Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4501, for John Prichart, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Prichart, John or Pritchart
No. 4501
Ann
CONTENTS

11.833
Pennsylvania
John Prichard
of Northampton in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Scott of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the N H M line for 1831.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of June 1833 and sent to
R. Brodhead Jr. Easton
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. — 30.00
$150.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 5 Page 45

John Pritchard
235-32

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Northampton ss
On this Twenty ninth Day of January in
the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Three Personally appeared in the open court of Common Pleas of Northampton County, before the Honorable Garick Halloway President and John Cooper and Daniel Hagner associate Judges of the Said Court. John Pritchard a Resident of the Township of Stroud in Said County aged near Seventy Six 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 under the following named officers, and served as here in stated. In the month of August 1775 he became a volunteer under Captain Scott, he marched from his place of residence in a place called Petersborough in the Eastern part of the State of New Hampshire to a place called No 4 a kind of Garrison on the frontier, from thence he marched to Keansborough near the Head of Lake Champlain, at that place, the Company to which he belonged joined Two other Companies the officers names he does not recollect, and marched in about half a day to Fort Ann close by the Lake from thence he was marched to Ticonderoga to the Garrison where they joined the forces under Genl. Mont- gomery and Genl. Arnold. Arnold had the command of the Massachusetts sets forces and Montgomery the command of the New Hampshire forces and other detachments. Remained there for some time, from thence taken in Boats to Montreal and took Montreal without much resistance from thence marched down to Quebec (Still under the command of Genl. Montgomery) Stopped in the Lower Town of Quebec and remained there about four weeks before the Battle, under Genl. Montgomery, Col. Moore and his Captain, Scott. The Battle was fought he thinks on the First of January 1776. The American forces were defeated, by only two shots from the British, the situation of the American forces were such that they were easily cut off. Genl. Montgomery and one Col. (the name he does not recollect) fell with the first shot. The American forces retreated immediately to Montreal and remained there until the Summer of (1776) under Genl. Arnold. The British forces under Genl. Carlton then came up the Lake with Boats, Prow Gallows etc and drove the American forces aforesaid up the Lake to Ticonderoga where we fortified our- selves the British came on to Crown Point and did not venture any further. We remained at Ticonderoga until the next Summer 1777 on the first of June or near it he was discharged being rendered unable for duty by sickness making the whole time he was out nearly two years. But he solemnly swears to one year and ten months. He came home, arrived in the month of August 1777 remained home a short time and then started upon a Civil Contract under Dickinson a commissary of the army to drive cattle to Genl. Gait's army stationed at Bennington

heights near the Still waters of Saratoga in the State of New York and was near the engagement when Burgoyne surrendered he thinks on the 16 th Day of August October 1777 watching Cattle &c after the Battle he came home and remained home until the next Spring 1778 In the month of April he became a volunteer in Captain O'Keefe's Company under Major Hail, they called themselves minutemen, marched to a place called upper Cahaps on the Connecticut River where the Indians had done considerable damage - We pursued the Indians who made their way toward the Mohawk River. We marched night and day for three days and came up to them took some of the Indians and rescued the Prisoners they had taken after the engagement We came back to upper Cahaps and remained there some time. I was then discharged after a service of four months and some days, but to be sure he only swears to four months. He then came home remained home until the next Spring 1779 when he was called out under Captain Moore and Major Hail in the latter part of the month of May they marched toward Burlington on the frontier and remained on the frontier four months to protect the inhabitants from the Indians, when he was discharged, making the whole time which he served one year and eighteen months (1 year and 18 mo) which he solemnly swears he did serve. That he has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services, and that there is no clergyman resident in his place He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state or (fany) only on that of the agency of the State of New Hampshire
Sworn & subscribed this 29 Day of January A.D 1833 in open court Wm Sebring Prothon
John his  mark Prichard
And the Said Court 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 Samuel Drake, Edward Perkins, and John Brown who have sworn and subscribed to the following deponent Affidavit are the neighbors of the above named applicant and are men of credibility and good moral character and that entitled to belief, and that there is no resident clergyman in the neighborhood of the applicant, and that the said Samuel Drake Edward Perkins & John Brown speak with certainty as to their belief re
Ganish Mallory First Judge Daniel Wagoner a point of Judge Jno Cooper a point of Judge

