Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,816, for James Morrison, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Morrison, James
S. 23,816
CONTENTS

25.933- Pennsylvania 1 James Kenison 25 Warren, in the State of Pa who was a in the Company commanded by Captain Elliot of the Regt Commander by Col in the Ohio Infy for Merit
Yesto S. $ 23.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Feb and sent to 134 Fanning Wetmore, Warren, Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1830 58.32 Pension allowance ending Oct 31 11.68 $70.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. V. Sprague Clerk Book 6 - Vol. 5 Page 40

See letters to Hon. J. Galbraith H.R. and P. Agt. Jan. 12. 1837 & Feb. 4. 1837 -
Letter to S. McLean 14 Aug 1838
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 4 Sept 1837. Ag t notified 3 Nov. 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838. Ag t notified 29 Dec 1838.
M. Chick this should be paid.
Date of account with C. D.

State of Pennsylvania
Warren County ss. In this tenth day of September A.D. 1832 one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of said County before the undersigned Court now sitting James Morrison a resident of Muncy Township in the County of Warren & State of Pennsylvania aged Eighty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States & served as herein after stated -
In the year 1775 in the month of September, I entered the service of the United States as a volunteer under Capt. John Elliot. James Lawrence was Lieutenant there was in Cumberland County Pennsylvania at a place called Pott's Valley. Shortly after I marched to Brandywine with the Company, which at this time numbered about forty with about five hundred other volunteers on Staten Island where the British & Hessian were building a fort. We attacked them & after a smart skirmish succeeded in driving them off. We staid there until about two months when our time was out & returned home Having served at this time ten months & a half as a private at least.
On or about the tenth day of October 1776 I enlisted again as a private under Capt. Thomas Riskey John Campbell was our Lieutenant, Pennsylvania We then went out to Red Bank Washington & kept the Delaware at Makonkey Ferry Trenton. We then attacked the British & Hessians & after a smart skirmish succeeded in driving them off & took prisoners some three hundred & about six or one thousand more.
Then we went to Princeton. Genl. Howe was there at Princeton about twelve miles above Trenton. In the month of Jan y . We started after night fall from Trenton to march to Princeton, where the enemy was. The Americans at day light found them before in the streets of Princeton & began the attack on the British. after We came on them by surprise & took about

There were 1000 men, including a few British officers then marched to Red Bank to block the Delaware Then our militia were called up on the British lines & were joined within about thirty rods of the British pickets We remained there at Red Bank about two months on the last Sunday in October we had a skirmish with the British in which seven of our men were killed & several were wounded. We had like the battle of Red Bank following when the Company that I belonged to was discharged. Having served at this time at least four months. I returned home to Cat- skill where the Indians were then swarming about the settlements & destroying everything they could lay their hands on. The British having offered them fifty shillings for each American scalp & the same for each prisoner. I was twice out as a volunteer against the Indians. & served at least a month each time. at another time in the year 1778 some of the planting I was stationed in Fort Carleton on the Juniata. to defend against the Indians and remained there months & upwards. Col. James Armstrong commanded the fort at the time. We were then discharged & went home. Having served in the whole at different times at least eleven months & a half.
I have no documentary evidence to prove my services & know of no persons who can testify to my services except with the Forts above mentioned. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of my state or history
I was Born in Berks County Pennsylvania near Durban's Iron works. I lived there till I was about six

years of age I moved into Virginia Loudoun County & married, lived there till 1774 when I moved to Cumberland County. Pennsylvania of above mentioned. After my two tours in the army first above mentioned I moved to near Kishacoquillas creek, on Juniata River Pa. lived there till the year 1785 when I moved onto the west branch of Susquehanna in Lycoming County Pa. lived there till the year 1800 when I moved to this county to where I have lived ever since. Never had any discharge. Was born in 1744 has the record of his age in his Bible - Sworn & subscribed in Open Court. Sept. 10. 1833. James } Morrison M. M. Hodges, Proth'y. mark
I Levi Dones a deputation residing in the township of Con- -ewango in the County of Warren Pa. hereby certify that I am well acquainted with James Morrison who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration that I believe him to be eighty nine years old that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that I concur in that opinion - Sworn & subscribed in open Court before me } Levi Dones Sept. 13. 1833. M. M. Hodges, Proth'y. Pennsylvania
Warren County ss. On this tenth day of September A.D. Eighteen hundred thirty three personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of said County William Gilman Esq. John Campbell & Edward Jones who being solemnly sworn according to law both depose & say as follows. first the said William Gilman saith he has been acquainted with the James Morrison the above named applicant for a pension about fifteen years last past & that he considers him as a man of strict truth & veracity that he is so considered among his neighbors & acquaint-

