Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2759, for Samuel Mahaffey, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Mahaffey Samuel
S 2759
CONTENTS

416) Pittsburgh Agency Samuel Mahaffey
of the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Miller — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Smith — in the Penn. line for Private of no 2d. comp — $32.63
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency at the rate of 32 Dollars 63 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of January 1833 and first H on R. Coulter 4 th comm. Reps.
Arrears to 14th of Sept. 1832 — $48.94 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 1833 16.31
$65.25
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Viral Luce Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 200
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16 th April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sept 1838 Agent notified 18 July 1839.

Sam. Mapaffey
Admitted
Private
June 24th
30
75 1/2
Hon. R. G. Carter
Co. 2nd Regt.

BRIEF in the case of  Samuel Mahaffey  of Westm n Co. in the State of Pennsylvania  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 1776 Spring " " 42 Private Capt. Miller Pa. Militia   1777 Aug. 16 " 3 " " Lt. Gourley   1778 Feb. 2 " " 42 " Capt. Love, Col. Smith   1779 June 1 " 2 " " " Marchand   1780 April 15 " 2 " " " Bicket  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? West n Co. Pa.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Brown
Examining Clerk.

State of Pennsylvania } Westmoreland County } ss
On this Twenty Second day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting Samuel Mahaffey a resident of Salem Township in the County of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania aged Twenty five years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he enlisted in the Company of Captain Samuel Miller in the Spring of the year 1776 at Hannahstown in the County of Westmoreland aforesaid and State of Pennsylvania for the term of one year, when after a service of six weeks in protecting and watching the frontier, was dismissed by Captain Miller with the rest of the Company when he returned he returned to his residence in Salem Township in the County and State aforesaid, which was immediately on the frontier where he lived until the 16 th day of August 1777 during which time he frequently with his neighbours scouted with along the frontier in defence of their settlements. This Declarant on the 16 th day of August 1777 was drafted at Shields Fort on the Loyal Hannah Creek for the term of three months under the command of Lieutenant Gourley which time he served in scouting along the frontier - This Declarant on the first or second day of February in the year 1778 volunteered under Captain Lorr at Hannahstown to go on what was called the Igou Gap Campaign under the command of General Hand and Colonel Smith then at Pittsburgh. In this Campaign we crossed the Allegheny River Big Beam and traversed a great extent of Country then in a wild state as far as the head waters of the Big Beam, then returned to Pittsburgh where he was dismissed - on the 15 th day of March of the same year -
This Declarant on the first day of June 1779 was drafted into

The company of Captain David Brackenridge at Harmar's Town and marched to Carnahan's Block house then across the Kiskiminitas River to Wallace's Fort where he remained in actual service until the first day of August of the same when he with the company was dismissed making the further service of two months.
This Declarant was again drafted on the 15 th day of April 1780 into the company of Captain Birt at Harmarstown and marched to Brush Run where we were engaged scouting until the 15 th day of June of the same year when we were dismissed by our Captain.
This Declarant whole service on the frontier including the Equus Captain was nine months and about three weeks. This Declarant was selected by General Campbell after the Revolution as a Ranger and acted in that capacity for the term of three years. This Declarant has no documentary evidence of his service.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer - In Chester County Pennsylvania - on the twenty third day of May in the year 1757.
2. When were you born when called into service; when have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer - In Salem Township Westmoreland County; and have lived there since the Revolution and now live there.
3. How were you called into service? Were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answer - The answer to this Question  Question will be found in the foregoing Declaration.
4. Have you any Records of your age and if so when is it?
Answer - I had a note of my age in a Book which I have long since lost.
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops you served - such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer - I have stated all that I recollect in answer to this Question in the foregoing Declaration.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?

Answer - I was always was merely dismissed as was all the rest of the company - Except in the instance of Capt. Beckett who gave me a written discharge which I lost -
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, good behaviour your services as a soldier in the Revolution - ?
Answer John Woods, John Houn, John Steele, Captain Dack & James McBride -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Randall McLaughlin, Pet 3 Samuel Mahaffey
We James McBride residing in Salem Township, Wexford county, Pennsylvania and Captain Matthew Dack residing in the same
Then by virtue that we are well acquainted with Samuel Mahaffey who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Randall McLaughlin, Pet 3 James McBride Matthew Dack
In the above certificate Samuel Mahaffey In declarant is a forgoing Declaration and unable to get a clergyman to attest with him; to be qualified to its contents, although not quite as a soldier in my own neighbourhood in the Revolutionary War, is well known to many, even to the president of this court now sitting who also is well acquainted with my character for veracity & morality -
Samuel Mahaffey

