Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 49261, David Wright, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
Wright, David
NUMBER
S. 49261
CONTENTS
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4014 Ohio
David Wright
Who served in the State of Ohio was a private in the Company commanded Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded Col. Sand in the Pennsylvania for 14 months from 1775
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 40 Dollars 40 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of January 1833 and has W.W. Ira A. K.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 Pension allowance ending 1 March 1833
Diff. 98 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Henry H. Schuch Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 10 Page 53

The State of Ohio Fairfield County ss.
On this 29 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Honorable the judges of the Court of Common Pleas now in session for said County David Wright , a resident of said County, aged between sixty and eighty and upwards two having been born , as informed by his parents, the 26 th day of March, Old Style, 1757, in York County, in the State of Pennsylvania, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - He enlisted on the 29 th day of July 1775 in the Company of B. Boyd , in the State of Pennsylvania, under Captain Richard Brown and the Company when assembled together at Carlisle, elected Robert Cluggage Capt. and Richard Brown

first Lieutenant, in the first Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment commanded by Col Edward Hand and served out the year for which he received the discharge of Col. Hand which is hereto at- tached. During this year, part of the Regiment land on Prospect Hill, near Boston. When the British evacuated Boston, the Regiment was marched to New York, and staid there about two weeks, when the Regiment crossed over to Long Island, where it remained until he was discharged in March as fore said - In 1777 he volunteered in a small Company of Men as a guard to guard some Continental wagons, which was engaged in carrying mi- litary stores to Pittsburgh which service he performed and received from his Captain in Command, Abraham Balle, a discharge , which is hereto attached, for two months service He also served as a scout on the

pension during the revolutionary war, but his memory does not serve as to the time, but thinks it was in all about three weeks
He hereby renounces every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day before me
In answer to the required interrogatories he states that he was born at the time and place above mentioned as he was informed and believes, 1802 or no record of his age - He lived in the County in Washington township, in the State of Pennsylvania, when he entered the services at each of the towns above specified and continued for inside three months the sale of the public lands in Ohio in 1801 when he removed to the County of Fairfield afterwards he has resided therein ever since - He has already stated how he was

into the service - To the seventh  fifth interrogatory he answered, that he is acquainted with many of the inhabitants of the county, and would name the Hon. C. P. Ashmun Bush - The Hon. Thomas Ewing, a senator from Ohio, & the present representation of the district also the Rev. J. S. Hovey & Thos. M c Call Esq. He states that he did receive the charges here attached for his services, at the time specified, which will answer the fifth interrogatory - Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid David Wright
We J. S. Hovey a clergyman residing in the neighborhood of said David Wright and Thos. M c Call residing in the same vicinity hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Wright who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be of the age he has stated, that he is upright and honest; in the neighborhood

When he resides, he has been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Jesse Sprurgeon Thos McCall
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the Witness named applicant was a re- volutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jesse Sprurgeon who has signed the Witness certificate is a Clergyman residing in the county of Fairfield and State of Ohio And that Thomas McCall who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County and State, and is a credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit
I Hugh Boyle clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Fair- field and State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of David Wright for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 31st day of October 1832

David Wright
Application
Adah

Sara Wright,
Hanfield Co
Ohio
Amount.
14 mo. from 1/75
as per note = $46.66 per ann
Col. Bonds Reg t
1000 Brown

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Wright of Wilmington Co. in the State of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 87.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed, 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     enlisted June In 1775 0 pr Gen. Col Edward Gard.   1777 vol 2 Capt. Abram Wall   serv'd as a scout about 3 weeks  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berford Co. Pa.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? has exhibited his discharge —  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above-mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

By EDWARD HAND, Esquire, Colonel, commanding the First (or Rifle) Regiment, in the Service of the United American Colonies.
THESE ARE TO CERTIFY, That the Bearer hereof, David Waugh has served the American Continent in the abovefaid Regiment and Captain Engager Company, faithfully and honestly, for the Space of one year and the Term of Enlistment being expired, is discharged from the said Regiment; he having received all his Pay, and all other just Demands from the Time of his enlisting in the said Regiment, to this Day of his Discharge. GIVEN under my Hand and Regi- mental Seal, at Long Island this first , Day of July 1776.
Edw: Hand Col.

Sgt David Wright do acknowledge I to have received all my Pay, and all other just Demands, from the Day of my inlisting into the within named Regiment, to this Day of my Dis- charge.
Witness Present
David Wright
Alexander Wilson

I do hereby Certify that David wright has done his Dower Duty in my Company to fort Pitt for two months Last June in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven— VIII witness my hand this same Day & year above written—
Abraham Cabel. Cap n