Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8467, for William Price, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Price, William Hannah
R. 8467
CONTENTS

6505
Hannah Price of William Maryland

State of Maryland
City of Baltimore S. S.
On this 10 th day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty nine before me - one of the Associate Judges of Baltimore City Court
Personally appeared Hannah Price , a resident of the city of Baltimore aforesaid, aged Sixty nine years , who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 7. 1838, entitled 'An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows'. That she is the widow of William Price who was a private of Infantry in the Virginia line of the Continental Army, in the war of the Revolution. That to the best of her recollection she has heard him her said husband, say, that he served eighteen months ; that he was at the battle of Cambden , and the taking of Cornwallis ; that he was wounded in both of his thighs by a musquet ball from the enemy; the scars of which wounds he shewed her. She submits the enclosed Certificate as to his Military Services, and refers to the Records of the Revolution at Richmond and Washington for further particulars relative thereto. She further declares that she was married to the said William Price November 11 th  seventeen hundred and eighty seven by the Rev d  Parson West , at Baltimore, without licence, the marriage being notified or published in church, according to law: that on an examination of the Church records, no account of her marriage is found; the Church Records being very imperfectly kept at that time; but she submits herewith Testimony as to the fact of their marriage which she believes will be satisfactory. That her husband the aforesaid William Price died in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen : That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place prior to the

first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four. Viz, at the time within stated. Witness Hannah her Price Mark Alon Yearley
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first within written, before me; And I do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration was made sworn and subscribed by the said Hannah Price at her residence in the City of Baltimore; She being unable, by reason of bodily infirmity to appear before the Court. As Witness my hand this 18 th day of December eighteen hundred and thirty nine.
W. G. D. Worthington A Judge Baltimore City Court
State of Maryland Baltimore City Set
I hereby certify that the Honorable William G. D. Worthington before whom the above declaration was made, was at the time of so doing a associate Judge of Baltimore City Court duly commissioned and qualified and that to all acts by him done in that Capacity full faith and credit are due and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of my office this Twentieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
W. M. Medcalfe clerk Baltimore City Court

I, Rachel Kelley, now of the City of Baltimore and formerly of Baltimore County in the State of Maryland aged 67 years do hereby certify and declare That I knew Hannah Harrissu (now Hannah Price) prior to her Marriage with William Price late of said County & City, deceased: Which marriage was to my own knowledge a matter of public Notoriety and belief prior to my own marriage which took place on the tenth day of May Seventeen hundred and eighty nine. That prior to my own marriage I visited the said Hannah Price at the residence of the said William and Hannah Price - That they sustained a good moral character; and lived in good credit together as Man and Wife; No doubt ever having been entertained of the legality of their marriage: That my knowledge of them continued untill the death of him the said William Price which took place about twenty years ago: That my knowledge of her the said Hannah Price continued to this time - That she has not married again since the death of her said Husband William Price; and that she is the identical person who is now about to apply for a Pension on account of the Military services of her said Husband in the War of the Revolution.
Rachel Kelley
Witness, Alex Yearley
Subscribed and sworn to according to law by the said Rachel Kelley on this ninth day of December eighteen hundred and thirty nine before me; And I do hereby certify that the above named Rachel Kelly is known to me as a person of good character

character and entitled to full credit —
Given under my hand this ninth day of December eighteen hundred and thirty nine. —
John Wright
A Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the City of Baltimore

I John Lynch, a resident of the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland aged 75 years, do hereby certify that I became acquainted with William Price (who is reported to have been a soldier of the revolution in the Virginia line) and with his wife (now his widow) Hannah Price in the year seventeen hundred and ninety three, soon after their removal from Balt o County to this City, and were known as man and wife in good Society. That they were approved members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, (of which church I was then and am still a member) which they could not be, unless they were legally married.
That the said William Price died many years ago, leaving the said Hannah Price his widow, who is still known to me and who has not married again since the death of her said husband.
And that the said Hannah Price is the identical person who is now about applying for a Pension under the act of July 7 th 1838, on account of the services of her said husband William Price of the Virginia line in the war of the Revolution.
As witness my hand this 19 th day of December eighteen hundred and thirty nine. Sworn to before William Tennant Justice of the Peace 19 December 1839 John Lynch

State of Maryland
City of Baltimore S.S.
I do hereby certify that John Lynch who in my presence signed the foregoing certificate and made oath according to law that the contents thereof are correct and true, is well known to me as an aged and respectable resident of this city and entitled to ample credit. As witness my hand this nineteenth day of December eighteen hundred and thirty nine
William Stuart Justice of the Peace