State of Pennsylvania Westmoreland County } ss
On this twenty second day of November personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting James McBride who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he was well acquainted with the Applicant Samuel Mahaffy in the foregoing Declaration during the Revolutionary war and that he knew the said Applicant in the various companies and on the said several occasions mentioned in said Declaration.
This Deponent further saith on his oath that he was in the same Company at Shields Fort and Wallace Fort with the said Applicant and that the said Samuel Mahaffy faithfully performed his duty as a private soldier under the command of Captain Marchand & Lieutenant Gormly until dismissed, also that the particulars as stated in his Declaration when under their command are true to the best of his knowledge and belief and further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed the day
James McBride
and year aforesaid Test. Randall McLaughlin Pres.
State of Pennsylvania } ss Westmoreland County }
On this twenty second day of November personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting Captain Matthew Fark who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he was the Lieutenant of Col. McIlwain's Company in the spring of the year 1777 and that Samuel Mahaffy enlisted for one year and after a service of one month or upwards was with the rest of the company for that year dismissed. This Deponent was not in that part of the country where the above applicant served as stated in his Declaration under other Captains: But will know that he was a Ranger for sometime after the Revolutionary war.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
Matthew Fark
aforesaid Test. Randall McLaughlin Pres.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MEE/cel
June 4, 1929
Mrs. Sadie Whaly 800 Garfield Avenue Elkhart, Indiana
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.2759, it appears that Samuel Mahaffey was born May 23, 1757, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted and served as a private with the Pennsylvania Troops as follows:
From in the spring of 1776, six weeks in Captain Samuel Miller's Company; from August 16, 1777, three months under Lieutenant Gourley; from February 1, or 2, 1778, in Captain Love's Company, Colonel Smith's Regiment and was discharged March 15, 1778; from June 1, 1779, two months in Captain David Marchand's Company; from April 15, 1780, in Captain Becket's Company and was discharged June 15, 1780.
After the Revolution he served three years as a ranger under General Campbell.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 22, 1832, at which time he was living in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
There are no data concerning his family.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to John Gourley.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

ation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion file in this Bureau.
Samuel Makaffey S.F. 275-9
   ENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1776 6 mos. Samuel Miller Penn.   Aug. 12, 1777 3 mos. Lieut. Gourley   Febr. 1 st 1778 Mar. 15, 1778 Post Smith   June 1, 1779 2 mos. David Marshall   Apr. 15, 1780 June 15, 1780 Beekel   after the Rev 3 mos. as a Ranger under General Campbell  
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Salem Twp Westmoreland Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, Nov 22, 1832  Heard also on 7/1/40
Residence at date of application, Salem Twp Westmoreland Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, in Chester Co. Penn. May 23, 1757
Remarks: No family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Painesville, Ohio.
April 15th, 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you be so kind as to furnish me with the pension statement of Samuel Mahaffey , a Revolutionary soldier, residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1833?
And also I should like to have a statement of the Revolutionary services of Michael Seynor (Sannor or Seanan) residing in Columbiana County, Ohio, in the year 1820, a pensioner. -
Both of the above mentioned men are believed to have served at Myers' Station, or block-house, in or about the year 1782, and, if possible, I should like to have the particulars of their services while at that post, which was near the mouth of Turtle Creek, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Trusting that you may be able to oblige me, I am,
Yours truly,
(Miss) Celice B. Gruby Painesville, Ohio.

Elkhart, Indiana
January 2nd 1929
Commissioner of Pensions Revolutionary War Section
Dear Sir:
Did one Samuel McHaffey of Pa. ever file claim for Revolutionary War pension. If so will you please give claim. Also did John Kirtley of Pa. file claim. If so will you please give me the data that you have on file for these claims
Sincerely Yours Mrs Sadie McHaffey 808 Gayfield Ave

1912 Apr. 24 Heed to Alvin C. Truby V.L.M. 1929 - June 4. Heed to Mrs. Sadie Whaley M.E.E.
Rev. May
2759 INVALID.
File No. 2759
Samuel Mahaffey Print Rev. May
Act: June 7 1852
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 235
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 6 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," Samuel Mahaffey, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Thirty two Dollars and Sixty three 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 4 th Sept. 1838,
Respectfully, yours, Nelson K. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier as he states. And the Court further certifies that James McBride and Matthew Lark who have signed the preceding Certificates are credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit. And the Court further certifies that James McBride and Matthew Lark who have signed the preceding Depositions were sworn in open Court to the same, and that the said Depositions are entitled to credit. And further that his reasons as stated, for not having the Certificate of a clergyman appear to be true.
I Randal McLaughlin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the Applica- -tion of Samuel McHaffey for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this early twelfth day of December A.D. 1832
Randal McLaughlin, Pro.