Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 9544, for Hugh Mc Bride, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
McBride, Hugh Mary
W 9544
B.L.Mt. 77519-160-55.
Indian Wars
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6922
let. to Secty of Interior Oct. 22? 1860.
Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Mary McBride, widow of Hugh McBride. Pen n
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 73 dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 4 th day of October 1860. and sent to
W. A. Pugh Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 2 Vol.

286 274 Act Mar 3/55
Apr 22/55
Mary McBride wid of Hugh McBride
77.519 Special Private
Capt. Ponce & Morrison Col. Cunningham Revolutionary War Penna Mili.
Ad: 160 Ag Jan'y 23, 1858.
Mar 3 July 53
sect. 13,
as became of H. in a that pen of Pa;
Daniel Downer Esq Uniontown Fayette Co.
Vol. M s - 135.

286. 274
Special
Con
23 Jany 1858.
Mr Brown will call also know on Monday know the results of the exam. There is a claim for power in handing in the other Con
Adams
Danl Downer
Uniontown
Fayette Co Pa

State of Pennsylvania
Fayette County ss. On this the day of January 22 nd , 1858 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Fayette, personally appeared Mary McBride aged years a resident of said County of Fayette who being duly sworn according to law says, that she is the lawful Widow of Hugh McBride late a deceased soldier of the Revolutionary and Indian war in the United States Service, That her said Husband had long since stated to her often conversing with his brother soldiers on the subject of the said wars, that after serving a tour of two months under Capt. Price that he enlisted for the term of six months in the Campy. Commanded by Capt. Morrison of the Penn s ylvania and in the Regt. commanded by Col Cunningham of Lancaster Co. Pa. that they was ordered to New Jersey to Staten Island for some time & also at Amboy, from thence to a new Fort on Long Island & not long after which they was engaged at the said Battle of Long Island as well as defearnt. recollect that said Husband stated that he was at the battle of the White Plains and that after which their surviving troops retreated through New Jersey thence to Philadelphia where they was Honorably discharged by their said Officers about the 12 th of December of said year. That he had mostly served under said Capt. Work and was first of Rains Campy. That he volunteered under said Officers for two months, and was soon engaged in the battle of Trenton. Can't state if said McBride was in the battle of Princeton as he said he was one of the guards of the Hespian, thus taken at the said battle of Trenton for nearly eight months, or until they was engaged at the battle of Brandywine in September 1777. then under the Command of Col Walter Stewart

from Philadelphia (called the Irish Beauty) - Cannot recollect of said McBride stated of being in the battle of Germantown, but that he continued and was in all the encampments at and near the Valley Forge until the month of June when he McBride was engaged in the battle of Monmouth. - That he stated that he had been long sick after said battle. That he spoke of the battle of Stony point, but she don't know of his saying that he was engaged in said battle, but said he was at the battle of York Town, Virginia at the surrender with the fall of 1781 that he was then of Capt. Marshall's Company. That said McBride stated that after the great surrender he was engaged guarding the British Prisoners at the Lancaster Barracks until about two years before the close of the said Revolutionary war, that previous thereto said McBride stated that he had been on or about two years in actual service in said war in the Penn s Line, that he said that he was Honorably discharged by Col or Maj. Cunningham an officer of the Garrison at Lancaster near the middle of November 1781. From thence he returned home & joined the Army at Fort Pitt and served until 1783 & in the Spring of 1790 served as follows. That in 1790 her said Husband stated that he engaged for six months at Fort Pitt in the Company. Commanded by Capt. McCurdy & that as well as disponent can recollect in the Regt. Commanded by Col late Major Willis and also said in the Army Commanded by Major Genl. Josiah Harmar, that they was ordered to Fort Washington & from thence they soon was ordered out in the Indian Country & had several skirmishes where they was successful, but finally got very greatly defeated

and nearly half of said Army was reported lost in their last battles and that the survivors returned again to Penn a & many of whom remained at Fort Pitt aforesaid where said McBride was Hon- orably discharged by his said Officers after having served about six months, having enlisted at said Fort Pitt for six months. Deponent states the date of said discharge was about or sometime in December of said year. That her said Husband and others of his brother soldiers engaged first as Volunteers in the Campy. Commanded by Capt McNair for six months in the Regt. Commanded Thinks he said Col Wilkins, also mentioned of a Col Fairhill and that the said volunteers served on the frontier, far up and down the Alleghany River and considerably at and above Fort Pittsburg & her said Husband menti- oned of much scouting & skirmishing against said Indians and that he also stated of guard- ing Greens, Craigs Pos & Pymputons & other Stations & Blockhouses on and near said River - That they drew their provisions, ammuni- tion & pay at said Fort Pitt, thus they continue to serve in the said service until their term of six months expired. She believes in September or early in the fall of 1791 & honorably discharged by their said Officers at or near Fort Pitt aforesaid. That said McBride stated that

he also served much as a hired substitute. That sometime or not long after said discharge her said husband again engaged for six months longer in the Comp. commanded by Capt. Patterson and served in similar tours as before except when they was ordered on the well known Campaign to Lake Erie, and at Forts LeBoeuf, Aspinwall, French Creek & Fort Franklin for some time & had been building & repairing Blockhouses & Forts &c. until one of the Scouting parties was sent as an ex- -up to the Fort. That a large number of the Indians warriors was on the their way down the said Alleghany river to Fort Pittsburg & directly they was pursued by the Volunteers chosen out of their three Companies viz. of the said Capt. Pattersons Capt. Bells and Capt. McMains, who was soon on a forced march and arrived in time to hear the Indians firing on the said Fort Pittsburg, when a Skirmish took place, when the said Indians fled & some few killed & some wounded and the said Soldiers took and kept possession of said Fort and thus continued to serve in the said service until their said term of six months had expired when they was Honorably dis- -charged by their said Officers after their said three Companies returned and arrived at said Fort Pitt. That he often stated of serving as a Substitute for a James Davis & some

others which she can't recollect, but the same is represented in her former petition for State Pensions that her said husband & some of his brother soldiers enlisted for the term of Three years at said Fort Pitt in the Compy. Commanded by Capt. Sparks from said County in the Month of April 1793 as her said husband stated it was a little before Gen. Waynes Army left their encampment at Legionville in the army boats destined for Fort Washington, where her said husband was ordered on guard also guarding the Army stores &c until the said Army marched off on the Northern Campaign, on Genl. Harmans and Genl. St. Clairs trail to Fort Greenville and also stated that he continued in the said service and was in some skirmishes and was also engaged in the last and general Battle of August 1794 & that he was honorably discharged by Col Butler & said Capt. Sparks after the general treaty at said Greenville in the Month of August 1795 & returned again to Fort Pitt. Your Deponent further declares that her said husband was in actual service longer than Fourteen days, and for respective terms of service as aforesaid, as represented to her by her said husband in his lifetime. That she has already made a full and detailed statement of her said husbands said services which is now on file in the Pension Office at

Washington City in support of her claim to a pension, also Proof filed in support of the same which said declaration and said Proof she respectfully asks to be received in support of this her Claim for Bounty Land, in right of the said Service, of her said husband, Your Deponent further states that she is years of age and that she was married to the said Hugh McBride on the day of AD, 1827, in Fayette County State of Penn s by one Enoch Abraham a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Fayette and that her name before said Marriage was Mary Baker that her said Husband Hugh McBride died on the day of AD, 1836 and that she is now a Widow, and has continued a Widow unmarried ever since the death of the said Hugh McBride, and is still a Widow. - That for said Marriage and death of her said Husband she refers to Proof on file as aforesaid in support of her said application for a Pension. - That there is no public private or family Record of her said Marriage with Hugh McBride in existence to her knowledge and belief that your deponent has no Documentary evidence in support of this her Claim - That she further hereby affirms

Daniel Downer her Attorney and author- izes him to receive the Certificate or warrant for Bounty Land which may be issued to her in right of the services aforesaid of her said husband and to attend to, and procure the settlement of such business, as aforesaid may have with the United States both for pension and Bounty Land in any office or department of the same and to receive all certificates of Pension and Bounty Land, and to receive and receipt for all sums of money that may be found due deponent, upon any account or claim now unsettled hereby revoking all power & authority given to any former Agent or Agents. That she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1855. And she further declares that she has not received Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, but that an application heretofore might have been made in my behalf through the agency of William P. Wells Esq. but no Certificate or Warrant issued by virtue of said application is now made to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Mary her McBride Mark
We Benjamin Boyd and Elizabeth Clements, residents of Fayette County State of Pennsylvania upon

our oaths declare that that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary McBride 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, and is still a widow. - that they have been well acquainted with the said Mary McBride ever since the reported death of her husband, the said Hugh McBride and that the said Mary has continued unmarried and a widow ever since the said death of the said Hugh McBride and is still a widow.
That Affiants are altogether disinterested.
Benjamin Hayden Elizabeth Clement
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to & 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 is still a widow, and that I have no interest in this claim. And further Mary McBride who makes the foregoing declaration has this day personally appeared before me and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney contained in said declaration to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
Abraham Hayden. J.P.