I, Margaret Burton, aged 72 years, now of the City of Baltimore, and formerly of Baltimore County, in the State of Maryland; Do, from a Family Record, and my own knowledge, certify and declare, That my first child Mary Burton, was born Sept r 13 th 1786; my second child John Burton, was born Nov r 26 th 1787; and my third child, Elizabeth Burton, was born Sept r 1 st 1788, exactly three years after my marriage.
That, in the period intervening between the births of my second and third children above mentioned, viz, within the years 1787. 1788, a certain William Price, who is reported to have been a soldier of the Revolution from Virginia, came, with his reputed and acknowledged wife, Hannah Price, to reside with me, at my residence, in Baltimore County; I having known the said Hannah long before her marriage with said William Price, which marriage according to Public rumour and belief, took place only a short time prior to their coming to live with me. That they maintained a good character, and no doubt ever existed as to the legality of their marriage. That they afterwards removed to the City of Balt o .
That he the said William Price departed this life many years ago. That the said Hannah Price is still living, and has not married (again)

again since his death, And, is the identical person who is now applying for a Pension, as the widow of said William Price, on account of his service in the war of the Revolution, in the Virginia continental line. As witness my hand this 20 th day of December eighteen hundred and thirty nine
witness
Margaret  Gen Burton
John Wright Alex G. Galey
State of Maryland City of Baltimore S.S.
On this 20 th day of December eighteen hundred and thirty nine, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the City of Baltimore aforesaid, Personally appeared the above named Margaret Burton and in my presence signed the foregoing certificate, and made oath according to law that the contents of said certificate are correct and true as therein stated, to the best of her knowledge and belief. And I do hereby certify that the said Margaret Burton is a person of good character and entitled to credit. As witness my hand the day and year aforesaid
John Wright

State of Maryland city of Baltimore
On this Eighteenth day of December eighteen hundred and thirty nine - Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the city of Baltimore Personally appeared Eve Carey a resident of said city aged 85 years, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith in or about the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven she this deponent resided in Baltimore County, in the State aforesaid, in the neighbourhood where resided William Price and his Wife Hannah Price - That she this deponent knew the said Hannah prior to her marriage with the said William, and was at the house where they lived after their marriage, and knew them as acknowledged Man & Wife in respectable Society; and heard the Mother of said Hannah say that she was married to the said William. That the said marriage was publicly talked of and known in their neighbourhood to the best of her recollection fifty two years ago: That the said William & Hannah Price removed to the city of Baltimore Baltimore a few years after their marriage. That the said William Price died many years ago leaving the said Hannah Price his Widow, who has not married again since his death but still remains the Widow of him the said William Price and is the identical person who is about applying for a Pension on account of the Military Services of said William Price in the Virginia line in the War of the Revolution. (Sworn

Sworn to and subscribed by the said Eve Carey Witness Eve her Carey mark
Before me on the day and year first within written. And I do hereby certify that the above named Eve Carey is a person of good character and entitled to credit. As Witness my hand John Wright J.P.
State of Maryland } Baltimore County Set }
I hereby certify that John Wright and William Stewart, Gentlemen, before whom the foregoing depositions were made, and who gave their signatures their names were at the time of so doing, two of the justices of the Peace of the State of Maryland in & for the city of Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court on this 20 th day of December 1839.
Thos. Kell Clerk of Balt o County Ct

Baltimore Dec 20. 1839.
Geo Wm Crump Esq Acting Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Herewith I send you my declaration and Application in order to obtain a Pension under the Law of July 7. 1838.
In addition to what is stated in my Declaration, I would beg leave to add, That I have often heard my husband (Wm Price, dec'd) tell of his services in the War of the Revolution but my memory has become so much impaired by a Paralytic affection, that, all the particulars thereof, have escaped me, except those named in my Declaration. I would just add, that I have no knowledge of any Family Record left by him; we had no children.
Be pleased to direct to the care of M rs Mary Price
Very Respectfully
Your most obt Servt
her Hannah Price Mark
Witness H. G. D. Worthington

8467
P. O. _____
Naamah Price
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Rejected and Suspended Pensions - 1852 - Discharged: _____, 18
Rejection - Reason - Page 237 - "Company and regiment and duration of service must be set forth." Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Hannah Price of William Maryland suspended, Act 28 Feb. 1840 A. Yearley
8 H 67 Act 7 July 1838

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session, 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 19 th day of August 1784 , in the name of William Price as a Soldier of Infantry for £18. 13. 4, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to Col. Norwood and was given for services prior to the 1st January, 1782.
P. 228. { No Seal of Office. }
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this
29 th day of August 1839.
Ad. Morton Secy. , AUDITOR absent