Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6349, Alexander Van Gorden, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn-
Van Gordon, Alexander Van Gordon
W 6349
B.L.Wt. 19532-160-55
Hannah
CONTENTS

4982
Cincin a
Ohio.
annah Van Gordon (of Alexander Van Gordon who died on the 18 May 1820. of Butler in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Revolution line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 per annum, to commence on the 4 th day March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Sept r 1850 and sent to Hon. L. D. Campbell, H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Recorded by Vol. 2 Revolutionary C Act July 4, 18 Section the P Clerk 11/14
Reg 3 m 55 148051
Reported to Miller & Brown Apr 7 1851

6501 C.
June '45
Hannah Vaughan and Alexander
Declaration
Ohio.
Act 4 July 36-
Allowing the Secu- lary of the Memo.
12 mi. make
1 $40 10 pm
on 4 March 1831
ad. 18 May 1820.
Hon L D Campbell Navy Dept

The State of Ohio Butler County ss.
On this eleventh day of June One thousand eight hundred and forty five personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Butler in the State of Ohio Hannah Van Gundy a resident of the said County of Butler aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4. 1836, and the Act explanatory of said Act passed March 3. 1837- that she was Married to Alexander Van Gundy on the twenty seventh day of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, at Shapinack in the Township of Wallpack, County of Sussex in the state of New Jersey by Peter Varnum, then a justice of the peace in and for said County (Proof of said marriage by the affidavit of Jacob B. Westbrook now living in the County of Pike and State of Pennsylvania is hereto attached) In the year prior to their said Marriage, to wit in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven the said Alexander Van Gundy served in the Revolutionary war as a substitute for his father Alexander Van Gundy Junr. in the Militia in the Company of Captain John Vannatta, whose Company was raised in the County of Northampton in the State of Pennsylvania, where he then resided. Said Alexander Van Gundy then continued as the substitute of his father until sometime in year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, when he was elected an ensign in the Company commanded by Captain John Vannatta as aforesaid.

He continued in his office of Ensign as aforesaid until some time after their marriage, when being again called out, he joined the Regular Army and subsequently received the Commission of a Lieutenant, as he informed her, and as she truly believes. The service of said Alexander Vanderveer were chiefly if not wholly rendered in the State of Pennsylvania. Sometime after said Alexander Vanderveer received the Commission of Lieutenant as aforesaid, Deponent thinks about the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, she received information from some of the officers under whom said Alexander Vanderveer had been and was then serving that he was sick and unable to continue in the service and requesting her to come for him. She did accordingly in Company with one Abraham Decker then a resident of said County of Northampton in the State of Pennsylvania who has since deceased, proceeded to the house where he had been sent from the Camp sick, and brought him back to their residence. At that time he received from the proper officer a furlough giving him permission to remain absent from the Army until he should recover from his sickness and until his services should again be required. This paper was kept by the said Alexander Vanderveer, as well as his Commissions as Ensign and Lieutenant as aforesaid, until the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen when the residence of said Alexander Vanderveer and Deponent, in Butler County Ohio, whither they removed was consumed by fire and the said furlough and Commissions destroyed. She further states that from the time of their marriage as aforesaid, they lived together (and had five Children) until the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty, when, to wit on the

eighteenth day of May in said year the said Alexander Van Gorden died, in the County of Butler aforesaid where she still resides; that she has never since married; was the widow of the said Alexander Van Gorden on the 4th day of July 1836, and still is so.
Attest J. D. Campbell
Hannah Van Gorden
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Butler in the State of Ohio, this 11th day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty five
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this day and year last above written.
Raylor Webster Clerk

State of Pennsylvania
Pike County ss
Peace
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Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Benjamin Rosencrans a resident of Wallpack Township County of Sussex and State of New Jersey aged Seventy five years and to me personally known who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith That he was well acquainted with Alexander Vangorden and Hannah Pomeroy and was present at their marriage or wedding which took place in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy seven or Seventeen hundred and seventy Eight deponent cannot now remember in which of those years the marriage took place at Shapinack in Wallpack Township County of Sussex and State of New Jersey the parties were married by Peter Van Est a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Sussex. at the time of the marriage the said Alexander Vangorden and Hannah Pomeroy his wife were residents of Delaware Township then Northampton County now Pike in the State of Pennsylvania. Deponent further saith that the said Alexander Vangorden and Hannah his wife moved away from this part of the Country and as Deponent was informed and believes went to the State of Ohio.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 27 th day of May 1845
Benjamin Rosenkrans
Jacob B Westbrooks J.P.

