Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40655, Joseph Welsh, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
S. 40655
CONTENTS

10.355
Q Pennsylvania Joseph Wilson
in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thompson of the Pennsyl. the, for the term of 1 Year
scribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 of October 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of May 1819 and sent to M rs Mary Chesler
  Arrears to 4th of  March 19  37.15    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  16 Sept 1818  48    4  31.35  $85.15  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Delaware
65/18

40 655
INVALID.
Ray
File No. 40,655
Joseph Welsh Rev Rev
Act: 18 March 18
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 551
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joseph Walsh private Col Thompson Regiment Pennsylvania Line May 1775 — 1 year
Lieutenant in Col Swoope's Regiment, Flying Camp — 1776 — 6 months and taken prisoner & detained till 1780
Thompson's Riflemen — one year '75 & '76.
Adm?
Chester, Penn.

Delaware County ss.
Before me John Crosby Esquire A Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware personally appeared Joseph Welsh aged about Sixty five years A resident citizen of the United States now residing in the Township of Upper Providence in the said County who being by me duly Sworn according to Law doth depose and say That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he needs the Assistance of his Country for support. And that he was a private Soldier in the War of the Revolution for the term of nine months and longer on the Conti- nental Establishment. That he entered the said ser- vice on the 13th day of May A.D. 1775 in a Company Commanded by Captain Michael Doodle in the Regt. Commanded by Col. William Thompson of the Pennsylvania Line And was discharged from the said service on the 12th day of May A.D. 1776 having served the whole time for which he Enlisted. That he has lost the said discharge nor does he know that any such discharge is now in existence. And that immediately after being so discharged he re-entered the said service as a first Lieut. in the Flying Camp in the Company Commanded by Capt. Nelson in the Regt. Commanded by Col. M. Swoope And served therein until he was taken Prisoner by the Enemy at Fort Washington on the 16th day of November A.D. 1776 That he remained a prisoner until November A.D. 1780 when he was exchanged and retired from the said Service And the said Joseph Welsh doth hereby relinquish his claim to every Pension (if any) heretofore Allowed him by the Laws of the United States.
Sworn and subscribed by the said Joseph Welsh before me this Sixteenth day of October A.D. 1818.
John Crosby
Joseph Welsh

County ss.
Before me
personally appeared
two credible and disinterested witnesses who being by me duly according to law doth depose and say that they are well acquainted with Joseph Welsh the within deponent and do verily believe that the facts stated in the said deposition with respect to his services in the Revolutionary War are substantially true.
and subscribed before me the day of A.D.
County ss. Pennsylvania
Esquire
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that before supra the foregoing depositions were taken is
of and was at the time of taking the same a
in and for said County
duly commissioned and authorized and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his acts as such and that the name of
thereto
subscribed is the proper signature of the said
Esquire. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court hereunto at in the said County the day of A.D.

Delaware County ss.
I John Crosby Esquire before whom the aforesaid deposition of Joseph Welch was taken being credibly informed that the said deposition has been sent to Harrisburg in the state of Pennsylvania for the purpose of obtaining the testimony of two persons who were (it is said) well acquainted with the Revolutionary services of the said Welch and that the same has been returned without such corroborating evidence in consequence of the death of one and the removal of the other of the said persons to a distant place.
And considering the difficulty and in some cases the impossibility of obtaining such corroborating evidence of services rendered such a long time ago - I therefore certify that I have no reason to doubt the truth of the testimony taken in this case. And am fully satisfied that the said Welch is in indigent circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support.
Done at Ridley in the said County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dec. 14. 1818.
John Crosby J.P.
Delaware County ss. Pennsylvania } ss.
I Benjamin Pearson Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of common pleas in and for s d County Do certify that John Crosby Esquire before whom the aforesaid deposition of Joseph Welch was taken is and was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of common pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and authorized. And that the name of John Crosby subscribed to the said deposition and to the aforesaid Certificate respecting the said Welch is the proper Signature and hand writing of the said John Crosby Esquire.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of the said Court at Chester in the said County the 14 th day of Dec r 1818.
Benj n Pearson Proth. y

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