3 WE Edward Postins, Samuel Drake and John Brown See of the Township of Stroud and neighbours of the before mentioned John Prichard hereby certify that WE are well acquainted with him the said John Prichard who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration that WE believe him to be near Seventy Six years of age, that he is re- puted and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, (that they never heard a man doubt it), and that they concur in that opinion, and there is no Congregational Reading in his neighbourhood
Sworn & Subscribed this 29 th Day of January A D 1833 in open Court W m Lebring Proxy
Samuel Drake Edward Gostons John Brown
I William L Sebring Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Northampton Do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of John Pritchard for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the Said Court at the Borough of Easton this Twenty ninth Day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Three
My Sebring
Proof
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Northampton
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Northampton Prossy Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County, Personally appeared the above named John Prichart, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth Depose and say, that his Service was not prolonged in and after the expedition to Canada to nearly Two years, that it was not his intention to convey that idea in the above and foregoing Declaration, which was to the effect that he served there for nearly two years that he then stated he now states, in substance what he then stated  he diffused his Counsel to state in the  foregoing Declaration . That in the month of August 1775 the first of the month, he voluntarily enlisted and for Two years and served as stated in his Declaration in the expedition to Canada as to wit for nearly two years Ten months, and he would not then have been discharged had he not been rendered incapable to do duty by indisposition. That he then came home and remained here a short time and went upon a civil Contract with the Army for which he does not claim a Pension, In the next Spring, to wit in the year 1778 in the month of April he again became a volunteer and served as stated in his Declaration four months to protect the Inhabitants from the Indians. He then came home and remained here until the next Spring to wit the Spring of 1779 in the month of May when he was called out and served as stated in his Declaration four months to protect the Inhabitants of the Frontiers from the Indians, making the whole time which he served and for which he claims a Pension eighteen months Eighteen months which he solemnly swears he did serve. Sworn to before me this 24 Day of May A D 1833 Before me J. Eberle John Prichart mark

I Charles L Eberle Before whom the within Affidavit was made, do certify that I particularly Examined the within named John Prichard to the facts stated therein, and have no hesitation in saying therefrom and from his well known character for Truth and veracity that the facts set forth therein are true, and that the old man was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as therein stated
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Northampton
C Eberle
I William L Sebring Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas do certify that Charles L Eberle Esquire before whom the within Affidavit for the above entitled matter was made of who has subscribed the above certificate was at the time thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned & qualified to act as such, that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as well as to his statements, and that the name of Charles L Eberle therein subscribed is in his own handwriting. Given under my Hand & Seal of Office at Easton the twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three.
Wm Sebring Protho
John Prichard
235-32

Dated Dec r 30/48 I have a copy sent to Hon. Mr. Cummings Feb y 1850 Reprinted Dec r 30/48
2718. Pennsylvania Phila. Co. Ann Bruckhart widow of John Bruckhart N. H. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private 
In witness whereof the rate of 100 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Dec r 1848. and sent to Hon. Rich d Brothman Hoff R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 259 Vol. 2.

Declaration
Personally appeared before me John Moraine one of the Assosiate Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Alliance Ohio President & a resident of the township of Union in the county of Alliance aged seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn According to law doth on her oath Make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions Made by the Act of Congress passed July 1 st 1838 Entitled an Act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows That she is the widow of John Pinchart Who was a private in the war of the Revolution And to Whom a certificate of Pension was granted under the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 dated the twenty fourth day of June 1833 Entitling him to receive Sixty Dollars per annum during his Natural life
She further declares that she was married to the said John Pritchett on the Eight day of October Seventeen hundred and eighty Six That her husband the aforesaid John Pritchett died on the fifteenth day of October Eighteen