State of Pennsylvania
Pike County ss
I Jacob B Westbrook one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am well and personally acquainted with Benjamin Rosencrans who has signed the within deposition and that he is a credible person In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 27 th day of May AD 1845
Jacob B Westbrook, J.P.
Pike County ss
I Henry S Mott Recorder of Deeds in and for the said county of Pike do certify that Jacob B Westbrook whose name is signed to the within affidavit, was at the time and is now an Acting Justice of the Peace for Lelawan Township in said county, duly Commissioned and qualified And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature "Jacob B Westbrook J.P." is genuine
Witness my hand and seal of said Office at Milford this 27 th day of May Anno Domini 1845
H S Mott Recorder

Hannah van Gorden
Amended Declaration for Pension
with evidence attached.
June 1 st 18
F.
6

The State of Ohio Butte County Court of Common Pleas of the Term of June 1850.
Be it known that on the 12th day of June 1850 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Hannah Van Gordon a resident of the said County of Butte in the State of Ohio aged eighty- eight years, July 5, 1850, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 4 1836; to wit.
That she is the widow of Alexander Van Gordon deceased who was a soldier in the War of the American Revolution. She was married to said Alexander Van Gordon either in the year 1777, or 1778, in the County of Northampton  Sussex in the State of Pennsylvania  New Jersey , she cannot say positively in which of these years. Her maiden name was Hannah Pomeroy. Prior to their marriage said Van Gordon had been absent from home in the service with the Militia, but she cannot state under what officers. After their marriage, and in the year 1778 he served in the War of the Revolution in the Company of Captain John Vanetten in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jacob Stoudt. She knows that he left his home in that year and marched with said Vanetten's Company from Stoudtslough in the County of Northampton, Pennsylvania to Becker's fort, - thence to Vanetten's fort - thence to Sackawaren and back again. Said Alexander Van Gordon continued in the service either as a private or as an officer from that time until he was taken sick a few months before peace was declared. He was not in  in the service the whole time; but she is confident that from the time of their said marriage until he was

so taken sick, he was absent from home and in actual service at least one half of the time. In the Spring of 1781 said Alexander Van Gorden enlisted in the regular service for the term of three years, or during the war, and marched in the lower part of Pennsylvania to the neighborhood of Pennsylvania to the neighborhood of Allentown, as she believes, under one Captain Ford or Forman. At the time of his enlistment she learned from him and from others that he was to have the commission of Lieutenant in the regular service. She subsequently understood that he served as Lieutenant after the Spring of 1781, and believes that he did serve in that capacity, although of this she is not positively certain. A few months before peace was declared, her said husband was taken sick whilst absent from home in the service. He was taken sick at Allentown. She received word of his illness, and then went from Dater's fort with one Abraham Dater, to Allentown, where they found him sick and brought him back to Dater's fort, where he remained sick for some months. Her said husband subsequent to his enlistment in 1781 was always addressed as an officer by his acquaintances and those who had served with him. He was called "Lieutenant Van Gorden" and he was so called at the time he was sick at Allentown as above mentioned. He told me that he was a Lieutenant and that he had a commission; but as I did not show me a paper which he said was a commission; but as I could not read I cannot say positively that it was such, though

I readily believe that it was such.
I removed from Pennsylvania with my said husband to the Butler County Ohio in the year 1814  1814 or 1815 when I have resided ever since. In 1815 our residence was destroyed by fire, and all the contents including the papers of my husband were destroyed. In the year 1821 the said Alexander Van Gunden died, and I have ever since remained and still am his widow. He had five children. The oldest, Joseph Van Gunden, was born in the year 1782, the second born Benjamin Van Gunden was born in 1784, and both of them are still living.
Sworn to & subscribed } Hannah + Van Gunden This 12th day of June 1856 } mark
James McBride Clerk of Butler Common Pleas.
No 2
Arthur W. Elliott of the said County of Butler being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he has resided in the County of Butler aforesaid about forty seven years last past. has been a clergyman  traveling local & traveling in the Methodist Episcopal Church for forty years last past. For more than thirty years has belonged to and still belongs to the Ohio Annual Conference. have known the above named Hannah Van Gunden widow of Alexander Van Gunden for more than thirty years - for a great portion of the time I resided in the same neighborhood

with her. - have known her to be a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in good standing for more than twenty five years, and believe her statements in regard to her husband's services to be entitled to full credit and belief. The character of said Hannah been good during deponent's  the acquaintance with her has been uniformly good, and I have never known her veracity impeached in any way whatever.
Deponent has also been intimately acquainted with her son Benjamin Van Gorden during the whole time of his  the acquaintance with his mother. His character for truth and veracity has never been impeached to his  the knowledge in any way, being that time he (Benjamin Van Gorden) has been twice a member of the Ohio Legislature, and has for many years been and still is a justice of the peace, and deponent believes that full credit should be given to his statements.
J. W. Elliott
Affirmed Subscribed to S. Russell. The 12th Jan 1850. James McBride Clerk of Butler Common Pleas.