James generally & that he is reputed & believed to have been a soldier of the revolution by his neighbors & acquaintances opposed & that he this deponent never heard it disputed or questioned. & has no doubt of the fact that he was. & The said John Campbell saith he has been acquainted with the said James Morrison since the year 1800 & that he considers him a man of truth & veracity & during all that time has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church in good standing & full confidence may be placed on his declarations on oath & otherwise that he is reputed & believed to have been a soldier of the revolution among his neighbors & acquaintances & he this deponent has no doubt that he was.
The said Edward Jones saith he was acquainted with the said James Morrison in the years 1778 & 9. that he recollects distinctly of being in Fort Barrillel on the Juniata River Pa a when the said James Morrison came into said Fort from a scouting party against the Indians. & has been acquainted with him for about thirty years last past. & has frequently spoken with him about the occurrences which took place in said Fort. That he considers said James Morrison a man of strict truth & veracity & is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier of the revolution & this deponent has no doubt of the fact that he did serve as he states in his above declaration.
Sworn & Subscribed in Open
Court. before me Sept. 10. 1833
W. W. Hodges. Proth.
Alvan Gilman
John Campbell
Edward Jones
And the Court declare their opinion after investigation of the matter and after having all the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered

that the applicant James Morrison was a soldier of the Revolutionary war & served as he states - that Love Doods whose affidavit is herewith is a clergyman and that Herman Gelman Esq. John Brumfield & Edward Jones whose affidavits are above are known to this Court as citizens of this County of truth & veracity in whose testimony reliance may be placed
Certified Sept 13 th 1833 Henry Shippen President
Pennsylvania } Warren County. ss } I Walter M. Hodges, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the application of James Morrison for a Pen- sion. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Warren this 13 th day of Sept. 1833, Walter M. Hodges. Protho.

State of Pennsylvania Warren County ss.
I James Morrison the person named in the annexed application for a pension being aged and infirm and unable at this time to attend Court and living fourteen miles from the seat of Justice of said County, personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the court of Com- mon Pleas in and for said county, at his the said James Morrison's dwelling house in Tunkila Township in said county, who being first duly sworn cloth- depon and say, that the first time he went as a volunteer against the Indians, as mentioned in his annexed declaration was in the year 1777, he went as a private, under Colonel Archibald Buchanan, Major James Armstrong and Captain Robert Som- mels, that from age and loss of memory he does not recalled his under officers we made our officers when we started, we marched from Sunbury to Standing Stone, (now Huntingdon) from there to Little's Fort from there to Peter's Creek, when our scout and the Bedford Scout met and had an action, and out of 33 of our party all but 13 were killed and taken, I was in the engagement, we then returned home, The second time I went against the Indians as mentioned in my annexed declaration was in 1777, I volunteered as a private under the same officers that commanded at the first tour, he marched from the Sunbury River to the Big Island, in the West Branch of the Susquehanna river, from there to the Gold Eagle Creek, from there to the Shickany Valley Lead Mine and from there home, we did not meet with the enemy in this tour, that in conse- quence of age and loss of memory he cannot swear positively the time he served in these two tours against the Indians, but he served at least two

months, and that he was stationed at Fort Con- mickel about three months as stated in his original deposition. That he never served in any other com- pany than as a private and a volunteer, being blind with one eye was not subject by law to military duty.
Sworn and subscribed before me this fourteenth day of January A.D. 1834 James Morrison not Ex
Isiah Hall
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Washington Co. ss
I Walter M. Hodges, Prothono- tary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Do hereby certify that Isiah Hall, Esquire, who appears to have taken & certified to the foregoing deposition, was at the date thereof, and is now one of the Judges of said Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, duly Commissioned and Sworn, and that all due faith and credit ought to be given to his official acts. I also certify that the subscription to the jurat of the deposition is in the proper hand writing of said Judge. - I also further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of James Morrison for a Pension. - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 14 th day of January A.D. 1834. - Walter M. Hodges, Prothon.

