Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7053, for George May, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
May, George
77. 7053
CONTENTS

REJECTED
10053
P. O. _____
George May
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

1930. June 30. visit to Mrs. Ida M. Wray m.c.f.

George May
Rejected see letter to Hon. L. Fins and 27 Jan'y 1827.

Knightstown Indiana
United States Veterans Bureau Washington D. C.
Will you kindly give service data of George May who came from Warren County Ohio in 1837 to Bartholomew County Indiana where he lived until he died Nov. 16 th 1857.
He was in the War of 1812, but I do not know from where he enlisted.
Again, I should like any revolutionary service of George May father of the above George May. This George May may have lived in Virginia or Pennsylvania. I have no records of birth, death nor place of living.
I have heard indirectly that the George May first mentioned in this note came from Va. into Ohio hence I infer that his father may have lived in Va. or possibly Penn.
I certainly will appreciate any war record of either or both of the May's mentioned. Place of enlistment, pensions etc.
Very respectfully Mrs. Ida M. Wray.
May 16-1932

Copy of letter in correspondence book
War Department
Pension Office
Jan. 27, 1827
Hon. C. Forward H. R.
Sir:
The documents forwarded by you to this office in support of the claim of George May to a pension on account of Revolutionary service has been examined. As the different periods of the claimant's service, as set forth in his declaration, was performed in the militia service, and as the law of the 18th of March, 1818, under which he claims a pension provided for those only who served on the Continental establishment his claim cannot therefore be allowed. His declaration will remain in our files agreeably to the regulations of the Department. Mr. Morrison's letter to you is herewith returned.

June 30, 1932
Mrs. Ida M. Wray Knightstown Indiana
BA-J/MCS XXXXXXXXXXXX George May R. 7053
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting the record of George May who served in the Revolution and his son, George, who served in the War of 1812.
The War of 1812 records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to pension having been claimed on account of the service of the George May described.
On January 8, 1932, you were furnished the record of the only George May who served from Virginia that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, R. 7053, based upon the Revolutionary War service of George May, the only soldier by that name who served from Pennsylvania that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
On September 4, 1826, George May, resident of Somerset Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-one years, applied for pension and it was alleged that he served in the Pennsylvania Militia as follows: three months in the Bucks County Militia under Colonels Balzer Geehr and Lindemuth; then served in the Bucks County Militia under Colonel Weaver, length of service not given; next served three months under Colonels Joseph Hiester and May of Berks County; then enlisted as private in Captain Jacob Whetstone's Company a few days before the battle of Brandywine and was in that battle, length of service not given.

His claim for pension was not allowed as he served in the militia and the pension act under which he applied provided for those only who served on the continental establishment.
The papers in this pension claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLIER Assistant to Administrator

20, 203.
George May. Pa
7053
Hon: C. Forward. HR

Pennsylvania
Somerset County ss
Be it remembered, that on the 11 th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six, George Shay personally appeared in Open Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Somerset, being sworn under oath, deposes and says, that he served in the Revolutionary War of the United States of America as follows: That he the deponent marched in the Artillery from Bucks County under Col. Potter, Gen. and Col. Mendenhall to Amboy and served three months. That he the deponent then marched in the Militia from the same County under Col. Weaver towards Philadelphia, as far as the Trap Tavern where he took sick and was discharged. That Deponent next marched in the Militia under Col. Joseph Hester & Col. May of Bucks County and lay at White Marsh, and was out three months on the River, and Deponent then entered as a volunteer in the Company of Capt. Jacob Whistler at Brandywine Mills, and marched to Newport, about ten days before the battle of Brandywine, we then marched to Brandywine and crossed the creek before the battle, and went up the creek about half a mile, and in the morning when we got up to get provision for we had got none the day before and before we got any provision some time in the morning a Col. came up and ordered us off towards several Black Smith shops where the British horseman were setting their horses shoe, and the Col. rode off and returned again and ordered us to the Capt. and Capt. Whistler answered and showed him his Commission. We then fell into Indian side and followed the Col. about a mile in sight of the British and when we heard firing we lost our ammunition away, we were ordered to retreat & crossed the Brandywine, we went and drew ammunition and then marched up the Brandywine, we then seen Genl. Washington & his Guards and in a few minutes the Battle began. Deponent does not now recollect how long he served in the Campaign under Capt. Whistler. That Deponent was a resident of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and during his whole life before and since. That he is from great inability of body totally unable to labour, and that Deponent has not since that time, by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it, or to bring himself within the provisions of the Act of Congress Entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. And that the deponent hath not nor hath any persons in trust for him any property or securities, contracts or bills, due to him or to become due, nor hath he any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by him subscribed.
Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court Alex Cope Jr. Clerk
George Shay
Schedule of the property of the said George Shay of Somerset Township on the said County of Somerset
  Two Cows of the value of about $18. Deponent has no debt due him or to become   Four head of the value of about 40 due which he can raise good   One smoke two horse wagon work 20 Subscribed 11 th Sept. 1826   One axe, a mule & two wagons 2 George Shay   $80. 

Somers County ss On the 5 th day of September 1826 personally appeared in open court a Common Pleas in for said County Adam Koch aged eighty six years who being duly sworn doth depose and say, that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War in the sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania Troops, that he this deponent knew George May the above applicant in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, to be a private in the Volunteer Company commanded by Capt. Whitstone, and that company was on the Brandywine or near it on the day of that battle. Subscribed in Open Court Adam Koch for Rothery. W. Humphreys
Somers County ss I Alexander Ogles Sen Prothon of the Court of Common Pleas on and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of the Original remaining on file in my Office at Somerset Pa In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Somerset this 21 st December 1826 Alexander Ogles Sen Rothery.