Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40229, for James Osburn, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Osburn, James or Osbourn
S. 40229
CONTENTS

(6869)
Pennsylvania
James Osbourn
Beaver Co. in the state of Pennsylvania was a Private in the regiment commanded by Butler of the 9 th Reg t Penns a . for the term of 4 years 6 months -
scribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on 19 th of May 1810 -
rate of Pension issued the 8 th of July 1819 sent to the Hon bl : Rob t Moore, Secy of Rep s U. States -
to 4th of Sept r 1810 - 3 \frac{13}{31}  \frac{4}{30} 28. 41 bal. all ce ending 4 March 1819 - 40. 00
$: 76.41
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Beaver County -
(Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page)

James Osburn
same as
Dr. Osburn
6869
re-
March
1871 Poor.
Hon. R. Moore
H. R.

Beaver County of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania On the 18 th day of September 1830 Personally appeared in open court of record for the county of Beaver James Wilson aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the pro- -visions made by the Act of Congress of the 18 th March 1828 and the 1 st of May 1830 that he the said James Wilson enlisted at Little Britain Township Lawrence County Pennsylvania under Captain Stephens for the term of during the war in 1775 the Regiment he first joined was commanded by Colonel Butler in the Pennsylvania Line on the Continental Establishment and that he continued to serve in said corps until the end of the war and that he was discharged in 1781 in Jersey State on the Delaware River and that he was in the battles of Brandywine Germantown Red Bank Princeton & Barren Point and that he has no other evidence of his services than those accompanied his former application to the war office dated the 19 th day of May 1818 he was placed on the Pension list Pennsylvania agency as will appear by his certificate signed by the Secretary of War bearing date the 8 th day of February 1819 & 1819 and in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear I was a Resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other way disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself 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 paid the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person come in trust any property or securities contracts or debts due to nor have any income other than what is contained in the Schedule here to annexed and by me Subscribed
Schedule to wit
 2 Hec mares  3 Cows  1 Cow & Calf 
James Osburn Declarant that his occupation is a farmer but unable to labour being much afflicted with pains his family consists of a wife about Sixty years of age very infirm & one Son of about ten Years old Sworn & Declared in open court 19 th September 1890
My Henry Bothe James Osburn
Pennsylvania Beaver County
I Thomas Henry Bothe notary of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify that the foregoing Oath and Schedule thereto annexed are true copies from the records of said court and I further certify that it is the opinion of the court that the total amount in value of the property described in the aforesaid
Schedule is fifty dollars in value In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said court at Beaver the 18 th day of November A.D. 1890
My Henry Bothe

December 30 th 1820.
I certify that Louis Asbaurne resides in the County of Berks in the State of - Pennsylvania
Robert Moore me

James Osborn (Private)
Butlers 9 th Penns a Reg t
1776 to 1780
4 yrs: 6 months
19 th May 1810.
Whitfield.

Beaver County ss on the 19 th day of May 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Said County of Beaver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appears James Osbourn aged Seventy eight years resident in Beaver County, who being by me first Sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Provisions made by the last 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 Osbourn enlisted in Lancaster County in Pennsylvania in June 1776 in the Com- pany Commanded by Captain Stephenson Company in the ninth Pennsylvania Regiment Commanded by Col. North that he continued in the Service of Said Corps or in the Service of the United States, untill December 1780 the term of his enlistment was expired when he was discharged from Service by Col. Richard Butler, that he was in the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown in Pennsylv a and at Trent Town and Prince Town in Jersey and at Bering Point and that he was wounded in the arm in the Battle of Germantown that he is old and through the wound he received he is a cripple in his arm and altogether unable to labour, and that his discharge is long since lost or worn out through time and that he has no other evidence of his Said Service now in his power and that he is poor and in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his Country for Supp- -port and that he hath not been heretofore placed on the Pension list by any law of the United States
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
David Drennan
James Osbourn

I David Drennan associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Beaver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that it appears to my Satisfaction the Said James Osbourn did Serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy, 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, in Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and caused the Seal of the Court to be affixed the 19 th day of May 1818
David Drennan
I certify that James Osbourn is a poor man with a large family and in my opinion stands in need of the assistance of the Government for support
Robert Moore
M.C.
May 27 th 1819
James Osbourn (Private)
Brother of Penna. Regt.
1776 - 1780
4 yrs: 6 months
19 th May 1818.
Admiral

