Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8477, for Samuel Price, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
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Penn.
Price, Samuel
R. 8477
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19.095
Samuel Price Delaware City
Pen
Recd. 16 Feb. 1826
Henry Myers Esq Shurton
Pen

Delaware County ss. Before me William Anderson Esquire a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware Personally appeared Samuel Price Esq. Seventy years a resident Citizen of the United States now residing in the Township of Concord in the said County who being by me duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say That by reason of his reduced circumstance in life he needs the assistance of his friends for support and that he was a  Second Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution for the term of four years or longer on the Continental Establishment That he entered the said Service on or about the middle of May 1776 and left the said Service in the year 1782 having served the whole time for which he enlisted, That he served in the company commanded by Captain William Price which was attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Bull of the Pennsylvania line, and that he hath not any discharge from the said Service now in his possession nor does he know that any such discharge is now in existence, and that he was engaged in the Battle at Fort Lee, Fort Washington, at Germantown and others of like importance and the said Samuel Price doth hereby relinquish his claim to every Pension if any heretofore allowed him by the Laws of the United States known to him or to the said Samuel Price before the making of this Thirteenth day of February A.D. 1826
SAM l PRICE ———
W Anderson ———

Delaware Court S.W. - Deposition
Anderson Esquire a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County personally appeared Isaac Culin a citizen of the County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Samuel Price the within deponent and that he doth verily believe the contents of the facts set forth in the said Deposition are just and true.
Sworn & Subscribed by the sd Isaac Culin before me this Thirteenth day of February A.D. 1836.
Isaac Culin
M. Anderson
Whereupon it appearing to the satisfaction of the subscribed a Judge before whom the foregoing Depositions were taken that Samuel Price is a resident Citizen of the United States and has been against the common enemy in the War of the Rebellion as stated in the deposition of the said Samuel Price I do therefore certify and transmit the proceedings had in this case & the testimony thereof to the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States
M. Anderson

Delaware County Pa. Pennsylvania
I, Henry Myers Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Delaware in the S tate . Do Certify that William Anderson Esquire before whom the foregoing Depositions were taken is & was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Delaware commissioned and authorized. That full faith and credit is ought to be given to all his acts as such and that the name of W. Anderson thereto subscribed is the proper signature of the said W. Anderson Esquire In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at Chester in the said County the 15 th day of February Anno Domini Eighteen Hundred and Twenty Six
Henry Myers Protho.

City & County of Philadelphia
State of Pennsylvania State of Pennsylvania ss.
On this thirtieth day of October, Anno Domini 1827, personally appeared in Open Court as a common pleas for the city and county of Philadelphia being a court of record for the County aforesaid Samuel Trice resident of said County aged 70 years who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820, that the said Samuel Trice entered for the term of six years on or about the middle of May 1776 in the State of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain William Price in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Bull in the line of the State of Pennsylvania, on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps as second Lieutenant during all the said term until about the middle of May 1782 when he left the service in the State of Pennsylvania, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a Pension except the present, that his name is not on the roll of any State except Pennsylvania, and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a Pension, to wit.
That having been in a small degree able to support himself and Wife heretofore, But in consequence of age and sickness, he is now not able to support himself and Wife, which is the cause of this present application.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain"

Certain Person engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any Person in trust for me any Property or Securities, Contracts or Debts due me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto subjoined and by me subscribed
Schedule
  1. Weavers Loom and tackling . . . . . $ 3. 00   1. Corner Cupboard . . . . . 1. 00   1. Olds Desk . . . . . . 50   1. Tea Kettle . . . . . . 50   1. Olds Table . . . . . . 50   Cups and Saucers . . . . . . 50   1. Pig or Shoat . . . . . 1. 00   Shovel and tongs . . . . . . 50   Chairs . . . . . 2. 00   
Dollars 9. 50
Altogether amounting to the sum of nine dollars and fifty cents excepting necessary clothing and bedding. That the occupation of me is a Weaver. My Wife is about the age of sixty Years, who are all my family, and not able to support themselves and needs the assistance of his Country and that since the 18 th of March 1818 there has been no changes made in my Property as contained in the foregoing Schedule and no other sworn to, and declared on the 30 th day of October, 1827
Before me in open court
Matthew Hardall

I Matthew Randal Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Philadelphia Delaware in the State of Pennsylvania. Do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Samuel Price did serve in the Revolu- tionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under an engagement on the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing Oaths and the Schedule thereto subjoined 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 nine Dollars and fifty Cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this Twentieth day of October Anno Domini one thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Seven Matthew Randal