The State of Ohio Butler County ss.
I Benjamin Van Gordon, son of Hannah Van Gordon widow of Alexander Van Gordon deceased, now a resident of the County of Butler in the State of Ohio being first duly sworn do depose and say that I am now about 66 years of age, and am the son of Alexander Van Gordon deceased and the said Hannah Van Gordon as I verily believe, and was born in the township of Delaware in the County of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, and resided there with my said father and mother until I was about twenty six years of age. From the time I was about seventeen years of age until the spring of 1811 when I removed into the State of New Jersey, I attended to most of the business of my father and did nearly all his mooting for him, and I remember distinctly of having seen at different times among his papers, a certificate signed by John Vanetten Captain setting forth that said Alexander Van Gordon had served under him and in his company in the Revolutionary war for about eighteen months at different times from the year 1778 until the year 1781. I was well acquainted with said Captain John Vanetten, frequently had occasion to do business with him and seen him write and knew his handwriting, and knew that said paper was in his hand writing. I likewise heard him speak of my father's having served under him in the war of the Revolution. In the fall of 1813 I removed into the County of Butler in the State of Ohio, and in the following Spring my father and mother removed to said County, and became residents in a part of my house. In February 1815 I went back to the State of Pennsylvania to settle up some business for my father, and shortly before leaving home I had occasion to look over his papers, and I remember distinctly of then seeing and again reading said certificate from Captain Vanetten, and of observing to my father at the time that he had better take care of it, that it might sometime be of service to him. Sometime in the month of the succeeding April, the family and before my return home, the family being absent at church, the house took fire and was consumed with all its contents, including the papers, among which
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I verily believe the aforesaid certificate was likewise destroyed, as no part of the papers were saved.
Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 12th day of June 1850
James McBride Clerk of Butler Common Pleas.
Ben Van Gordon
The State of Ohio Butler County ss.
I, Nehemiah Wade one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Butler in the State of Ohio, being duly sworn do say that I have been well acquainted with the above named Benjamin Van Gordon for about twenty five years last past, that during the whole of that time he has uniformly sustained the reputation of a man of strict veracity, and that I believe his statements are fully entitled to confidence and belief.
Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 12th June 1850
James McBride Clerk of Butler Common Pleas.
N. Wade
The State of Ohio Butler County ss.
I, James McBride, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Butler in the State of Ohio, being duly sworn do say that I have been well acquainted with the above named Benjamin Van Gordon for the space of about twenty five years last past - that during that time he has repeatedly held offices of public trust and that his character for truth & veracity has been uniformly good, and that his statements are entitled to full credit & belief.
James McBride
Sworn to & subscribed this 12th
June 1850.
N. Wade
Associate Judge Butler Common Pleas

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the said Alexander Van Gorden deceased was a revolutionary soldier, and that the said Hannah Van Gorden is his widow and that he served in the Revolution as she has stated and set forth. And the Court further certifies that the said Arthur W. Elliott is a clergyman as he represents resident of said County of Butler - that said Benjamin Van Gorden, Schenck made and James McBride are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
John Probusco Jr Pres Judge I, James McBride, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Butler in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hannah Van Gorden, widow of Benjamin  Alexander Van Gorden for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court of Common Pleas at Hamilton within the said county of Butler the twelfth day of June One thousand eight hundred and fifty.
James McBride Clerk.

148351 Atkins
July 15 1855
Hannah Van Gordon wid. Alexander Van Gordon
Priv.
Private
John
Militia
Capt. Van Etten Cont.
Lo 1855
{ Pa mie
19 Rev war
Reg't pension
Ohio Enj. 36-4982
No. 160 Dec Mar 21/56
Dodge
Miller & Brown
Present
Vol V. page 70.

148357
WIDOW'S CLAIM.
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM,
OF
Hannah Van Gordon
For Services in War of Revolution
MILLER & BROWN,
Attorneys for Claimant,
WASHINGTON, D. C.

THE STATE OF Ohio
} ss.
Butler COUNTY.
On this nineteenth day of May , A. D., 1855; before me a Notary Public of and for the county and state aforesaid, personally came Hannah Van Gordon , aged 72 years, a resident of the county of Butler in the state of Ohio , who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the Widow of Alexander Van Gordon deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by captain John Van Gordon in the regiment of Pennsylvania  Militia commanded by General Wayne in the war of the Revolution . - He was also a Lieutenant in the Regular Service as she thinks - but she cannot recollect the names of the officers - He served as a private three years and as a Lieutenant for three years or thereabouts - as she thinks - That her said husband enlisted or volunteered at Northampton Co. Pennsylvania on about the day of in the summer of 1777 or 1778 , A. D., 1855, for the term of during the war and continued in actual service in said War for the term of about six years , and was honorably discharged at Allentown, Pa. on the in the spring day of 1783 - A. D., 1855. She further states that she was married to the said Alexander Van Gordon on the 27th day of December 1777 , A. D., 1855, by one Peter Vanvest a Justice of the Peace , and that her name before her said marriage was Hannah Purness ; that her said husband died at near Cincinnati, Butler Co. Ohio on the 18th day of May A.D. 1820 , A. D., 1855, and that she is now a widow. Applicants further states that she is now enrolled on the Pension list of the United States and receives fifty dollars a year - payable at Cincinnati, Ohio - and she refers to the proofs on file in her application for a Pension.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional Bounty Land to which she may be entitled, under the act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for nor received Bounty Land under this or any former act of Congress.
She hereby constitutes MILLER & BROWN , of Washington, D. C., her Attorneys, to prosecute her claim and procure her warrant. Hereby authorizing them to obtain from the war department or elsewhere, any and all such copies of records or any other evidence which may be necessary to establish her claim, and revoking and countermanding all other authority that may have been heretofore given for said purpose.
her Hannah Van Gordon mark
Alexander Van Gordon served in Captain John Vanetten Company Penn. Militia - see proofs of applicant - M.D.B.

