Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23626, for John Mc Fadden, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Mc Fadden, John
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S-23626
CONTENTS

N o 110429 Pennsylvania
John W. Fadden
of Crawford Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hamilton of the Regt. commanded by Col. Long in the Pennsylvania line for 10 months Private $33.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of March 1833 and sent to J. S. Riddle Meadville, Pa.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 66. 66 Remi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sep. 1833 16. 66 $ 83.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book H Vol. 5 Page 39

No 16.567 In o M c Fadden
Adm c .
10 mo's
private
$33.33
J. S. Riddle
Leesburg
Pa

BRIEF in the case of  John M. Fadden  County of Crawford  in the State of Penn. a  (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? 84  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.     In 1777 Harvest to July '78 — 10 — Private Gen. Col. Long, Capt. Hamilton  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sycamore Co. Pa.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No Clergyman's Certificate 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

Declaration of John M c Adam in order to ob- tain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 1832
State of Pennsylvania } County of Crawford } ss
On this, tenth day of October Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared John M c Adam before the Hon ble Henry Shipp and his Associates, Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of Crawford County now sitting John M c Adam assistant of Road Surveyor in said County aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to ob- tain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. viz
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as hereinafter stated - That he joined the Militia at Fort M c Keaning County Penn- sylvania where he then resided in the Company of Captain Sherman Hamilton under the command of Colonel Beckwith going in hast time in the year 1777 remained at Fort M c Keaning until the increas- ed force of the Indians compelled us to remove for greater security down to Fort M c Kean where we remained some time until we were then compelled to move down to Fort M c Kean - In the year 1777 when stationed at Fort M c Kean a party of about thirty five of us went up the river with a boat load provisions and collected cattle - I got one of my own hor- ses and on our return while the boat was going round

a band in the river and my brother rode across the point to meet it but before he got through we were fired on by an ambuscade of Indians and both our horses shot. My brother horse killed dead & him mutually wounded. I turned back and was fired on by the Indians on both sides of me when I got out my horses fell and died. Some of the men in the rear heard the firing & came up when the Indians after receiving their fire fled. My brother was sur- rounded by six Indians but they desisted from the pursuit on hearing our fire and he escaped. After this we retreated to Dunkerque and were finally discharged at that place in July 1788 by our Captain but not in writing. I went thence to York County after the War returned to my farm at Swans Island Lycoming County. I removed thence to Westmoreland and lived there two years and then removed to my present residence about thirty five years ago where I have no docu- mentary evidence of my service & know of no one to prove my service other than the deponents here to an affidavit. I was born at Swatara in Lancaster County in 1748 - have no record of my age - Volunteered the militia as a volunteer. I cannot recollect the names of any other officers - never received any written discharge - and was in the service four months.
George Long Esq. & James Hamilton Esq. know me and can testify as to my vicinity and the length of my service as a soldier of the revolution on - I hereby relinquish my claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and de- clare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. I subscribe

I subscribed the day and year aforesaid Edw. A. Reynolds Brother
John
Spj 2d 23
James Hamilton Esq. being sworn saith that he has known John Wadden this applicant since the seventeen hundred & seventy eight, and first recollects him from the time of the battle he speaks of below the Big Islands - recollects seeing them coming home with their horses and hearing of the M c Faddens having their horses shot - recollects seeing the corn sugar skins - the whole people were driven from Hornes fort to Antioch fort, then we were driven to Northumberland, Recollects being there after the war closed, - That he was also acquainted with applicant, on Susquehanna after he returned from York County - & for thirty years & upwards in this County - That he is a man of truth & veracity & deponeth & believes his whole statement herein annexed to be true -
Sworn & subscribed in open court October 12th 6th 1832 Edw. A. Reynolds Brother
James Hamilton
George Long Esq. being sworn in open court saith that he is the nephew of Col. Lockhart Long mentioned within that this deponent was driven with other people from Northumberland County Penn te by the Indians during the Revolutionary war - That on his return in 1784 he first became acquainted with John Wadden this applicant, that he then & ever since has had the reputation of having been in the service in the Revolutionary war against the Indians - That he has known him in this County

for upwards of thirty years and that he is a man of good character & veracity and deponent believes whole statement to be true - That he has known
George Long Dunn now of Clinton County, who was here about two weeks ago, that for upwards of forty five years that he is a man of good character for truth & veracity -
George Long
Subscribed the 6th October A.D. 1832 - Evan A. Reynolds Esq.
And the said Court do declare their opinion after investigation & putting the Interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier as he states - And the Court further certifies that James Hamilton Esq & George Long Esq whose affidavits are above written, are known to this Court as magistrates of respectability on whose testimony full reliance may be placed, and they further depon- tion of James Dunn, as taken before Hon. Atkinson Esq a magistrate of this County - as part of the testimony in this application - Witness the hand of the President of the Court Oct 6 1832
Henry Shippen Pres't to Dist.
State of Pennsylvania Washington County
I Edward A. Reynolds Esq Secretary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Clinton do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of John M c Farland for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9th day of October A.D. 1832
Evan A. Reynolds Esq Secretary

18387
John M Hadens application Certificate

Pennsylvania - Lehigh County, Pa.
Before me the sketch of a historical place in Lehigh County, personally appeared James Dunn of Schuylkill Co. State of New York, who being duly qualified, doth depose and say that he has been personally acquainted, from early youth with John McFadden, now of Lehigh County - That the said John McFadden was engaged in the service of his country, in defending the sev- al forts on the Susquehanna - to wit - "Fort Fleming" and "Fort Horn" against the Indian enemy - That the said John was engaged in one severe conflict with the savages, in which he had a horse shot, and narrowly escaped with life - These scenes took place in the years 1777 and 1778 - during all which time the said John was more or less engaged in the service of his country.
James Dunn
Sketch made and subscribed
Sept. 27, 1832
Thos. M. Thompson

Remarques
23626
INVALID.
File No. 23626
John McTadden His Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 1897
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 185
[Arrangement of 1870.]