hundred and thirty four That she was not Married to him prior to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four vis at the time above stated
Sworn subscribed the day and year above written
before me
J. W. Mervine } associate Judge
Ann her Pritchard mark
Pennsylvania } I John Mervine one of the Monroe County } Associate Judges of the court of common Pleas of Monroe County do hereby certify that Ann Pritchard who Made and subscribed the above and foregoing declaration is from bodily infirmity sickness & old age unable to attend in person before said court to make said declaration All testimony whereof I have heard At my hand this 28th day of October A.D. 1884
J. W. Mervine
associate Judge
State of Pennsylvania } I James H. Stroud Prothonotary Monroe County } of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that John Mervine Esquire is one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature of said Judge to the foregoing proceedings purporting to be his is genuine and in his own proper hand In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said office at Stroudsburg this 14th day of January 1885.
J. H. Stroud Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania } Be it known Monroe County ss } unto that on this third day of February A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty five before me the Subscriber a Jus- tice of the peace in and for the said County personally came William Pritchett who being duly sworn according to law depreth & saith that he is the eldest son of John & Ann Pritchett that the said John his father is deceased and that from the information received from his parents he was born on the Twenty sixth day of February A.D. Seventeen hundred and Eighty Eight & will be fifty seven years old on the twenty sixth of the present month should he live so long. and further says that from the information received from his father & mother he was born in Sheffield township in Bucks County Penn a on the said twenty sixth day of February Seven hundred and Eighty Eight. That his father was a pensioner of the United States and received a pension that his father died on the fifteenth day of October Eighteen hundred and thirty four in Stroud township (in then Northham- =pton) now in Monroe County, That the said John & Ann his parents had a family consisting of six sons and seven daughters. That his parents the said John & Ann moved to the said

the place now Stroud Township more than forty years ago, where they continued to reside until the death of his father the said John and further saith not, Sworn to before me on this 3 rd July 1845
William Prichard
John Murch Esq.
Monroe County ss I John Murch a Justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with William Prichard the above named deponent, that he is a person of good moral character and his statements in the foregoing affidavit are entitled to credit and belief.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand this 3 rd day of February A.D. 1845 - John Murch Esq.
Pennsylvania Monroe County ss
I James H Stroud Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Mon- roe County - Do certify that John Murch Esq before whom the fore- going affidavit was made and whom by his own proper hand

writing has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Monroe duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in courts of Judicature as thereout
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Strongsville this third day of February A D 1845
J. H. Stewart Presiding

23532
John Kitchart Northampton county Pennsylvania
Richard Brodhead, jun. Easton Pennsylvania.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
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 subjjoined 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. Those 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 John Pritchett, Northampton.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Volunteer 1775 1 10 private Capt Scott General Amol General to the frontier Kensborough 76 Petersboro tradition   1778 4 Capt. H. Montgomery Maj. H. Fort Ann Ticonderoga Montreal St. John New Hampshire   1779 4 Capt. Stone Maj. H. Quebec Montreal Ticonderoga Burlington  
Service 2 years 6 months, he swears
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) _____ 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 day 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 enquiry 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 pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
J. G. Woodford

Please to say to what time John Prichart, act June 7. 1832, Pennsylvania Roll, was last paid.
J. L. Edwards
p to 11 th Sep. 1834
March 12. 1845
JH

Ann Prichard widow of John Prichard, private, $60 per am act 7 July 1838 to commence 4 March '36 also acts { 1 2 3 4 4 4 } Philadelphia Roll married in 1786. husband died in 1834
Cert: to Hon. R. Brodhead Present.

Washington Jany 31/50
Dear Sir
I send enclosed the letter of Rob t Brown and request that the copy of the pension paper of Mrs Prickett of Penn a may be furnished me
Respectfully Your ob t Serv t
M m D m D m ick

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
16. June 27: history to Mr. M. B. N. Richard. Mr. in claim. No. 10. John Pritchett. C.N.C. Apr. 7 Hist. to Mrs. L. H. Boy.
File No. 4501
Ann. Pritchett Widow John Pritchett Rev. Rev. War A. H.
Act: _____
Index:—Vol. M , Page 139
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9079
Page 15 Mar 95
Pennsylvania
Ann Pritchatt widow of John Pritchatt
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 15 October, 1834 of Monroe Coy; in the State of Penn a who was a private — in the commanded by Captain Scott — of the commanded by                    in the N. Hampshire line for 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia — at the rate of 60 — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of March, 1835 — and sent to Hon R. Brodhead, present
Total amount, $300.00 —
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by N. K. Stewart Clerk, Book D — Vol. 1 — Page 229 —

6708 Pennsylvania Ann Pritchatt widow of John Pritchatt who was a private in the New-Hampshire line.
Reb 15 Mar 45
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of March, 1845, and sent to Hon: R. C. Brodhead Present
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. #17th: June '44 Vol. 2 Page 114.

