Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40601, William G Turner, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Turner, William G.
S 40601
CONTENTS

5300.
Pennsylvania
William G. Turner Capt Stokely private
Pennsylvania Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of Jany 1819 and sent to the Pensioner at Connellsville Fayette Co. Penn.
Arrears to 4th of Sept - 1818 $ 34.66 Semi-ann. all'ce ending March 1819 48. $ 82.66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
3 yrs
Continued
Connellsville - Fayette
Notation about 1820 John G. Blair etc Settled on 4th of June 1830 J. C. Turner Jany 16 1866.

Fayette county in the state of Pennsylvania } Fourteenth Judicial district
Personally appeared in the court of common pleas of the Fourteenth Judicial district of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania it being a court of record in open court William G Turner aged sixty seven years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare and say that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: that he enlisted in the eighth Pennsylvania Regiment and here then stationed at the Brandywine rendezvous at the time commanded by Colo. Eli' Key but afterwards decimated to the command of Brig. Genl. Broadhead in the company commanded by Captain M'Keanick Stokely on the 17 th day of September 1776 for the term of three years and was discharged from said Regiment 17 th September 1779. That the date of his original declaration was on the 25 th day of April 1818 and the number of his certificate is 5300
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident 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 to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land or naval services 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 to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed viz. Two Chests, Two Tables, Four Chairs, one set of tea ware, one tea kettle, one small iron pot, two dutch ovens, six pewter table spoons, six salt plates, two small dishes and one pair of damaged Andirons. Valued at Forty dollars
W m G Turner
And this declarant further saith that he is by occupation a black and teacher of a school and that he still continues in that employment and discharge it as well as the infirmities of a man of his age will permit. That he has at the time living with him his wife Sarah aged 47 years, in a very debilitated state of health. One son named James aged 11 years and one daughter named Jane aged 7 years not able to aid any thing towards their own support, without the aid of their country a private charity
W m G Turner
Sworn to and declared at Uniontown in open court on the 6 th day of June 1820
John H. Clair Prothon

I John H'Clair Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in the Fourteenth Judicial district in and for the County of Fayette in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto 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 forty dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Uniontown on this 6 th day of June A.D 1820
John H'Clair Prothonotary of the Court of Com. Pleas. 14 th Jud. Dist.
Fourteenth district of Penn a ss
Personally appeared in the court of common pleas of the Fourteenth district of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania held at Uniontown in the County of Fayette the fourth day of September 1820 in open court William G. Turner the within mentioned declarant and upon his oath saith that his place of residence is in the Borough of Connellsville in the township of Palestine in the County of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed in open Court Sept. 4 th 1820 Coram
W m G. Turner
John H'Clair Protho
John
William G. Turner
William G. Turner Sept 30 th June 1819 Mar 1 st 19

Fayette County } Pennsylvania } S.
Before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, appeared William G. Turner personally, who being sworn according to Law. Deposeth that he is a resident in the Borough of Connellsville in said County, and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his country, and that he enlisted in the seventh Company of the Eighth Regiment of the Penna line then station'd at the Forts on the Allegheny River on the seventeenth day of September 1778. and was discharg'd the service at Pittsburgh on the seventeenth day of September 1779 by Stephen Bayard Lieutenant Colonel of said Regiment, which discharge said Deponent has yet in his possession. Wm. G. Turner
Sworn and subscribed this 25 th day of April 1818. James Finley
I do certify that I am fully satisfied of the truth of the above statement. I have known the deponent for about twenty years, and I do believe his present situation of himself and family to be such as fairly to entitle him to the relief provided by law. James Finley

Fayette county Pa I John St Clair Prothonotary of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the within named James Tinley before whom the within deposition was taken was at the time of so doing and still is junior associate judge of the court of common pleas in and for the county aforesaid and that as such full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as well within courts of justice as thereout In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 2 d day of May 1818
John St Clair Prothonotary
14/1818
for 37 1/2

(Copy)
Pittsburgh 17 th Sept r 1879.
William G. Turner, Soldier in the 8 th Pennsylvania Regiment, enlisted for three Years from the 17 th September 1876. and having faithfully and as a good Soldier, served the said time, is hereby Honorably discharged the service, Given under my hand.
J. Bayard, Lt. Col. C. 8 th P.R.
Pension Office Jan y 16 th 1880.
I hereby Certify that the foregoing is truly Copied from the Original discharge filed in support of W m G. Turner's pension Claim and which has this day been sent to the address of his son J. G. Turner. Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
D. K. B. J. H. A.
Rev: Ex: CLK:

War Department Revolutionary Claim I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18 th March 1818. William G Turner late a private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the twentyfifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen given at the War Office of the United States this fourteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Signed John. G. Calhoun Secretary of War.

Mt Vernon Ohio Jan 10 th 1866. Sir
I wish to ask a favour of your kindness to let me have my father's discharge from the War of the Revolution as it is in his own handwriting and here is the point he was an Englishman by birth left England in 1744 for the purpose of engaging in the services of the United States. he left an estate in that country of which I am his heir at law he was a clerk and wrote in the different offices in that kingdom he was a clerk in the 8 th Pennsylvania Regiment as his discharge is in the Pension office with his papers I herewith enclose a copy

of his discharge and a copy of his Pension certificate the object of getting his origi- nal discharge it is the first of his hand writing we can obtain after he left England and this will serve as evidence to compare in those offices he wrote in in the year 1774, as he sailed on the 17th of July in that year for Baltimore M.D. and landed at Town Marlborough on the 17 th of September following hoping that you will favour me with that instrument
Very Respectfully yours &c
J. G. Turner
Hon ble H. Barratt Commissioner of Pensions.

Wm. G. Furus Discharge, in 1899.
Pittsburg, September

Pittsburgh September 17 th 1879. These are to certify that William G. Turner Soldier in the 8 th Pennsylvania Regiment having enlisted for three years from the 17 th of September 1876. and faithfully served the above time as a good Soldier is hereby honourably discharged the service Given under my hand. Signed - Peter Bayard. Lt Col Com d 8 th Pa Regiment.

Honorable J. P. Colhoun Esq. Secretary of the War department

Connersville Fayette Co. Pa. 25. May 1818
Sir
Herewith are enclosed the Papers directed by the late Act of Congress for the relief of reduced Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers, the being not being acquainted with the general established mode of writing or preparing Papers of this kind (if such there be) I have gone as near to the directions of said Act as possible, and hope it will answer the intended purpose - have also inclosed my discharge I am Sir, With high Respect Yrs &c. Paul Danner
The Honorable - - - J. C. Calhoun Esq. - - - Secy of the War department

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File No. 40.601 William G. Warner His Rev. Mrs.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 577
[Arrangement of 1870.]