Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,701, for John Hutchinson, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Penn.
Hutchinson, John or Hutchison
N. 4,701
Mary
CONTENTS

Recruited 28 Jan y 1823 due letter to Hon. John Brown, H. R. L. to H. W. Potter, Mar 5. 1839.
(This not giving him of the claim... the Regt... Feb 9. 1822)
5,106
Pennsylvania Roll-
1 st Regt of } John Hutchinson Infantry } Drummer
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of Dec r 1818 and sent to David Stewart Esq. Judge Huntingdon Co. Penn
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. Am t  \frac{21}{100} — 37:60 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48:— $85:60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
6 years & 6 m s
Discontinued
Barree Township

518 Pennsylvania, Phila.
Mary Hutchinson widow of John Hutchinson Penn who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Drummer
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of October 1849 and sent to John Scott Esq. Wentzville Pa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 58, Vol. 2
1875 Nov 22 SS Mcmurtie - that John Hutchinson p er in full of her widow Mary to Sept 4, 1852 - arrear p er in accordance with Sect 4718 Revised Statutes
1892 Feb 10 Short sketch to R S Rowan Berwick Pa

So wherein
Queen Gratuitous
These are to certify that John Hutchinson and Mary Henry both of East Hallowfield in the county of Chester and state of Pennsylvania did proceed to take each other in the holy bands of marriage on the second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine and were by the minister pronounced husband and wife
Signed by the respective
Witness Marsh
John Hutchinson Mary of Hutchinson Abel Giffith minister
Hutchinson, John Coll-Penn W 4701

July 31, 1937
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RA-J/EEI John Hutchinson-W.4701
Mr. Floyd G. Hoenstine Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Hutchison, who served in Captain Parr's Company, Pennsylvania troops and was a resident of Huntingdon County(now Blair County), in 1818.
You are furnished herein the record of John Hutchinson, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.4701, based upon his military service in that war.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of John Hutchinson are not shown.
John Hutchinson enlisted, place not shown, in 1776, served in Captains Parr's and McClellan's Companies, Colonels Hand's and Chambers' Pennsylvania Regiment; was in the battle of Long Island, where he received a slight wound in the breast; Quibbletown; Brandywine; Paoli, where he was wounded in the thigh by a bayonet; Germantown; Monmouth; and Stony Point. The soldier stated that he served for three years as a drummer and three and one-half years as a private; date of discharge is not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Barree Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and gave his age as sixty-four years. In 1820, he stated that he was aged sixty-eight years. He signed by mark Hutchison, was borne on the pension rolls as Hutchinson.
He died February 11, 1827, at his residence in Barrie Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
The soldier married October 2, 1789, in Chester County, Penn-

sylvania, Mary Henry, who was born August 2, 1771. Both were then of East Fallowfield, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Mary, widow, of John Hutchinson, was allowed pension on her application executed April 9, 1839, while residing in Barrie Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. She signed Hutchison, was borne on the pension rolls as Hutchinson.
She died February 3, 1853, place not shown.
The only names of children shown are son Charles and daughter Mary, who, in 1820, were aged respectively fifteen and twelve years.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

5194
Mary Hutchinson of John Pennsylvania
admitted
Summon 7. 88
Capt McClellan
Chancellor Walp Hon. J. L. Edwards
519
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
DC.
died Feb 11. 1827
Act 7 July 1838
Alexander Given Kentucky Pa

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act Congress of the 7th of July 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." State of Pennsylvania Huntingdon County
On the ninth day of April A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty nine per- sonally appeared before the Honorable Thomas Burn- side, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas &c in and for the County of Huntingdon and State of Pennsylvania, and the Hon John Ker, one of the Associate Judges of said Court Mary Hutchinson, a resident of the Township of Barree, in the said County of Huntingdon, aged sixty eight years on the second day of August A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty nine, having been born on the second day of August A.D. seventeen hundred and seventy one (1791) who be- ing duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to ob- tain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain wi- dows": That she is the widow of John Hutchinson late of Barree Township, in said County of Huntingdon and State of Pennsylvania, which said John Hutch- inson was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and that she believes that she believes the evidence of the service of her said husband is of record in the proper department at Washington, this deponent having seen a letter addressed to the Hon. W. W. Potter, member of Congress, by J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions dated March 5, 1839, in which it is stated "That it appears from the Pennsylvania Roll, under the act of March 18, 1818, that John Hutchinson of Huntingdon Coun- ty received the benefit of that act, and disa

on the 11th of February 1827. The arrears of pension due up to the day of his death have been paid. The said John Hutchinson died at his residence in Barree Township, Huntingdon County, on the 11th day of February 1827, of which proof was made by this deponent to the War department as also of the fact of her being the widow of the said John Hutchinson about the year A.D. 1828 or 1829 in order to enable her to draw the arrears of pension due her said husband at the time of his death on 11th February A.D. 1827.
The further declares that she was married to the said John Hutchinson on the second day of October A.D. seventeen hundred and eighty nine, in the County of Chester in the State of Pennsylvania as more fully and at large appears by the accompanying marriage certificate of Abel Griffith who was a minister of the Baptist Church, which certificate was delivered into the hands of this deponent on the day of her marriage by the said minister, and of which she from that time has retained the possession. That her said husband died 11th Feby 1827 - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz, on the day and year above written, the 2nd October A.D. 1789.
Mary Hutchinson

Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year before written, before us in Open Court
(R. H. Bracken)
John, Ker
I have known Mrs Mary Hutchinson personally & by character for many years. She is a woman of truth & integrity and stands above females generally of her class.
(R. H. Bracken)
Huntingdon Feb 22 Apr 1839 -
3
I knew John Hutchinson for many years, and know that he was believed to be a soldier of the Revolutionary war. I have also known his widow Mary Hutchinson for many years, and know her to be a woman of truth and veracity, and believe that the foregoing statement made by her is entitled to full faith and confidence.
Huntingdon Pa 15 th April 1839
Daniel R. Porter
3
Huntingdon County ss
I John Cresswell Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Huntingdon Do Certify That the Hon. Thomas Burnside before whom the foregoing declaration of Mary Hutchinson was sworn to, is President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and that the above named John Kerr is one of the Associate Judges of said Court I further certify that the above certificates are in the proper hand writing of the Hon. Thomas Burnside and His Excellency Daniel R Porter Governor of the State. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at Huntingdon the 13 th day of April A. D. 1839
J. Cresswell Prothon-

John Hutchinson
April 14
I have added an additional certificate in this case, 30 th Nov. 1818. D.S.
John Hutchinson
Admitted

Huntingdon County State of Pennsylvania
Be it remembered that on the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me David Stewart one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Huntingdon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania personally appeared John Hutchinson of the Township of Barree Township in the said County of Huntingdon and being a resident Citizen of the United States and being duly sworn according to law, doth and did declare and say that he entered into the Army of the United States raised for the defence of American Liberty and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof as a drummer in a company of Riflemen under Captain Parr in the first Pennsylvania Regiment of Riflemen Commanded by Colonel Hand and remained under the command of Captain Parr until Colonel Morgan got his choice of the Pennsylvania Riflemen, when he chose Captain Parr who went with Morgan, and Captain McClellan was then appointed to the command of Captain Parr's Company. About that time General Wayne took the command and Colonel Chambers commanded in Hand's place, he being advanced. That he was in the Battle of Quibbeltown in the Jerseys, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle at the Paoli where he received a wound in the thigh with a Bayonet. Battle of Long Island where he received a slight wound in the Breast, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Stony Point. That he served in the army of the said United Colonies, afterwards the United States of America for and during the term of six years and six months, when he was honorably discharged by Captain McClelland Colonel Chambers and General Anthony Wayne

Three years of which time he served as a Drummer and the residue of the time Three years and Six months he carried arms as a private Soldier That his discharge became Lost or mislaid in a manner unknown to this Deponent - That he hath no Pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States, to his knowledge, and if any such exists he doth hereby fully and entirely release the same to the United States - That he is now upwards of sixty four years of age, And that by reason of his reduced Circumstances in life needs assistance from his Country for Support -
Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before
John H Hutchison Mark
David Stewart
Pennsylvania and Huntingdon County ss
I David Stewart an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Hutchison did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy And I now transmit the Proceedings & Testimony taken and had before me to the Hon ble the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress. April 14 th 1818.
David Stewart
Pennsylvania and Huntingdon County ss
I David Stewart an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that from the examination and oath of the said John Hutchison it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Hutchison did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy and that he is poor & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for Support; And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Hon ble the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress Nov r 30 th 1818.
David Stewart

State of Pennsylvania Huntingdon County, ss.
I William Steel Prothonotary of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Huntingdon in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that David Stewart Esquire before whom the within affidavit of John Hutchinson appears to have been made, and who has signed the within certificate, is now, and was at the time of taking the same and making the said certificate one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for said county of Huntingdon, and that to all his official acts as such, full faith and credit is due, and ought to be given, as well in courts of justice, as thereout.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, at Huntingdon, this fourth day of May, A.D. 1818.
William Steel, Proty

195-194 Declaration of John Hutchison a Pensioner
5706
S
Huntington, Pa.

State of Pennsylvania 4 th Judicial District of Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County
At a Court of Common Pleas held this day, to wit, the fifteenth day of August 1820 at Huntingdon in and for said County of Huntingdon before the Honourable Charles Heston Esquire President and his associates David Stewart & Joseph McClure Esqrs. Judges of said Court (it being a Court of Record by the Laws of the State of Pennsylvania) Personally appeared John Hutchinson who being duly sworn doth declare on his oath that he is a resident of said County aged sixty eight years that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows (to wit) that in the year one thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy six he Enlisted in Captain Parrs Company first Pennsylvania Regiment Commanded by Colonel Hand for the term of three years at the end of which period he was honourably discharged That his original declaration is dated the fourteenth day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred & Eighteen and the number of his pension Certificate is 5106 and is now in possession of declarant who in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 20 th May 1820 Makes the following declaration on oath to wit I John Hutchinson do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred & eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or otherwise disposed of my property or any part thereof with an intent thereby so to diminish it 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 Navel Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person or persons in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed The declarant further on his oath declares that he sometimes works at farming That he is very much crippled in his