Pennsylvania, Fayette County, SS.
J. B. Scraught
Prothonotary, of the Court Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that
Abraham Hayden Esquire,
before whom the foregoing Declaration, Affidavits and acknowledgment
appear to have been made, was at the date thereof and now is
an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County duly commis-
sioned and qualified, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine. That he is duly authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds & other instruments of writing
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court, at Curfstown.
this thirteenth day of January
A. D. 1858
J. B. Scraught Prothonotary.

State of Pennsylvania
Fayette County p. On this the 3 rd day of March A.D. 1857 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in Open Court of Said County of Fayette Mary McBride a Resident of Said County who being duly sworn according to law Says that She is the lawful Widow of Hugh McBride late a deceased Soldier of the Revolutionary and Indian War That her Said Husband had long since stated when often conversing with his brother soldiers on the subject of the Said wars, that after serving a tour of two months under Capt. Cane that he enlisted for the term of six months in the Company Commanded by Capt. Morrison of the Pennsylvania and in the Regt. Commanded by Col. Cunningham of Lancaster Co. Pa. that they was ordered to New Jersey to Staten Island for some time & also at Amboy from thence to a new Fort on Long Island & not long after which they was engaged at the Said battle of Long Island & as well as as far as she recollects that Said Husband stated that he was at the battle of the White Plains, and that after which their surviving troops retreated through New Jersey, thence to Philadelphia where they was honorably discharged by their Said Officers about the 12 th of December of Said year. That he had mostly served under Capt. [blank] and was first of Capt. Cane Company. That he volunteered under Said Officers for two months and was soon engaged in the battle of Trenton - Can't state if Said McBride was in the battle of Princeton as he said he was one of the guards of the Hespians, thus taken at the Said battle of Trenton for nearly eight months or until they was engaged at the battle of Brandywine in Sept. 1777 then under the Command of a Col. Walter Stewart from Philadelphia (called the Irish Beauty) - Cannot recollect if Said McBride stated of being in the

battle of Germantown, but that he continued and was in all the encampments at and near the Valley Forge until the month of June when he M c Bride was engaged in the battle of Monmouth. That he stated he had been long sick after said battle that he spoke of the battle of Stony Point, but she don't know of his saying that he was engaged in said battle, but said he was at the battle of Yorktown, Virginia & at the surrender in the fall of 1781 that he was then of Capt. Marshall's Comp y . That said M c Bride stated that after the great surrender he was engaged guarding the British Prisoners at the Lancaster Barracks until about two years before the close of the said revolutionary war, that previous thereto said M c Bride stated that he had been on or about two years in actual service in said war in the Penn a . line, that he said that he was honorably discharged by Col or Maj. Cunningham an officer of the garrison at Lancaster near the middle of November 1781. From thence he returned home & joined the Army at Fort Pitt and served until 1783 & in the Spring of 1790 served as follows. That in 1790 her said husband stated that he engaged for six months at Fort in the Comp y . Commanded by Capt. M c Gandy & that as well as department Can Re collect in the Regt. Commanded by Col late Major Willis, and also said in the Army Commanded by Major Genl. Josiah Harmar. That they was ordered to Fort Washington & from thence they soon was ordered out in the Indian Country & had several skirmishes where they was successful, but finally got very greatly defeated & nearly half of said army was reported lost in their last battles & that the survivors returned again to Penn a & many of whom remained at said Fort Pitt where said M c Bride was honorably discharged by his said officers after having served about six months, having enlisted for six months at Fort Pitt, Deponent states the date of said discharge was about or sometime in December of said year. That her said husband & others of his brother soldiers engaged first as volunteers in the Comp y . Commanded by Captain M c Nair for six months in the Regiment Commanded (thinks he said Col Wilkins, also mentioned of a Col. Lunkill and that the said volunteers served on the frontier, far up and down the Alleghany river and considerably at and above Fort Pittsburg & her said husband mentioned of much scouting & skirmishing against said Indians and that he also stated of guarding Green's Praries Cross & Sugarhouses & other stations &

Block-houses on & near said River, that they drew their provisions, ammunition & pay at said Fort Pitt, thus they continued to serve in the said Service until their term of six months expired, she believes in September or early in the fall of 1791 & honorably discharged by their said Officers at or near Fort Pitt aforesaid. That said McBride stated that he also served much as a hired substitute. That sometime or not long after said discharge her said husband again engaged for six months longer in the Compy. Commanded by Capt. Patterson & served in similar tours as before except when they was ordered on the well known Campaign to Lake Erie and at Fort Leboeuf, Pappanage, French Creek & Fort Franklin for some time & had been building & repairing Block-houses & Forts &c. until one of the scouting parties was sent as in express to the fort, that a large number of the Indian Warriors was on their way down the said Alleghany River to Fort Pitt & directly they was pursued by the Volunteers chosen out of their three Companies viz of the said Capt. Patterson, Capt. Bell and Capt. McMaines who was soon on a forced march and arrived in time to hear the Indians firing on the said Fort Pitt & during, when a skirmish took place when the said Indians fled & some few killed & some wounded and the said Soldiers took and kept possession of said Fort and thus continued to serve in the said Service until their said term of six months had expired when they was honorably discharged by their said Officers, after their said three Companies returned and arrived at said Fort Pitt. That he often stated of serving as substitute for a James Davis & some others which she can't recollect. That her said husband & some of his brother Soldiers enlisted for the term of three years at said Fort Pitt in the Compy. Commanded by Capt. Sparks from said County in the month of April 1793 as her said husband stated it was a little before Genl. Wayne's Army left their encampment at Legionville in the Army boats destined for Fort Washington where her said husband was ordered on guard also guarding the Army stores &c until the said Army Marched off on the Northern Campaign, on Genl. Harman's and Genl. St. Clair's trail to Fort Greenville and also stated that he continued in the said Service, and was in some skirmishes and was also engaged in the last & general Battle of August 1794 & that he was

honorably discharged by Col Butler & said Capt. Sparks after the general treaty of said Greenville in the month of August 1795 & returned again to Fort Pitt. Your Deponent further declares that she is Fifty five years of age and that she was married to the said Hough McBride on the day of AD, 1827 that her husband the said Hough McBride died on the day of AD, 1836 and that she is now a widow and has continued a widow unmarried ever since the death of the said Hough McBride - That she was married to the said Hough McBride at the time aforesaid by one Enoch Thomas a Justice of the Peace in the said County and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Baker that there is no public or private or family record of her said marriage with Hough McBride in existence to her knowledge and belief. - That your deponent has no documentary evidence in support of her claim - Nor has she any other evidence of her husband's said service than that which is herewith attached. - That she is poor and stands in need of aid.
That she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining from the United States under act or acts of Congress in such cases made and provided a Pension in right of the services aforesaid of her said husband. - And also such Pension or Pensions as may have been due her said husband to the time of his death and now due her as widow of said deceased.
For Mary F. McBride mark
Second Subscribed in open Court March 3 1857
R. T. Galloway Brother

Very  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9544
Mary Mc c Bride Wid Hugh Mc c Bride Print Rec. War
Act: July 3 d  1863
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 21
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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77,519
160 Acres

No. 6719. May ch. Bndle mag. Hough. Pa
lot S. Dunn June 27 1857 Same, July 25, 1857 Same Aug. 14/57 Same Aug 20/57 Same Feb 15/57 Same Nov 20/57 Hon. S. Clemens Mch. 18/58
act Feb. 8. 58
Lit. A. G. Graham Aug. 20/58 A. S. P. Pough Oct. 2. "

No
Mary McBride, wid. of Hugh - wd?
Fayette Co. Pa =
Adams Act Feb 3 d 1853. at the rate of $73.33 - to commencing Feb 3 d 1853. 22 months service - =
Send Certificate to L. A. Peugh - Post
1860.9.4 1853.2.2 7.7.1
73.33 273.31 12 / 173.31 42.77712 556.08 20 556.28 365 / 73.33 ( 22 730 30

Union Town Penn a July 9 th /57. To Com of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed you will find additional evidence in support of the Claim of Mary McBride widow of Hugh McBride for Pension due her in right of the Revolutionary Services of her said Husband. Her said Husband never drew a pension in his life- time. Therefore claiming the pension which might have been drawn by him in his life time, and also Pension due her as Widow. I received a letter from Com. of Pensions

dated April 27 th 1857, upon the subject of this claim, and send you enclosed Proof taken several years ago which clearly shows the services rendered by the said Hugh McBride Please give the case attention.
And oblig. Yours &
Daniel Downer

Mary McBride - married to Hugh McBride in 1827
He died in 1836.
Identity of widow, & death of husband proved by several witnesses.
Length of service claimed by widow in Rev. war, etc.
  under Capt. Com  2 months  } date supposed to be in 1777    Capt. Morrison  6 months    engaged in several battles, in N.H. & N.J.  Various offers - till Nov. 1781 - at Surrender at Yorktown & other battles.  " till Nov. 1783 - at Fort Potts -
Respectable witnesses, speaking from their own knowledge, prove service of widow in Mil. & Vol. - alternately in two companies from Nov. '81 - to Nov. '83 - or 22 months & some days.
May 8 th 1854
Pension granted to client by Special Act of Pa., as widow of Rev. Collins, according to terms of existing law - one of which requires service of at least 12 months - copies of the petition, & affidavits of witnesses, on which pension was granted, filed with papers, proving 22 months service.

