Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,984, Francis Vandine, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Vandine, Francis
NUMBER _____
S. 23.984
CONTENTS

Pennsylvania 25.960
Francis Vandine By coming to in the State of Penn who was a S er in the Company commanded by Captain Hall of the Arty ry commanded by in the New Jersey line for Militia
14, 6, 10, 1/2, 50.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Penn a at the rate of 10 Dollars 0 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Feb y and sent to 1834, Stephen Sandsville, Pa. Ty Co
Arrears to the 4th of Apr 1833 150.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Nov '34 30.00
$180.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk, Book Vol. 5 Page 63

Dead Letter to R. H. Hammond Esq. 9 Sept 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 1 Aug 1838. A/c notified 1 Oct 1839.
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29. 412
Francis Vandine Pa
Am 1 year & 6 months —
Lordsville Pa Lycoming County Pa

State of Pennsylvania
Columbia County ss
I Jacob Eyerly Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Columbia County aforesaid DO Certify that Thomas Baird before whom the within affidavit was taken and whose name is thereunto subscribed is now and was at the time of his taking the said affidavit an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified as such to all of whose official acts full faith & credit is and of right ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the said Court the nineteenth day of February A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty three
For Jacob Eyerly Protho ry
Daniel Pitkin H. H. W.
I do certify that Daniel Berry who has been & subscribed the foregoing Deposition is reputed and believed to be a man of truth and veracity and that I concur in that opinion
Thomas Baird J.P.

Callumville County Pa State of Pennsylvania
personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the county of Callumville, Daniel Berry an aged and infirm Man, who upon his solemn oath Doth Depose and say that he was personally acquainted with Francis Vandine in the year 1775 & that the Deponent Resided within about four miles of the said Francis Vandine during the Revolutionary War and that this Deponent was with the said of the united States in company with the above- named Francis Vandine three different times of Duty & further that this Deponent knows the said Vandine to have served sundry other terms of Duty & further saith not  Sworn and subscribed before me this 17th Day of March 1832 Thomas Davis  Daniel Berry
Attest

Pennsylvania Morning January 18
personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the justices of the peace in & for the County of Lycoming State of Pennsylvania who upon his solemn oath Doth Depose and say that, During the Revolutionary War, that the Deponent lived within two miles of the above applicant (Francis Vandine) that the Deponent knows the above applicant, to have been frequently out in the service of the United States, During the Revolutionary War, that the Deponent Recalls distinctly well, of being out in the company with the above applicant three times in the Militia of Morris County State of New Jersey & further saith not
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 27 th Day of November A.D. 1832
Jacob Heaman
Henry Pennington

State of Pennsylvania Chester County ss
J. H. Wood. Notary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Do. certify that Henry Purston Esq. is a Magistrate as within, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Williamsport the 3 rd day of Dec r 1832
J. Wood Notary.
Henry Purston before me the within Deposition was taken do certify that Jacob Herrmann who has read and subscribed said Deposition, is reputed and believed to be a man of truth and veracity and that I concur in that opinion.
Henry Purston

