Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,093, for Matthew Liddy, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Liddy, Matthew
NUMBER
S. 40.093
CONTENTS

20.068 Pennsylvania
Matthew Liddy
of York Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Robt Gray of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Stewart in the Penna line, for the term of three years from 1777 to 1780
Inscribed on the roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 rd day of December 1829
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of December 1829 and delivered to David Gary Esq of York Penna Present
Arrears to 4th of March 1830 $19-35- Semi-ann l all ce ending
$19-35-
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Recorded Book 6 Vol 6 page 69 B.I. Biale

State of Pennsylvania } On the third day of York County ss. } August 1829 Personally appeared in open Court
being the Court of Common Pleas & a Court of Record of York County in the State of Pennsylvania Mathew Liddy a resident of said County aged eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law on his solemn oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the Act of Congress of the 18 th of March A.D. 1818 and the first of May 1820 that he the said Mathew Liddy enlisted for three years in the Company of Captain Robert Gray in the year 1777 & Regiment commanded by Colonel Walter Stewart in the line of the State of Pennsylvania for three years.
That he was at the battle of Brandywine where he was wounded in the left side & that he was at the battle of Germantown, White Plains and at Monmouth, that he served out his time of enlistment and was Honourably discharged in the State of New Jersey. That he relinquishes hereby every claim whatsoever to a Pension except the present, that his name is not on the rolls of any State whatever & that the following are the reasons for not making an earlier application for a pension as he has been and still is a single man and no one to provide for but himself has not till the present time been in want, but owing to age & infirmity is at this time under the necessity of calling upon his Government for aid and assistance as he is at this time in the Almshouse for the County of York.
And in pursuance of the Act of the first of May A.D. 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th March A.D. 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner 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 & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war"

passed on & since the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me nor have I any income or property of any kind and that he has been a day labourer by occupation but in consequence of old age and a general disability he can not labour any more for a living and that there are no material changes taken place or made in his property since the year A.D. 1818 as he was a poor man at that time not having any property at that time neither has he had any since and that he stands in need of assistance from his Country for support & that he is now supported by public & private charity
Matthew Liddly
Sworn & Declared in open Court of Common Pleas of York County this third day of August A.D. 1829 before
Walter Franklin
John L. Henkle
Richard Porter, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of York County Do hereby Certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction, of the Court, that the said Matthew Liddly did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under an engagement, on the Continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, (or affirmation,) and the schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further Certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property in the aforesaid schedule is nothing. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this seventh day of December. A.D. 1829.
Rich d Porter
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of York County of the State of Pennsylvania

York County Pennsylvania
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Christopher Sype a credible witness, who being by me duly according to Law saith that he was well acquainted with Matthew Leddy in the revolutionary war and that he knew him to belong to Captain Robert Grays Company in Colonel Walter Stewarts Regiment of the Pennsylvanias line and that he was an Enlisted Soldier for three years or during the war and that he was in the Actual Service of the United States in said Corps to his certain knowledge three years or more at one period of time and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me this 2 d day of December A.D 1829 J. G. Kintner
Christopher his Sype Mark

York County Pennsylvania
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County George Lingenfetter a credible Witness who - being by me duly Sworn According to Law saith that he was well acquainted with Matthew Liddy in the 1776 and that he did Enlist in Captain Robert Grays Company for three years or during the war in Colonel Walter Stewarts Regiment in the Line of the State of Pennsylvania And that he knew him to serve in Camps on or about three years at one period of time and Further saith Not
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 19 th day of December 1829
his George Lingenfetter mark
George Lingenfetter

State of Pennsylvania.
YORK COUNTY, ss.
Richard Porter
I, Michael W. Ash , Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of York, DO CERTIFY, That George
Stinefetter
Esquire,
before whom the annexed Depositions have been taken at (and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of York.
and as such is duly commissioned and qualified; and that to all acts by him done in that capacity full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, in the borough of York, this Twenty first day of Decem ber in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty- nine
Rich d Porter
Prothonotary.

August 1, 1939.
Mr. Henry J. Young 225 East Market Street York, Pennsylvania.
RA-J/ILL Matthew Liddy S. 40093
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Matthew Liddy, a pensioner of York County, Pennsylvania, in 1819.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 40093, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Matthew Liddy enlisted, place not stated, in the year 1777, served as private in Captain Robert Gray's company, Colonel Walter Stewart's Pennsylvania regiment, was in the battle of Brandywine, in which he was wounded in his left side, was in the battles of Germantown and Monmouth, and was discharged in New Jersey, at the expiration of service of three years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 3, 1829, at which time he resided in York County, Pennsylvania. The soldier gave his age then as eighty-six years, but did not state the date and place of his birth, nor the name of his parents. He was then a single man, without anyone dependent upon him for support.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data: Matthew Libby, Certificate #20068, issued December 29, 1829, rate $8 per month, Commenced December 23, 1829, Act of March 18, 1818, Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours,
C. E. SWER, Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

40 093
Rev INVALID.
File No. 40,093
Matthew Liddy Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 295
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1439. Aug 1 - Miss to Mr Young - V.L.R.

23 rd Dec. 1829
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James L Edwards Esq Pension Office Washington City D C

Sir
York December 22 d 1829
Enclosed I send you the documents in support of the claim of Matthew Liddy a Soldier of the Revolution he is now in the York poor house he has Family nor Relatives and almost 87 years of age if you find him entitled to a pension please to send me his Certificate I am Very Respectfully your
H on J. L. Edwards
Humble Servant David Coey
to

THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF YORK COUNTY
HENRY C. NILES President
S. FAHS SMITH Vice-President
HENRY JAMES YOUNG Director
225 East Market Street
York, Pennsylvania
Founded 1895
R. S. CANNON Treasurer
REINHARDT DEMPWOLF Secretary
ALICE E. STARNER Office Secretary
June 19, 1939
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly let me know what personal records you have for Matthew Liddy of York County, Pennsylvania, who was pensioned in 1819 for Revolutionary services?
Very truly yours
H. J. Young H. J. Young, Director
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