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
OFFICE OF THE Secretary OF THE Commonwealth.
Harrisburg, Pa. Decr. 2 d 1857
Daniel Dower Esq Dear Sir,
Your communication relative to the Service of Hugh Mc Bride in the Revolutionary war was duly received at this Dept., but owing to the amount of business on my desk and the time necessary to make a thorough examination of the Records connected with Revolutionary Service I have not been able to give your communication an earlier answer, but have now to say that after a careful examination of the Revolutionary papers on file in this Dept., I have failed entirely to find the name of Hugh Mc Bride upon any of them.

this I exceedingly regret as the Dept. is always anxious to furnish this kind of information particularly to the Widows of an old Revolutionary Soldier.
The Auditor Generals Office at this place containing many of the papers connected with that War, by addressing the officer of that Dept., you may possibly get some evidence of the Service of though not broad,
Very Respectfully Yours
D. L. Chandler State Dept.

Union Town Penn a July 29/57 H. Pom. of Pensions Hon Sir
Your letter of July 25 th 1857 requiring Rec- ord Proof to be sought after at Harrisburg in the case of Mary McBride widow of Hugh McBride in right of the Revo- lutionary services of her said husband came duly to hand. Enclosed you will find additional evidence show- ing that Record evidence in this case has been sou- ght after but have failed to obtain it as you will discover from said evidence. Abundant evidence might

be produced of Hugh McBride being reputed and regarded as a Revolutionary Soldier in the neighbourhood in which he lived, but such proof we thought unnecessary as there is now on file the testimony of two respectable and credible witnesses as to his Revolutionary Services, showing said Services to have been rendered. - Test- imony which is difficult to procure at this late day on account of the rapid decrease of the survivors of the Revolutionary Army.
Permit me to say that the claimant is poor, and by granting this

claim, if consistant with your sense of duty, you will have administered to the comfort and happiness of an old and meritorious Lady now in her declining years. The applicant res- pectfully asks a further examination of her said claim hoping it may receive at your hands a favorable consideration.
Yours Very Respectfully, Daniel Downer Atty. for claimant

Union Town Penn a Sept. 3/57. Hon Com of Pensions Sir
Your letter dated Aug. 29 th /57. in regard to the case of Mary M c Bride widow of Hugh M c Bride a revolutionary Soldier for pension came duly to hand and in reply have to state that the same evidence which plac- ed her on the pension Roll of the State of Penn a is now before you. Enclosed you will find an Act of Assembly which I presume will show the principle upon which the State of Penn a stands in regard to granting Pensions - That is the half-pay principle. In special acts for

The relief of Revolutionary soldiers and their widows it has been the Custom of the Legislature of Penn a to grant an Annuity of Forty dollars during Life & gratuity for the highest term of service, as may be seen by reference to Pamphlet Law s . I do not know of any thing at Har- risburg which may throw light on the point suggested in your letter. The applicant therefore rests her Case upon the Services as proven by Mr Jacob Wholery and James McDonald with full confidence that in adjusting her allowance you will grant to her an aged Relic of a Son of Liberty the full amount to which

she may be entitled under the evidence.
Yours Very Respectfully,
Daniel Downer Claimant Atty.

Washington City Jany. 26/58 J W Whiting Dear Sir
In consequence of the meeting of Congress. I will not be able to be personally present to-day at the examination of the claims of Mary McBride widow of Hough. for Pension and Bounty Land, but avail myself of this method of making a few suggestions. Any statement which may be made by Mr Downer her Atty in reference to these claims may be regarded by you as altogether reliable.
I have examined a Copy of the Proof on file in support of the said widows claim for a Pension and am well satisfied that the testimony of Mr James McDonald indicates actual

service in the Revolutionary war at least from the month of December 1781 until the close of the Rev. war. The testimony of Mr. Jacob Whoolery in my opinion corroborates the testimony of Mr. McDonald in regard to said service. Taking this testimony in connection with the fact that a gratuity and annuity were granted to her by act of assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn a I think these claims well founded. - Lep. Strickland I presume will be required in cases of this kind where time and death have rendered it almost impossible to obtain parol testimony of services rendered in the Rev. war.
Believing these Claims to be justitious I hope they may receive at your hands a favorable consideration.
Yours Very Respectfully Wm Montgomery

No. 642.
AN ACT
Relative to State Roads in Greene County.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so much of any law of Pennsylvania as prevents the courts of quarter sessions from appointing viewers to vacate or change the location of part of any road laid out by act of Assembly, previous to their being opened for travel, is hereby repealed so far as the same applies to Greene county.
E. B. CHASE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
M. M'CASLIN,
Speaker of the Senate.
APPROVED—The eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
WM. BIGLER.
No. 643.
AN ACT
Authorizing the Auditor General to examine the account of J. Donaldson.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Auditor General be and he is hereby required to examine the claim of J. Donaldson, now or lately of Huntingdon county, late contractor on the Tunkhannock division of the Pennsylvania canal, and report the facts thereof at his earliest convenience to the Legislature, specifying the amount due, if any thing.
E. B. CHASE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
M. M'CASLIN,
Speaker of the Senate.
APPROVED—The eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
WM. BIGLER.

No. 644.
AN ACT
For the relief of Elsie Fox, Mary M'Bride, Phebe Brown, Lydia Black, Martha Patterson and Thomas Holliday, widows of soldiers and soldier of the Revolutionary and Indian wars.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay Elsie Fox and Lydia Black, of Greene county, Mary M'Bride and Phebe Brown, of Fayette county, and Martha Patterson, of Lawrence county, widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary war, an annuity of forty dollars each, during life, to be paid half yearly, commencing on the first day of July, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and a gratuity of forty dollars to each, as provided for in existing laws.
SECTION 2. That the State Treasurer is hereby required to pay Thomas Holliday, or his order, a gratuity of forty dollars in addition to the annuity authorized by act of the present session of the Legislature.
E. B. CHASE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
M. M'CASLIN,
Speaker of the Senate.
APPROVED—The eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
WM. BIGLER.
No. 645.
AN ACT
Legalizing the selling of produce in the Canal basin in the city of Pittsburgh.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act it shall be lawful for any person bringing any produce, marketing, manufactures or other articles down the Pennsylvania canal in any market boat, flat or other craft into that portion of the canal lying within the city of Pittsburgh, commonly known as the canal basin, to sell or otherwise dispose of the same at said basin: Provided , That no portion of this act shall be so construed as to allow huckstering

An act for the relief of disabled, aged, and poor revolutionary officers and soldiers.
[Sup. ch. 3825]
SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in general assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the secretary of the commonwealth, auditor general, and state treasurer, or any two of them, be and they are hereby constituted and erected into a board of enquiry, to ascertain the actual service of such officers and soldiers as shall apply for the benefit of this act, either by themselves or their lawful attorney, and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of said board, that any applicant has served in the Pennsylvania line during the revolutionary war, or until he was regularly discharged, and from age, bodily infirmity, or other causes, is unable to earn a living, and that he is not possessed of property sufficient to maintain him, and has not heretofore been placed on the pension list of this state, nor shall, at the time of making such application as aforesaid, receive from the United States an annuity, in their opinion sufficiently comfortable, it shall be their duty, and they are hereby authorized and required to place his name on the pension book, opened by them in their offices respectively, allowing each applicant so as aforesaid entitled to an annuity, if a non-commissioned officer or soldier at their discretion a sum not exceeding the half pay of such non-commissioned officer or soldier; and if a commissioned or staff officer, a sum not exceeding the one-fourth of such commissioned or staff officers pay, according to the rank held by him at the time of his leaving the service, to continue during life, payable half yearly, and also an additional sum, equal to one years annuity, to be paid at the time of making the decree.
Board instituted to ascertain the services of officers.
Facts to be enquired into.
Authorized to place certain description of persons on the pension list.
Limitation as to the amount.
SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That each officer and soldier, placed on the pension books under the provisions of the act, entitled, "An act constituting a tribunal to relieve the distresses of the disabled, or infirm and poor revolutionary officers and soldiers, who served in the Pennsylvania line," passed March thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, shall be entitled to receive a sum of money equal to one years annuity, immediately after the passing of this act, over and above the annuity he is to receive by virtue of the decree of the court appointed under the act aforesaid.
Part of this extended to pensioners under act, vol. 5, p. 369.
SECT. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if it shall appear to the board aforesaid, to be necessary, they shall recommend to the Orphans' Court of the county within which any such officer or soldier shall reside, whose duty it shall be to appoint some suitable person to be his guardian, removable at any time by said court, and it shall be the duty of such guardian to draw the annuity from the treasury, and apply the same in procuring diet and clothing for such officer or soldier, and render an account of said expenditure to said court annually, on oath or affirmation, who are hereby authorized and required to settle and adjust the same without fees, to the said court or to the officers thereof.
If necessary, board to recommend the appointment of guardians.
Their duties.
SECT. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the act, entitled, "An act constituting a tribunal to relieve the
Former act repealed.

