Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,805, for John Ketcham, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Ketcham, John
S. 39,805
CONTENTS

10,890 11
Pennsylvania
John Kitcham.
of Chester Co. in the state of Pennsylvania , who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Magaw of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of Three Years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of May 1819 and sent to C. W. Humphreys West-Chester Pennsylvania
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819  79.51 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819  48.00 $127.51
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3m 24.00 25/31 } 7.51 4/30 } 48.00 6m } 79.51 79.51
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39805
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 39805
John Netcham Pri Rev Iss
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870.]

J. L. Edwards Esquire Department of War Washington City

Dear Sir.
Cohmanville August 2 1820
From the very polite attention which you have paid to several applications of mine on the subject of the claims of Old Soldiers for Pensions, I am again induced to trouble you with the two applications which are enclosed. One in favour of David Ford is an Original Declaration. I have not long been acquainted with the man but believe he is entitled to a Pension. The Judge, Walter Finney Esquire before whom he was examined was an Officer during the whole War of the Revolution, and would of course be better calculated to detect any fraud which might be attempted than one who was unacquainted with the service.
You will oblige me much by informing me by a line directed to this Post Office, the result of these applications.
With much respect
I am your Obt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sam Cohman

State of Pennsylvania
Charles County Ga.
On the sixth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand, eight hundred and eighteen. Before me John David Egan one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chester aforesaid, personally appears John Ketcham who being by me duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath, make the following Declara- aration, in order to Obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the War of the Revolution." And he the said John Ketcham enlisted in Bucks County in the state of Pennsylvania aforesaid, in the Company of Infantry Com- manded by Captain Jacob Humphrey of the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment then commanded by Colonel Hazaw, that he continued in the said Corps or in the service of the United States for the space of three years; and that he was then honorable discharged, but that the said discharge is now lost. And further this declarant says he is seventy three years of age and from his reduced circumstances in life, and bodily infirmities he is in need of assistance from his Country for support, and has never heretofore received from the Government of the United States a pension; and that he has now no other evidence in his power of his services, except the annexed Certificate of his Captain.
I own & subscribed before me May 6. 1818.
his John Kelcham mark
John Davis
The associate Judge as above mentioned Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Ketchum did serve in the War of the Revolution against the common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and has before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress
Witness my hand and seal May 6 th 1818.
John Davis

I Jacob Humphrey Esquire of Chester County in the State of Pennsylvania Do certify that the before mentioned John Ketcham was enlisted in my company in the year 1776 and that he served for three years as a soldier and was afterwards honorably discharged. May 6. 1818.
Jacob Humphrey
The Hon ble Secy. of War.
Chester County Jo. L. John G. Messler. Prothonotary of the court of Common pleas of the County of Chester Do certify that the aforementioned John Davis is an acting Associate Judge of the courts of said county, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be due to all his official acts.
Witness, my hand and seal of said Court at West Chester the 6 th of May 1818.
M c G. Messler Proth
Declaration & proof of John Ketcham
an Old Soldier
May 6. 1818.
The time of entering and of leaving the service must be mentioned.
sent? by direction of Mr. E

Declaration of John Welchman August 1 st 1820 file

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
CHESTER COUNTY, ss:
ON this first day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty Personally appeared in open court of Common Pleas, held at Westchester, in and for the county of Chester, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; being a court of Record, proceeding according to the course of the Common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings,
John Ketcham aged Seventy two years and upwards, resident in the township of London Grove in the said county of Chester, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, and the 1st of May, 1820; That he served in the Revolutionary war, in the Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment in Captain Jacob Humphreys Company . The Regiment commanded by Col. Warner
on the Continental Establishment, and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18th of March 1818, his certificate being numbered 10.890
AND I the said John Ketcham do solemnly Swear , that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with 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 naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person 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.
John his  Ketcham mark
Sworn to, declared and subscribed, on the first day of August 1820, in open court of Common pleas, in and for the county of Chester in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the said Court, being a Court of Record by the Laws of the said Commonwealth.
J. G. Woodhull Prothonotary.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY.
  I have besides necessary Cloathing & bedding     One pot. - - - - -  .75    one bucket and one Garden hoe .50 - - -  .90    one Coffee Mill - - - - -  1.00     $2.65  
Also a Pension from the State of Pennsylvania of forty dollars a year.
I have one debt due me of about fifteen Dollars and some debts which I believe will amount to about forty dollars.

I was taught the trade of a Shoemaker but from age and infirmity am unable to follow it and the only business I can earn any thing at is making occasionally some baskets at which I am by no means able to support myself. I have not now nor ever had a family.
his John Stitesham mark
We do hereby certify that the valuation of the property in the foregoing Schedule is correct and proper according to our opinions.
Samuel Davis Thomas Davis
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
CHESTER COUNTY, ss:
I John G. Wersler Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, of the said county of Chester; the same being a Court of Record by the Laws of Pennsylvania; Do hereby Certify, that the foregoing Declaration .
and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of the said Court; AND I do further Certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is exclusive of the forty dollars annuity two dollars and Sixty five cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Westchester, this first day of August one thousand eight hundred and twenty .
John G. Wersler Prothonotary.