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7. 1832
State of Pennsylvania, County of Lycoming
on this sixth Day of October - AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of common pleas now sitting Francis Vandine a Resident of Moreland Township county of Lycoming & State of Pennsylvania of the age of Seventy seven years who being first Duly Sworn according to law on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th 1832 -
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers - was about 17 years of age when first entered the Service under Captain Josiah Hall, and we lay that Month at Poughkeepsie opposite to New York, and was Drafted for one Month under Captain Hall and we lay at Bergen - 3rd was Drafted under Captain Hall and lay at Elizabeth Town 4th under Colonel Ford 5th was Drafted under Captain Hall for one month and Stationed at Central Forks in Norristown 5th Enlisted sometime in the year 1777 for three Months under Captain Josiah Hall and Served in Major Hays Battalion, Colonel Spencers Regiment & General Mifflins Division and lay most of the time above Antrim 6th was Drafted for one Month under Captain Allen and we lay above Antrim 7th under Colonel Lindley 8th - went out as a Substitute for Joshua Moore for one Month under Captain Hall & Served in Colonel Voshing Regiment 9th - was Drafted for one Month under Captain Bigalow and lay above Newark 10th - was Drafted under Captain Hall for one Month and we lay along the Schuylkill Road near Pottersville General Mifflins Division 11th was Drafted under Captain Hall for one month and lay at Lyons Farm under Colonel Seely 12th - was Drafted for one Month under Captain Allen we lay at Hackquacken and part of time at Hockensack General Mifflins Division 13th - one month at the same place under Captain Hall & General Mifflins 14th volunteered for one Month under Captain Allen to Springfield & was there when Springfield was burnt and in the Battle 15th - was a Substitute for Joshua Moore under Captain Allen, and we lay between Hackquacken & Newark
hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & Declare that any claim is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
Sworn and Subscribed the Day and year aforesaid - Francis Vandine J. Wood Proth.
We John C. Dugan, Cornelius Bartlow - residents in the county of Lycoming hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Francis Vandine who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 74 years of Age That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & the same conceivably in that opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed the 7 Day and year aforesaid John C. Dugan Cornelius Bartlow J. Wood Proth

and the Said court do hereby Declare  state their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the foregoing applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states and the court further certify that it appears to them that John E. Dazan & Cornelius Bartlow are residents of the county of Lycoming, is credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit -
John Cummings
Declarations
I the clerk of the court of common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said court in the matter of the application of Francis Wendline for a Pension
J. M. Coy Br.
1 st where and in what year were you born } was born in Morris county State of New Jersey in the year 1758 - 2 nd have you any record of your age and if so where is it } have in the family Bible at home 3 rd where were you living when called into Service and where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & when do you now live } when first called into Service lived in Morris county State of New Jersey and until after the war when I came to Pennsylvania I have lived in Lycoming County upwards of 20 years.
4 th how were you called into Service were you Drafted did you volunteer or was you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom } was Drafted, volunteered, was a Substitute, and Enlisted as stated in my Declaration hereto annexed.
5 th State the names of some of your officers who were with the Troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can Recollect and the general circumstances of your Service } Generals Mifflin & Minges, Gebrecks Ford, Spencer, Sealy, Limby, & Hatterway, Mergen, Hays as have heretofore stated were officers with troops when I served
6 th did you ever receive a Discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it } do not remember of getting a Discharge, if I did, I have lost it.
7 th did you ever receive a commission if so by whom was it signed } never Received a commission
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution } to this I answer that I am known to John E. Dazan & Cornelius Bartlow, both long inhabitants of the neighbourhood in which I live - whose certificates are hereto annexed. -

Schuylkill County Pa?
personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace, in and for the county of Schuylkill Francis Vandine, who being Duly Sworn according to Law Depaseth and Saith that by Reason of old age & the consequent loss of Memory, he cannot swear positively, as to the precise length of his services, but according, to the best of his Recollection, he first Entered the Service in the year 1775 and served, not less, than the periods mentioned below, in the following periods as a private he was enlisted for three Months, volunteered as a private for two Months, was Drafted as a private for eleven Months, & served as Substitute for two Months, as a private, and for such Service claim a pension
Francis Vandine
Sworn and subscribed before me as Witness my hand and Seal the 22nd Day of November A 1833
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Henry Funston
State of Pennsylvania } J. P. Wood Prothonotary } of the Court of Common Schuylkill County Pa } Pleas in and for the county } of Schuylkill. Do hereby Certify that Henry Funston Esq is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Williamsport the 6th day of December A D 1833
J. M. Wood Deputy.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 24 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The child n of Francis Vandine, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia P te Agency, at the rate of Sixty ————— Dollars and ————— Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1838, to the 1 st August, 1838. the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Resolution
23984 INVALID.
File No. 23,984
Francis Vandine
His Rev. Wm
Act: June 7 th '32
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 239
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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