are of And of right ought to be given throughout the United States And elsewhere. In testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set My hand And Affixed the Seal of the said Court At Pittsburgh this 10 th April 1818.
E. Pentland, Pro.

Pennsylvania ss.
I Samuel Roberts President of the courts of common pleas of the Fifth Judicial District do certify That it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Vaughan did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in proceeding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one period on the continental estab- lishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and heard before me, to the Secretary for the department of war agreeable to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress - I also certify that I am satisfied that the defendant is in indigent circumstances. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twentieth first day of September A.D. One thousand eight hundred & eighteen.
S. Roberts

Thomas Vaughan
(3893)
Ed
March 1890
To R. G. Walker
Clerk U. S. Dist. Ct.
Pittsburgh
Pa.
W. S. ...

Amongst the pleas impleaded in the District Court of the United States in & for the Western District of Pennsylvania of June Term MDCCCXX it is contained as follows
United States of America Western District of Pennsylvania of June Term 1820
On the seventh day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a court of record of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania Thomas Vaughan aged about sixty eight or sixty nine years resident in Allegheny County in the state of Pennsylvania in said District who being sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows viz That he enlisted in the month of June 1775 at Fort Pittleton in Bedford County & state of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Capt Robert Huggage in the regiment commanded by Col. Wm Thomson of Riflemen in the Pennsylvania line, on the continental establishment & served as mentioned in his original declaration, that he has heretofore received a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the 8 th day of April AD 1818 No. 3993 - And I do solemnly swear that I was

a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 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 as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due me, nor have I any income other than that contained & mentioned in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed
Schedule
The deponent has one cow & no other property whatever real or personal, having purchased said cow with money heretofore received for his pension. & resides on rented land the property of the heirs of Genl John Wilkins deceased that deponent is by occupation a labourer but from age & infirmities is unable to pursue it. That he has a wife named Agness aged about sixty eight years - viz Eleanor married with John Tod & aged about thirty two years. Sally unmarried lives with deponent occasionally & sometimes is hired out aged about twenty seven. Christiana Unmarried lives with deponent occasionally & sometimes works out aged about twenty four years. Nancy married to James Lochran aged about twenty two years. Peggy unmarried lives with deponent aged about seventeen or eighteen.

years. William, lies with deponent occasionally but generally works out for him aged about sixteen years. And further that deponent is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country
Thomas Vaughan
sworn to & declared 7 th day of June 1820. before Jonathan H. Walker Judge of said court
I Robert G Walker clerk of the District court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania do hereby certify, that the foregoing on the & schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court & that it is the opinion of the court that the said applicant has no property whatever except one cow the total value of which is about 14 dollars that he resides on rented land belonging to the estate of Genl John Wilkins deceased & that he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court on the seventh day of June 1820
R G Walker CLK

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MCS/HMM
May 1, 1930.
Mrs. G. F. McDermund 2635 South 14th Street Lincoln Nebraska.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 40614, it appears that Thomas Vaughan enlisted at Fort Littleton, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in June 1775, served in Captain Robert Cluggage's Company, Colonel William Thompson's Rifle Regiment; he also served as a private in Captain James Greir's Company and Captain John Hughes' Company, Colonel James Chambers' First Pennsylvania Regiment, from June 1777 until January 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818.
In 1820 he was living in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, aged about sixty-eight or sixty-nine years. In that year he referred to his wife, Agness, aged sixty-eight years, and to the following children:
Eleanor aged 32 years, wife of John Tod Sally " 27 " Christiana " 24 " Nancy " 22 " " " James Cochran Peggy " 17 " or 18 years William " 16 "
Thomas Vaughan died December 28, 1827.
This is the history of the only soldier from Pennsylvania named Thomas Vaughan that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Your letter has been forwarded to the proper division of this bureau for reply in regard to Samuel A. Foulkrod who served in the Civil War.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
See agency book