hands and feet by reason whereof he is unable to make a Livelihood for himself and family That he has a wife named Mary aged forty nine years who is able to do the necessary house work that he has two Children living with him to wit Charles aged fifteen years and Mary aged twelve years who are not able to contribute much if any thing to the support of the family
sworn & subscribed in open Court the 18 th day of August 1820 }
His John I Hutchinson mark
William Steel Proty
Schedule of declarants property (Beds & Bedding Excepted)
 1 Cow Valued at $10.00  3 Shoats ————— 3.00  40 doz wheat & Rye ————— 9.00  1/2 ga. More between Son & applicant { 17 50  1/2 doz Knives & forks ————— " 50  8 plates ————— " 40  2 Dishes & wash bowl ————— " 50  1 Small pair Bellows 7.00  1 Smith hammer & tong ————— " 75  1 Ton Hay ————— 7.00  250 acres of Lands Subject to the Lien of Sundry Judgments & now seized by the Sheriff on an Execution The amount of Judgments being $173.79 3/4 & the Lands worth $125.00 } 00 00 
A claim to part of the wages of two of said Hutchinsons sons { 127 00 $182.65

Huntingdon County ss
Nathaniel Wilson Esq r & Samuel Morrison being duly sworn depose and say that they are well acquainted with John Hutchinson the before named pensioner and his circumstances & property & estimate the same to be worth $182.65 which in the opinion of the deponents is the full value of the same
Sworn & subscribed in open court the 15 th day of August 1820 William Steel Proty
N Wilson Sam l Morrison
Huntingdon County ss
On the above & foregoing Declaration being made on oath before the Court within mentioned & affidavit of Nathaniel Wilson Esq r & Samuel Morrison as to the value of Pensioners Property being taken the Court approves of the value of the same at $182.65 & concurs in the opinion therewith.
By the Court
William Steel Proty

June 7, 1904 His to Miss Nancy C. Morrow Pionesta Pa 1908 Apr. 27. History to Hon Geo. W. Ranch. P.
1925 Dec. 10. Copies mailed to Philip W. Larring Aw
1935 - Dec 16 - Wirt to Mrs Carl R. Morton. Ek
1937 - July 31. Wirt to Floyd G. Koemstine. Ek
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4701
Mary Hutchinson
Widow
John Hutchinson
House Res. War
Act: Feb. 28/18
Index: — Vol. A , Page 355
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4722.
Pennsylvania Phil a
Mary Watchinson widow of John Watchinson who was a Crimna in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars & Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of March 1844 and sent to Rev. Given Washington Penn a
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1. Page 133.
Reported
Set to Rev J. Irwin at 1 mi 12. 1840. Set John Scott for Sept 15/41. Set to J. S. Stewart with form, Oct. 26/1849

Pennsylvania 3639
Mary Hutchinson widow of John Hutchinson
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th March '18 and who died on the 11 th February 1827. of Huntingdon in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Drummer in the Company commanded by Captain McColloch of the Reg t commanded by Chambers in the Pennsylvania line for 9 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 88 Dollars — Cents per ann m , to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of July 1839, and sent to Alexander Given Huntingdon Pa.
Arrears to the 4 th of March $265 Semi-annual allowance ending
$3080
{ Act July } 1838 }
Resin Crime
Recorded by Book
Vol. 2
Page 153
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838, from 4 March to 4 Sep 1840. Agents Notified 26 th May 1841.

Pennsylvania 3639  Mary Hutchinson widow of John Hutchinson who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th March '18 and who died on the 11 th February 1827. of Huntingdon in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Drummer in the Company commanded by Captain McClellan of the Regt. commanded by Chambers on the Pennsylvania line for 9 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 88 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of July 1839, and sent to Alexander Given  Huntingdon Pa.
Arrears to the 4th of March $264.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 44.10 $308.10
{ Act July 7 } { 1838. }
Recorded by Resin Crume Clerk, Book, Vol. 2 Page 153
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838, from 4 March to 4 Sep 1840. Agents Notified 26. May 1841.

John Hutchinson - Phil or Pitts 69 agency Act March 18, 1818.
Be pleased to say at which of these agencies, he was, last paid, and the time to which he was paid.
Pension Office, March 4. 1839.
Died 11 th Feby. 1827. & paid at Pittsburg to the day of his death.
Third Aud ffice March 5 th 1839

Wormingdon Pa. Sept. 18 th 1829
Dear Sir.
Mary Wortchinson the widow of a revolutionary soldier in this county has lost her certificate of Pension. When she last went to the Penna. Agency, her Attorney took it with him, and lost it. If another certificate can be granted her please forward it to me. If any evidence of the loss is required before issuing another please inform me, that I may take means to procure it for her.
Yours &c.
John Scott
Commissioner of Pensions.

4722 Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Perms a Scranton, 18 th Octr 1849. Comm ee of Pensions, Sir sir,
Mary Hutchinson, the widow of John Hutchinson who was a drummer in the Pennsylvania line during the Revolution, has received pensions under the laws of 1838, the act of 3 rd March 1843, and act of 17 th June 1844. She has received, I believe, the arrears of pension up to the spring of 1848. It appears by the act of 17 th June 1844, that it expired by its own limitation, in the year 1848.
I wish to know whether this act has been revived or continued or a new act has been passed granting pensions since the expiration of the act of 17 th June 1844.
If so you will please send me a form by which to obtain it, if it should differ from the form under the last mentioned act. Your attention to the above will confer an especial favor.
Yours truly
J. Sewell Stewart
3

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 21 st , 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Mary Hutchinson, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Eighty eight Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838. has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William H. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Mar 4.
Mr. Hatches Dear Sir
The form on shore of Penna
Washington City
Pa.
Adop. Hull W. Potter Bellefonte, Pa.