19895
Samuel Price, Rev. Penn?
Suspended. See letters to W. L. Hirst, 21 Dec. 1827— Jan. 14. 1828— and Feb. 4. 1828. Some of the papers sent to Hon. John Sergeant H. R. See letter to him 5 th May 1828. — 13 Papers returned by Hon. J. Sergeant, of H. R. May 8. 1828.
84177

Philad. a Dec r 14. 1827
Sir,
I again trouble you with the application and papers of Samuel Price, a revolutionary officer and a claimant for a Pension.
I have drawn up a circumstantial account of his services, from his own lips, and have so amended the depositions of his witnesses as to meet all the views, in the shape of objection, contained in your letter.
You will also perceive that Parke Shee Esq: testifies to the credibility of all the parties, as well claimants as witnesses.
M r Price persists that the fact you mention as to Col. Bull's having left the army in 1776, January, is an error. It might have been, and he thinks it was, early in the following year or very late in that.
You will oblige me by an early decision. It will give me pleasure, for I am sure the circumstances warrant me in saying I can, obviate any other objections you may think it your duty to make: but the care I have now taken induces me to hope that no more trouble may be put upon me than is absolutely necessary.
With great respect,
Your mo st ob ed serv t ,
J. L. Edward Esq.
Pension Office Washington.
W. L. Kisicki

Philad: Dec. 19. 1827.
Sir,
To obtain further light upon the subject of the revolutionary Services of Lt. Price, about which you have been so often troubled, I wrote to my friend, B. S. Bonsall Esq. a Member of the Pennsylvania Legislature from this city, begging him to inquire, at the proper office, at Harrisburg, whether the name appears upon the Rolls of the Revolutionary Army there.
He answers that it does. The following is a true extract from his reply.
"The name of Lieutenant Saml. Price appears on the Rolls, with the following Memorandum, "Lt. Price, See L. N. N o 1348." on referring to N o 1348, nothing relative to the Lieut. appears.
He also tells me that "Mary Price is, or was, entitled to continental Lands, as the widow of Capt. W. Price." This Capt. was Saml. Price's Superior Officer; and, I believe, could not be entitled to Land unless he served the whole war.
This information, which may, if you require it, be certified by government, proves the applicant's Service beyond doubt.
I am very respectfully, Sir, Your most obedient Servt.
W. L. Knapp
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office -

Delaware County Pennsylvania
We John R. Grailin Pro. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do Certify that Parke Thoe Esquire before whom the foregoing attestations were taken is and was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and authorized And that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to all his acts as such, and that the name of Parke Thoe thereto subscribed is the proper signature of the said Parke Thoe Esquire. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Chester in the said County the twelfth day of December Anno Domini 1827
Pro. Prothof.
J. R. Grailin

Chester Nov 29 th
Free
Hon: Samuel D. Ingham Esq. Sec'y of the Treasury Washington D.C.
Mail { Safe
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No. 30 Nov 1829.
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Chester November 27 th 1829.
Hon. Samuel D. Ingham Esq. Secy of the Treasr.
Sir.
Early in the month of June or July 1828 I transmitted to the department over which you now have control the papers, affidavits &c. relating to the claim of Samuel Price of Delaware County a Revolutionary soldier under the Act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" passed & approved May 15 th 1828.
Since Nov. 1828 (at which time I received a letter from Mr. Rush) I have heard nothing connected with this claim from the department. All matters that are required by the Act and every requisite demanded by the circular of Mr. Rush has I believe been complied with. I would thank you Sir, to give your earliest attention to this claim, & if in your good judgment the petitioner is entitled to relief under the above mentioned act, that it be granted as speedily as possible with your greatest convenience.
During the last session both Mr. Sutherland & Mr. Sergeant promised to attend to it. What portion of attention they bestowed on it I have never learned.
An old soldier of your Native State will gratefully remember your kindness in giving his claim your early notice.
Yours very respectfully
D. R. Leikin

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(Revolutionary Claims)
Hon: Richard Rush Secretary of the Treasury Washington City D.C.
Annual Price
355