We James B Thomas and John C Elliott residents of, Hamilton Butler Co. Ohio , in the State of Ohio
upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Van Gorden in our presence, with whom we are personally acquainted, and that we believe from the appearance, statement of, and our acquaintance with the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we are disinterested witnesses.
J B Thomas J C Elliott
We _____ and _____ residents of _____ upon our oaths declare that we were personally acquainted with _____ and _____ during the life-time of the said _____ husband of the said _____ and we know that the said _____ and _____ lived together as husband and wife, and were so regarded and reputed by their neighbors; that the said _____ is dead, that the said _____ is still his widow, and that we have no interest in this claim.

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in the result of this claim.
Stephen Crane Notary Public Butler Co Ohio
STATE OF COUNTY OF
} ss.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of said County, Certify that _____ is and was at the time of making the foregoing signatures, (which I certify to be genuine,) an acting _____ _____ in and for said County, having been duly Commissioned and sworn.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name this_____ day of _____ 185_____

I do hereby certify that it appears from the Books of the Dutch Reformed Church of Walpack in my possession and keeping that on the nineteenth day of October in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty two Alexander Van Gordon and Hannah Pomroy had a son Baptized by the name of Joseph In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty ninth day of September A D Eighteen hundred and forty five Robert Pitts - Pastor of the Ref. Dutch Church of Walpack before me September 29 th 1845 Jacob B Westbrooks. J. P.
Pennsylvania Pike County SS
I Henry S Mott Reorder of deeds in and for said county of Pike certify that Jacob B Westbrooks before whom the above certificate was sworn & subscribed, was at the time and is now an acting Justice of the Peace for said county duly commissioned and qualified, And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Jacob B Westbrooks, and verily believe that the signature "Jacob B Westbrooks J.P." purporting to be his is genuine Witness my hand & seal of said Office at Milford this 4 th day of October Anno Domini 1845
Henry S Mott Reorder

April 5, 1940.
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Mr. Charles N. Doolittle North Richelieu Place Newark, New Jersey.
BA-J/CC Alexander Van Gorden or Van Gordon W.6349
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from papers found in pension and bounty land claims on file under W.6349, based upon service of Alexander Van Gorden in the Revolutionary War.
Alexander Van Gorden was born March 16, 1752, and was the son of Alexander Van Gorden. The place of his birth and name of his mother are not shown.
He enlisted in the summer of 1777, in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, served as private in Captain Johannes Van Etten's company, this service was rendered as substitute for his father, Alexander Van Gorden, length of service not shown. He entered the service in 1778, for the term of the war, served as ensign in Captain Johannes Van Etten's company, Colonel Jacob Stroud's Pennsylvania regiment, and in Captain Ford or Forman's Pennsylvania company, received a commission as lieutenant in 1779, and served until about 1782 when he was placed on furlough due to illness.
Alexander Van Gorden died May 18, 1820, in Liberty Township, or near Princeton, Butler County, Ohio, where he had lived since 1814.
He married December 27, 1777, or 1778, in "Shapinack" or "Shoppanack", Wallpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, Hannah Pomeroy. They were both of Delaware Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. She was born July 5, 1762, names of her parents not shown.
Alexander Van Gorden's widow, Hannah, was allowed pension on her application executed June 11, 1845, at which time she was a resident of Butler County, Ohio.

May 19, 1855, Hannah Van Gorden, then a resident of Butler County, Ohio, made application for the bounty land which was due on account of the service of her husband, Alexander Van Gorden, in the Revolutionary War. She was granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No.19532, under the Act of March 3, 1855. In 1856 she was living in Union Township, Butler County, Ohio.
They had five children. Their oldest son, Joseph was born in the year 1782, and was baptised October 19, 1782, the second child, Benjamin was born in the year 1784, in Delaware Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and lived there with his father and mother until 1811 when he moved to New Jersey, and in 1813, he moved to Butler County, Ohio, was twice a member of the Ohio Legislature, and in 1850, was Justice of the Peace in Butler County, Ohio. The names of the other children are not designated.
In 1856, one Andrew N. Van Gorden was living in Butler County, Ohio, his relationship not stated.
In 1846, one Elizabeth Jackson stated in Harrison County, Virginia that she was present at the marriage of Alexander Van Gorden and Hannah Pomeroy, at which time she was aged seventeen years and that after the marriage she lived with Alexander and Hannah, and in the same year one Stephen Jackson stated in Harrison County, Virginia, that he was well acquainted with Alexander and Hannah Van Gorden. No relationship stated.
For information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish the warrant number, the acreage, and the act under which said warrant was issued.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Hannah Van Gorden, widow of Alexander Van Gorden, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Hannah Van Gorden, widow of Alexander Van Gorden, certificate #4982, issued September 7, 1850, rate $40.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of July 4, 1836, Ohio, Cincinnati, Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Hannah Bangsdown of Ohio a pensioner under act of 34 or 35 I do not know which - Will to the papers
Miller & Brown agt 44 cc - order

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Pension papers in the case of my Hannah Langdon , pensioned at 40 a year, (Revolutionary) See Ohio files under act 36 or 38 Miller & Brown

Papers in case of Hannah Van Gordon widow of Alexander Van Gordon Revolutionary pensioner - draws her pension at Cincinnati Ohio
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Pension papers in the case of Hannah Langdon a pensioner under act of 36 - Ohio Miller v Brown

House Reps
Washington March 4, 1858
Sir -
I beg leave again to call your attention to the application of Hannah Van Gordon widow of Alexander Van Gordon for a pension -
I have procured from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Penn. a certified copy of the original Muster roll of Capt John Vanrenton's Company, showing the service of Alexander Van Gordon. The service being now established, I presume there can be no obstacle to granting the certificate. I have the honor to enclose the certified abstract
Very truly
Yours &
L. D. Campbell
Hon J. Le Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington D.C.