1813. distresses of disabled, or infirm and poor revolutionary officers and soldiers, who served in the Pennsylvania line," passed March thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, be and the same is hereby repealed. (1)  Vol. 5, p. 369.
Passed 25th February, 1813.—Recorded in Law Book No. XIII. p. 360.
(1) By a supplement, (ch. 3825,) any officer or soldier who has served during the revolutionary war, one year in the Pennsylvania line, and who by age, infirmity or other causes, is unable to maintain himself, to be placed on the pension list. Pensioners to make oath of having been honourably discharged. Widows and children of officers and soldiers who died in the service of the state, during the late war, entitled to the benefits of the act, vol. 2, p. 517, (see ch. 4244.)
CHAPTER 3660.
An act to incorporate the trustees of Hughesian Free School, in Buckingham township, Bucks county.
SECT. 1. [INCORPORATED by the style of "The Trustees and Directors of the Hughesian Free School," with the usual corporate powers. Land devised by Amos Austin Hughes not to be aliened. 2. To have a common seal. 3. Provision for supplying vacancies. Trustees to be elected by the qualified electors. Not to exceed twelve. Qualifications as directed by the will of Amos A. Hughes. Seven to be a quorum. One to be annually chosen President. 4. Trustees may elect such officers as they think necessary. To make by-laws, &c. not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of the United States or of this commonwealth. 5. May erect suitable buildings. Interest of funds to be employed in teaching poor children of the township of Buckingham, the essential branches of an English education, and in boarding and clothing, such as the trustees may think proper. Children of the blood kindred, of the testator, to be allowed the benefits of the institution. 6. Three directors to be appointed by the trustees from their own number. Rotation in their office. 7. Directors to employ teachers. To visit the school, and report to the trustees annually. 8. By-laws, &c. to be entered, &c. No misnomer to defeat any grant to the corporation, provided the intention be clear. Nonuser of their privileges not to work a forfeiture. 9. [Obsolete.]
Passed 25th February, 1813.—Recorded in Law Book No. XIII. p. 364.
CHAPTER 3663.
[Vol. 5, p. 131.]
A supplement to an act, granting arbitrations.
SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in general assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That where a suit or action has been or hereafter shall be marked for trial at any court, such suit or action shall not be referred, (except by consent of parties,) within thirty days before, nor during the sitting of  Suit marked for trial, not to be referred within 30 days of the court.

Pennsylvania, Fayette County, SS.
I R. T. Galloway Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that
Thomas Acklin Esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration & affidavits
appears to have been made, was at the date thereof ————— an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his own genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court, at Uniontown, this 23 d day of June
A.D. 1857 R. T. Galloway
Prothonotary.

I do hereby Certify That I Thomas Atkinson before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were taken have no interest in the result of the above Case and am not Concerned in its pro- secution,
Thomas Atkinson

Uniontown, Pa. May 7, 1860.
Hon. Geo. Whiting Att. of Pres.
Dear Sir:-
You will please recognize A. G. Graham, Esq., who will present this letter as a Co-agent, to assist in the prosecution of the Rev. David of Mary M c Bride, widow of Hays whom I hereby authorize to take such further steps towards securing it, all means that he may see proper.
I am Resp. Jr. M c Leet. David Dorrance

Union Town Penn a August 19 th /57 To Com. of Pensions
Sir Enclosed you will find the private Act in favor of Mary McBride widow of Hugh McBride a revolutionary soldier, taken from the Pamphlet Laws of Pennsylvania passed during the Session of 1854, as required by your letter of August 14 th 1857 in support of the Pension Claim of the said Mary in right of the Revolutionary services of her said husband. If the Book itself containing the Laws of Pennsylvania passed at the Session of 1854, be required Please inform me and it will be immediately sent.
Yours very Respectfully,
Daniel Downer My for Claimant.

Uniontown
Fayette Co., Pa. 15 th Sept.
Dear Sir
I understand you process out pension Claims. I will thank you to execute my claim to pension for the Revolutionary services. My husband served several years in the revolutionary army, and I wish you to attend to it for me before the pension Department and get my claim for me working as others. I am very Respectfully
Yours &c.
Mary in M c Bride mark
P.S. You can come & see me when you get the claim allowed as my claim is a just one.

Pension Office, Oct. 2, 1860.
Sir,
The enclosed letter of Mrs. Mary McBride, appointing you (as it is presumed) her attorney to prosecute her claim to pension is herewith returned. It does not appear to be addressed to any one, and it is necessary that her signature should be proved, and certified to be her act, before a magistrate.
Very respectfully, &c., G. M. Woodhull Commissioner.
J. A. Pugh, Esq., Present. }

Mary H. Bullis Rec. Pa. Com. Fayette Co. Pa. Oct 3 rd 1853.
certificates of
Hon. Dan. L. Sturgeon late U.S.S. Pa.
Hon. Andrew Stewart late M.C. Pa.
Filed by A. G. P. Halam Jonathan H. Halam Clerk.

Concord, Mass.
July 25 th 1861
This is to certify that I have long known Mary W m Forster widow of Hugh W m Forster who is now an applicant for a pension on account of the revolutionary services of her husband W m Forster. She has long been a resident of Eugene Co. Tenn. and if the services of W m Forster can be properly authenticated, I believe she is a proper subject for her country's bounty.
I knew James W m Denison well and for many years & would have very confidence in any statement made by him, with David Rooting my acquaintance was very limited, and have no credibility to testify by others.
David Rooting
July 25 th 1861. I fully concur with Mr. Rooting in the statement made above as to the credibility of James W m Denison with whom I have been  was well acquainted for many years previous to his death, and for his wife, that I have been long acquainted with Mary W m Forster previous to his death and know that he is a respectable and credible witness.
Aspen Root

Auditor General's Office,
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 25 1857
Daniel Downer, Esq., Dear Sir,
A careful examination of the Rev. Rolls in this Office has been made for the name of Hugh McBride but it does not appear upon the same. There is a number of Rev. Rolls in file in the "Secretary of States" Office, by writing to that office you may procure some evidence of service,
Respectfully yo.
Wangell McLean for Jacob Gray Jr., Audt. Genl.

Brief in the case of Mary M c Bride , widow of Hugh M c Bride ad. Fayette County and State of Pennsylvania ad d act Feb y 3 d 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Claimant's husband serv d in Pennsylvania Militia 22 months, as proved by two witnesses, endorsed by a special Act granting her an annuity, in 1851. Married in 1826. Death of husband in 1836. Her identity & widowhood satisfactorily proved by parol testimony.
Allowed for 22 months - at the rate of $73.33 to commence the 3 d Feb y 1853.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
S. A. Pugh Pres t . Name and residence of Agent
H. H. Woodley Examining Clerk.

House of Representatives March 15. 1838.
Dear Sir
They leave to enquire, what disposition if any, has been made of the case, of Mary Mc Bride, widow of Hugh Mc Bride, a revolutionary soldier, filed by Daniel Downer, of Uniontown Pa. and the reason, if any, why the same remains undecided.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Yours
Shenaid Clement
N. B. To guard against errors hereafter, please note, in the case of Sparks (this day papers mailed to you), that the same was submitted to me, by said Downer, of Pa as aforesaid.

Union Town Penn o (Nov. 10 th /57. To Com of Pensions Sir
Mary McBride widow of Hugh McBride applicant for Pension in right of the Revolutionary services of her said Husband seems to think that an application was made by her said Husband in his lifetime for a Pension, which was not prosecuted to a final termination before his death. Please examine and perhaps Proof may be found on file to meet the difficulty as to the length of service suggested in your letter of the 29 th of August 1857. in this Case. Mrs. McBride is not positing certain that such application was made but would be pleased if an examination be made so that she may have the advantage of any Proof which may have been furnished in her Husband's application, if any made.
Yours Very Respectfully
Daniel Downer, Atty for Applicant