January 24, 1934
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James Morrison-S.23816 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. John M. Holt Quaker Bridge New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Ashabel Freeman and James Morrison.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land, based upon military service of soldiers in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of Ashabel Freeman.
It is suggested as a possible means of securing data in regard to the military record of this soldier, that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D. C.
You are furnished herein the record of James Morrison, as found in pension claim, S. 23816, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
He was born in the year 1744 near Durham Iron Works, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, James Morrison enlisted in 1775 and served two and one half months as private in Captain John Elliot's company, was in a skirmish with British and Hessians on Staten Island. He enlisted October 10, 1776 and served four months in Captain Thomas Askey's company "joined General Washington and crossed the Delaware" and was in

the battles of Trenton and Princeton. He served two months in 1777 in Captain Robert Samuel's company, Colonel Archibald Buchanan's Pennsylvania regiment. He served three months in 1778 at Fort Carmichael under Colonel James Armstrong.
The soldier, James Morrison, moved in 1785 to Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, and in 1800 moved to Warren County, Pennsylvania. He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 10, 1833, then living in Kinzua Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
He married in Loudoun County, Virginia, between the years 1770 and 1774; the name of his wife is not stated and there is no reference to their children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

27. 7/16. —
James Morrison Penn
Adm. J. Montres Clyde, auth  1833
In
Lansing Wetmore Esq. Warren Pa

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Nov 11 th 1832
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of James Morrison
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this            day of            personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of            in the county of            and State, Territory or District of            aged (c)            years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)           , with            and served in the            (e) regiment of the            line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I            of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of            for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of            &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the            and C. D. residing in (the same)           , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with           , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the            and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the            and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,            Clerk of the Court of            do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this            day of            &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the petitioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , in the militia, &c. without specifying the hours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service . This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
1 o The notes from [a] to [f] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
to the two terms Let him be more definite in relation against the horizon.

Warrington Aug 3
JA
Hon. J. P. Edwards. Comr. of Pensions
Mr. Evans,
Washington City D. C.
Ans

Warren - Warren county Penn a
August 2 o 1838
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions - Sir Sir.
Frederick Bennett is the Pension paper of James Morrison to draw his Pension from the 4 th March 1837 to 4 th Nov. 1838 Will you please make the necessary order on the ag t in Phil a for paying pensions. and forward the same to William M c Ilvenney Esq. of the Athenaeum - I have caused this name to be left blank in the Power. fearing he might be absent & in that event some other person might draw it. did him to forward the amt. to me.
The great distance of the Pensioner from the seat of justice & justice of the place & difficulty of acqui- (he living on an Isl d in the Allegheny river) is the reason of the delay in making out his papers -
Very respectfully yours
W. L. Smith
Lansing Wilson

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Oct r 25 1838
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," James Morrison a Pensioner on the Roll of the Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 4 th Sept. 1837
Respectfully, yours,
Albin K. Parrig Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

October 30, 1933
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James Morrison-S.23816 John Owen-W.10221 BA-J/ATF
Florence M. Hitchcock North East Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Gilson, James Morrison and John Owen.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of a John Gilson, as described by you.
The records of James Morrison and John Owen, are furnished herein, as found in claims for pension based upon their service in the War of the Revolution.
James Morrison-S.23816
He was born in 1744 near Durham Iron Works, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, James Morrison enlisted in September, 1775 and served two and one half months as private in Captain John Elliot's company, was in a skirmish with British and Hessians on Staten Island. He enlisted October 10, 1776 and served four months in Captain Thomas Askey's company, "joined General Washington and crossed the Delaware" and was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton. He served two months in 1777 in Captain Robert Samuel's company, Colonel Archibald Buchanan's regiment, and served in 1778 three months at Fort Carmichael under Colonel James Armstrong. All of his service was with the Pennsylvania