The Com of Pensions in
Will you be pleased to inform me by letter directed to Bellefonte Pa, whether John Shultzchild of Hunting- don County Pa, now deceased was entitled on the Pension roll of the Army of the United States
4 th March 1829
Very respectfully your obedt Servt W. W. Potts

WAR DEPARTMENT,
PENSION OFFICE, July 9, 1836.
In order to carry into effect the act of Congress of the 4th of July, 1836, entitled "An act granting half pay to the widows or orphans, where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States, in certain cases, and for other purposes," the following rules have been prescribed by the President of the United States, and adopted by the Secretary of War; and they are now published for the information of applicants under that law.
1. Applicants, under the first section of the act, must produce the best proof the nature of the case will allow, as to the service of the deceased officer or soldier, the time when he died, and the complaint of which he died, and the supposed cause of his disease. It must be clearly shown in what company and regiment, or corps, he served, and the grade he held. Such proof must be had, either from the records of the War Department, the muster rolls, the testimony of commissioned officers, or the affidavits of persons of known respectability. From similar sources evidence must be derived as to the period and cause of the death of the officer or soldier.
2. The legality of the marriage, the name of the widow, with those of her children, who may have been under sixteen years of age, at the time of the father's decease, with the State or Territory and county in which she and they reside, should be established. The legality of the marriage may be ascertained by the certificate of the clergyman who joined them in wedlock, or the testimony of respectable persons having knowledge of the fact. The age and number of children may be ascertained by the deposition of the mother, accompanied by the testimony of respectable persons having knowledge of them, or by transcripts from the parish registers, duly authenticated. The widow, at the time of allowing the half pay, or placing her on the list for it, must show that she has not again married; and must, moreover, repeat this at the time of receiving each and every payment thereof; because, in case of her marrying again, the half pay to her ceases, and the half pay for the remainder of the time shall go to the child or children of the decedent. This may be done by the affidavits of respectable persons having knowledge of the case.
3. In cases where there are children, and no widow, their guardian will, of course, act for them, establish their claims as prescribed in the foregoing regulations, and receive their stipends for them.
4. Applicants, under the second section of the law will make a declaration before a court of record, setting forth, according to the best of her or their knowledge or belief, the names and rank of the field and company officers, the day (if possible) and the month and year when the claimant's husband or father (as the case may be) entered the service, and the time when he left the same; and, if under more than one engagement, the claimant must specify the particular periods, and the rank and names of the officers under whom the service was performed; the town or county, and State, in which the claimant's husband or father resided when he entered the service; whether he was draughted; was a volunteer or substitute; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged; the country through which he marched; with such further particulars as may be useful in the investigation of the claim; and also, if the fact be so, that the claimant has no documentary evidence in support of the claim.
5. The same description of proof as to the relationship of the claimant to the deceased officer or soldier will be required, as the rule under the first section points out.
6. Claimants under the third section of the law must not only produce such proof as the foregoing regulations direct, in relation to widows' claims, but they must in all cases, as an indispensable requisite, show when they were legally married to the deceased officer or soldier, on account of whose services the claim is presented, and that the marriage took place before the last term of service of the husband expired. They must also prove that they were never afterwards married.
7. In a case where the service of the deceased officer or soldier is clearly proved by record or documentary evidence, or the affidavit of a commissioned officer, showing the grade and length of service of the deceased, the particulars in relation to the service are not required to be set forth in the claimant's declaration, except so far as to show that the claimant or claimants is, or are, the widow or children of the deceased.
8. The claimant must, in every case where there is no record or documentary proof of the revolutionary service of the deceased officer or soldier, produce the testimony of at least one credible witness. Traditional evidence will be deemed useful in every such case.
9. Applicants unable to appear in court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, before a judge or justice of a court of record of the county in which the applicant resides, and the judge or justice will certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court.
10. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a judge or justice of a court of record, or by a justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or of the Territory, or of the proper clerk of the court or county, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such a person is a judge or justice of a court of record, or a justice of the peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
11. The widows of those who served in the navy, or as Indian spies, will produce proof, as nearly as may be, conformably to the preceding regulations, and authenticated in a similar manner, with such variations as the different nature of the service may require.
12. The form prescribed for claimants under the third section of the act will be observed by every other description of claimants, so far as the same may be applicable to their cases. The judge or justice, who may administer an oath, must, in every instance, certify to the credibility of the affiant.