H. E. TERRELL, President F. M. HORSMAN, Vice-President
E. M. JOHNSON, Cashier RENA V. JOHNSON, Ass't Cashier
FARMERS BANK
UNINCORPORATED
HIGHLAND, O., Aug 14 1923
To The Commissioner Of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
My Dear Sir:
Do your records show any pension issued to one Thomas Vaughn, private in the First Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Line, 1778, or to his widow, Rebecca Cane-Vaughn?
If so please give me the date of their marriage.
Yours Truly,
Rena Vaughn Johnson

40 6 14
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 40 6 14
Thomas Langham Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: Vol. 8, Page 52 1/2
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1922 Nov. 15. Rev. to Hon. W. E. Gladstone, personal inquiry 1923 Sep. 27 Rev. to R. F. Johnson, an 1930 May 1. Rev. to Mrs. E. F. MacDermott, M.P.

Rev. War Section.
AW
Nov. 15, 1923.
Hon. Walter E. Edge, United States Senate.
In re: Thomas Vaughan - War of the Revolution. S. 40614.
You are herewith furnished for Mr. T. V. Townsend, of 156 South Pennsylvania Ave. Atlantic City, New Jersey, the history of the only soldier named Thomas Vaughan, from Penn. found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
From the papers in the above noted claim for pension, it appears that Thomas Vaughan enlisted at Fort Littleton, in Bedford County, Penn. in June 1775, served in Captain Robert Cluggage's Company, Colonel William Thompson's Rifle Regiment, and also served as private in Captains James Greir's Company and Captain John Hughes' Company, Colonel James Chambers' First Penn. Regiment, from June 1777, to Jan. 1781. It is not stated that he was in any battles.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818.

In 1820 he was living in Allegheny County, Penn. aged about 68 or 69 years, and referred to his wife Agness, aged 68 years, and to his family: Eleanor aged 32 years, married to John Tod: Sally aged 27 years: Christiana aged 24 years: Nancy aged 22 years, married to James Cochran: Peggy aged 17, or 18 years: and William aged 16 years.
Very truly yours,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

Thomas Vaughan must make an affidavit agree- ably to the within form, and transmit it, properly authenticated, to the War Department, before a new certificate can be issued for him.
23 Mar: 1824

Sir; The directions of the clerk of the pension office, are, I be- lieve complied with - if you will please to send the certificate to my care, I will see that it is delivered to Mr. Vaughan. Most. very respectfully, &c.
Hon. Mr. Calhoun Sec. of War.
D. Williams

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
State of Pennsylvania County of Allegheny) ss.
On this thirty-first day of March , — 1824; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Allegheny personally appeared Thomas Vaughan, an old soldier , — who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain John Hughes , — in the regiment commanded by Colonel James Chambers , — in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Pennsylvania , — that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the first day of April , — 1824, at or near Pittsburgh, in the said County of Allegheny , he lost or mislaid, by occasion of removing his papers at the time he changed his place of residence.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. }
D. W. Land. Deq.
Thomas Vaughan
NOTES. The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated, by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office.

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Mr. Edmund Hon. John C. Calhoun, Esq. Secretary of War, Washington City, D.C.
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State of Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Set.
I William McAndrews, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Allegheny, in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that Ephraim Portland, be- fore whom the within deposition of Thomas Vaughan was taken, has, at the time of taking such deposition, and now is, one of the acting aldermen and justices of the peace, in and for the city of Pittsburgh, in the said county, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whom acts as such, full faith and credit in and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, at Pittsburgh, this thirty-first day of March, A. D. 1824.
Wm McAndrews Prothon.

General James Barbour
Germany at War
Washington City
Rec d 25 July 1826.

Hop Township Allegheny County July 18 th 1846
Dr
I beg have to report my self living in Hop Township Allegheny County Pennsylvania and have resided there or in this County upward of forty years and have drawn a pension for a number of years
Very Respectfully Yours
Thomas Vanyan
Home Farm, Parkers
Sunday at War.