Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10299, John Wright, Continental (Penn.)

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Continental (Penn.) Wright, John
S. 10299
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Mifflin County ss
President
I, Jonathan Walker esquire of the Court of Common Pleas of the fourth Judicial district of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Authority of several acts of Congress to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War and for other purposes do hereby especially authorize and Commission William Beale esquire of the County of Mifflin in the State of Pennsylvania to take all evidence pursuant to the regulations of the said acts for substantiating the claim of John Knight of Hennrich Township in the County aforesaid to be continued on the pension list of the United States and to have his pension increased by reason of wounds received in said War or since (as prescribed in the several acts of Congress) while in the actual service of the United States and in the line of his duty And when the same shall be completed to return the evidence affidavits certificates and proceedings had thereupon together with his Commission to the Secretary of the War Department.
Given under my hand and seal at Lewisburg Mifflin County the 22 nd day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Jonathan Walker
Esq d

State of Pennsylvania Mifflin County ss.
I David Reynolds Prothon- tary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Mifflin County Do here- by certify that Jonathan Walker Byrne whose name is subscribed to the within instrument of writing was at the date thereof President Judge of the 14 th Judicial district of the State of Pennsylvania composed of the counties of Mifflin Huntingdon Bedford Centre Blair held in the State aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn and to all whom official acts as such all due faith and credit shall be and ought to be given as well in courts of justice as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal as said office at Lewistown this fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eightyone.
D Reynolds Prothon.

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Pennsylvania
John Wright, Private , Sergeant Continental
Captain company of the In the army U.S. during the Re- volutionary war.
Ratio of disability, Three fourths Time of closing the testimony, 34 Feb. 7. 1818.
Inscribed on the roll of Pennsylvania at 6 dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of February, 1818.
Certificate of pension issued the 17 th of April 1819 and sent to the Pensioner care of William Beall, Esq. Freemanough Township, Mifflin Co. Pennsylvania.
Arrears to 4th Semi-annual place ending Increased In- valid pens n . Law 3 rd Mar 1819
  Arrears from 4 th of Feb y . 1818 to ?     4 Mar: 1819. 12 \frac{25}{28} & \frac{4}{31} mo s  $ 78. 12    Am t paid from 4 th Feb y 1818 to ?     4 Mar: 1819 - at 4 $ per mo: deduct  52. 08    Diff ce between Original Increase  $ 26. 04    Pension due 4 Mar: 1819     6 mo s : ending 4 Sep r 1819  36.     $ 62. 04  

AW June 29, 1906 H. J. H.

Wright, John
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, pages 102 and 165.
Rank: Sergeant.
Regt: Colonel Lee's dragoons.
Disability: Wounded in the knee, when in a skirmish with the enemy, which disables him so much that he is not able to perform more than one-half the labor he otherwise could have done.
Residence: Mifflin county.
To what pension entitled: One-half.
Remarks: Enlisted April 17, 1778, for the war.
Evidence transmitted by the District Court incomplete as to time and place where he received the said wound, as required by law; and as to the time of his leaving the service.
On page 165 it is stated that the evidence had been completed

4/15/81 H S Muldrew for further info - refer to Sec 4716-

House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C., Apl 11, 1884.
Hon Wm W. Dudley
Chair of Pensions
Sir: I respectfully refer the inclosed communication to you for information as to whether the party named was entitled to pension from the date of last payment to time of his death, and if so I would be glad if you would indicate the proper method of application.
Respectfully
H. L. Muldrow
W.C.
P.S. Please return Mr. Bishop's letter with your reply
Respy
H. L. Muldrow

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10299
10299 INVALID.
File No. 10.299
John Wright. Sergt. Rev. War.
Act: May 13 th 1876
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 417
[Arrangement of 1870.]

To the Honorable J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.
Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Feb.
We Joseph Henderson and Joseph B. Cropp, physicians residing in Lew- istown County & State aforesaid, being appointed by the Hon. Jonathan Walker esq. (which appointments is hereto annexed) to examine John Wright a Revolutionary soldier, who is inscribed on the Pension List of the United States, and who is an applicant for an increase of pension con- formably to the acts of Congress in such case made & provided. And to report the nature of the Applicant's disability and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor. — We being first sworn as Law directs, report that on examination we find that John Wright has been severely wounded in the right knee

The wound being obliquely upwards & out- wards fracturing & carrying away a part of the patella & lacerating the muscles & integuments - in consequence of which wound this leg is much smaller & weaker than the left - And the said John Wright being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is not able to perform more than one fourth of the manual labor he was able to perform before he received said wound - so that from his statements and our opinions he is three fourths disabled from per- forming manual labor for his subsistence
Sworn & subscribed before me this 4th of Febry 1818.
Wm Beale } Commr.
Joseph B. Andrews
J. P. Kennebec

Mun. .
(Copy 1)
Rev. Mr. McLean.

