Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2042, for John Lane, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Lane, John
S 2042
CONTENTS
carded

5431 Pennsylvania John Lane
of the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Phillips of the Regt commanded by in the Penn. line for 15 days Brattle $50.00
Inserted on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 50 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Feb 1833 and sent to Geo Brindle Home Repd
Arrears to 14th of Feb 1833 $75.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar 1833 25.00 $100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Wallace Clerk, Book Vol. 6 Page 67
Let Pen. Agent 15 April 1837 Order to Geo Brindle March 22, 1838. Let to Wm Purvis March 22, 1838. Order to pay the letter to Wm Purvis 23 March 1839 Order to pay the letter to William Purvis 30th March 1840 Thos C. Macdonell Jny 7 1856

State of Pennsylvania Bedford County 3/3
On this twenty seventh day of March A.D. 1832 personally appeared before Alexander Thomson President and his associates judges of the court of Common Pleas re. of Bedford County. John Lane a Resident of Hopewell Town- ship Bedford County aforesaid & State of Pennsylvania, aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law, depos, on his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the ser- vices of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He enlisted about the first day of April 1779 for nine months under Captain Thomas Cluggage - David Lloyd Lieutenant & Robert Cluggage Major. After enlisting they were stationed at Fort  Fort and Scouts and Indian spies. That they remained in said service until after harvest and were then re- moved to sinking valley where they continued to act in the same capacity and to guard a Fort which had been erected to protect the lead mines which were worked close by - and that he continued in said service until the ex- piration of the nine  for months when he was discharged. They were called Wood Rangers in said service. He afterwards enlisted under Capt n William Philips in the spring following his discharge for three months, to serve as a scout or wood Ranger as they were called - and was stationed at the

three springs then in Bedford now Huntingdon County from which they scouted four days every week. They were also engaged frequently as express from one fort to another to give information of signs & the approach of Indians and that he remained in said Company & service six months, when they were broken up in consequence of the death of the captain & the death of some of the men
Applicant states that he was born in Baltimore County Maryland on the 22 d day of Feb y AD 1756. He has no record of age. His father removed in to Bedford County when this Applicant was eight or nine years of age to a place near where Huntingdon is situated - and that he lived in said County when he entered the service. after the war he went to Maryland & remained there 8 or 9 years - and came back to Bedford County where he has resided ever since. He was regularly enlisted in the service & rec d a discharge from Capt s Cluggage which was by some means destroyed and in 1818 he procured from his Capt s the affidavit hereto annexed & never had a commission.
Applicant also states that W m Phipps and the Rev d M c Elhenny in his neighborhood can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and

declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid - W. Mann Lundy
John Lane
Pennsylvania } Bedford County } ss.
We John Piper John McElhenny a clergyman re- siding in Hopewell Township Bedford County & John Piper residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Lane who has subscribed & sworn the foregoing declaration - that we believe him to be seventy six years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed before me a Justice of the peace in open said County } This first day of December 1832 John Piper
John Piper John McElhenny

Chautauqua County N.Y.
Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the county who also personally came Captain Thomas Clugage one of the Captains of the Wood Adirondack in the Revolutionary War of the United States with Great Britain Who on his solemn oath duly acknowledged that John Lane of Bedford County Hapswell Township in the County of Sussex varied roads included in the said Clugage Company in the year of one Thousand seven hundred and seventy five and served active months served under him the said Clugage as a faithful soldier for his country sworn and subscribed to before me this first day of August 1878
John Lane
Thomas Clugage
Captain of the Bedford Men of the Pennsylvania Line
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the before named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. I Sol. Mann Posthumous of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Lane for a pension.
And I do certify that John Piper Esquire before whom the deposition of John Piper & John M c Elroy appears to have been taken and whose name is thereto subscribed was at that time & now is a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified by legal authority and acting as such and that the signature "John Piper" thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Bedford the 11 th December A.D. 1832.
Sol. Mann, Clerk
Declaration of John Lane

MMH
March 22, 1927
Mrs. A. M. Nixon North Chattanooga, R.F.D. 5 Tennessee
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 2042 it appears that John Lane was born February 22, 1756 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
While a resident of Bedford County, Pennsylvania he enlisted April 1, 1779 and served nine months as scout and Indian Spy in Captain Thomas Clugare's Pennsylvania Company.
He enlisted the following spring and served six months as Indian Spy in Captain William Philips' Pennsylvania Company.
After the Revolution he moved to Maryland, place not stated, and lived eight or nine years and then returned to Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was allowed pension on his application executed November 27, 1832 while a resident of Hopewell Township, in said Bedford County. It is not stated whether he was ever married.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
This is strange - one in Rev. War - P. & where is it? - 2