13. In every case in which the deceased officer or soldier was a pensioner, the fact should be so stated, and the deceased pensioner so described as to enable the Department to refer immediately to the evidence upon which he was pensioned, and thus facilitate the investigation of the claim of his widow or children.
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th July, 1836.
STATE, TERRITORY, OR DISTRICT } ss. of }
On this _____ day of _____, personally appeared before the _____ of the _____, A B, a resident of _____, in the county of _____ and State, Territory, or District of _____, aged _____ years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836: That she is the widow of _____, who was a [here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule number four of these regulations.]
She further declares that she was married to the said _____, on the _____ day of _____, in the year seventeen hundred and _____; that her husband, the aforesaid _____, died on the _____ day of _____; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
AN ACT
Granting half pay to widows or orphans, where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States, in certain cases, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when any officer, non-commissioned officer, musician, or private of the militia, including rangers, sea fencibles, and volunteers, shall have died while in the service of the United States, since the twentieth of April, eighteen hundred and eighteen, or who who shall have died in consequence of a wound received whilst in the service, since the day aforesaid, and shall have left a widow, or, if no widow, a child or children under sixteen years of age, such widow, or if no widow, such child or children, shall be entitled to receive half the monthly pay to which the deceased was entitled at the time of his death or receiving such wound, for and during the term of five years; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the half pay for the remainder of the time shall go to the [children of the] said decedent: Provided , That the half pay aforesaid shall be half the monthly pay of the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates of the infantry of the regular army, and no more: Provided also , That no greater sum shall be allowed to the widow, or the child or children of any officer, than the half pay of a lieutenant colonel.
SECTION 2. And be it further enacted , That if any officer, non-commissioned officer, musician, soldier, Indian spy, mariner or marine, whose service during the revolutionary war was such as is specified in the act passed the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled "An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution," have died since the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and before the date of said act, the amount of pension which would have accrued from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, to the time of his death, and become payable to him by virtue of that act, if he had survived the passage thereof, shall be paid to his widow; and if he left no widow, to his children, in the manner prescribed in the act hereby amended.
SECTION 3. And be it further enacted , That if any person who served in the war of the revolution, in the manner specified in the act passed the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled "An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution," have died, leaving a widow whose marriage took place before the expiration of the last period of his service, such widow shall be entitled to receive, during the time she may remain unmarried, the annuity or pension which might have been allowed to her husband, by virtue of the act aforesaid, if living at the time it was passed.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted , That any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or transfer of any right, claim, or interest in any money or half pay granted by this act, shall be utterly void and of no effect; each person acting for, and in behalf of, any one entitled to money under this act, shall take and subscribe an oath, to be administered by the proper accounting officer, and retained by him and put on file, before a warrant shall be delivered to him, that he has no interest in said money by any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or transfer, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any person whatever.
SECTION 5. And be it further enacted , That the Secretary of War shall adopt such forms of evidence, in applications under this act, as the President of the United States shall prescribe.
APPROVED, July 4, 1836.
AN ACT
Explanatory of the act entitled "An act granting half pay to widows and orphans, where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That the benefits of the third section of the act entitled "An act granting half pay to widows and orphans, where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes," approved the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, shall not be withheld from any widow, in consequence of her having married after the decease of the husband for whose services she may claim to be allowed a pension or annuity under said act: Provided , That she was a widow at the time it was passed.
SECTION 2. And be it further enacted , That the widow of any person who continued in the service of the United States until the third day of November, seventeen hundred and eighty-three, and was married before that day, and while her husband was in such service, shall be entitled to the benefits of the third section of the aforesaid act.
APPROVED, March 3, 1837.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
PENSION OFFICE, March 15, 1837
In a case where the claimant has married after the decease of the husband, for whose services she may claim the pension, it cannot, under the explanatory act of March 3, 1837, be withheld on account of her last marriage: provided she was a widow on the 4th July, 1836. The latter part of the 6th rule of the regulations of the 9th July, 1836, is not, of course, applicable to such a case. The facts in relation to the marriage of the last husband, and his death, should be fully set forth in the claimant's declaration. The following is the form of the declaration in such a case:
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the 3d section of the act of 4th July, 1836, and of the 1st section of the act of 3d March, 1837.
STATE, TERRITORY, OR DISTRICT } ss. of }
On this _____ day of _____, personally appeared before the _____ of the _____, A B, a resident of _____, in the county of _____ and State, Territory, or District of _____, aged _____ years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836, and the act explanatory of said act, passed March 3, 1837: That she was married to C D, who was [here insert the particulars respecting the service of the deceased husband, for whose services she may claim a pension, as directed in rule No. 4, of the foregoing regulations of July 9, 1836.]
She further declares, that she was married to the said C D on the _____ day of _____ in the year seventeen hundred and _____; that her husband, the aforesaid C D, died on the _____ day of _____; that she was afterwards married to H B, who died on the _____ day of _____; and, that she was a widow on the 4th July, 1836, and still remains a widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before

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2X W 106
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Wentworth Oct. 29 th 1849.
Dear Sir
I enclose the declaration of Mrs. Mary Wutchum the widow of a revolutionary soldier who receives her pension until 4 th March 1848. The certificate under which she formerly drew having been left with the pension-paying agent in 1848. She has forgotten the regiment &c in which her husband served. If the declaration will not answer in its present shape, please ascertain from the former certificate to what company or regiment he did belong & let me know. The widow is 78 years of age and exceedingly poor.
Yours &c.
John Scott Jr.
P.S. Can I procure a copy of the Pension Laws - Wentworth?