Pennsylvania
John Wright, Private, In the Revolutionary War, —
An applicant for increase of pension who was struck out the roll at $ 100 mo: evidenced by Wm Beall, Esq. comm. d V. 16 th of February, 1818. Re. d 20. Feb y 1818. No. 1. Said before Congress at their present session.
of Mar.
J. F. Galtson Esq. i. session
To the Honorable.
Congress
Congress

Mifflin County State of Penn. a Feby 6th 1818 To the Honorable J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
Sir) ✓ William Beale of the County and State aforesaid Being appointed and commissioned, (which commis- sion is hereunto annexed) by the Honorable Jonathan Walker Esq r . President Judge of the 4th Pennsylvania District, to superintend and take all evidence in the case of John Wright of Hermanough Township in the County and State aforesaid respecting his application for an increas- of Pension, for known wounds received while in the line of his duty in actual service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. — Do Report that I have to the best of my knowledge and ability performed that service; — That I attended and administered the necessary oaths to said Wright, and to the Physicians that examined his wounds, as will be seen by their report, hereunto annexed, and I do hereby certify that the said Physicians, to wit, Doctors Joseph W. And and Joseph Benderson, are respectable good characters, and that they are reputable in their practice as Physicians and surgeons; and that I believe that they have made an honest and just report respecting the wound, and the degree of disability that it occasions to the said John Wright, who is a respectable good character, who I have understood was wounded in a skirmish with the enemy the day after the battle of the Vaughan Springs, while in the line of his duty and in the service of the United States, — and that he served in Lees Legion of Horse the greater part of the Revolutionary War; and that he was a useful valiant and good soldier. —
Given under my hand the — day and date above written.
W m Beale } Commission

Pennsylvania.
John Wright,
private,
In the army of the United States, during the Revolutionary War.
An applicant for increase of pension, who stands on the the roll of Pennsylvania at $14.00 per month or 1\frac{1}{2} of a full pension.
Present ratio of disability as stated by the surgeons. \frac{3}{4} Three fourths
Time of closing the testimony, 31 st February 1818.
March 12 - 1818
Ref. to the Comm ee on pension & Revol y claims.
  \frac{28}{3} \frac{25}{6}   1818 10 - \frac{25}{28} 28 \frac{130}{140} 5.35   19 2 - \frac{4}{21} 184 2.400   12   6 3 \frac{160}{148} 2.17   $72.35 26.04 10 230   $52.08 214   $78.12 13 
Award of Congress, -

Clatsop County State of Pennsylvania in ss
To Doctors Joseph B. Price & Joseph Henderson of the Borough of Lewisstown in the County of Clatsop State of Pennsylvania in, Pursuant to several acts of Congress making provision for who were disabled by wounds received in the Revolutionary War and for other purposes You are hereby authorized to examine the wounds and disa- bilities of John Knight of Hermon Township Clatsop County who is enrolled on the pension list of the United States and is a claimant for an increase of pension conformable to the sev- eral acts of Congress made for the purposes aforesaid And you are to report in writing and upon oath or affirmation your opinion of the nature or disa- bility and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labour and in your proceedings in the premises you are to be regulated and governed by the acts of Congress on that subject
Given under the hand & seal of Jonathan Walker Esquire Pres- ident of the Court of Common Pleas of the fourth Judicial district of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania This 22nd day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Jonathan Walker

State of Pennsylvania Mifflin County
I David Reynolds Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Mifflin County do hereby certify that Jonathan Walker Sumner whose name is subscribed to the within instru- ment of writing was at the time thereof President of said Court of the 11th judicial district of the State of Pennsylvania composed of the counties of Mifflin Huntingdon Blount Centre and Clearfield in the State of Pa a judge duly commissioned & sworn and to all whose official acts of such all due faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in courts of justice as elsewhere
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said office at Lewistown this fourth day of Febru- ary in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
D Reynolds Prothonotary