(Copy)
Department of the Interior, September, 4 th 1850.
Sir,
I herewith return the papers in the case of Hannah Van Gordon, widow of Alexander Van Gordon, deceased,
It appears from the evidence that her husband Alexander Van Gordon, served at least, one year as a private, during the war of the Revolution, and I am of the opinion that she should be pensioned for that period under the act of 4 th July 1836.
You will be pleased to transmit the Pension certificate to the Hon S. D. Campbell House of Representatives
I am, very respectfully
Your obed t Servant,
D. C. Goddard,
Acting Secretary,
J. L. Edwards. Esq., Commr of Pensions,

751 Milford Road East Stroudsburg, Pa.
Net Bureau Administration
Dear Sirs:
Will you kindly give me the Rev. War records of the following ancestors if they are recorded at Wash. D. C.
(1) Timothy Demmick (b. Apr 8, 1726 - ) married his cousin Desire Demmick (b. Jan 23, 1732) dau. of Ensign Thomas & Anna (Mason) Demmick. He enlisted in the Rev. War from Coventry, Conn. (The above mentioned Timothy was son of Lt. Timothy Demmick (1698-1793) & Ann Bradford (1699- ) g. dau. of Gov. W m Bradford). (Reg. Conn. Rec. of Service 122 ++ Pub. 1889).
(2) Alexander Van Gorden, lived in Lehman township Northampton Co. Pa. before 1800, served with Northampton Co. Militia under Capt. Johannes Van Etten.
(Ref Pa. Archives Vol II Printed 1853) Pages 400-413
(Ref Pa. Archives 5 th Series Vol I-VIII Page 431
(3) Moses Van Gorden (b. Oct 14, 1753) in Lehman Township, Pike Co. (formerly Northampton) Pa.
Married Elizabeth Van Etten on May 28, 1781. lived in Lehman Township, Pike Co. Pa. He also served under Capt. Johannes Van Etten.
(Ref Pa. Archives Vol II Printed 1853
(Ref Pa. Archives 5 th Series Vol I-VIII-Page 431
I shall deeply appreciate any information which you can give me regarding the above mentioned ancestors.
Sincerely
Mrs. Horace H. Walters 751 Milford Rd. East Stroudsburg. Pa.

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Alexander Van Gorden
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Date of death (as near as possible):
Christian name of widow:
Hannah
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Remarks:
Your name and address:
Mrs M. E. Morrow Keokuk Plains Mo.

L. W. B. W. 6349.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
July 22nd, 1898.
Madam:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Hannah, widow of Alexander Van Gorden, made an application for pension on June 11th, 1845, at which time she was 31 years of age and residing in Butler County, Ohio, and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a private and lieutenant in the Penna. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Vannatta. (Length of his service not stated). He enlisted in Northampton County, Penna.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. M. E. Morrow,
West Plains, Missouri.

April 5, 1940.
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Mr. Charles E. Doolittle N. Richelieu Place, Newark, New Jersey.
BA-J/CG Alexander Van Gorden W.6349
Moses Van Gordon W.6348
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Alexander and Moses Van Gorden or Gorden who served in the Northampton County militia under Captain Johannes Van Etten.
You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War pension and bounty land record of Alexander Van Gorden and that of Moses Van Gorden.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

December 13, 1939.
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Mrs. Horace G. Walters, 751 Milford Road, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
BA-J/CG Alexander Van Gorden W.6349
Moses Van Gordon W.6348
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Timothy Dinnick of Connecticut, of Alexander Van Gorden and Moses Van Gorden of Pennsylvania.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Timothy Dinnick. You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War pension records of Moses Van Gordon and Alexander Van Gorden.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

December 13, 1939.
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Mrs. Horace G. Walters 751 Milford Road East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
BA-J/CC Alexander Van Gorden W.6349
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers found in pension and bounty land claims on file under W.6349, based upon service of Alexander Van Gorden in the Revolutionary War.
March 16 - Alexander Van Gorden was born July 5 , 1752, and was the son of Alexander Van Gorden. The place of his birth and name of his mother are not shown.
He enlisted in the summer of 1777, in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, served as private in Captain Johannes Van Etten's company, this service was rendered as substitute for his father, Alexander Van Gorden, length of service not shown. He entered the service in 1778, for the term of the war, served as ensign in Captain Johannes Van Etten's company, Colonel Jacob Stroud's Pennsylvania regiment, and in Captain Ford or Forman's Pennsylvania company, received a commission as lieutenant in 1779, and served until about 1782, when he was placed on furlough due to illness.
Alexander Van Gorden died May 18, 1820, in Liberty Township, or near Princeton, Butler County Ohio, where he had lived since 1814.
He married December 27, 1777, or 1778, in "Shapinack" or "Shoppanack", Wallpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, Hannah Pomeroy. They were both of Delaware Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. She was born July 5, 1762, name of her parents not shown.
Alexander Van Gorden's widow, Hannah, was allowed pension on her application executed June 11, 1845, at which time she was a resident of Butler County, Ohio.