State of Pennsylvania, } Huntingdon County } ss.
On this twenty fifth
day of October in the year of Our Lord A D 1849 personally appeared before the subscribers one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Huntingdon Mary Hutchinson a resident of Barree Township in the said County of Huntingdon aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 28 February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Hutchinson, who was a private in the [blank] regiment of the [blank] of the United States Army during the Revolutionary war: That her said husband received a pension during his life, the annual amount of which she does not certainly know; and that she herself received until the 4th March 1848 an annual pension of eighty-eight dollars.
She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me John Hoover Mary Hutchinson
She erases in the 17 th line from the top, made & the words now inserted with me it before signing John Hoover

6. 4903 Nov. 24. 1843
Mary Hutchinson Oct 1843
$88 per ton Penn a
Alex. Given Huntingdon Penn. Washington City D.C.
#3

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 rd March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838.
Huntingdon County, S. S. State of Pennsylvania
On this thirteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me one of the justices of the Peace in and for the said county of Huntingdon, Mary Hutchinson, a resident of Barre Township, in the said County of Huntingdon, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Hutchinson, (late of Barre Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania) who was a drummer in the Revolutionary war, and who received the benefit of the act of March 18, 1818, as appears from the Pennsylvania Roll, and that the annual amount of the pension she received under the act of July 7, 1838 was eighty eight dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before
Mary Hutchinson
William Hirst

State of Pennsylvania Huntingdon County p.
I James Steel Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid Do certify that William Hirt Esquire before whom the within affidavit was sworn to & Who has attested the same is now & was at the time of taking & attesting said affidavit an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and sworn in & for said County That the within signature purporting to be his is genuine - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Huntingdon the 14 th day of November A D 1843 -
James Steel Proby

Mr Edwards will please direct to Mrs. McLaughron at Huntingdon, Penna., or to H. Schaeffer at the same place Mr Williamson of Washington City, it is believed is acquainted with Mrs. H. and knows her to be the widow of John Schaeffer a Rev. pensioner.

Huntsville O.P. 13. Aug.
1838 July 7 5794 pk
FREE.
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm: of Pensions Washington City D.C.
per Natchez

Huntingdon, H. P. 13. 1839
Sir,
Enclosed is the application of Mary Hutchinson, widow of John Hutchinson. As no doubt is entertained of the success of the application, sufficient documentary evidence of the husband's services and of his being the widow being, it is believed, already on file in the Department, an early examination of this application is earnestly requested. The widow Hutchinson is in indigent circumstances.
Please direct to Huntingdon to Mary Hutchinson or Alexander Glen
Hon J. L. Edwards Comr of Pension

Certificate of Judgment against John Hutchison

In the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon County, it is thus contained viz.
Robert M. Cornick } N o 125 Nov. Term 1819 vs } Judgment — $ 60.75 John Hutchinson } Int. 28 th Nov. 1818 Costs ————— 2.76
Samuel Henry } N o 156 April Term 1820 vs } Judgment — $ 23.55 7 / 8 John Hutchinson } Int. 3 rd Ap. 1821. Costs ————— 1.74
James Ewing } N o 169 Ap. Term 1820 vs } Judgment — $ 35.15 John Hutchinson } Interest ————— 1.79 ————— 36.94 Int. 15. May 1819. Costs ————— 1.99 3 / 4
Same } N o 168 Ap. Term 1820 vs } Judgment — $ 35.39 3 / 4 Same } Int. ————— 5.74 ————— 35.97 3 / 4 Int 5. Feb. 1820 Costs ————— 3.25
John M c Monagle } N o 178 Ap. Term 1820 vs } Judg t ————— $ 19.80 John Hutchinson } Int 21 st July 1820 Costs ————— 14.17

Samuel Henry Sw. } No 198 April Term 1820 Judgment — $ 23.94 John Hutchinson } Oct. 30 th Nov. 1819 Costs ————— 1.23
Huntingdon County Sctz
I John A. Henderson Pro. Th g of the Court of Common Pleas of Hunting- don County do certify that the above Judgments appear on Records and remain unsatisfied.
Witness my Hand & Seal of said Court at Huntingdon the 15 th Nov r 1821
J. A. Henderson Pro.
John McCallan } In the Court of Common Pleas of Hunting- Samuel Hayes } don County of Pa. Dec. 1818 John Hutchinson } Judgment for Three Hundred & Robert Campbell } Thirteen Acres of Land in possession of Depts. situate in Barre Township Huntingdon County, 7 th July 1819
Reference to David R. Porter Esqrs Myranger of Nathaniel Wilson, — 4 th Sept r 1819 Arbitrator. Report & find for Plff with costs of suit Judgment
Correctly extracted from the Records October 30 th Nov r 1821
By J. A. Henderson Pro.

