Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22902, for Joseph Mc Dermott, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Penw.
McDermott, Joseph
NUMBER 8-22902
CONTENTS

Pittsburgh Agency
25.852
Joseph McMill
of Allegany Co. in the State of Penn who was a Dr in the Comp commanded by Captain Boyd of the Regt commanded by Col Conway in the Penn line for
15 20 40 50
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency at the rate of 45 Dollars 30 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Jan y and due to Rev. Nathl. Miller, Donaldson, Pa.
Arrears to the 4th of Feb y 1838 113.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending Feb y 23.33
$ 139.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. T. ... Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 84

20. 0925
Adm. 1. year of 20 Month 
 46.66  2  5 93.32  23.33  46.66 116.65  3  133.38 
Mr. W. Wilkins Senate A. S.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County I.
(1833)
On this fifth day of April Personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Joseph McDermott a Resident of Glen Township in the said County Commonwealth aforesaid aged eighty two years on the fifteenth of April last who being just duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed the 4th of June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following circumstances viz. he was drafted from the neck in this county then Bedford County when he was then living as he believes in May 1778 in the company of Capt George Barkley in the regiment or battalion commanded by Col. Dougherty the company rendezvoused at Hannastown & marched to Lancaster where they joined the regiment from Lancaster they marched to Morristown New Jersey where they were attacked & driven in the summer of 1777 when the said company was discharged & this applicant recollects one near Fort Amboy in which they were driven back by the British for nine miles - this as he believes was on the 23 rd July 1777. & recollects besides the officers named above - Col. Hartley - the then Penns. one of whom was a Captain in Dougherty's regiment or Battalion, another purchasing Commissary for that regt. 1757. has a record of his age in the bible as set down by his father has lived in the neck (now Mifflin Township) ever since this was until within about fifteen years when he removed to the adjoining township where he now resides. did receive a written discharge but it has long since been lost Col James Patterson late designated Collector U.S. Custom House Pittsburg U.S. Senator knew deponent & believes in his services as aforesaid in the fall of 1777. this applicant was again in service under Captain Thomas Bell Patterson in a company of rangers & marched to the Monocacy Town on a scouting expedition - the object of which was to keep the Indians in check. was in this service two months.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present I declare that his name is not on the United States pension roll of the agency of any State, but has a majority dollar pension from the State of Pennsylvania. Sworn to & subscribed the the State of Pennsylvania fifth day of April aforesaid before Joseph McDermott Wm W. Woodbridge
We John Dickey a Clergyman & Samuel Hare residing in Allegheny County Penn ty hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph McDermott who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty two years of age that he is respected & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed the seventh day of January 1834 before John Dickey Samuel Hare Henry W. Peterson

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department (the answers to which are embraced in the foregoing declaration) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Dickey, who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in Allegheny Co. That Samuel Han Esq who has also signed the same is a resident of Allegheny County & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit. -
I, Henry H. Paterson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing & annexed affidavit contains the original proceedings of the Court aforesaid in the matter of the application of Joseph McDermott for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this seventeenth day of January A.D. 1834.
Henry H. Paterson Pro

I Daniel M c Wormott, being duly sworn do depose & say that I well know that the said Joseph M c Wormott was drafted as is stated by him in the foregoing application, and entered the service as stated under Captain Baird and con- tinued therein until his discharge with the Company at Kansas Town as stated
Sworn & subscribed
this fifth day of April 1833
Joseph M c Wormott
before M c Wandelft
of said County

Resolution
22902
INVALID.
File No. 22.902
Joseph McDermott Rev. Father
Act: June 7 th 72
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 288
[Arrangement of 1870.]