Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 39742, for James Hutton, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Hutton, James
S 39742
CONTENTS

(3,006) Pennsylvania Roll
James Hutton
Capt Alexander (private)
Pennsylvania line 4 yrs 6 mos
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Penn a — at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of April 1818 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of Sept r 1818 and sent to Jacob Hendel Esq r Carlisle Penn a
  Arrears to 4th of Sept r — 1818 —  37.33    Semi-ann l all ce ending 4 th Mar 1819  48.00    Arrears # No 20/30  $85.33  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 19th March, 1818. }
Not enrolled
transmitted by Col. Hutton
Carlisle Cumberland Co.
Duplicate Certificate issued to him if one supposed to be lost or destroyed, and sent to Barnet Alloughenbaugh Esq r 20 Oct r 1841 Carlisle Pa.
Henry Hendel Esq r City of Washington, July 5 1820 Respectfully yours Barnet Alloughenbaugh Esq r

James Hutton Private 7 th Penn ylva Rgt delayed until the rolls are received.
after 27th 80.
15 April 1818
Penn ylva - 206 Cumberland Co.

State of Pennsylvania } S ct . County of Cumberland }
On this fifteenth day of April 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the said County, personally appears James Hutton, aged between sixty one and sixty two years, resident in Carlisle in said county, 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 James Hutton enlisted in Carlisle aforesaid, in said State of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain William Alexander of the seventh Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Col. W m Irvine, in the spring of the year 1778, to serve for three years or during the war. That he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until September AD 1783, when he was discharged from service in Philadelphia, state of Pennsylvania. That he was in the battle of the Green Springs in Virginia, & in the siege & capture of Lord Cornwallis at York town in Virginia. And that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. That his discharge was laid before the Committee of Revolutionary Claims in Congress in the year 1815, & there remains; That his said discharge was granted to him & signed by Genl. Lincoln. Sworn to & declared before me, } A. M. the day & year aforesaid } Jacob Harrison
Jacob Hendel
Michael Miller, of Carlisle aforesaid, being also duly sworn, agreeably to Law, saith, that he knew the above named James Hutton before and at the time he enlisted in the revolutionary army as above stated; that he saw the said James in the United States service in the winter of 1781- 2 And that he

also that saw him in said service about the time or shortly before he was discharged from the same.
Sworn & subscribed this 15 th day of April 1818 Before
Michael Miller
Jacob Hendel
I, Jacob Hendel, Judge &c. as aforesaid Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said James Hutton did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Depart- ment of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. April 15 th — AD 1818
Jacob Hendel
State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County set } s
I Robert McLoey Esquire, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Do certify that the aforesaid Jacob Hendel is a Judge of said Court (the same being a Court of Record) & that his acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit. & that the name "Jacob Hendel" signed to the foregoing depositions & certificate is in the said Judge's proper hand writing.
Witness my hand & seal of office at Carlisle this 15 th day of April 1818.
Rob t McLoey Proth y

James Hutton
not entitled
Allow
16.6
03 send the
to the case of Col Geo. Gilmore Com. Gen. Sub

State of Pennsylvania } Cumberland County { Set
On this twentieth day of June 1820 Personaly appeared in Open Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Cumberland the same being a court of Records. James Hutton aged sixty three years and six months resident in the Borough of Carlisle in said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. He enlisted in the Com- -pany of Captain William Alexander in the seventh Pennsylvania Regiment Commanded by Col William Irvine in the first Brigade Commanded by Genl Wayne in the spring of the year 1778 to serve for three years or during the war some time afterwards Col Irvine was promoted to the Rank of Brigadier General & Lieut Col Hays then Commanded said Regiment Deponant re- =mained in the Pennsylvania line in the grand army com- =manded by General George Washington till the first of January 1781 and was then drafted at Carlisle into Capt Henry Baker's Company in the 4 th Pennsylvania regiment under the Command of Col Wm Butler. In the spring of 1781 he marched from Carlisle to York, Pennsylvania and from there in Major James Vannic- =ton's Company Battalion under the Command of General Wayne to Virginia and was in the Battle of Green Springs and at the Capture of Lord Cornwallis. Soon afterwards he marched under the same Command into South Carolina and remained thereunder the Command of Major Genl Greene In the spring of 1783 he returned to Philadelphia & was then furloughed from the second Pennsylvania Regiment under the Command of Col Richard Hamilton by Genl Lincoln to which furlough there was annexed a discharge granted also by Genl Lincoln the sec- =retary of war in the summer of 1783 which dischar- =ge was to be of no effect until the treaty of peace =should be concluded farther Deponant further saith that his said discharge, together with a certifi- =cate of Major Wm, Alexander of deponant's enlistment service good conduct &c was laid before the com- mittee of Revolutionary Claims in Congress by Dr Crawfords in 1815 and remains there yet as he belie- =ves. Deponant further saith that he applied for a pension under the existing laws of Congress on the fifteenth day of April 1818 and received a pension agreedly therefor from that day till the 4 th of September 1819 his certificate for which is numbered 3006.