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Samuel Henry } the 3 rd April 1820. vs Defendant Confessed Judgment for $ 23.55 1 / 2 John Hutchinson } and Costs of Suit. Costs Justices 63 3 / 4 Const. Morrison 24 3 / 4 Costs Total. 93
Mary Naige } the 6 th March 1821. Defendant Confessed vs Judgment for $ 29.79 3 / 4 and Costs of Suit. John Hutchinson } Costs Justices $ 1.11 Morrison - 24 3 / 4 Costs Total $ 1.35 3 / 4
Wm McCrum } 11 th February 1821. Judgment, obtained vs Judgment as Defendant for $ 8.33. John Hutchinson } and Costs of Suit. Costs Justices $ 2.32 Morrison - .62 Referees - 1.50 Witnesses - .68 Johnston - .10 Costs Total $ 5.22
Huntingdon County Pa
Read I Do certify that the above is true Transcript of three Judgments entered by me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Huntingdon one at the suit of Samuel Henry versus against John Hutchinson one other at the suit of Mary Naige against the same and one other at the suit of Wm McCrum against the same and that the all Remain on my Docket unexecuted. Given under my hand and Seal this 23 rd Day of November A.D. 1821. — W. H. Wilson

John Dennant for the use of Samuel Miller vs John Hutchinson
Single Bill Debt and Interest $15- 06
June 15 th 1821. The Defendant appears and Confesses Judgment
Samuel Henry Linn vs John Hutchinson
Book Debt and Note Put Together Debt and Interest. Debt $23- 94 1/2.
December 30 1819 Judgment for the Plaintiff for Debt and Costs -
Huntingdon County, ss,
I Joseph Jackson Do Certify that the above is a True Copy of the Debt Part of a Judgment lead against John Hutchinson Taken from the original Record Remaining in my Office unsatisfied given under my hand and Seal this 17 th Day of September 1821 -
Joseph Jackson Esq.

Hor.
Altrissa.
Con. of Persian
Dean Di
Jahar Huttie
issa, a Revolutionary soldier. drew a pension from about 1812. until his death, about Feb. 1827. After his death, his widow Mary Hutchinson drew a pension. Several of her sons have re- quested me to write, if there is not something else there. Mary Hutchinson died Feb. 24 1853.
Yours truly
J. M. Martin
Huntingdon.
Penn te
5 th March. 1875.

The Berwick Independent
NEWSPAPER AND JOB PRINTING.
R. S. BOWMAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
C. H. DORR, ASSOCIATE.
Berwick, Pennsylvania.
DEC 18 1891
Sir:
"Pennsylvania in the Revolution" gives the names of two John Hutchinsons who were pensioners. Can you give me any facts concerning either of them - what regiment they were in and when they died?
Respectfully,
R. S. Bowman

OFFICE OF J. W. MORROW, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Gionesta, Pa., May 17, 1904.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear sir:- I am anxious to locate the residence of John Hutchison, prior to his settlement in Westmoreland county, whose sons, John, James, George, Edward and David were land owners in Indiana county when it was part of Westmoreland county in 1800. I find that a number of John Hutchisons and James Hutchisons were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. A friend has asked me to write to you and ask if you will not kindly send me a copy or copies of the Pension certificates of any John or James Hutchison (also spelled Hutchinson) who served in the Revolutionary War and drew a pension.
Will you not also send the Pension certificate of William McFarland who was a soldier in the War of 1812, and who died near Rural Valley, Armstrong county, Pa. in 1866 or 1867, I believe that is, if he drew a pension. He is my great-grand-father. I visited his grave once and his age was there given as 97 although some claimed that he was older.
Thanking you for your kindness, and hoping to hear from you soon, I am,
Yours sincerely, (Miss) Nancy C. Morrow.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON
April 20th., 1908.
Hon. V. Warner, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Can you furnish me with information concerning the military record of one John Hutchison, who served as a private in a Pennsylvania regiment, Revolutionary war, husband of Polly Hutchison who drew a pension for several years, as the widow of the soldier? Any information relating to the matter will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
Geo. W. Ranch.
DIC. GWR/CLH.

BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Nov 30 1925
Chief Rev. Sect. Division.
I have this day received from Mrs. John H. Fairing cash No. 70 in payment of for $100, requesting
photostat copy post-office address as per memo letter herewith.
ok a copy
Copies mailed Finance Division Act Dec 10 20
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
26 B.L.

The undersigned desires photostat copies of three pages (certified) from the Revolutionary War pension claim
of John Hutchinson, or Hutchison, widow Mary, W. 4701, Pennsylvania Troops.
November 30, 1925
Mrs. John W. Fairing. 137 Westmoreland Ave., Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania
Received payment Seventy cents November 30, 1925
Margaret M. H. Finch
Rev. 21812 Wars Section
AW

Request for Photostating (To be prepared in duplicate.)
3-2006
Ex. MMX5
2755
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. _____
Date Dec. 5-1925
Subject John Hutchinson, H. 4701 - Rev!
1 copies of 2 pieces consisting of 3 pages to be (No.) (No.) (No.) forwarded when completed to the Rev 1812 War Section Division.
Remarks: _____
Approved:
W.E. Nihon Chief Division Rev 1812 War Sect.
Chief Clerk.

