Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 77005-160-55, for James Innis, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Paris
Innis James ' Isabella
B. L. W. 77005-160-55
CONTENTS

985.394
Act March 3/55 Dec 24/57
Isabella Jones  Innis  word James Jones  Innis  psmt 11. 10. 57 Dec 30 1857
Capt Genl Innett or Genl Noble Col Genl Purdie } Pa Mil
Revolutionary War
Penn. Prov. Papers
Ad: 16000, Dec 29/57
Blyth
Spec. B.
Jas M. Sellers Nittlinton Pa
End P Epc. 67
Vol. S. 68. —

No 5416] A
" A
L. 8. 8. 7 Specie.
I Do hereby certify, that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to James Innis of Cumb d Co. Militia — in the sum of eight pounds eight Shillings & seven pence — Specie, with lawful Interest from the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty three; the same being due upon an Account settled in this office.
Pursuant to an Act of Assembly, passed the first Day of April 1784.
Comptroller General's office, 1 July 1785.
H. Nicholson
Auditor General's office
Harrisburg Pa. March 23 rd 1855
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original Certificate as the same remains on file in this office —
Witness My hand & seal of office the day & year above written
E. Banks
Auditor General
" A "

Tumwater County ss.
Joseph S. Laird aged Fifty three years being duly sworn according to law doth say I am acquainted with Mrs. Isabella Innis the present applicant for Bounty Land I have known her for more than thirty years. I knew her in the lifetime of James Innis deceased, and knew them to live together as man and wife for a length of time they lived Neighbors to me Mrs. Innis now lives with her Son on the same farm in which her husband James Innis died. And is a very feeble and frail Woman. She is a Widow and has been one for more than twenty years. I know that her husband is dead the grave clothes for him was bought from me he died in the fall of 1826 James Innis deceased, was always reputed to be a Soldier of the Revolution in the society in which he lived and further I have no intent in this application either directly or indirectly Sworn & Subscribed before me this 30th day of May 1855 Andrew Creighton J. P.
Joseph S. Laird

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF Union { ss :
On this thirty eighth day of April May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid, Isabella Lewis aged seventy six years years, a resident of Union County in the State of Pennsylvania who, being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of James Lewis deceased, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Thomas McCall or Thomas Beale she thinks from the best information she can obtain -  in the  in the  James Purdie's regiment she thinks commanded by General Brant in the Revolutionary  Revolutionary war with Great Britain declared July 4, 1776
that her said husband was drafted at Cumberland Co Pa on or about the 8th day of May A. D., for the term of some four months or during the war and continued in actual service in said war for the term of more than four ten days and was honorably discharged at White Valley Forge or Princeton in New Jersey on the 10th day of October A. D.,
She further states that she was married to the said James Lewis in Nefflin's now Union County on the 8th day of May A. D., 1806 by one Rev Thomas Smith a Seceder Congregationalist and that her name before her said marriage was Isabella Olson that her said husband died at Union County on the 21st day of October A. D., 1826 - and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855.
Mitchell's punch James M. Sellers Ebenezer Lewis
WE, Joseph S. Laird and Hugh Hart residents of Union County in the State of Pennsylvania, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Isabella Lewis
in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Hugh Hart Joseph S. Laird
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Andrew Craigton Justice of the Peace

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF Lebanon } ss :
I, Amos H Martin Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County of Lebanon — do hereby certify that Andrew Engstrom Esquire before whom the within and foregoing declaration and affidavits were taken, was, at the time thereof, and now is  is acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn and empowered to take acknow- ledgments and administer oaths ; and that the signature purporting to be his  his  genuine  is  genuine genuine.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Mifflintown the April  June 16 th day of April  December Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty- for  Seven
A. H. Martin Prothonotary.

State of Pennsylvania
County of Juniata SS
I Matthew Allison the Presbyterian clergyman of the United Congregations of Mifflintown and Soshonenk in the said County, do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Hezekiah Hezekiah Hardy Esq Joseph S. Land Esq Hugh Keck Estlin Barnard & Margaret Foster and know them to be persons of character, and standing in County in which they reside, and that to any statements made by them, full faith and credit, is and of right ought to be given, and that they are entitled to credit and belief every where.
Decr 12 th 1859 —
Matthew Allison Pastor

No. 285394
ACT OF March 3 , 18 55
Received Dec. 24 , 18 57
Isabella Innis Widow of James Innis Capt Thomas Turbott or Thomas Beale col. James Purdy Revolutionary War
Warrant No. 77005
FOR 160 ACRES.

285.394
Application of Mrs Isabella Farn for Bounty Land
James M. Sellers Mississippi Town

State of Pennsylvania County of Juniata SS
I have carefully examined the Auditor General's office of Pennsylvania and find that the certificate hereunto attached and marked "A" was returned into the office and the money lifted by one John McConnell a neighbour of Mr James Lunn's and that Mr McConnell is now dead that his testimony cannot be had, I have no doubt of the fact that James Lunn, the husband of the present applicant was the same identical James Lunn who is therein described and performed the service for which the said certificate was issued, and that is the universal opinion in the neighbourhood where the said James Lunn lived and died, I am acquainted with Isabella the present applicant and know that she is now a widow & further that I have no interest in this claim. Sworn and subscribed } Before me Dec 11 th 1857 } J. M. H. Bergeron
George H Wagner

State of Pennsylvania, Juniata county, ss.
I, Amos H. Martin Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, do hereby certify, that L. W. Belford, J. D. Howell & magistrates as above, and that the signature purporting to be theirs are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and af- fixed the seal of the said office at Mifflintown, the 16 day of December Anno Domini, 1857. A. H. Martin Protho.