Chester June 30. 1828.
Hon. Richard Rush Sir,
I send inclosed the declaration & affidavit in the case of Samuel Price, a Revolutionary Officer, requisite under the Act of Congress, approved the 15 th of May A. D. 1828, to entitle him to the benefits of said Act.
He desires me to assure you that his Commission is not in existence as having long since been destroyed or worn out. He was first appointed an Ensign in the Continental Army and at the next Session of Congress applied and received the Commission of Lieutenant in the same service & served to the end of the War. Mr John Ford one of Mr Price's Witnesses can if you think it necessary make affidavit to his having received a Commutation certificate. Any other evidence within his power to give will most cheerfully be forwarded upon its necessity being made known to me, and its nature.
This applicant is very poor, and it would prove particularly affecting to him if he should not receive the benefit of this act from a slight discrepancy in the evidences of his claim. Your early attention to this claim will materially oblige the applicant & confer an obligation upon
Your Most obedt Servt
Wm. H. Leitch

Philad a Jany 12. 1828
Sir,
Your note, requiring the Aud r Gen l of Penns a to certify to Samuel Price's name being among the Revolutionary Records in his office was duly rec d the 28 th ult o .
The Christmas vacation of the assembly produced delay. At last I have received a sort of certificate from the Aud r General, far below my expectation, accompanied by a letter from B. S. Bonsall Esq. saying that that "is all he is able to get".
I enclose you the Certificate, and also Mr. Bonsall's just letter to me, which shews that I had authority for writing to you the letter I did.
It seems that the records at Harrisburg are in so much confusion that reference is very difficult.
All that the enclosed Certificate proves is that there was a Lt. Price in the Army. I cannot conceive why the latter part of the certificate was inserted.
Independently, however, of this, you have received from me the positive, circumstantial, evidence of the applicant, and the oaths of three witnesses, who depose directly to the fact of Lt. Price's actual services in the War. Two of the three are certified by the Magistrate to be respectable and credible witnesses. If, with such proof, a Soldier of the Revolution, shall be defeated of his just claim to the pittance given by Congress, I shall despair

of ever seeing a similar application Successful. It seems impossible to me that clearer proof, in any case, can be offered.
I will await your reply with some anxiety. I have desired Mr. Price to remain in town, with his wife, until Thursday, and have desired them to call upon me on that morning. An answer that will reach me by that time, will be highly acceptable.
I am, most respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
W. L. Knapp
J. L. Edwards Esq;
Pension Office
Washington.

If this bill not been drawn in the Pay Roll (which is not in my possession) it is lost, being excluded by Limitation act.
Mar 20 th 1794
State of Pennsylvania
By To Samuel Linton
To my services in this winter's Campaign at Princeton &c. &c. under command of Capt John Duane - Engaged for 3 months but discharged after 2 months service duty - First of the men as well as myself having returned home with swellings not able to walk - the 3 months I suppose I am entitled to according to Contract - - - at £3 p. month - - - - - £9 " " " Interest from to 3 3/4 " "
N.B. Either Capt. John Duane or Lieut Price made application in behalf of himself and men long ago
G. G.
This money never have been a claim ag t the state
Mar 20 th 1794
State of Pennsylvania
By To Samuel Linton
To 4 months wages as Pickelbagen under command & direction of Capt. Snowden at the Light Horse stables on the Banks of Schuylkill, Chester, Reading, White Marsh &c. &c. at £7 p. month - - - - - £30 " " " Interest from to £ " "
N.B. Capt. Snowden if called upon, can prove the above service & I believe has made application for his own pay as well as mine long ago - - - - - Whilst out on this service the British came into Philadelphia and I lost all I had in the world - Bed. Furniture &c to the amount of at least £40.
G. G.
Auditor Gen. Office January 9. 1828.
I certify the foregoing to be a copy of the original remaining on file in this Office Witness my hand and seal of Office the day and year aforesaid
David Mann Auditor Genl.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15 th of May 1828, I Samuel Price of Chester in the County of Delaware in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby declare, that I was an Officer in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such to the end of the war at which period I was a Lieutenant in the 13 th regiment of the Penn a line.
And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate (commonly called a commutation certificate) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22 d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21 st of October 1780.
And I do further declare that I have received of the United States as a pensioner, since the 1 st day of March 1826 no money.
Sam l Price
Before me George W. Bartram Esq. a Justice of the Peace in & for Delaware County & State of Pennsylvania, personally appeared this day William Anderson Esquire and John Ford of the said County, who did severally make oath, that Samuel Price by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an Officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand, this thirtieth day of June in the year One thousand eight hundred & twenty eight.
Geo. Bartram Justice of the Peace

I Henry Myers Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Delaware in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that George M. Gartram Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this thirtieth day of June in the year One thousand Eight hundred & twenty eight.
Henry Myers Protho.