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Aug August 17, 1926
Mrs. W. H. Hamilton 508 W. Spring St Sigourney, Iowa
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 40229 , it appears that James Osburn (pensioned Osbourn) enlisted at Little Britain, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in June 1776 and served as a private in Captain Stephenson's Company, Colonel Richard Butler's Pen sylvania Regiment, he was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, where wounded in the arm, and battle of Bergen Point, and served until in December 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 19, 1818, while a resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, aged sixty-six or seventy-eight years.
In 1820, his wife was sixty years old, and a
Asst. by Miss Melvin

son, was ten years old, his name is not stated.
In 1851, soldier's widow, Lidy or Ledy was living in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and made inquiries as to a pension, but made no formal application, and there is no further data on file as to this pension.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

to Geo. H. M.W. M.C.
to Miss - od - A. Dak.
40 229
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 40,229
James Osborn V. L. M.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 873
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Web. 4/93 Unit. Hist. Osborn, Michigan City
Apr. 15: 1897-History Allie E. Lockwood Rugby, Pierce Co.
1911 May 10 Hist. to R. J. C. Osborn V. L. M. 1913 Mar. (3) Hist. to Robt. J. Osborn V. L. M. 1926-Aug. 17 Hist. to Mrs. W. H. Hamill at age.

Miss D. Shum Rev. Solon "Oct 1878" State Penn.
See Papers
Bro. Fishy

For Mr. Neely
James Osborn Rev. Business State of Penn. act 1878
b. 6 - room Dec 10 - 1852

James D. Horn Rev. Presbyterian . State Penn. act 1878
May 28, 1854
Ed. L.
Mark Dreeley
Oct 3 rd 1857

Clarion County Pa April 23 rd 1857
W. H. Cady Esq Sir
You will please call at the Pension office & request of the Court of Pensions that you will examine into my Claim for a Pension My Husband was a New Soldier & killed in the Battle of Brandywine & then received a wound in the arm I think the right one was a fracture in the state of Pennsylvania your attention to the above request which I authorize you to attend to for me will much oblige
Yours Truly W. H. Cady Esq
His Doy & Osborn Mark
John Tomison
John Osborn
Lived in Beaver Co Pennsylvania at the time he drew a pension

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY LINE.
Mahagon City Station Feb 16 1895
Hon Wm Lochren Comr. Pensions
Dear Sir
Will you kindly send me a statement of the Revolutionary Services of my Great Grand Father James Osborn as stated in his application for pension.
He resided in Beaver Co. Penn. and Ohio
Yours Truly J. R. Osborn
By request of Registrar of Warrenty Sons Am. Rev.

840229 osburn

Basin, Montana.
May, 1 st 1911.
To The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir. —
I respectfully ask for record of the services of James Osborne , (My Great Grandfather) in the War of the Revolution. He was a private in Capt. Stephen's Co. Col North's Regt. of the Penn. Line, enlisted at Lancaster, Pa.
I have got to have this information to prove eligibility to membership to the Sons of the American Revolution.
If you have any record of same I would like to have copy. Thanking you.
I remain Yours Truly
Great grandson (4) of James Osborne Rout. J.C. Osborne.

Robert J. Osborne Attorney at Law Corry, Pa.
In re James Osburn, Pa. Cont. Line, American Revolution.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir, -
I enclose herewith my letter of 3/14/13 to the War Department with the memorandum of the Adjutant General attached, and ask if you can give me any information on the subject.
Very respectfully,
3/20/13.
W. J. D. ...

Corry, Pa.
War Department,
(Division of Records)
Washington, D.C.
Revolutionary War.
I desire to obtain a copy of discharge, or such other record as may be available, of my great-grandfather, James Osburn, who enlisted in June, 1776, in Captain Stephen's Company in Colonel North's Regiment, Pennsylvania Continental Line, from which service he was discharged in December, 1780, because of wounds received in battle. I understand he was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Germantown, and Bergen Point. He was a pensioner under the Act of 1818.
The above data are given to assist in identifying the party. I shall greatly appreciate any courtesy you may be able to extend me in the matter.
Very respectfully,
3/14/13.
N. Osborne

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
2019559 WAR DEPARTMENT
卷二
1500-1501
卷二
Received A.G.O., MAR 17 1917

Daughters of the American Revolution
Iowa Society
Historian MRS. WILSON H. HAMILTON 508 W. Spring Street Sigourney
June 24th, 1926.
Pension Department, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;-- James Osborne a soldier in the Rev. War received a pension in 1818 in Beaver Co. Pa. for four years and six months service. and his widow in 1851 also applied for a pension. May I have a copy of their application or the data which they gave to the Department ?
Said James Osborne enlisted in Lancaster Co. Pa in 1776.
Sincerely,
Mrs Wilson H. Hamilton State Historian -Iowa Society, D.A.R.