Wm. G. C. Huling, Comr. of Pensions, U.S.C.
Janesboro Tenn., B May: 1860.
Sir:
Herewith I forward to your office a certificate of Hon. Geo. F. Sturgeon (who was U.S. Senator from Penn. for 12 years, and during the Peace Admin. Appt. heard at Phila.) and a certificate of Hon. Chas. Stoval, (who was an M.C. for 15 & 20 years) certifying as to the respectability of Mrs. Mary McPride, of Fayette Co. Penn., an applicant for a Rev. Pen. under the act of Feb. 28/53, and to the credibility of McDonald & Wheeler , the witnesses in the claim.
If it is admitted that these two witnesses are credible , (and you can have no reason to doubt this if the certificates of Honorable gentlemen are worthy of credit, you cannot deny the allowance of this claim.
McDonald expressly states
"That he personally knew that they both (McDonald & McPride) engaged in the Militia & volunteer service at Ft. Pitt, in Dec. 1781, under Capt. Smith & Col. Wilkins 3 d Regt. and served their lawful term, and as Subsisters to Nov. 1783" (22 mths)
Wheeler states that
"McPride served 22 months, as certified by Capt. P. Long" (22 mths, late of 2 d Regt. Pa. Vol.)
Besides these positive and direct statements the witnesses give a long narrative of facts, &c, all of which go to show that they have or had a personal knowledge about the things of which they testify. Coupling these statements, with the certificates enclosed, making for their credibility, and so

cannot see how you can resist the conclusion that this sister, who is recognised as a Pensioner for Revolutionary services by the state of Pennsylvania, and to whom you allowed County Land for said services, is entitled to a pension under said act for 22 months services of her late husband in the Revolutionary War. You can only resist this conclusion by saying of the proof adduced - like the home-jokes spoken of by Solomon in Proverbs - "Tis naught; tis naught - and the goath may straightway and boasteth." I claim a fair and faithful consideration of the proof in this case; and I feel sure you cannot disallow it.
Some years since I prosecuted the claim of Margaretta, wife of David Dearsick, and it was refused, altho' repeatedly urged, by your office. In that case there was the testimony of one witness who purported to be a soldier, and knew the facts about which he testified. There was other corroborative proof; and on appeal to the Secy. of the Interior, the claim was allowed. This is a good precedent for this case - and this being sustained by two witnesses , a fortiori , the case should be allowed.
The mode in which I came across this claim is this: I am a native of Fayette Co. Pa., and in conversing with Mr. Donne, on a late visit to Uniontown, Pa., he spoke of this case, and requested me to examine it, when at D.F. I did so, and concluding it was a good one, and fully sustained, as I thought, I desire, with the enclosures herein enclosed, that the claim be again taken up, the papers carefully examined, due weight given to the proof, and, (as I think you will so conclude), the claim allowed.
I am, Resp'y &c H. G. Graham

1) Chapter 3658.
Copy, from the laws of Penn a .
(Vol. 5 page 27. Passed 25. Feby 1815.
An act for the relief of the old, aged and poor Revolutionary Officers & Soldiers.
Sec. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in general assembly met and it is hereby enacted by the of the same. That the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Auditor General and State Treasurer or any two of them be and they are hereby constituted and created into a board of inquisy to ascertain the actual service of such Officers & Soldiers as shall apply for the benefit of this act, either by themselves or their lawful attorney and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of said board that any applicant has served in the Pennsylvania line during the Revolutionary War, or until he was regularly discharged, and from age, bodily infirmity or other causes, is unable to earn a living, and that he is not possessed of property sufficient to maintain him, and has not heretofore been placed on the pension list of this state, nor shall at the time of making such application as aforesaid, receive from the United States an annuity in their opinion sufficiently compensable, it shall be their duty, and they are hereby authorized and required, to place his name on the pension book opened by them in their offices respectively, allowing each applicant as aforesaid entitled to an annuity of a more common officer or soldier at their discretion a sum not exceeding the half pay of such non commissioned officer or soldier, and of a commissioned or staff officer a sum not exceeding the one fourth of such commissioned or staff officer's

These Apis go to are to them by our from the D. L. Burgh Library of the State Department in this City.
pay, according to the rank held by him at the time of his leaving the service to continue during life pay other half yearly and also an additional sum equal to one years annuity to be paid at the time of making the decree.
Sec t 2. and be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That each officer & soldier placed on the pension books under the provision of the act entitled, "An act constituting a distress to releas the distresses of the disabled or injured & poor motherless officers and soldiers, who served in the Pennsylvanian line", passed March thirty first, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, shall be entitled to receive a sum of money equal to one years annuity immediately after the passing of this act and also the annuity he is to receive by virtue of the decree of the court appointed under the act aforesaid.
Sec t 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That if it shall appear to the board aforesaid to be necessary, they shall recommend to the Orphans Court of the County within which any such officer or soldier shall reside, whose duty it shall be to appoint some suitable person to be his guardian, removeable at any time by said court and it shall be the duty of such guardian to draw the annuity from the treasury and apply the same in procuring diet and clothing for such officer or soldier and render an account of said expenditure to said court annually.

on oath or affirmation, who are hereby authorized and required to settle and adjust the same with reference to the said Court or to the officers thereof.
Sec. 4. Are hereby further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the act, "entitled an act constituting a tribunal to relieve the distressed of disabled or injured and poor revolutionary officers and soldiers who served in the Pennsylvania line "passed March thirty first, one thousand eight hundred and twelve be and the same is hereby repealed. Passed 25 th Jany. 1813. Records in Law Book No X III. p 360
Chapter 3825.
A Supplement to the act entitled "An act for the relief of disabled and poor revolutionary officers and sol- Vol. 5, page 106 = dies "passed the Twenty fifth day of Jany. one thousand Laws of Pa. eight hundred and twelve
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in general assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in all cases where any officer or soldier of the Pennsylvania War and shall have served one year or more in the Pennsylv- line, and from age, bodily infirmity, or other causes is unable to earn a living, or was rendered unfit for service by wounds or other casualty and who does not possess property sufficient to maintain him, the board of inquiry shall place such officer or soldier on the pen- sion list, and such officer or soldier shall be entitled

to all and singular the benefits of the act to which this is a supplement; provided that before any non commission officer or soldier is placed on the said pension list he shall produce satisfactory evidence, or take oath or affirmation before a Judge or Justice of the Peace of the proper County or before the board established by the act to which this is a supplement. That he was honorably discharged from service the service of this state or of the United States, and the said judge or justice shall transmit a certified copy thereof to the anderton General.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said board may, within one year after being made any decree under this act or the act to which this is a supplement revise, alter and modify any decisions thereof; provided that no pension decreed by said board shall exceed the amount limited by the act to which this is supplementary.
passed 7 th Feby 1814. Recorded in Love Book No. XIV p. 173.

No. 644
An Act.
For the relief of Elsie Fox, Mary McBride Phoebe Brown, Lydia Black, Martha Patterson and Thomas Holliday, widows and soldiers of the Revolutionary & Indian Wars.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representatives of the Commonwealth in General assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the author- ity of the same, That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay Elsie Fox & Mary McBride Lydia Black of Green County Mary McBride and Phoebe Brown of Fayette County, and Martha Patterson of Lawrence Coun- ty widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary War an annuity of forty dollars each during life to be paid half yearly, commencing on the first day of July Anno Domini, One thousand eight hundred and fifty four, and a gratuity of forty dollars to each as provided for in existing laws.
Section 2. That the State Treasurer is hereby required to pay Thomas Holliday on his order a gratuity of forty dollars in addition to the annuity authorized by act of the present session of the legislature.
E. B. Chase
Speaker of the House of Representatives
M. M'Caslin
Speaker of the Senate
Attest. The eighth day of May anno domini one thousand eight hundred & fifty four
Wm. Bigler,

State of Pennsylvania
Fayette County ss It is hereby Certified that Satisfactory Proof has been exhibited before me Register having Probate Jurisdiction for the County of Fayette in the State of Pennsylvania by the Affidavit of James McDonald a person of known Respectability and a Credible witness. That relative to the Military Services of Hugh McBride in the Indian War under General Wayne of the North Western army of 1793 &c. That said Hugh McBride was then of Capt. Richard Sparks Company of the Regiment Commanded by Col Butler under whom he the said McBride engaged near Pittsburgh, Penn a for the term of Three years in the month of April 1793. - The said James McDonald further Certifies that he was a Member of the said Company & Regiment and that when at Fort Washington the said McBride was one of the many guards to protect the army Stores, also guarding the stock &c. until the said Army was ordered out to the Indian Country. And that he the said McBride continued to serve in the said Service until the general Battle of the said month of August 1794 in which said McBride was then and there engaged, and thus continued to serve until after the final treaty at Greenville in the then Territory of Ohio on the third day of August 1795 and that soon after said treaty, said McBride and he the said Deponent was honorably discharged by their said officers at Greenville. - Said Hugh McBride was furloughed

of the M ty . & fugleman in 1782.-3 at Fort Pitt. Further that relative to the said Hugh McBride Revolutionary Services he the said M c Donald can only state that his Father Abraham and said Hugh McBride after they returned &c. they often spoke of serving together in the Flying Camp, and for eight months at the Valley Forge. - But that the the said James M c Donald personally knows that the said Hugh McBride and the said Abraham his father both engaged in the Militia and Volunteer Service at Fort Pitt in the month of December 1781 under Capt. Smith & of Col Wilkins 3 d Regiment and they served their lawful tours and also served as substit- utes at least half their time, and they had a little home and families on this dangerous frontier - That they continued in said Service until November 1783.
I further certify that Satisfactory Proof has been exhibited before me Register as aforesaid by the Affidavit of Jacob Wholey a person of unimpeachable character and a credible Witness that he has been long and well acqu- ainted with Mary McBride, who is the lawful widow of Hugh McBride. That relative to the Revolutionary Services of her husband Hugh McBride rendered east of the Mountains I can only say that the said McBride was under the general reputation of having been a Revolutionary soldier also of the Indian war That said Hugh McBride and Abraham M c Donald had served east of the Mountains,