May 19, 1855, Hannah Van Gorden, then a resident of Butler County, Ohio, made application for the bounty land which was due on account of the service of her husband, Alexander Van Gorden, in the Revolutionary War. She was granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 19532, under the Act of March 3, 1855. In 1856 she was living in Union Township, Butler County, Ohio.
They had five children. Their oldest son, Joseph was born in the year 1782, and was baptised October 19, 1782, the second child, Benjamin was born in the year 1784, in Delaware Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and lived there with his father and mother until 1811 when he moved to New Jersey, and in 1813 he moved to Butler County, Ohio, was twice a member of the Ohio Legislature, and in 1850 was Justice of the Peace in Butler County, Ohio. The names of the other children are not designated.
In 1856 one Andrew M. Van Gorden was living in Butler County, Ohio, his relationship not stated.
In 1846, one Elizabeth Jackson stated in Harrison County, Virginia that she was present at the marriage of Alexander Van Gorden and Hannah Pomeroy, at which time she was aged seventeen years and that after the marriage she lived with Alexander and Hannah, and in the same year one Stephen Jackson stated in Harrison County, Virginia, that he was well acquainted with Alexander and Hannah Van Gorden. No relationship stated.
For information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish the warrant number, the acreage, and the act under which said warrant was issued.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Hannah Van Gorden, widow of Alexander Van Gorden, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Hannah Van Gorden, widow of Alexander Van Gorden, certificate #4982, issued September 7, 1850, rate $40.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of July 4, 1836, Ohio, Cincinnati, Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

P. Z No of Rep. Aug 23/50
L. D. Campbell
Appeals from the decision of the Comr of Pensions in the case of Hannah Van Gordon. Widow of Alexander Van Gordon of Ohio. a revolutionary soldier
Letter to Hon. L. D. Campbell Aug. 24 th 1850
Ref d to Comr of Pensions for a Report Dep. Interior Aug. 24 1850

Home Reps.
Washington Aug 23, 1830
Sir -
I desire to take an appeal from the decision of the Commission of Pensions in the case of Hannah Van Gordon of Ohio, widow of Alexander Van Gordon died a soldier in the revolution, for a pension under the act of 1836
Very truly
Yours &
L D Campbell
Hon T. M. T. McKim
Secy of the Interior
Washington D.C.

July 22 '98
Mrs M E Morrow
West Plains, Mo.
1939- Dec 13/40 Hirt to Mrs. Horace H Walters
1940 - 4/5/40 Hirt to Chas. N Woolittle letter in file W 6348-Mrs Mary Jordan
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6349
Hannah Van Buren
Wid.
Alexander Van Buren
Rev. Rev. War
Act: July 11 '36
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 295
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jan'y 13 48
Adas Hannah Van Gorn Q
6 To the Commission of Pensions M'hyt City H. H. Free Thos. Corwin Senate W States

Hamilton O. Jany 8. 1848
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Dear Sir -
In the year 1845. I forwarded the application of Hannah Vanorden widow of Alexander Vanorden dec d for a pension. On the 15 th of July of that year you informed me per letter that the application was unsuccessful.
I enclose to you additional proof of the marriage which has since been taken, and beg to call your attention again to her application.
Very truly
Yours &
V. S. Campbells

6504 Jan 16 1895 A. Law Ginder, July 4, 1836.
Commissaire de Police New York City N.Y.
FREE
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Hamilton Ohio, June 11. 1845. 3
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir -
I enclose you the declaration of Hannah Leagridy of the County of Miami of Alexander Leagridy deceased which she desires the allowance of a pension.
You will please advise me of the result when it shall have been acted on by your Department.
Yours obedt St.
L. S. Mayfield

House Reps
Washington April 25. 1850
Sir -
I have the honor to enclose the deposition of Abraham P. Leight of Pike County Pennsylvania which proves the service of Alexander Leigordon under Capt. Beaverton, in the revolutionary war, for ten or twelve months. This I presume removes the only remaining obstacle to the granting of a pension on the application of his widow Hannah Leigordon.
Very truly
Yours &c,
L. D. Campbell
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm ee of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