Payments to be made at Philadelphia by First U. S. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Pennsylvania
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 5 Page 45 by W. L. Williams Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Prichard of the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the war of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Sixty dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty Ninth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
John D. [unclear] Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir,
Pension Office, February 19th 1845.
I have the honor to state that, the papers in the case of Ann Prichard, widow of John Prichard claiming a pension under the Act of July 4th, 1838, have been examined and filed. The date of the marriage should be established by public or private record, or documentary proof. If there be no public record, as in the present case, the family register would be satisfactory evidence.
Where parol evidence is relied on, it should be clear and specific setting forth facts calculated to impress the date of the occurrence upon the minds of witnesses. The certificate of the Secretary of New Hampshire should be produced to prove the service of John Prichard, who says, in his declaration, that he served as a volunteer private, under Capt. Root and General Arnold, having enlisted in 1775, one year and ten months and four months in 1778, under Captain Allen and Major Wail, and in 1779 four months under Capt. Morse and Major Wail.
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I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your M ch Servant, J L Edwards
Wm. H. Dredhead House of Representatives

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Pritchatt or Pritchatt a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. N. 4501.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug 1775 10 mos Pvt Scott ✓ N. H.   Apr 1778 4 mos. All Major Hale   May 1779 4 mos. Moore Major Hal.        
Battles engaged in, Capture of Montreal, Quebec.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Peterborough, N.H.
Date of application for pension, Jan 29, 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Stroud Twp., Northampton Co. Penn.
Age at date of application, 75 years. Place and date of birth not shown.
Remarks: He married in Springfield Twp., Bucks Co. Penn. Oct 8, 1786 Ann Cooper. He died in Stroud Twp., Northampton Co. Penn. Oct 15, 1834 and she was allowed pension on an application executed Oct 24, 1844 while a resident of Stroud Twp., Monroe Co. Penn. aged 78 years. They had 6 sons and 7 daughters. William L. Feb 26 1788 only name given.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

L. H. BOX "THE LAND MAN"
COMPLETE RANCHES AND LARGE TRACTS A SPECIALTY HOMESTEADS, RELINQUISHMENTS
TOWN SITE AGENT
Remedys LAVINA, MONT. March 2 1912
"THE MUSSELSHELL COUNTRY"
previous to the building of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, was from thirty to one hundred miles from any railroad, and had up to a few years ago been considered only fit for grazing purposes, but has proven to be one of the
RICHEST AGRICULTURAL SECTIONS in the United States.
SUCCESSFUL CROPS
have been grown for the past six years on the bench land without irrigation. The crops best adapted to this section are Winter Wheat, Spring Wheat, Oats, Barley, Rye, Flax, and Spelts, although all small grain does well, especially the Bald and Beardless Barley.
ALFALFA
and tame grasses do exceedingly well.
VEGETABLES
of all kinds can be grown with success.
PLENTY OF COAL
Wood, Good Water, and a Fine Climate.
ARTESIAN WATER
can be had at a reasonable depth.
It will pay you to investigate. Write me, stating about what kind of a proposition you wish and how much money you would like to invest, and you will receive a prompt answer.
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am trying to establish my proof for membership in the D.A.R. Society.
John Richard (my great grandfather) was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and received a pension. He married an Anne Smar.
Now I would like to get the dates from your pension records as to his birth, marriage, death, etc. I have not the original pension certificate.
Can you send me the information I desire? If so, will you kindly do it, and if you
WRITE ME FOR FREE PAMPHLET, TELLING ALL ABOUT THE MUSSELSHELL COUNTRY