but after their services under Capt. Marshall at York Town Virginia expired, soon after Lord Cornwallis's battle and surrender, they also stated that they returned to Lancaster & guarding prisoners &c. until sometime in November 1781. from thence they the said McDonald and the said McBride returned home to the Frontier - I saw them engage in the frontier service as hired substitutes, says deponent and said deponent also says that said McDonald engaged for two months for Joseph Smith and the said Hugh McBride substituted also for two months for Alexander Davis (each of whom were residents of Fort Pitt about the middle of December 1781, or being a little after the Indians attempted to burn Fort Pitt during early in said December of said year - that they the said McDonald and said McBride continued to serve on and near the Alleghany River - That the said McBride and said McDonald, Joseph Schlin & P. Smith & others all of said Capt. Smith's company of Militia & Volunteers & of the Regiment commanded by Col. Wilkins (father of Judge Wilkins) and that the other Company commanded by Capt. McCully (late Mayor) - said companies relieved other &c. in their turn - Also D. Lewellen & J. McCudden all of whom were of said McBride's Mts. and that they the said McBride and McDonald continued to serve at the many different posts, forts Block-houses & Stations on & near the said Alleghany River until their term of two months expired when they were honorably discharged by said Capt.

Smith at Fort Pittsburg about the 15 th February 1782 That on or about the 16 th of February 1782 said McBride being lately drafted &c. commenced his second two months term under said Capt. McClure & that said McBride & said McDonald being very desirous of serving and devoting their whole time, in order to get both gov- ernment & the substitute pay &c. - they were counted useful soldiers, from long & early practice, first under Mumford & 2 d of the early part of the Revolution. Deponent further declares that he personally knew that said McBride did well and truly serve in the said capacity as above, also as a volunteer &c. until after the Peace of November 1783 having served twenty two months and some days, - That Deponent resided long on the frontier & near fifteen years of age in 1781-2 &c. yet he cannot distinctly recollect all of the dates in proper rotation, but can remember said services as they occurred and knows that they rendered the said service.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and Seal of the Registers Office at Union Town this sixteenth day of March A.D. 1857 And that I have no interest in this Case in any way whatever. J. M. Collins Register

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
OFFICE OF THE Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Harrisburg, Pa. July 9 th 1857
Dear Sir,
Owing to the amount of business on my desk I could not give the Hugh McBride case earlier attention, as it requires considerable time to make the necessary examinations, but a careful search has been made, and no evidence been found of the service of Hugh McBride among the Revolutionary Records of the State Dept.
Very Respectfully Yours
P. L. Chandler Mil. Secy.

Auditor General's Office Stanislung May 23 d . 1857.
Daniel Downer, Esq.
Dear Sir,
A careful examination of the Revolutionary Rolls in this Department, has been made for the name of Hugh McBride, but it does not appear upon the same.
You had better address a letter yourself to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, in the subject, which will secure his prompt attention.
Respectfully
Isaac Fry Aud. Genl.

Union Town Penn a June 2/57.
To
Sec. of War, of Tenn a Sir
Enclosed you will find Letters in the Case of Mary McBride Widow of Hugh McBride, from which you will discover what information and evidence is needed in the Case. Please examine Rolls in your Office and inform me whether the name of Hugh McBride appears thereon or if any evidence of service of  is found in your Office, and
Oblig d yours &c Dan l Downer

State of Pennsylvania
Fayette County ss. On this the 29 th day of July A.D. 1857, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Fayette personally appeared Daniel Downer a person with whom I am well acquainted and hereby certify to be a respectable and credible witness who being duly affirmed according to law says that the two letters hereto attached were received by him as Atty. of Mary McBride Applicant for United States Pension in right of the Revolutionary Services of her husband Hugh McBride in answer to letters of enquiry addressed by him in reference to the Revolutionary Services of the said Hugh McBride Viz A letter dated May 23 rd 1857 from Jacob Smijp Auditor General of the State of the State of Penn na . Also a letter dated July 9 th 1857 from the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of the Pennsylvania dated July 9 th 1857. both of which said letters are hereto attached. Your Affiant further saith that the said Mary McBride was granted a gratuity and annuity by Act of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania approved the 18 th day of May A.D. 1854 in right of the Military Services of her said husband (See Pamphlet Laws of the Com on wealth of Penn na for the year 1854 page 660.
Daniel Downer
Sworn to and subscribed before me

This 29 th day of July A.D. 1857, and I here Certify that I have no interest in the result of the above Case and am not concerned in its prosecution Daniel Smith P.
Pennsylvania, Fayette County, SS.
I R.T. Galloway Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that
Daniel Smith Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit
appears to have been made, was at the date thereof & now is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County duly commis- sioned and qualified, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court, at Uniontown, this 29 th day of July
A.D. 1857 R.T. Galloway Prothonotary.

No. 6719 =
Mary M c Bride,
Mrs. of Haugh,
Pa
Feb. 30 1853

Union Town Penn a March 25/57.
To Commission of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed you will find evidence in support of the claim of Mary M c Bride for a Pension in right of the Revolutionary Services of her Husband Hugh M c Bride and said Hugh M c Bride never having received a Pensioner in his life time. I presume the said Mary M c Bride (his Widow) would be entitled to whatever Pension her husband might have been entitled in his life time had he applied - also whatever Pension which might be due her under existing acts of Congress as Widow of said Hugh M c Bride. Please give the case attention and oblige Yours &c.
Daniel Dauncy (Claimant) M c G. March 25 th 1857.

To the honorable Senate and House of Representatives in General
As family met That your petitioner Mary McBride, the lawful widow of Hugh McBride late a Revolutionary deceased Soldier of the Revolutionary and Indian war - That her said husband had long since stated when often conversing with his brother Soldiers on the subject of the said wars, that after serving a term of six months under Capt. Cunnigham for the term of six months in the company commanded by Captain Morrison of the Pennsylvania line, and in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cunningham of Lancaster county Pa - that they was ordered to New Jersey to Staten Island, for some time, & also at Amboy, from thence to a new Fort on Long Island, Not long after which they was engaged at the said battle of Long Island, as well as petitioner recollects that said husband stated that he was also at the battle of the White Plains and that after which their surviving troops retreated through New Jersey, thence to Philadelphia, where they was honorably discharged by their said officers about the twelfth of December of said year - That he mostly served under said Cap. Works of Cap. Cunnigham's Co.
2. That the petitioner under said officers for two months and was soon engaged in the battle of Brandywine in the State of said McBride was in the battle of Brandywine, as he said that he was one of the guards at the Hopton's there taken at the said battle of Brandywine, for nearly eight months, until they was engaged at the battle of Brandywine in September 1777, then under the command of a Colonel Wallis Stewart from Phila (called the Irish Heavy) - cannot recollect if said McBride was in the battle of Germantown, but that he continued and was in all the encampments at the Valley Forge until the month of June when he McBride was engaged in the battle of Monmouth - that he stated that he had been long sick after said battle, that he spoke of the battle of Stony Point, but she don't know of his saying that he was engaged in said battle, but said that he was at the battle of Yorktown Virginia, and at the surrender in the fall of 1781 that at Cap. Marshall's company that said McBride long on stated that he was engaged in guarding the British prisoners at the Lancaster Barracks until the close of the said Revolutionary war, That previous there too said McBride stated that he had been two or about three years in actual service in said war in the Penn a line, that he said that he was honorably discharged by Col or Major Cunningham an officer of the garrison at Lancaster, near the month of Nov r 1781. From thence, he returned home & joined the army at Fort Pitt in the Spring of 1790, served as follows -
3. That in 1790 her said husband stated that he engaged for six months at Fort Pitt in the company commanded by Captain M c Guire of the Vth Reg t , as well as petitioner can recollect, in the Regiment commanded by Col. late Major Willis and also said in the army commanded by Major General Josiah Harmar, that they was ordered to Fort Washington, & from thence they was ordered out in the Indian country, & had several skirmishes where they was successful, but finally got very greatly defeated, & nearly half of said army was reported lost, in their last battle & that the survivors returned a gain to Pennsylvania, & many of whom remained at said Fort Pitt where said M c Bride was honorably discharged by his said officers after serving about six months having entitled for six months at Fort Pitt petitioner stated the date of said discharge was about, or some time in December of said year.
4. That her said husband & others of his brother Soldiers engaged first as volunteers in the company commanded by Captain McBride for six months, in the Regiment commanded (thinks he said) Col. Wilkins, also mentioned of a Col. Farishill, and that the said volunteers served on the frontier, far up & down the said Allegheny river, and considerably at and above Fort Pitt where her said husband mentioned of much scouting & skirmishing against said Indians, that he also stated guarding Greene, Craig, Coes, & Gropfer's, Father Station, & Blockhouses on the said river - that they drew their provisions, ammunition, & pay at said Fort Pitt, then they continued to serve in the said service until their term of six months expired, she believes in September or early in the fall of 1791 & honorably discharged by their said officers at or near Fort Pitt where said M c Bride stated that he also served as a substitute
5. That some time, or not long after said discharge her said husband again engaged for six months longer, in the company commanded by Captain Patterson, & served in similar duties as before except when they was ordered on the well known campaign to Logania, and at Fort Leboeuf, Caprivage, French creek & Fort McKinley for some time, & had been building & repairing block houses, & Forts etc. until one of the scouting parties was sent to the fort that a large number of the Indian warriors was on their way down said Allegheny river to Fort Pitt where they was surprised by the three companies who were out of the fort of the said Cap. Patterson, Cap. Wells, and said Fort McKinley where a skirmish took place, when the said Indians fled, & some were killed, & some wounded and the said Soldiers took & kept possession of said fort, & thus continued to serve in the said service until their said term of six months had expired when they was honorably discharged by their said officers. after their said three companies returned and arrived at said Fort Pitt - That he often stated of serving as a substitute for a James Davis, & some others which she can't recollect, but the same is represented in her former petition for a pension, & sent to Harrisburg, & two other papers, & was said to have been filed for but without any proof in support of her pension claim at that time.
6. That her said husband & some of his brother Soldiers enlisted for the term of three years at said Fort Pitt in the company commanded by Captain Sparks, in the month of April 1793 as her said husband stated, it was a little before General Wayne's army left their encampment at Legionville in the army disturbed for Fort Washington where her said husband was ordered on guard, also guarding the army stores etc. until the said army marched off on the northern campaign, on Gen. Harmar's, & Gen. St. Clair's trail to Fort Greenville, & also stated that he continued in the said service, and was in some skirmishes, & was also engaged in the last, & general battle of August 1794, & that he was honorably discharged by Col. St. Clair  St. Clair & said Cap. Sparks, at the general treaty at said Greenville in the month of August 1795, & returned again to Fort Pitt.