Home Reps
Washyton August 7. 1850.
Sir -
I have the honor to enclose the papers in the case of Hannah Vanorden widow, an applicant for pension under the act of 1836, which by your permission, were handed to me some weeks since.
I also enclose her amended declaration to which is attached certain proofs to which I respectfully invite your attention, as establishing, in connection with the other testimony, the service of her husband for eighteen months, during the years 1778, 1779, 1780 & 1781, most satisfactorily.
It will be seen by your former reports that the marriage the death &c. were satisfactorily proven. And the certified copy of the Roll of Captain Van Etters Company proves that her husband was in the service under Captain Vanetten as a private May 14. 1778. The only remaining point to be established at the time of your last report was the length of time he had served.
The declaration alleges 1st the service as a private in Captain Van Etters Company from 1778 to 1781, and 2nd that from 1781 to 1783 he served as Lieutenant. As we have as yet no satisfactory evidence of service as a Commissioned Officer, the

claim for pension is confined for the present to the service as a private under Captain Vanmeter from 1778 to 1781.
This part of the declaration is corroborated and sustained
First by the deposition of Elizabeth Jackson taken May 30 1846, who was present at the marriage in 1778 and knew personally of the service of Benjamin in Capt Van Etten Company.
2 ly - By the current opinion of the neighborhood as stated by Stephen Jackson
3 rd - By the Copy of the Roll of Van Etten Company on file.
4 th , By the testimony of Ben Van Gunden (whose character for truth is fully established). That his father held a certificate from Captain Van Etten for eighteen months service from 1778 to 1781.
I think therefor that I am justified in expressing the opinion that the claim of pension for eighteen months service is fully sustained, and as the case has long been pending in your department, I may express the hope that you may see proper to allow it as speedily as possible
I am Sir
My Truly Yours &c
Hon J. Le Edwards Comm ee of Pensions -
J. D. Campbell

Louise Rapp
Washington Jan'y 26 1856.
Sir-
I desire to call your attention to the application of Hannah Van Gordon widow of Alexander Van Gordon a deceased Revolutionary Soldier, for a pension.
I forwarded the papers in 1845 and additional evidence was submitted in 1848. On the 23 rd Jan'y '48 I was informed by letter from your department that the proof was "sufficient to establish the existence of the relation of husband and wife prior to 1794". The difficulty then in the way was no sufficient proof of services in the Revolution.
This proof I am now informed by a friend of the man can be supplied by the rolls in the Department.
Alexander Van Gordon served in Capt. Bennett's Company about the year 1788, and then resided in Northampton County, Penn. The Regiment was perhaps commanded by Col. Shroyer.
I am informed that the name of Alexander Van Gordon (or Elias Van Gordon) appears upon the roll of Capt. Bennett's Company, now on file, as a private.
Presuming this evidence, connected with that heretofore submitted will obviate the difficulty

I beg leave to submit the case against your Consideration, and to request as early a reply as may be convenient. I have some anxiety about this application because the widow is an aged lady in necessitous circumstances, and because I am well satisfied her husband served in the revolution as set forth in her declaration.
I am Sir
Very truly
Yours &
L. G. Campbell
Hon. J. S. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions,
Washington

State of Virginia } Harrison County } ss — On this 30 th day of May 1846 — personally appeared Elizabeth Gardeson of full age, before me a justice of the peace in and for the State of County aforesaid And made oath in due form of law, That she was well acquainted, with Hannah Pomeroy and Alexander Vangordon That they lived in Delaware Township, North- — hampton, County, State of Pennsylvania, and That they, the said Hannah Pomeroy and Alexander Vangordon, were married to each other, by Peter Vannep Esq at Shopparack Wallpack Township, Sussex County New- — Jersey about the latter part of the year 1778. — and that she was personally present at the time, and seen them married, — and She further states, that after they were married she lived with them, and saw, him the said Alexander Vangordon, start on a tour of duty, in the war Revolutionary War Captain Johannes Van Etten, of Delaware Township Northampton County Pennsylvania and that she believes, the said Alexander Vangordon served out his tour of duty, and further states, that the above named Hannah Vang- — order, is the widow of the said Alexander Vangordon, deceased. — She further states, that at the time of the above marriage, she was about seventeen years of age, — — Sworn to and Subscribed before me this day and year above written.
By me Bapst
J.P.
Elizabeth Phoebe Gardeson mark

State of Virginia } Harrison County } ss - On this day, Stephen Jackson of full age, person really appeared before me a justice of the peace for and in the said State and County, and made oath in due form of law, - That he was well acquainted with Almon Van Gordon since, that he frequently heard said Van Gordon say that he was a soldier, and served in the revolutionary war, - since that it was always so understood by the people, and that the said Van Gordon joined the Army at Eastern Pennsylvania, - Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 30th day of May 1846 - Stephen Jackson Baptist Bapst J.P.
I, Benjamin Bapst, do hereby certify That Stephen Jackson & Elizabeth Jackson, named in the foregoing affidavits - are both persons of credibility, and that their statements are entitled to credit
Given under my hand as a justice of the peace, this 30th day of May 1846 - Baptist Bapst J.P.