21136 John Lane
Admitted Private 15 months / 50. —
How Gen. Burn G.C.R.

BRIEF in the case of  John Lane of Hopewell Township  County of Bedford  in the State of Pennsylvania  (Act 7th June, 1832)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71  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.     Enlisted about 1st of April In 1779 9 private Genl. Shl. Brugge, Genl. Lord Howe   Spring following enlisted 6 Capt. Miller Phila.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? not any  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bedford Co. Penna  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? a living witness & traditionary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attested 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. Stewart Examining Clerk  5, July 1832

Official Business
PAID
To John Kane
62-1832
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
D.C.
RECEIVED OCT 10 1852

Thos. C. Macdowell, Bangor.

Pension Office Jany 7 1856.
Sir
1832/ In Nov 1832 John Lane of Bedford County Penn s applied for a pension for services rendered under Captain Blaggett & Philips and on the 9 Feby 1833 his claim was allowed for every day's service which he declared he had rendered, - He was paid at the rate of $50 a year during his life,
Thomas C. Macdonell Esq Hollidaysburgh Pa

Hollingsworth Point Decer 17. 1883.
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Sir:-
Some time ago I cannot state how many months, say six or seven months back, application was made to your department for a pension to John Lane, of Bedford County Penna, who served as a Woodranger in the Revolutionary War, under Captain Cleaggett & Philips.
The parties interested wish to know whether any pension has been granted to said Lane, by the department? Permit me therefore to make the inquiry. What has been done in the case of John Lane's application, and thereby much oblige
Very Respectfully Your obedient Thos. C. Macdowell

Rev.&1812 Wars Section
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April 12, 1927
Mrs. M. P. McGe han 225 South Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Penna.
Madam:
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October 29, 1925
Mrs. W. G. Vense 18 East Meliden St., Washington, Penna.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 2042 it appears that John Lane was born February 22, 1756 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
While a resident of Bedford County, Pennsylvania he enlisted April 1, 1779 and served nine months as scout and Indian Spy in Captain Thomas Clug age's Pennsylvania Company.
He enlisted the following spring and served six months as Indian Spy in Captain William Philips' Pennsylvania Company.
After the Revolution he moved to Maryland, the place not stated, and lived eight or nine years and then returned to Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was allowed pension on his application executed November 27, 1832

while a resident of Hopewell Township in said Bedford County. It is not stated whether he was ever married.
The above noted is the only soldier named John Lane of Pennsylvania and Maryland found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Paterson 7-1-1893
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

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Commission of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please furnish me with war record of John Lane, participated in the war of 1775.
He lived in Philadelphia after the war and married a Miss Baker only daughter of a Quaker family and lived on Chestnut St, Philadelphia,
He later moved to Frederick M.D. where he owned and operated Copper Mines, think he was buried at Frederick M.D. and later his son John Lane (the second) died on the National Highway near Scenery Hill Washington, Co. Pa. and was buried also at Frederick M.D.
Any information that can be furnished me will be gratefully appreciated, also any expense it would incur I will be very willing to remit the same,
Mrs W. G. Nease 19. E. Maiden St

MRS. M. P. MCGEEHAN 325 SOUTH TWELFTH STREET PHILADELPHIA, PENNA
February 18, 1927
Pension Bureau Washington, D. C. Dear Sir
I would appreciate any information you could give me regarding William Corbett, John Edwards, John Lane, William Corbett, John Richardson, on five sheets enclosed herewith.
Where sheets had the description a name of each of above & more related with the property
I have given what data I have about these men. a. N. F. who recorded them
I would like to know what

Revolutionary service they had, dates of births, deaths, names of wives and children, and any other in- formation contained in your records.
Very truly yours
Bertha E. M c Gehee

MRS. M. P. MCGEEHAN 325 SOUTH TWELFTH STREET PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
John Lane , Bedford Co. private and Indian Spy died 1833, aged 78 yrs.

R. F. D. 5, North Chattanooga Tenn
Jan. 26th. 1927
Dept. of Inquiry.
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:— In a copy of the "Census of Pensioners for the Revolution or Military Service under the Act for taking the sixth Census," I find on page 118 the name of John Lain , of Broadtop, Bef Bedford Co. Pa., aged 85 years.
Will you please give me the record of this man's service, for which I thank you. Your truly Mrs A. M. Nixon
R. F. D. 5.
North Chattanooga
Tenn.

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2042
INVALID.
File No. 2042.
John Lano
Print Shop Bar
Act: June 7.  1852.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 214.
[Arrangement of 1870.]