State of Pennsylvania Lancaster County ss
I David W. A. Belford a Justice of the Peace, do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Joseph J. Landis Esq Hugh Keck, Christopher Waddy Esq — Estlin Barnard and Margaret Estlin and from that knowledge have no hesitation in saying that their statements are enti- tled to full faith and credit, because they are all persons of character & standing in the County in which they reside, and as such ought to be believed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 12 th day of December Anno Domini 1857
D. W. A. Belford

State of Pennsylvania County of Juniata D
Benjamin F. Kepner being duly sworn according to law says I am the Treasurer of Juniata County. Mrs Isabella Lewis the pre- sent applicant for Bounty Land, is a pensioner and receives out of the County Treasury an annuity of Forty dollars per year from the State of Pennsylvania, as the widow of James Lewis a Soldier of the Revolutionary War, in pursuance of an act of Assembly passed by the Legislature of Pennsylvania on the 18th day of April A.D. 1855, and that amo- unt has been paid to her regularly since that time, and is payable half yearly on the first days of January and July.
Sworn and subscribed Before Dec 9th 1857
B. F. Kepner
D. M. A. Belford

V
77.005
No Acers

State of Pennsylvania County of Union D.
Christopher Hardy aged sixty nine years being duly sworn according to law doth say that I am well acquainted with Mrs Isabella Innis the within applicant for Pensions Funds. I was acquainted with her deceased hus- -band James Innis, I am a son of Hugh Hardy who was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary war. I have been present at frequent conversations between my Father Hugh Hardy and James Innis in which they talked over the scenes and hard- -ships which they endured together. They were both reputed to be soldiers in the Company under Captain Thomas Pemberton and Col James Purdy. My father always treated Mr Innis as his companion in arms and they seemed to be connected by no common tie. I have no doubt from the knowledge that I have of the parties that James Innis died is the identical person described in paper marked, A., and hereto att- -ached, as he is the only James Innis who was ever reputed to have been in the service, and that I have no interest in this application - Sworn and subscribed { Christopher Hardy Before me Dec 21 st 1855 D. W. A. Belford

State of Pennsylvania County of Juniata SS
Margaret Euslow aged eighty six years, being duly sworn according to law doth say I am the daughter of Thomas Dobbs who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War (he is now dead) I have often heard my Father say that James Lewis the late husband of the present applicant Isabella Lewis was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and that from her earliest recollection it was taken as an admitted fact by every body, in the vicinity where he lived that he had served in the above named War, indeed it was common talk and when the list and the names of the old soldiers was given the name of James was always one of them, I never knew any other James Lewis who was called a Revolutionary soldier, and from my own knowledge I can say without hesitation that I believe as firmly as I expect that he served in the Revolutionary War, and that he is the identical person to whom the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issued the certificate of indebtedness dated July 1. 1786 of which a copy is hereto appended, and further that I have no interest in this application Sworn and subscribed
Before me December 7th 1854 Joseph D. Laird J.P.
her Margaret Euslow mark

State of Pennsylvania County of Lancaster ss
Esther Barnard of said County being duly sworn according to law doth say, I am about Seventy Seven Years of age, I am a Daughter of Samuel Bar- nards who was a Soldier in the Revolution- ary War, and I have often heard my Fat- her say that James Innis the husband of Isabella Innis the present applicant for Bounty lands, was a comrade of his and served with him in the war of the Revolution, with him I have heard my Father frequently talk of the hardships, and difficulties they had in the Army, I was well acquainted with James Innis (now dead) having lived with him three years, and have heard him say that he served in the War of the Revolution from my earliest recollection he was al- ways reputed and acknowledged to be a Rev- olutionary Soldier, and a Man whose word was relied upon, and from what I know and have heard I have no hesitation in saying that I believe he served as above stated and that he is my own the identical person described in the certificate of the Auditor General and further that I have no interest in this application.
Sworn and Subscribed
Before me Nov. 30 th 1857
J. D. Horvick J.P.
Esther his Barnard mark

Sauk County Wis Mrs. Hart Joseph L. Ladd a ged forty seven years being duly sworn according to law doth say I am well acquainted with Mrs. Isabella Linn the present applicant for Bounty lands. I have known her for more than thirty years. I knew her in the lifetime of James Linn's died, and knew them to live together as man and wife, for a length of time they lived at Hughson's town, on the same farm, Mrs. Linn now lives with her son on the same farm in which her husband James Linn's died, and is a very able and fine woman, she is a widow and has been one for more than twenty years. I was at the funeral of James Linn her husband and know that he is dead, he died in the fall of the year 1826. James Linn's died was always reported to be a soldier of the Revolutionary in the vicinity in which he resided, and further I have no interest in this application either directly nor indirectly sworn and subscribed before me the day of May 1853.
Andrew Brighton J. P.
William Hart

Union County Ill
Isabella Swift being duly sworn according to law saith that I am fifty four years of age, I am well acquainted with Mrs Isabella Irwin the present applicant for Bounty lands I have known her for more than forty years I was present at the marriage of James Irwin to Isabella Alvin now Isabella Irwin the present applicant, and knew her during the lifetime of James Irwin now deceased, I was at the funeral of the said James Irwin he died in 1826, in this County I also know that Mrs Irwin is still a widow, and further that I have no inter- est either directly nor indirectly in this application
Sworn and subscribed
Before me the 21 st day of May 1856
Andrew Brightman J. P.
Isabella Swift