J. H. LOCKWOOD
DEALER IN
ALSO PROPRIETOR OF Livery Feed and Sale Stable
and Fuel
Lumber
189
Pension Department Washington
Rugby, N. D.
Dist. of Columbia
Sir.
I wish to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and in order to do so must trouble you to search for enlistment papers and ascertain for me if my great-grandfather received a pension from the U.S. Government. His name was James Osborne. He lived in Pennsylvania somewhere in the vicinity of Pittsburgh in a small place, perhaps a country post office by the name of Brush Creek. He was born in Ireland and came to the U.S. about the year 1774, enlisted in the Continental Army and was wounded at the battle of Brandywine or in a skirmish either the night before the battle or the night after the battle. The wound was a bayonet wound in the shoulder which disabled him to such an extent that he was no longer able to serve as a soldier and was discharged. Family tradition tells us that he recd. a full pension until his death.
A search was made for these facts not long ago which was successful by Geo. N. Osborne of Michigan City, N. Dak. his line of ancestry being the same as mine. he is my brother.

P IERCE County is located geographically about the center of North Dakota, east and west, and from about forty miles from the north line of the State. It was formed from choice lands of four counties, viz: Bottineau, Rolette, McHenry and DeSmet. Was organized in 1889 and named for Senator Pierce. The county is well adapted for the raising of wheat
barley, oats, rye, flax and vegetables of all kinds, also dairying, cattle and sheep raising, etc.
The climate is healthful and the air invigorating. We have good schools and the very best of common school advantages. Our railroad facilities are good. The Great Northern trains are splendidly equipped with sleeping, dining, buffet, chair, smoking, tourist and colonist cars, enabling one to travel in elegant, medium or plain style, as they may choose.
Rugby, the county seat, is a thriving town located on this road. The main line of the Soo crosses the southwest corner. There are thousands of acres of government land open for settlement. To those who wish to better their condition in life we extend our invitation to come and settle among us. In doing this we feel that we are doing our duty and that whoever may take advantage of it, will never regret their settlement in Pierce County, North Dakota.
All letters relative to the county will be cheerfully answered.

J. H. LOCKWOOD
DEALER IN
ALSO PROPRIETOR OF Livery Feed and Sale Stable
Lumber
and Fuel
Rugby, N. D.
189
If you can favor me with a copy of the enlistment or with copies from pension papers that will establish my claim you will greatly oblige me
Any fee in connection with the search will be gladly paid if you will send me a statement of the amt. required.
Address.
Miss E. Lockwood Rugby, Pierce Co N. Dak

P IERCE County is located geographically about the center of North Dakota, east and west, and from about forty miles from the north line of the State. It was formed from choice lands of four counties, viz: Bottineau, Rolette, McHenry and DeSmet. Was organized in 1889 and named for Senator Pierce. The county is well adapted for the raising of wheat
barley, oats, rye, flax and vegetables of all kinds, also dairying, cattle and sheep raising, etc.
The climate is healthful and the air invigorating. We have good schools and the very best of common school advantages. Our railroad facilities are good. The Great Northern trains are splendidly equipped with sleeping, dining, buffet, chair, smoking, tourist and colonist cars, enabling one to travel in elegant, medium or plain style, as they may choose.
Rugby, the county seat, is a thriving town located on this road. The main line of the Soo crosses the southwest corner. There are thousands of acres of government land open for settlement. To those who wish to better their condition in life we extend our invitation to come and settle among us. In doing this we feel that we are doing our duty and that who ever may take advantage of it, will never regret their settlement in Pierce County, North Dakota.
All letters relative to the county will be cheerfully answered.
Printed under the direction of the County Commissioners.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
James Osborn S.F. 40229
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1775 Dec. 1780 or 1781 Pvt. Stephen Sturmer Richard Butler 9th Penn                                                                 
Battles engaged in, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Red Bank Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Little Britain, Lancaster Co. Penn Date of application for pension, May 19th 1811  That was at Residence at date of application, Reading Co. Penn Age at date of application, 66 or 78
Remarks: He was wounded in the arm in battle of Germantown. In 1850 his wife was 60 years of age and a son was 10 years of age his name is not stated. His wife Lady was a Resident of Lancaster Co. Penn in 1851 Very respectfully,
cc by Miss C.W. Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Osburn, John GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11576 and 11784 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 11, 1795 To Samuel Johnson, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.