8477
P. O.
James Price
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

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Samuel Price - Lieut. Penn line -
Evidence insufficient Act 1820
Penn -
Busp 1 & Rep. Claims. File No 8477
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 26. 1828
Samuel Price, — of Chester, — in the County of Delaware, in the State of Pennsylvania, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the Thirteenth regiment of the Pennsylvania line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing, — dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
In order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
30 th July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to the  line , amounting to in dollars.
It further appears that is now on the pension list of the  agency, and has been since the  at the rate of  per month.
The name of Lt. Samuel Price, cannot be found on any of the Revolutionary records in this office —
John Hagner Aud

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
12 August 1828
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Samuel Price under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution; and, if so, whether he became entitled to the same by service to the termination of the war, or in what other manner.
Richard Rush,
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Department!
Bounty land office
The records of this office do not show that Samuel Price has ever received or Captain of the Penn a line a warrant from the United States for bounty land or that he is entitled to one.
Robert Taylor

Delaware County
State of Pennsylvania Co:
John Jackson of the County of Delaware aged Seventy years or thereabouts, being duly qualified deposes and says that he was acquainted with the applicant, Samuel Price, in the Revolutionary Army; that the said Samuel Price entered the service of his country, in May 1776, as Second Lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt. William Price, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Bull, in the Pennsylvania Line, in the Continental Establishment; that the said Samuel Price served out the period of his enlistment and was discharged, on that account, in the year 1782; and that in the opinion of this deponent the said Samuel Price conducted himself in the Army as a good and faithful officer during the period of his service.
Sworn and Subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Delaware, this Seventeenth day of November 1827; and I the said Justice do hereby certify, that, in my opinion, the said witness is a credible and competent witness person, and worthy of belief.
Witness my hand and seal at Upper Providence the seventeenth day of November A D 1827
Carmee
His John Jackson Mark

Delaware County,
State of Pennsylvania So:
Isaac my Hance of the County of Delaware, aged Eighty years or thereabouts, being duly Qualified deposes and says, that he was acquainted with the applicant, Samuel Price, in the Revolutionary Army; that the said Samuel Price entered the service of his county, in May 1776, as Second Lieutenant, in the company commanded by Capt. William Price, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Bull, in the Pennsylvania Line, in the Continental establishment; that the said Samuel Price served out the period of his enlistment and was discharged, on that account, in the year 1782, and that in the opinion of this deponent the said Samuel Price conducted himself in the Army as a good and faithful officer, during the period of his service.
Sworn and subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Delaware, this Seventeenth day of November 1827, and I the said Justice do hereby certify that in my opinion the said witness is a credible and competent person and worthy of belief.
Witness my hand and seal at Upper Providence the seventeenth day of November A.D. 1827
His Isaac my Hance Mark
C. Lake

Delaware County Pennsylvania
I Henry Myers Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do hereby certify that Parke Thee before whom the foregoing Depositions are taken may at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & authorized and whose acts as such full faith credit is & ought to be given. And that the name Parke Thee is the own proper hand writing of the said Parke Thee.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court at Chester the Nineteenth day of November A.D. 1827
Henry Myers Protho.
John Jackson, the within named deponent being duly sworn, says, that to his certain knowledge Samuel Price entered as Second Lieutenant in the company commanded by his brother Capt. W. Price; because deponent himself, at the same time entered as a private in the same corps; went on to the North River, and was taken prisoner in an unsuccessful attack on the British Camp, nearly opposite to Fort Lee; Deponent knows and believes that Samuel Price served out the period of all his enlistments, six years long, for these reasons; deponent, after coming back to Philad. a from the Fort Lee business went home, and then joined the army in a militia company; was under Valley Forge; saw Price serving there as a Lieutenant; deponent then left the service, his enlistment expiring; and went home to Providence Providence Township Delaware County: during the rest of the war Samuel Price was often at deponent's house and in deponent's neighborhood, with his uniform; and very often with 40, 50 and 60 men, under his command, scouting, foraging, and now and then skirmishing with parties of the British that came a there to rob in the night time. Deponent repeatedly saw him until nearly the end of the war. As to Samuel Price's good behaviour, deponent spoke from hearing peo- ple around the neighborhood say he behaved well, and was well thought of by his friends:
Sworn before me and subscribed this 11 day of Decr. A.D. 1827
John his Jacob mark
Carrie M. [unclear]