The said widow further declares that she is in necessitous circumstances, & that her within statement, being from her own knowledge, is true to the best of her information submitted, also from the contents of her small diary, which said M c Bride kept of his said service, which was sent with her former petition, & also her application for heavenly land, in right of her father, John Baker, late a dec d soldier of the Revolution. That petitioner has endeavoured to state as near the facts, & as to the best of her said husband's services as she can possibly recollect. That her son Sam l was her friend, & I suppose, that he was engaged in the Mexican war & wounded at the taking of Chapultepec, 18 th Sep r . 1847, was of Company (C) of Col. H. Robertson's Regt., that her said Sam l lived to return home, where he died of his wound. She begs leave to solicit the aid & assistance of her country.
Sworn and subscribed before me a Justice of the peace Mary M c Bride in and for the county of Fayette aforesaid this 11 th day of February A.D. 1854
Thomas A. Kline J.P. Seal
I do hereby certify that I have been long & well acquainted with the above subscriber, widow Mary M c Bride, who is worthy of credit upon oath & of known respectability & that she is the same identical person whom she then represents her self to be. I am also acquainted with the facts thus stated of her said son, Sam l . Morgan M c Bride. Thomas A. Kline J.P.
7 State of Pennsylvania County of Fayette
We the undersigned citizens of said county & well acquainted with the above named petitioner who we believe to be a person worthy of credit upon oath, that her said husband was under the general reputation of having been a soldier of the Revolutionary & Indian wars, & that we well knew her said deceased son, Sam l . Morgan M c Bride, that we knew that he died with his wound, as her the said widow states, & that she is in necessitous circumstances.
Names Isaac
Brownfield
Isaac Brownfield Jr.
Thomas A. Kline
Harvey Sutton
Samuel Sutton
Benjamin Brownfield
Em. Gregg
J. P. Downer
James McDonald of Indian war
P. H. Hook
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Isaac Brownfield Esq r , Isaac Brownfield Jr., Harvey Sutton Esq r , Gen. E. M. Gregg, M c Alpin late Sheriff, P. H. Hook late member H. R. J. P. Downer, late member H. R. & Col. B. Brownfield
M. Allen
Thomas A. Kline J.P.
8 State of Pennsylvania County of Fayette
I James McDonald do hereby certify that relative to the military services in the above named Indian war under Gen. Wayne of the Northwestern army of 1793-4. That he the said Hugh M c Bride then of Captain Richard Sparks company, of the Regiment commanded by Col. Butler under whom he the said M c Bride engaged near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania for the term of three years on the month of April, 1793. That I further certify that I was a member of the said company, & Regiment and that when at Fort M c Kinley, the said M c Bride was one of the many guards to protect the army stores, also guarding the Stock &c, until the said army was ordered out to the Indian country, and that he the said M c Bride continued to serve in the said service until the general battle of the said month of August 1794, in which said M c Bride was then, & there engaged, and thus continued to serve until after the final treaty at Greenville in the said Territory of Ohio, on the third day of August 1795 - and that soon after said treaty, said M c Bride & I was honorably discharged by our said officers at Greenville. Said Hugh was a furloughman of the Reg t furloughed in 1792-3 at Fort Pitt.
That relative to her the said widows above statement of said M c Bride's revolutionary services, that I can only state that my father, & said Hugh, after they returned, they often spoke of serving together in the said Flying camp, & for eight months at the Valley Forge, but that I personally know that they both engaged in the militia & volunteer service at Fort Pitt in the month of December 1781 under Cap. Smith of Col. McKee's 32 nd Regiment, & they also served as substitutes at least half their time, they continued in said service till May 1783.
Sworn & subscribed before me a justice of the peace in and for said county given under my hand the 18 th day of April 1854
Thomas A. Kline J.P.
James McDonald
Thomas A. Kline J.P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with the said James McDonald, that he is worthy of credit upon oath, that he is a State pensioner, & is of known respectability
9 Job Wholler
I do hereby certify that I have been long & well acquainted with the above named petitioner, who is the lawful widow of the said Hugh M c Bride, that relative to his Revolutionary service, east of the mountains, of which I can only say that said M c Bride was under the general reputation of having been a Revolutionary soldier, & also of the Indian war. That said M c Bride & the said Abraham McDonald had served east of the mountains, but after their services under Cap. Marshall at Yorktown Virginia expired, soon after Gen. Lord Cornwallis's battle & surrender, they also stated that they returned to Lancaster, & guarding prisoners, until some time in November 1781, from thence they the said M c Donald returned home to the said Frontier. I saw them engaged in the Frontier service as hired substitutes, that said M c Donald engaged for two months for Joseph Smith for two months, & the said M c Bride substituted also for two months, for Alexander Davis (each of whom was a resident of Fort Pitt) in the middle of December 1781, or being a little after the Indians attempted to burn Fort M c Kinley early in said December of said year, that they the said M c Donald & said M c Bride continued to serve on & near said M c Kinley.

10 That the said McBride & said McDonald, Joseph Acklin & P. Smith & others all of said Cap. Smith's Wilkins Company of militia & volunteers, & of the Regiment commanded by Col. Wilkins (Fathersburg) and that the other company commanded by Cap. McCallie (late Major) - said companies relieved other &c, in their turn - also a D. Lewallen & J. Madden, all of whom were of said McBride's company & that they the said McBride & McDonald continued to serve at the many different posts, forts, block-houses & stations, on & near the said Allegheny river until their term of 2 months expired, when they was honorably discharged by Col. Smith, at Fort Pitt about the 15 th February 1782.
11 That soon about the 16 th Feb. 1782 said McBride being lately drafted &c, commenced his second two months tour under said Cap. McCallie, & that said McBride & said McDonald for being very desirous of serving their whole time, in order to get both government, & the full title to pay &c - they was counted as full soldiers, from long & early practice, first under Dunmore & 2 d of the early part of the Revolution. Deponent further declares that he personally knew that said McBride did well & truly serve in the said capacity as above also as a volunteer &c, until after the first of November 1783 having served 22 months & some days as certified by Cap. B. Longstreth (late of said ward) also certified by deponent, to her former petition for pension as above stated & may be referred to if necessary in support of this her present petition - that the said former petition will show all the different tours, thus served by the said McBride, & likewise set forth the dates thereof more correct &c, than deponent can possibly recollect at this late period, altho' residing long on the frontier, & near 100 years of age in 1782, yet he cannot distinctly recollect all of the dates in proper rotation, but can remember said services as they occurred, & knows that they rendered the said service.
Sworn & subscribed before me a Justice of the peace in & for said County this 18 th day of April A.D.
Thomas Acklin J.P.
Isaac Whollery mark
I do hereby certify that I have been long & well acquainted with the said deponent Isaac Whollery, who is worthy of credit upon oath, & of an unimpeachable character, that he receives a pension for his services in the said Indian war
Thomas Acklin J.P.