L. H. BOX "THE LAND MAN"
COMPLETE RANCHES AND LARGE TRACTS A SPECIALTY HOMESTEADS, RELINQUISHMENTS
TOWN SITE AGENT
LAVINA, MONT., _____ 191
"THE MUSSELSHELL COUNTRY"
previous to the building of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, was from thirty to one hundred miles from any railroad, and had up to a few years ago been considered only fit for grazing purposes, but has proven to be one of the
RICHEST AGRICULTURAL SECTIONS in the United States.
SUCCESSFUL CROPS
have been grown for the past six years on the bench land without irrigation. The crops best adapted to this section are Winter Wheat, Spring Wheat, Oats, Barley, Rye, Flax, and Spelts, although all small grain does well, especially the Bald and Beardless Barley.
ALFALFA
and tame grasses do exceedingly well.
VEGETABLES
of all kinds can be grown with success.
PLENTY OF COAL
Wood, Good Water, and a Fine Climate.
ARTESIAN WATER
can be had at a reasonable depth.
It will pay you to investigate. Write me, stating about what kind of a proposition you wish and how much money you would like to invest, and you will receive a prompt answer.
Have other information that will be necessary for me to obtain membership in the D.A.R. Kindly send it also. Whatever expense is attached to this, please let me know, and I will remit.
Yours very respectfully Mrs. L H Box Roundup Montana 515 - 2nd St. West.

Pennsylvania Monmouthshire
Red Remembered that on this first day of Febru- ary A D Eighteen hundred and forty five Before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Personally came Ann Posten in the Eighty Second year of her age who being duly affirmed according to law deposeth & saith that she was well acquaint- ed with John Puchart and Ann Cooper before their marriage the said John & Ann before their marriage resided in the township of Springfield in the County of Bucks and State of Pennsylv- ania That she the deponent was not present at the marriage of said John & Ann but she has a distinct and perfect recollection of hearing of the marriage of said John to said Ann and she believes that she understood at the time that the said John and Ann were married by Justice John Barclay of Bucks County. That this deponent was residing in the neigh- bourhood of the said John and Ann at the time of their marriage that she the deponent resided within two or three miles of the said John and Ann at the time of the mar- riage of said John & Ann. to the best of deponent's recollection the said John & Ann were married previous to the year Seventeen hundred and eighty eight for in the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty Eight this deponent and her husband moved from Bucks County to Northampton County

now in Monroe County where she now resides That said Marriage of John & - Ann took place prior to her moving up to Northampton County - She cannot fix the time when the marriage of John & Ann took place, she remembers that it was before her & her husband David Porters de moved from Bucks County That she this deponent has known the said Ann from the time of her marriage to said John to the present time that she this deponent never heard the marriage of said Ann & John questioned or disputed but on the contrary the said John & Ann after their marriage as aforesaid were always deemed respected and taken to be man and wife, and as such lived and cohabited together, That the said John & Ann moved from Bucks County to Northampton County now Monroe County where they lived as man & wife until the death of said John - From what this deponent heard and understood at the time she is satisfied that the said John and Ann were married by Justice Barclay in Springfield Township in Bucks County, This deponent further states that said Ann is a person of good moral character and has always maintained such character from the time of this deponent's first acquaintance with

her That said John & Ann moved from Bucks County to the township of Stroud in now Monroe County where they lived for a period of nearly forty years or upward, - That the said John & Ann raised a family of children and were always consid- ered man & wife by all who knew them and further saith not affirmed and Subscribed before me this 1 st July 1845 John Murch S.P. (Ann her + Postens marks)
Monroe County ss. I John Murch Esquire a Justice of the peace in & for said County do hereby certify that Ann Postens who made and subscribed the above and foregoing affidavit or depositions is to me personally known and have known her for the past fifteen years or more That the said Ann Postens is a person of good moral character and that her statement of the facts in the foregoing affidavit are entitled to and deserve the fullest credit and belief. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1 st July 1845.
John Murch S.P.