Isaac Hance, within named, being sworn, says, that he is a neighbour of John Jackson, and knows Samuel Price well; deponent joined Capt. Wm Price's company sometime in Spring of 1776, and went on to New York. Samuel Price was second lieutenant in the company. They all went to Fort Lee; all that company, and were sent over the river to fight the British, thinking they were not strong; but finding them three to one, the Americans fired once and gave up; Saml. Price was along in that battle. Deponent got home in Nov. 1776; and entered the army in Col. Davis' Regiment of Militia, in the Spring of 1777; and served several years under that and other Colonels; was on detailed parties, often near and at Valley Forge; saw Samuel Price there; he was acting as a lieutenant in his brother's company: During nearly all the war, Price was often near deponent's house, on scouting service; with men under his command; so for several years off and on, at different times. Deponent used to hear folks say that Price behaved well in the army.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 11 day of December 1827
[Signature]
Isaac Hance Mother
Samuel Price Supplemental Dep.
During ten or twelve years acquaintance with Samuel Price have induced me to believe him an honest guarded poor man
The within deponents are in my opinion intelligent to full extent being the very old intelligent sober minded men
[Signature]
Samuel Hale

Delaware County State of Pennsylvania ss.
Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Isaac Hance of said County and as citizen thereof, who being by me duly sworn according to Law Doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Samuel Price the foregoing deponent and that the facts set forth in the said deposition and statement are correct just and true, and that he was well acquainted with him in the War of the Revolution and that he was commissioned as second Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain William Price which was attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Bull of the Pennsylvania line on the Continental establishment.
Sworn and subscribed by the said Isaac Hance before me this fifteenth twenty first day of May Anno Domini 1827
James Keel
Isaac Hance mark
Justice of Peace
Delaware County Pennsylvania ss.
I Henry Myers Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do certify that Parke Threl Esquire before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Duly commissioned and authorized
& that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his acts as such.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this sixth day of November Anno Domini 1827
Henry Myers Prothon.

Philadelphia County, S.
Samuel Price, being duly sworn, deposes and says, that he is the Samuel Price, now applying for a Pension; that he entered the Revolutionary Army as a second lieutenant, in Capt. William Price's company, in May 1776, as nearly as he can recollect. Samuel Levisay was the first lieutenant; and John Price the Ensign; It was a corps of Infantry. The corps was, immediately attached to the Regiment, in the command of Col. Thomas Bull; and, either, late in that month, or early in June, the Regiment was marched to New York Fort Lee, which they garrisoned. Most troops joined them there; among them were regiments of militia. Part of the force garrisoned Fort Washington. The whole force in the two forts was, between 3000 and 4000 men. Deponent believes that the whole force was under Col. Bull. The first movement made by this force was to cross the Hudson, by order of Col. Bull, to attack the British Camp, which ran parallel with  along the river, about a mile and an half in its rear. The American army was about 2200 in number. Col. Bull did not cross the river. Instead of finding, as the Americans expected, not more than 1000 British, their camp contained 6000 men; a faint battle took place; but the Americans surrendered without much struggle. The Commissioned Officers had parole to walk the streets of New York, to a certain extent; the men were either confined in prison ships, great houses, large houses and other old buildings. In November, the remnants of the prisoners, those who had escaped starvation and death, were set free, without exchange; and all returned to Philadelphia; Deponent never saw Col. Bull after the capture in the Spring of 1777, deponent received a Commission from Congress, to serve as a 2 d Lieutenant, in the same company, and under the same Captain; signed by John Morton, Speaker. The company, deponent with it, joined Major Frederick Vemon's battalion or regiment, can't recollect which, and marched to General Potter's camp, in Springfield, Chester County, Penn a . - Deponent was detailed to command the "cattle guard", a force about 50 or 60 strong, to guard the cattle brought in by foraging parties. or brought or prevented. Deponent