I Eli Marsh Clerk of the County Court of Harrison County do hereby certify that Benjamin Bafsel whose signature appears to the foregoing certificates is now and was at the time of so doing an acting justice of the peace in and for said County of Harrison, duly commissioned & qualified according to Law, and that full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given to all his official acts as such as well in Courts of judicature as elsewhere, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Clarkeburg this 30 th day of May A D 1846, and in the 70 th year of the Commonwealth
Eli Marsh " " "
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New York
July 15 th
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1778. Recd May 14 th Return of the Sixth Battalion of Militia of Northampton County.
A General Muster Roll of the Sixth Battalion of Northampton County Militia.
Field Officers { Colonel Jacob Shaeffer. Lieut. Colonel. Abraham Miller. Major John Foster. Adjutant Jacob Wimer.
Captain John Van Etten
Lieutenants Cornelius Doster 1 st Benjamin Ennis 2 nd
Ensign Peter Swartout.
First Serjeant
Clerk
Sergeant
Captains
Drum and fife
Class 1 st 1 James Shuler. 2 James Calbright. 3 Abraham Van Garder. 4 Moses Van Garder.

Secretary's Office
Pennsylvania.
I do certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy, and that with the endorsement taken from the original Master Bill entitled "A General Master, Bill of the Sixth Battalion of Northampton County Militia" as the same remains on file in this Office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Secretary's Office at Harrisburg to be affixed this twenty-seventh day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
J. M. Buchanan Dept. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Pike County ss. Before the subscriber a
justice of the Peace in and for the county of Pike Personally appeared Abraham Plontright of the Township of Delaware County aforesaid and State of Pennsylvania, who being first duly sworn according to law saith that he was well acquainted with Mylesander Hargarden who served in the Revolutionary War under Captain Johannes Kirtler and that he the said Hargarden was down in Pennsylvania as far as Allentown in the service and as far up as Coesheckton above the Lackawanna and that to the best of his knowledge and belief he the said Hargarden was in the service ten or twelve months and further saith not
Sworn & subscribed, D D Abraham this Plontright March 30 th 1850 mark
before me
Jacob B Westhook. J.P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with Abraham Plontright above named that he is a creditable Person and that he should be believed Witness my hand and seal this 30 th Day of March 1850
J B Westhook. J.P.

State of Pennsylvania } Pike County ss. }
I John C Westbrooke Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do hereby Certify that Jacob B Westbrooke Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and who certified to the same was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace of said County duly qualified and commissioned and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given his official acts as such officer and that the signature "Jacob B Westbrooke Esq" is of his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said office at Milford the third day of April Anno Domini 1850
J. C. Westbrooke Prothon.
Not's
L.
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WIDOW'S CLAIM.
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
Pension OF
Hannah Vangorder
Deceased widow act of 36 - 1 Supp - etc.
ad 1836 - Ohio
IN THE WAR WITH
of Revolution
Application for increase of pension
MILLER & BROWN, ATTORNEYS FOR THE CLAIMANT, WASHINGTON, D. C.

THE STATE OF Ohio
COUNTY, } ss. Bulb
On this 7 th day of April A. D. 185 6 personally appeared before me, a Mrs. Pat Hull of and for the County and State aforesaid, aged 93 years, a resident of Franklin County, in the State of Ohio , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the Widow of James Hull who was a in the Company commanded by Captain James M. [illegible] in the Regiment of [illegible] commanded by in the War of the Rebellion
That her said husband James Hull at Gettysburg on or about the 27 th day of July , A. D. 186 3 , for the term of one year and continued in actual service in said War for the term of more than fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at Washington on the 27 th day of July A. D. 186 3
She further states that she was married to the said James Hull on the 27 th day of December , A. D. 18 77 , by one [illegible] [illegible] , a [illegible] , and that her name before her said marriage was [illegible] ; that her said husband died at [illegible] on the [illegible] day of [illegible] , A. D. 18 81 , and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, A. D. 1855. She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress, made an application therefor.
She hereby appoints Miller & Brown, of Washington, D. C., her Attorneys to prosecute said claim, and procure her Warrant, hereby authorising and empowering her said Attorneys to procure from the proper authorities at Washington, or elsewhere, certified copies of any records or documents, or any or all other evidence that may be necessary to establish

her claim, as fully as she might or could herself if present, and hereby revoking and countermanding all other authority that may have been heretofore given for the said purpose.
We, Samuel G. Spulman and Andrew Van Garder, residents of Butler County in the State of Ohio upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by _____ in our presence, with whom we are personally acquainted, and that we believe, from the appearance, statements of, and our acquaintance with the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we are disinterested witnesses.
S. D. Spelman Andrew N. Angold
We, Samuel D. Shellmass and Andrew N. Vankarace of full age of Butte County, upon our oaths declare that we were personally acquainted with the said the said and her late Husband in the life time of her said Husband; that the said the said and the said lived together as husband and wife, and were so regarded and respected by all their neighbors;
that they know that the said _____ is dead; that the said _____ is now a widow, and that they have no interest in this claim.

were married December 27 1777- by Peter Vanest- by of Wolfpack Township, State of New Jersey. Sussex County
S. D. Spellman Andrew N. Angordan
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
James Patchell J.P.
THE STATE OF Ohio } ss. Butler — COUNTY, }
I, Michael C. Ryan, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do certify that James Patchell is, and was at the time of making the foregoing signatures, (which I certify to be genuine,) an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, having been duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this 8 th day of April —, A. D. 1836
M. C. Ryan Clerk But Co. Ohio By C. A. Daltun Deputy