troops.
The soldier, James Morrison, moved in 1785 to Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, and in 1800 moved to Warren County, Pennsylvania. He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 10, 1833, then living in Kinzua Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
James Morrison married in Loudoun County, Virginia, between the years 1770 and 1774, the name of his wife is not stated, and there are no further data as to his family.
John Owen-W.10221
John Owen (pensioned as Owens) was born April 16, 1741 in Lebanon, Windham County, Connecticut.
While residing in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut troops, as follows-
From April or May, 1775 eight months in Captain Nathaniel Buell's company, Colonel Hinman's regiment, was in the expedition to Ticonderoga; from May, 1776 six months in Captain Roger Moore's company, Colonel Gay's regiment; from July, 1777 two months in Captain Roger Moore's company, Colonel Gay's regiment; in the fall of 1777 three or four weeks in Captain Nathaniel Buell's company, Colonel Whitney's regiment.
After the Revolution John Owen lived in Hudson, New York, Delaware County, New York, Warren, Pennsylvania and Ellicott, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, October 6, 1832, then a resident of Carroll, Chautauqua County, New York
John Owen married in August, 1787 in Salisbury, Connecticut, Lydia Gilson. He died February 24, 1843.
The widow, Lydia Owen, was allowed pension on

her application executed, January 25, 1850, then seventy-eight years of age and a resident of Carroll, New York. She died November 7, 1851.
In 1832 Eben Owen, whose age is not stated, claimed to be the oldest son of the soldier, John Owen.
The following is a list of the children of John Owen and his wife, Lydia-
Betsey born March 23, 1788 Elsey " July 8, 1790 Ira " February 16, 1793 Phebe " June 23, 1795 Reuben " July 12, 1800 Sally " October 20, 1802
It is stated in 1851, that they had a daughter residing in Iowa City, state not given, nor is the name of the daughter designated.
Samuel Gilson, brother of the widow, Lydia Owen, was sixty-five years old in 1850 and living in Glade Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania; and Olive Sands, the widow's sister, was seventy-one years of age in 1851, also residing in Glade Township.
One Morris Owen gave his address in 1850 as, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, no relationship to the family shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Rev. and Wars Sect. AWF:MLB
October 25, 1930
E. J. Sage
Trona, California
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 23816, that James Morrison was born in 1744, near Durham Iron Works, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
While residing at said place, he enlisted and served as a private with the Pennsylvania troops, as follows:
From in September, 1775, two and one half months in Captain John Eliot's company, and was in a skirmish with the Indians; from October 10, 1776, four months in Captain Thomas Askey's company, was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton; in 1777, two months in Captain Robert Samuel's company, Colonel Archibald Buchanan's regiment and was out against the Indians; in 1778, three months at Fort Carmichael on the Juniata River under Colonel James Armstrong.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1833, at which time he was living in Kinzua Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
He stated that when he was twenty-six years of age, he moved to Loudoun County, Virginia, and married, name of wife not given, and there are no further data as to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of the Revolutionary War pensioner, James Morrison, S. 23816, you should address the Records Division, General Accounting Office, this city, citing the following data:- James Morrison, Certificate No. 25933, issued February 4, 1834, rate, $23.33 per annum, to commence March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner
one name of person paid & possibly date of death

1812 War Section AWF/eel
May 15, 1929
Eleanor B. Sherman 4706 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 23816, it appears that James Morrison was born in 1744, near Durham Iron Works, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
While residing at said place, he enlisted and served as a private with the Pennsylvania Troops as follows:
From in September, 1775, two and one-half months in Captain John Eliot's Company, and was in a skirmish with the Indians; from October 10, 1776, four months in Captain Thomas Askey's Company, was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton; in 1777, two months in Captain Robert Samuels' Company, Colonel Archibald Buchanan's Regiment and was out against the Indians; in 1778, three months at Fort Car- michael on the Juniata  Susquehanna River under Colonel James Armstrong.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1833, at which time he was living in Vinzua

Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
He stated that when he was twenty-six years of age, he moved to Loudoun County, Virginia, and married, name of wife not given, and there are no further data as to family.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Rev. in reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of James Mearrson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 4 information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 7. 23816.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     spn with her Sept. 1775 2 1/2 mos. Pvt. John Elliot — Pa   ✓ Oct. 10 1776 4 mos. Thomas Askey —   1777 2 mos. Robert Pennycuick Archibald Buchanan   1778 3 mos. against Du Pont under James Armstrong James Armstrong   34 on the Juniatta River  
Battles engaged in, ✓ Trenton and Princeton & sp North Indigies
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Near Durham Iron Works, Bucks Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 10 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Lehigh Township, Warren Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, born in 1744 near Durham Iron Works, Bucks Co. Pa.
Remarks: When 26 years of age soldier moved to Loudoun Co. Va. and married, name of wife not stated. No further data as to family.
Very respectfully,

(For the National Archives) July 9, 1934
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Mr. E. J. Sage 643 Putnam Avenue Detroit, Michigan
John Owen, W. 10221 James Morrison, S. 23816 BA-J/BMHF:MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter, without date, which was received July 6, in regard to photostatic copies of papers on file in this office in Revolutionary War pension claims, John Owen, W. 10221, and James Morrison, S. 23816, also, of any copies of papers in other Government departments which pertain to James Morrison, and further, quotations of copies per page in making photostatic copies of the Census returns of 1800-1850.
The price of photostatic copies was increased from fifteen cents to twenty-five cents a page, quite a long time before your remittance of $4.80 was received for such copies from the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 10221, based upon service of John Owen.
You state that this office has been marked slow in notifying you of the increase in price, after receipt of the remittance noted above. You mailed your remittance to the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, to cover cost of the copies from this office, which remittance was transmitted by that bureau, necessarily causing delay in reply from this office. One of the two letters you received since your remittance, was written, presumably, by the Census Bureau in regard to the matter.
In regard to arranging with outside firms to have copies made as above, all photostatic copies of documents in custody of this office are made within this office under the supervision of its officials.
You request that the certified photostatic copies be made of the nine pages in Revolutionary War claim, S. 23816, based upon service of James Morrison, including the papers in regard to him that are on file in other offices and pertain to his payments of pension.

For information in regard to photostatic copies of papers which pertain to the payments of pension of James Morrison, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and for quotations relative to copies of Census returns, you should address the Director of the Census, Department of Commerce, this city. This office is unable to furnish you that information.
Copies of papers in the claim of James Morrison, S. 23816, are being made and will be mailed to you as soon as completed. There is no claim for pension on file by any one as the widow of that soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 15 th , 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," James Morrison, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Twenty Three Dollars and Thirty Three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1837 to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William K. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Chicago Ill Pensions Department.
Nov. 12. 28-
Washington D. C.
Dear Sirs -
23816
Will you kindly send me any data concerning James Morrison , born in Bucks Co. Penn. in 1745, who fought in the Rev. War.
Respectfully
Elmer B. Sherman
This letter was mailed in Chicago &
4706 Sheridan Rd.
one exact Chicago Ill.
like it read
there also, but headed
St. Louis, Mo. & gave another
name Robt B. Leonard but the same writing etc

Cornplanter Penn'a, October 22nd 1911.
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions, Washington.
J. L. Davenport, Commissioner:
In reply to your favor of the 11th. this month received the 12th I note what you say regarding data one must give in order to establish claim to Revolutionary soldiership. So will say that my Great Grandfather S 23 S 16  James Morrison was born in Bucks County this state in the year 1745 and died in the year 1830 at Kinzua Pa. on an island in the Allegheny which bore his name. He enlisted from Bucks Co. Pa. and was with Washington when he crossed the Delaware was also at Valley Forge, suffering terribly during the Winter. I have heard his Grand daughter my Grandmother relate the hardships he with the other soldiers endured that winter. The foot gear of the soldiers gave out and they were obliged to bind up their feet with straw and go on the long marches with bleeding feet through the ice and snow. His wife's name was Martha Griffin Bacon Morrison. In Warren Pa. there has lately been erected to the Revolutionary Soldiers of The County a very nice monument by a chapter of the D. A. R. Among the names inscribed is that of my Grandfather.
Could you tell me to what other Department or Bureau I can apply to obtain any farther information of Revolutionary Patriots? I shall be very thankful for such information.
Very Respectfully,
(Miss) Maude M. Morrison