remained in that duty, - with some intervals, when he was sent down towards the Bay, about the time of the Battle of Brandywine; - about four months. Just before the assault on Mud Fort, deponent was, especially detailed by Gen. Washington himself, to carry despatches to the Commandant of that Fort; and received from the Commander - in - Chief. He was, actively engaged in the Battle of Red Bank, and was, employed in the dangerous duty of carrying the packets, which he faithfully delivered. Deponent was, taken off from the unpleasant duty of "cattle guard" the day after the Battle of Brandywine; and his company, with Gen. Potter's Brigade, marched to meet the enemy; and were in the Battle of Germantown. Deponent received a severe wound in that engagement from a sabre cut, given by a horseman which half severed his right hand from the arm; and was disabled for six weeks after the battle. Deponent then went to Valley Forge where he remained but a few days: he was then put by General Washington in command of a Scout party, 60 strong, to range between Schuylkill Creek to Schuylkill River, and repel the night attacks of British pillaging parties. This duty he performed to his General's satisfaction, for four months; occasionally repairing to Valley Forge and communicating, in person, to General Washington, the results of his observations and skirmishes. After the British evacuated Philadelphia, deponent was in the American Army, which occupied it; having been relieved from a long series of scouting duty, in which for months, he had suffered the severest privations; - all description of dangers; - exposure of his health, night and day; - hunger; - want of comfortable clothing; - and great fatigue, from incessant watchfulness. This brings the deponent to the Spring of 1778. In July 1778, he went to Valley Forge, where a small remainder of the American Army was, with part of his company, and parts of other companies, under Capt. Martin. He remained there until September, when he went to Wilmington, and stayed there until the Spring of 1779, he thinks, May. Then he took a furlough from Gen. Potter for 9 months, which he spent at home, among his relations, after hard service for several campaigns. The furlough was granted on account of disability and sickness; deponent having become emaciated, wasted and almost worn out; and needing respite and recreation. Early in 1780, he thinks in February,

he joined the army laying at Wilmington, in the same company, under the same Captain. At this time, the main body of the American force had gone to the South, and the few who remained were generally inactive, through the whole campaign: no battles of consequence taking place, in this quarter that year. The chief, if not the whole, of the year, was devoted to recruiting and drilling. In 1779, part of the army returned from the South; and deponent, joined with the recruits, and marched to Philadelphia, leaving a guard at Wilmington, Capt. Martin, being the senior captain, commanded. All that year deponent was alternately at Wilmington and Philadelphia; and so on, in the same service, under the same officer, his brother, through the year 1782, until the final restoration of Peace. During the last two years the service of deponent, altho' hard, and tedious, was not such as to appear brilliant. Gen. Washington, in selecting a force of guards, to reach from Philada ? down the Bay, took such as were known to be best acquainted with the country around. The companies with which deponent was, were composed of persons brought up in the vicinity of Wilmington, Chester &c. and were therefore selected. This prevented them from being in any of the battles of the South.
Isaac Culin, one of deponent's witnesses, was a sergeant in the same company with deponent, in 1776; but not afterwards. He knew of deponent's service from living in the neighbourhood of deponent, and from seeing him repeatedly on duty for years together in that vicinity. Isaac Kane, was in the same company, as a private, during the same period, in 1776; and was afterwards, as a militia man off and on, in the same army with deponent, for several campaigns. John Jackson stands in the same situation as Isaac Kane, -
Deponent when captured in 1776, at the Battle Red Bank affair, lost his commission; the British took it from him, calling him a damned rebel &c. The second commission, from Congress, was, like deponent, worn out in the service; Being out in the weather so much, the wet, snow, and rain, getting into his breast pocket, completely wore it to pieces, before 1780. He did not get it renewed. Deponent's service was in the Continental army.
When he got his papers drawn, he told the person who

prepared there, the circumstances of his service, pretty nearly as above, and deponent understood that the deposition stated, that he entered Col. Bull's regiment, as a desert in Capt. Price's company, and served in the army, altogether , six years. It is a mistake, that deponent enlisted for six years. The first commission he took was to serve in a corps which had enlisted for nine months. This corps was captured near New York. The second commission ran, as nearly as he can recollect, during poor behavior and the war. The foregoing statement, is, to the best of deponent knowledge and belief, a distinct and faithful representation of his revolutionary services.
Sam l Price
Sworn upon Oath the 8 Dec 1827
Matthew Randall
Philadelphia County Pa.
I, Matthew Randall, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, do certify, that the said Samuel Price was duly sworn to, and subscribed, the foregoing affidavit, in open court; and that the court ordered and directed the same to be considered as a supplement to, and a part of, the deposition heretofore filed of record in the said Court, in the above case.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Philadelphia, the 8 th day of December A D 1827.
Matthew Randall
Ms. A. 9. 2. 5