COUNTY OF BLAIR
Office of
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA.
JOHN F. ROYER . . . . . President 3rd Avenue and 6th Street, Lakemont  CLAIR C. FLECK . . . . . Secretary 220 Franklin Street, Hollidaysburg  DANIEL S. BRUMBAUGH, Vice President 3020 Broad Avenue, Altoona
CHESTER H. EDWARDS Clerk
JOHN J. HABERSTROH Solicitor
July 19, 1937
Veterans Administration, Pension Division, Navy Building, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen;
Kindly furnish an abstract of the service record and any genealogical data found in the pension papers of John Hutchison, a veteran of the Revolutionary war, who served in Capt. Parr's Co. 1st Pa. Regt. a resident of Huntingdon county in 1818, now Blair County.
Very truly yours,
Floyd G. Hoenstine Registrar, Veterans Graves

1113 N. Jackson St. Little Rock, Ark. Nov. 14th, 1935.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
In reference to my letter inquiring about the probably pension of Revolutionary Soldier John Hutchinson, and your request for further data. I know very little about him myself, and am trying to locate the family through pension and war records, as Delaware records were destroyed by the British.
I noticed in the Del. Archives the name of a John Hutchinson, now the one I am trying to trace had a wife named Mary, other name not known, and a daughter Mary Hutchinson, who was born Feb. 21, 1802, New Castle Del. I suppose there were other children. It would seem that this John Hutchinson, father of Mary, if a Rev. Soldier, would be too old to be her father, but this wife Mary might be his 2nd or third wife, and they were in the war from young boys to old men, it is hard to get his age. This record was found with her death record.
Only one he knows Mary Hutchinson married Benjamin Morton, about 1817, his son Wm. Henry was born in New Castle Co. in 1824. Don't know if this Benjamin is the same Benj. who fought in the Rev. from Del. or a son.
The family moved to Ohio between 1824-1830, where Benj.'s widow married again. Were there any land grants in Ohio for Rev. or 1812 service, if so, in what counties. The family seemed to live in the east central part of the state.
Were land grants issued to soldiers of the Rev. war, in the state of Tenn. for service in North Carolina, or were they issued in North Carolina?
Thanking you for an early reply, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Nell R Morton,
(Mrs. Carl R. Morton)

December 14, 1935
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Mrs. Carl R. Morton 1113 N. Jackson Street Little Rock, Arkansas
BA-J/ MMHF/eel John Hutchinson-W.4701
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you furnish further information in regard to the John Hutchinson in whom you are interested. You state that he was of Delaware, had a daughter, Mary, born in 1803, in New Castle, Delaware, who married Benjamin Morton about 1817-1820, which Benjamin Morton may have served in the Revolutionary War and that the family moved to Ohio about 1824-1830. You request to know whether land was granted in Ohio for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 service and in what counties, also, were land grants issued to soldiers of the Revolutionary War in Tennessee for service in North Carolina or were they issued in North Carolina.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land based upon service of a John Hutchinson, of Delaware, nor of a Benjamin Morton, of that state or of an adjoining state.
The record has been found of a John Hutchinson whose wife was Mary and a daughter, Mary; he was of Pennsylvania. His record is given herewith as found in the claim for pension based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. It is hoped that it will aid you in your research.
There were land grants located in Ohio for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 service, this office cannot give the names of the counties, however. Land was granted by the State of North Carolina for Revolutionary War service and located in Tennessee.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

December 14, 1935
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BA-J/TEL
John Hutchinson-W.4701
Mrs. Carl R. Morton 1113 N. Jackson Street Little Rock, Arkansas
Dear Madam:
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.4701, based upon the military service in that war of John Hutchinson.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Hutchinson are not shown.
John Hutchinson enlisted, place not shown, in 1776, served in Captains Parr's and McClellan's Companies, Colonels Hand's and Chambers' Pennsylvania Regiment: he was in the battles of Long Island, where he received a slight wound in the breast; Quibbletown; Brandywine; Paoli, where he was wounded in the thigh by a bayonet; Germantown; Monmouth; and Stony Point. The soldier stated that he served for three years as a drummer and three and one-half years as a private; date of discharge is not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Barrie Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and gave his age as sixty-four years. In 1820, he stated that he was aged sixty-eight years. He signed by mark Hutchison- was pensioned Hutchinson.
He died February 11, 1827, at his residence in Barrie Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
The soldier married October 2, 1789, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Mary Henry, who was born August 2, 1771. Both were then of East Fallowfield, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed April 9, 1839, at which time she was aged sixty-eight years and resided in Barrie Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. She signed Hutchison- was pensioned Hutchinson.

Mary, widow of John Hutchison or Hutchinson, died February 3, 1853, place not shown.
The only names of children that are shown are son Charles and daughter, Mary, who, in 1830, were aged fifteen and twelve years, respectively.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

April 27, 1908.
Hon. George W. Rauch,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Rauch:
In reply to your letter dated the 20" and received the 24" instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in pension claim W. File No 4701, it appears that John Hutchison enlisted in 1776 and served six years and six months, three as a drummer and three and a half years as a Private under Captains Parr and McClelan, Colonels Hand and Chambers in the Pennsylvania Line; he was in the battles of Long Island, Quibbletown, Brandywine, Germantown, Paoli, Monmouth, and Stony Point, and sustained slight wound of breast at Long Island and bayonet wound of thigh at Paoli.
John Hutchison and Mary Henry born August 2, 1771, both of East Fallowfield, Chester County, Pennsylvania were married October 2, 1789.
He was allowed pension on an application executed September 14, 1818 at which time he was upwards of 64 years old and a resident of Burgess Township Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, where he died February 11, 1827 and his widow resided when she was allowed pension in 1839. In 1830 soldier mentioned his two children Charles aged 15 years, and Mary aged 12 years.
No further family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.