I R T Galloway Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County State of Penn a do hereby Certify that I know the Deponent Mary McBride whose Declaration has been sworn to and subscribed in Open Court March 3 1857, which is hereto annexed and believe her to be as is stated in annexed Declaration, and that she is of the age therein stated, and further that I am not interested in this her claim as Attorney or otherwise. Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court affixed by order of said Court now in Session. R T Galloway Proth.
State of Pennsylvania
Fayette County ss. On this the 14 th day of March AD 1857 before me Associate Judge in and for the said County of Fayette personally appeared R T Galloway and Dan. Downer persons whom I well know to be Respectable and Credible witnesses who being duly sworn according to law say that they were present and saw Mary McBride exe- cute the Declaration hereto attached by making her mark thereto and making oath thereto in due form of law and that they Deponents do reside in said County of Fayette. Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid and then Certify that I have no interest whatever in this claim Geo Brownfield Secy Ass't Judge
R T Galloway Dan. Downer

State of Pennsylvania
Fayette County ss: On this the 18 th day of March A.D. 1857. Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Fayette personally appeared David Phillips and Elijah Cropland who are to me well known, and who are credible witnesses, and who being by me duly sworn depose and say that they are each well acquainted with Mrs Mary McBride the identical person who is applicant for Pension as widow of Hugh McBride dec d . That they have known the said Mary McBride for thirty years last past. That they were acquainted with Hugh McBride her late husband having known him for twelve years previous to his death. That they, the said Mary McBride and the said Hugh McBride lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be. That deponents never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. That the said Hugh McBride died on the _____ day of _____ A.D. 1836 and the said Mary McBride has been since that day, and still is reputed to be his widow which deponents believe to be the fact. That she has never married since her said husband's death and still is his widow. That your deponents reside in Fayette Co Penn a and are disinterested.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this day of March A.D. 1857 and I here certify that I have no interest in this case whatever.
J. L. Mearns J.P.
David Phillips
E. Cropland

State of Pennsylvania
Fayette County ss. On this the 21 st day of March AD. 1857 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Fayette personally appeared Anna Abraham whom I do hereby certify to be a respectable and credible Witness, who being duly sworn according to law says: That she is well ac- quainted with Mrs Mary McBride applicant for a Pension in right of the Revolutionary services of Hugh McBride as her husband. That said Mary McBride and the said Hugh McBride were lawfully Married in Fayette County, state of Penn a on the _____ day of _____ AD. 1827 by me Enoch Abraham a Justice of the Peace at the time of said Marriage in and for the said County of Fayette. That your deponent was present and was an eye-witness to said Marriage. - that they the said Mary McBride and the said Hugh McBride lived together as Husband and Wife after said Marriage rais- ing a family as such and were reputed so to be, in the neighbourhood in which they lived. - That deponent never heard the fact of their Marriage disputed or questioned That your deponent resides in Fayette County Penn a and is altogether disinterested. Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid And I here certify that I have no interest in this cause nor conc- urred in its prosecution.
Anna her A. Abraham mark
Test. Mrs J. L. Means J.P. P. D. Brownfield.

State of Pennsylvania
Fayette County ss In addition to what I have stated in my foregoing Affidavit I do hereby Certify that I was the lawful Wife of Enoch Abraham the Justice of the Peace who married the said Mary and the said Hugh McBride at the time said Marriage was consummated and was witness to said Marriage as aforesaid.
Sworn to & subscribed before me the this 21 st day of March A.D. 1857, and then Certify that I have no interest in the result of this Case and am not concerned in its prosecution.
her Anna J. Abraham mark
J. L. Means Jr.
Test. Mrs. P. H. Brownfield
State of Pennsylvania Fayette County, ss
I R. T. Galloway Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby Certify that Andrew Brownfield Esq. before whom part of the foregoing affidavits appear to have been Made, is one of the Associate Judges (and was at the time) of said Court duly Commissioned and qualified - & that J. L. Means Esq. before whom part of the foregoing Affidavits also appear to have been Made - was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned & qualified. That their Official acts are entitled to full force & credit, & that their several signatures thereto are genuine. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court at Uniontown this 21 st day of March A.D. 1857. R. T. Galloway Prothonotary

A. G. Graham, Jonesboro Tenn. Oct. 17/60.
Appeal in the Revolution- ary claim of Mary, wid- ow of Hugh McBride, Oct. Feb. 3. 1853.
Respectfully referred to Com. Pensions for report
Int. Dept. Oct. 17/60
Moses Kelly Chf. Clk.
Rec'd 19 Oct. 60 A. M. Shatto

Jonesboro' Tn., October 17th, 1850.
Hon Jacob Thompson, Secy. of Int: U.S.
Sir-
Under the act of 3d. Feby. 1853, Mary, widow of Hugh McBride, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, (the County of my birth-) presented a claim for the services of her husband, the said Hugh, in the War of the Revolution. The claim was presented by the testimony of James McDonald, and Jacob Wholery, both of whom testify that Hugh McBride served twenty  two months in the War of the Revolution; and these statements are so made, detailing as they do facts & circumstances, and expressly claiming personal knowledge, as to create the impression that the witnesses had a personal knowledge about the facts concerning which they testify. The credibility of the witnesses is amply sustained by the testimony of divers of the most prominent & respectable citizens of Fayette County, on the original paper itself; to which was recently added the strong voucher of Hon. Danl. Sturgeon who was for 12 years a U.S. Senator of the State of Penn a , and the Hon. And o Stewart, long a member of the lower House of Representatives who are, and have long been residents of said County. Supported thus, with positive statements of witnesses, this claim has been rejected, or suspended - by the Commissioner of Pensions, - from whose decision in this case, I respectfully pray an appeal that the case may come especially under your seisin: and for the following reasons: -
1. The acts relating to widows have never been construed

and very properly so, with so much vigor as to proof , as those relating to widows soldiers pensions. From the very nature of the case, a widow could not obtain such proof as would be in the power of the soldier. In the Com ee letter of Aug. 20, 1860, he says "the law directs that the affidavits of intrepes shall be made out, &c" It is well known that this regulation applied only to compensations , as they were called, who, in open court, sustained the statements of the soldiers in the militia service , where their comrades were beyond their reach. And here let me remark that thousands of pensions were granted under these regulations - which did not require the statement of a solitary comrade of the claimant in the service; & many of their widows are now drawing pensions upon claims thus established, under the act of Feb. 3, 1853.
2. This proof is of much stronger character than that required by the militia under the act of 7 June '32. Two compensations as to reputation - with a minister of the Gospel was all that those weeks required; but in this case, we file the statements of two intrepes, abundantly capable to be credible, whose statements were first filed before the legislature of Pennsylvania, and were so satisfactory to the Committee of that body, as to obtain a favorable report thereon, and the passage of a law granting the said widow a pension; and she is now drawing a pension under a special act of the legislature of that state, which act expressly states that the pension is granted in consideration of the services of her husband in the War of the Revolution .

3 The state of Pennsylvania having recognized the services of Hugh McBride, by a special act, gives to those affidavits the nature of a public record - the correctness of which should be placed beyond question by this solemn act representing the united will of that Commonwealth,
4 Some of the proof shows service in the Indians wars; and the Com r . in his letter dated Aug. 29, & Sept. 12, 1857, seems to entertain doubt as to his service over six months in the War of the Revolution. And yet James M c Donald says that M c B. was in service in Decr. 1781, & continued in service to Nov. 1783; 23 mos; Whilst Wholery says he was in service in said War (Revolution) "22 months," as certified &c. Now, grant that these witnesses are credible - and this must be admitted, or all human evidence may be rejected - we have here uncontroverted & undisputed evidence of at least 22 months in the War of the Revolution, sufficient to give, on an average of time 22 1/2 months .
5 I referred in my letter to the case of Margaretta, ind. of David Deadrick - of Tenn - decided by yourself, on an appeal from the decisions of the Commissioners. That claim was filed under the act of 1848; the testimony of but one comrade in service was filed, taken as a common afft. before a Justice of the Peace - whose brief statement of proceedings gave room for the belief that he was a comrade in all the campaigns about which he testified: - there was corroborative traditional proof in other acts, credibility only of a Justice of the Peace as to the main matter; and yet that claim was allowed - justly, as I consider, and due credit to the head & heart that decided it. The pres-

ent case is a much stronger one; that of a widow drawing a pension under the recognized services of her husband in the Revolution by the solemn act of a great Commonwealth; with proof of two intrepids abandoned with mallets of credibility given, under circumstances wherein can be no suspicion of improper motive; all of which, without referring to other points which I might mention, & which I omit lest I be tedious, if carefully considered by yourself with a review of the original papers cannot fail to satisfy you, as I sincerely hope, that this is a just claim, made out fully so as to meet the reasonable requirements of the land.
I therefore respectfully ask that the papers in the case may be brought before you, and that, from the reasons here given, and from other reasons which you will find in the papers themselves, you will reverse the Com ee decision, and allow this claim. I am very Resp y , & S. J. Graham