Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41872, for James Mitchell, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Penn
Mitchell, James or Mitchel.
NUMBER _____
D. 41872
CONTENTS

Application sent to John Boden Esq 3 Oct 1820 Carlisle Penn a 
24 May 1818 3828 Pennsylvania Roll
James Mitchell Capt Hays Pennsylvania Line Private
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of October 1818 and forwarded to Andrew Boden Carlisle Penn a
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep 1818  31.50    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  11 March 1819  48.00      $79.50  
3 Mo 25/31 4/30 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
1 year Borough of Carlisle Cumberland Co Penn a

3.828
N o 3828 21 Oct. 1818
James Mitchell
Mar 19 -

Cumberland County ss State of Penn a
On this 25 th day of July A D 1820 personally appeared in open court being a Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland aforesaid / the same being a Court of record in and for the said County, and proceedings therein being according to the course of common law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of their proceedings) James Mitchell aged seventy three years resident in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. He enlisted in the year 1776 with Capt. Samuel Hayes in the 6 th Penn a Regiment commanded by Col. William Irvine for one year and was discharged at Albany, and came on to Carlisle and there enlisted with Capt. Alexander for during the war unless sooner discharged in the Pennsylvania line, and was discharged after the Battle of Brandywine at White Marsh and that the date of his original declaration is May the 7 th 1818 and that the number of his pension Certificate is 3828
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day 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 thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged  employed in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war. passed on the 18 th day of March A D 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed

Schedule
One Iron pot, Three old Chairs
He receives forty Dollars pension annually from the State of Pennsylvania -
He is by occupation a labourer but by reason of old age and having only one hand he is not able to follow manual various labour so as to support himself and family. He has one Daughter at home called Isabella about twenty one years of age and has a child to support. His wife is about sixty three years of age and is disabled with the Rheumatism -
Sworn to & Declared on the 25 th Day of July A.D.
1820 Before
James Armstrong
his James J. Mitchel Mark
I Robert McCoy, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Cumberland County, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record 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 one Dollar and  exclusive of the Pension Cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 16 th Day of August A.D. 1820
Robert McCoy Clerk

B 828
admitted on the Penn a Rolls.
James Mitchell pres.
7. May
To Andrew Boden Carlisle Paper a

Cumberland County, } ss. State of Pennsylvania, }
I, Robert M c Coys Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cumberland, in the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania, do by these presents certify, that Jacob Hendel Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken, and who hath thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such Affidavit and now is, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas  an acting Justice of the Peace , in and for the said county,
duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit is and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Carlisle, in the said County, this Seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen , and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the Forty Second
ATTEST,
Rob t M c Coys Protho y

State of Pennsylvania Cumberland County ss—
On this seventh day of May 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Cumberland, personally appears James Mitchell Aged Seventy one Years, Resident in the Borough of Carlisle in said County, who being by me first Sworn as the law directs doth on his Oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions Made by the late Act of Congress; entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" — that he the said James Mitchell enlisted in said Borough of Carlisle, some time in the Winter of 1776, in Captain Saml. Hays Company Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Line, Commanded by Col Wm. Irvine, for the term of one Year, that he continued in the Service of the United States, untill the Spring of 1777, his enlistment having more than expired, when he was discharged by said Capt Saml. Hays at Albany in the State of New York

That about six Months after being so discharged he enlisted again in said Borough of Carlisle under Captain Carson for six Months, to drive Wagons in the Service of the United States for some time, drove to Genl. Maxwells Baggage Wagon, and that he continued in said service until the close of the War, as near as he can recollect when he was discharged, thinks it was at White Marsh does not recollect the Name of the Officer by whom he was discharged, that his discharge from S t . Captain Hays as well as the latter he has lost or have been mis-laid —
Deponent saith, that he was at the Battle of the Three Rivers in June 1776, where Genl. Thompson & Col Irwin were taken Prisoners, afterwards in a Skirmish with the Indians at the Isle of Moore, on Lake Champlain, where Capt s Adams & several others were killed, also in a Skirmish with the British at Crown Point, also in Fort Ticonderoga when attacked by the British, and lastly when in the Wagon detach- ment at the Battle of Brandywine —
Deponent further saith, that he is in Edward

Service therefor, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said —
James Mitchell
Jacob Hendell
I Jacob Hendell Judge of affirmed the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid — do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said James Mitchell did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War — pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned act of Congress — Witness my hand & Seal the 7 th May — 1818 —
Jacob Hendell (Seal)

41872
INVALID.
Ray
File No. 41872
James Mitchell His Heir and
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 339
[Arrangement of 1870.]