FMH
North East Pa Oct 17, 1933.
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C. Little man -
Will you please send me a copy of the pension application of John Owen - or Owens, 1741-1843 who enlisted as a private in the Rev. War at Salisbury, Conn., in April or May 1775 in the Connecticut Troops. At the time of his death he said John Owen resided in Carroll Town, Schuylkill Co. N.Y. Also John Gibson 1750 - 1811 whose wife was Catherine Gibson . At the time of his death he lived in Warren Co. Pa., one of its early settlers and probably enlisted from there. It is the War Records I read of these ancestors and I believe the pension application carries such record.
I understand these copies are furnished without cost, but if there should be any expense, write me to what extent and I will remit promptly. Very sincerely
Morrell Morrison Hitchcock Also James Morrison Sr. 1744-1839 enlisted Bucks Co. Pa. Pension application made Sept 10, 1833. Serial No. 143,224
FMH.

The Veterans Bureau Washington D.C.
I wish to obtain the "War Records" of two Revolutionary Soldiers who are ancestors.
1st -
James Morrison born Jan 4-1745- in Bucks Co. Pa. later. a resident of Warren Pa -his pension no. is S. 23816.
2nd -
Ashabel Freeman born Nov 20 - 1755- in Matuchen - Middlesex Co - N. Jersey later. Resident of Farmersville Catt Co. N.Y.
Will be Very much appreciated if I may have these records.
Mrs. John M. Holt Snaker Bridge - Catt. Co. N. York.

Revolution
23816. INVALID.
File No. 23,816
James Morrison His Rev. W.D.
Act: June 7 th 1821
Index: —Vol. 9 , Page 289
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1909, April 21. List. to Miss Nancy C. Morrow. Letter in clann P.F. 22760. A.E.O. 1911 Nov. 1 List. to Maude M. Morrison V.E.M. 1929. May 15 - List to Eleanor B. Sherman and 1930. Oct 25 - List to E.J. Sage see letter in John Civen N. 10221 copy. 1933. Oct 30 - List to Florence M. Hitchcock - and 1934. Jan 24 - List to Mrs. John M. Holt and 1934. June 28 - E.J. Sage also copy of photos. See copies in John Civen (Rypia) N. 10221. M.H.F. 1934. July 9 - E.J. Sage also copies being made, also, given further info. in re John Civen (N. 10221) Photos - M.H.F. 1934. July 12, Photos to E.J. Sage
See his letter in John Civen N. 10221 M.H.F.

July 12, 1934
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Mr. E. J. Sage 643 Putnam Avenue, West Detroit, Michigan
JAMES MORRISON S. 23816 BA-J/MMEF:MLB
Dear Sir:
Herewith are certified photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 23816, based upon service of James Morrison, which were requested by you.
The cost of the copies is $2.50, which has been deducted from your remittance of $4.80 which was received June 12.
The amount due you is $2.30, which amount will be refunded through the proper channels and will reach you in due time.
When you decide in regard to copies of the John Owen (W. 10221) papers, your request will be given prompt attention.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

{This was typed in on Vet. Admin. Form 57 - Revised July 1931
JULY 11
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nine pages are true photostatic copies of the originals thereof in the Revolutionary War photo for pen- sion of James Morrison, Survivor File No. 23816,
Certification
FRANK T. HINES

July 9, 1934 Rev. and 1812 Wars BA-J/AWF No. 239
July 9, 1934
Rev. and 1812 Wars
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Rev. War pension claim of James Morrison, S. 23816
Actual
9 pages each copied once
Actual 9 pages each copied once
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