Deponent doth further solemnly swear that he was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provisions of an 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 he has not now has any person in trust for him any property or securities Contracts what debts due to him nor has he any income other than is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by him subscribed. Deponent was by profession a labourer but is now unable to work owing to age and severe Rheumatic pains. His wife (Sarah who is in her 45 th year of her age) & his daughter Jane (in the twentieth year of her age) reside with him and are willing to work to support the family (so far as they are able) but cannot obtain employment. Six of Deponents children died in 1814 & 1815 and his oldest son in 1815 or 1816 after having served a term of duty as a Pennsylvania volunteer under General Brown in the late war.
Schedule of Deponents property real & personal. A town lot in the north west part of Carlisle on an alley with a small log house thereon a patent for two hundred acres of donation lands granted to him by the state of Pennsylvania situate in Beaver County (Deponent has advertized and offered this lands for sale and has not received a bid for it but the same has been a burthen to him & has cost him money). A pension granted by Pennsylvania of forty dollars a year one bow one beaver two tables six chairs a stove (one plate broken) 4 Pots - 2 tea kettles - some other small articles of household and kitchen furniture a note on John Rosier for seventy dollars (the same having been taken by deponent for notes on the Penn a agricultural and Manuf g Bank which were received by him as part of his pension from the United States. & depreciated in his possession) Two bibles & some other religious books - a corner cupboard a rag carpet a small desk. Sworn and subscribed in open court. This twentieth day of June 1820 (Signed) James Armstrong (Signed) James Hutton

The Court value the real and personal property mentioned in the above schedule at $408 - exclusive of the pension granted by the state of Pennsylvania
Test Robt McCoy Prothonotary
State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County
I Robert McCoy Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath 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 Court that the total amount in value of the Property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Four hundred and eight Dollars. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Carlisle the Thirtieth day of June Anno Domini 1820
Robt McCoy Protho

39 742 INVALID. Buy
File No. 39 742
Jamesutton His Rev. Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 243
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Reinstated Station 15 March 1821 Inform Hon Dr. [illegible] , Dr. A. Borden, Carlisle, Penn a .

James Hutton must make an affidavit agreeably to the within form, and transmit it to the War Department, before a new certificate of pension can be issued.
War Dept.
Pension Office
Oct. 17 th 1821.
Secretary of War Washington City

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
Pennsylvania
County of Cumberland ss.
On this twenty fourth day of October 1821 ; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Cumberland personally appeared James Hutton of the Borough of Carlisle who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain William Alexander in the regiment commanded by Colonel William Irvine in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Pennsylvania (N o 2000) that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the
_____ day of April 1820, at or near the Borough of Carlisle in said county
he delivered his Certificate to Mr Benjamin Childs of said Borough (together with his Power of Attorney for the amount then due) which Certificate has never been returned to this deponent, and that the said Mr B. Childs , when called on for it informed deponent that he has left the said Certificate at the Pension Office in Philadelphia { Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Eliza Doyle
Jas. Hutton
NOTES. The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
¶ If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."

Cumberland County, State of PENNSYLVANIA, ss.
I, BARNET AUGHNBAUGH, Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cumberland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do, by these Presents Certify that Elisha Doyle Esquire, before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken, and who hath thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such Deposition
and now is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts as such, due faith and credit is, and of right ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Carlisle, in the said County, this twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty One and of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America, the forty Sixth
Barnet Aughnbaugh
PROTHONOTARY.