Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,831, for Charles Mc Guire, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
★ McGuire, Charles
NUMBER _____
NUMBER D. 41.831
CONTENTS

Ohio 13.920
Charles M c Guire,
of Butler Co y in the state of Ohio, who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Johnston, of the Pennsylv a . line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the roll of Ohio, — " — at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 19. of September, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25. of Nov r 1819 and sent to Henry Weaver, Esq; Hamilton, Butler Co: Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1819. $: 92.26 Semi-ann. all c e ending 4. March, 1820. 48 " 11 mo s  \frac{16}{30} } 1820. } $: 140.26.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Notwithstanding which he soon became a member of the Ohio National Guard...
Continued

John M c Guire - Rev.
Col. Johnston's Pioneer Regt.
1777-8 years-
on Roll
19 th Sept r 1810.
11 Sept r 1811,
Returned for the evidence of a credible & disinterested witness, duly taken and authenticated
Sworn to.

John M c Guire - Pa.
Col. Johnston's
Penn a Reg t
1777-3 years-
on roll
19 th Sept r
1810.
14 Sept r 1819
Returned for the evidence of a credible & disinterested witness, duly taken and authenticated
John M c Guire

erroneous declaration
DISTRICT OF Ohio, Butler County, ss.
On this fourth day of August 1819, before me, the subscriber, one of the Assistant Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County in the said district, personally appeared Charles M'Guire aged sixty five years, resident in Butler County in the said district, who, being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he, the said Charles M'Guire , enlisted for the term of three years on the 10th day of Early in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in Lancaster County in the state of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Bartholomew of the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Huston in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the January 1781 , when he was discharged from service in Frederick state of New Jersey , that he was in the battles of Red Bank, Red Bank, Red Bank, Red Bank, Red Bank
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. Charles M'Guire Henry Weaver
I, Henry Weaver Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Charles M'Guire did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support. I also certify that the first declaration was made
on the 19th day of September 1818 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Henry Weaver

The State of Ohio Butter County ss
I John Reily clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Butter aforesaid do certify that the same Weaver Esquire before whom the deposition and certificate within stated was taken made was at the time of the taking thereof a Justice One of the Associate Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas and that to all his official acts as such Justice faith and credit is due and ought to be given
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at Hamilton the Tenth day of August One thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
John Reily
The State of Ohio Butter County ss
Personally appeared before me Henry Weick one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County James Johnson a credible and disinterested witness who being of full age and by me duly sworn deposes and saith that he this deponent has been well acquainted with the within named Charles H. Gains from a child and that he well knows that the said Charles served in the revolutionary war as stated in the within declaration stated and further this deponent saith not in his knowledge or belief in the eighteenth day of October eighteen hundred and Nineteen
Henry Weick
James F. Johnson Judge

The State of Ohio, County of Hamilton, ss. I, John Reily Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of James Johnston and Henry Simmonds was taken in my presence at the time of the taking thereof by one of the Associate Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Hamilton and that to all his official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Hamilton the eighteenth day of October A.D. 1819. John Reily C. Smith A.D.
The State of Ohio, County of Hamilton, ss.
I, John Reily Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Hamilton, do hereby certify that the foregoing deposition of James Johnston and Henry Simmonds was taken in my presence at the time of the taking thereof by one of the Associate Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Hamilton and that to all his official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Hamilton the eighteenth day of October A.D. 1819. John Reily C. Smith A.D.

Charles M c Guire Schedule
15.920
Apr. Nov. 319
Mar. 182
Cong
9

The State of Ohio Butler County ss At a court of common pleas held at Hamilton in the county of Butler aforesaid on the twenty eighth day of August One Thousand eight hundred & twenty before the Honorable Joshua Collett Esquire President and his associates Judges of the said court the same court of common pleas being a court of Record expressly created a court of Record by the laws and ordinances of the state of Ohio with Jurisdiction unlimited in civil causes and with power to fine and imprison Personally appeared in open court Charles M c Guire aged sixty five years resident in Madison Township in the said county of Butler who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary as follows to wit I enlisted at the white house in Pennsylvania on the continental establish- ment in the year of _____ for the term of four years in the Regiment commanded by colonel Johnston company commanded by captain Benjamin Bartholomew being the fifth Regiment in the Pennsylvania line after the term of my enlistment had expired I was discharged from the service at Trenton New Jersey in the Month of January in the year of _____ My original application for a pension was made on or about the nineteenth day of September 1818 and my pension certificate is numbered 15920 and I do solemn- ly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March One Thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act 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 eighteenth day of March One Thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit two cows one mare one bed and bedding one cupboard half dozen plates half dozen tea cups and

saucers three chairs one table and half dozen knives and forks My family consists of myself my wife and a Grand Daughter aged eight years my wife is seventy four years of age very infirm - My occupation is that of a farmer but from age and infirmity and wounds received in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war am not able to pursue it
Sworn to and declared on the 28 th August 1820 before the court above mentioned
John Reily clerk
Charles his L. mark 8 th June
I John Reily clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Butler aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing O.A. and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court; And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in Value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifty five Dollars
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this sixteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty
John Reily

41831
INVALID.
Rey
File No.
41,831
Charles W. H. Smith P. O. Box 100
Act:
18 March 18 th
Index:—Vol.
8
, Page
320
[Arrangement of 1870.]