Pennsylvania Monroe County ss
I James A Stroud Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County - Do Certify that John Musch Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and whom by his own proper handwriting has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Monroe duly commissioned and qualified to all above acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Indecation as thereon
In Testimony I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Stroudsburg this Third day of February A D 1845
J. A. Stroud, Prothonotary

Rev Gerrit Smith 121 Dack Lane
12 1/2
John D Morris Esquire Stroudsburg Monroe County Penn a

Pennsylvania ss
Seal
In the name and by the Authority of the freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
John Dickinson
The Supreme executive Council of the said Commonwealth
To John Barclay Esquire of the County of Bucks Reposing especial trust and confidence in your pat- riotism prudence integrity and abilities;
Know that we have assigned you a justice the peace in the County aforesaid to keep and all Laws and Ordinances made for the good of the peace and for the conservation of the same to keep and cause to be kept and to chastise and punish all persons offending against those laws and ordinan- ces within the said County as the law doth or shall direct
Giving hereby and granting unto you the said John Barclay full power and authority to execute and perform all the several acts and things which any Justice of the peace in the County aforesaid by the gener- al commission assigned lawfully can may or ought to do both in the courts of Common Pleas the Orphans Court and elsewhere as fully and amply as if your name had amongst other the Justices in the said general commission nominated been particularly inserted.
Given by order of the Council under the hand of his excellency John Dickinson Esquire President and the seal of the State at Philadelphia this twenty third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two
Attest
W. J. Matlack Secy
Bucks ss Mr Barclay sworn into office before me 11 th March 1783
Henry Wynkoop
Recorded 16 th July 1784.

Bucks County ss
I Robert Stoneback Recorder of Deeds &c. in and for said County do hereby certify that the within instrument of Writing is a true Copy taken and compared with the Record thereof, as the same is recorded in the Records office of said County in Commission Books
No 1. page 11.
Witness my hand and seal of office at Doylestown January 27 th 1845 R. Stoneback Recorder
Pennsylvania, Bucks County ss:
Abraham Chapman, residing in the Borough of Doylestown in said County, aged Seventyfour years, being duly affirmed according to law deponeth and saith, — That he was well acquainted with John Barclay, — that he, the said John Barclay, was a Justice of the Peace for Bucks County, — that he resided in Springfield township in said County and there acted as a Justice of the Peace, — that this deponent has repeatedly seen him so act, — that this deponent is an Executor of the last will and testament of the said John Barclay, — that his Justice's docket or record never came into deponent's hands or possession, and deponent never saw it after said Barclay's death, nor does he know any thing of it, and further saith not.
Affirmed and Subscribed before me, a justice of the Peace of said County, this 27 th January A.D. 1845 John B. Pugh J.P. } A. Chapman
Bucks County ss:
I John B. Pugh, the justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and taken do hereby certify that Abraham Chapman who made and subscribed the same is personally known to me, — that he is a man of good moral character and his statement of the facts in the above and foregoing affidavit is deserving of credit and belief, and that full faith and credit should be given to his statement.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty seventh day of January A.D. 1845.
John B. Pugh J.P.

Pennsylvania
Bucks County ss.
I William D. Ruckman Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County Do Certify that John B. Pugh Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and whom by his own proper hand writing has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing and now is a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Bucks duly Commissioned and qualified to all whose notice as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Judicature as thereout
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at - Doylestown this twenty seventh day of January A.D 1845
W. D. Ruckman which any by the me-

State of Pennsylvania } Be it remembered Monroe County ss } that on the fourth day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty five Before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the County of Monroe personally came James Burson of the Township of Strouds in said County & being duly affirmed according to law, depos- eth & saith that he is now in the sixty ninth year of his age that he was personally acquainted with and knew well John Pritchatt, and Ann Cooper before their marriage, That the said John before and at the time of his marriage to said Ann was to work for and in the emp- loyment of deponent's father, & living in his family, and further that the said Ann Cooper had before her marriage to said John been in the employment & to work for the father of said deponent & lived in his family. That the said John Pritchatt courted and paid his addresses to said Ann whilst the said John & Ann were living in the family of deponent's father - That the said Ann a few days before her marriage with said John left the family of de- ponent's father and went home to her father, who then lived in Springfield Township in Bucks County. That the said John continued to live in the family of deponent's father after the marriage of said John to said Ann That the said John & Ann came to my father's house on the morning they were to be married and left said house together in company with Joseph

Burson (an uncle of deponant) James Erwin John Brock and deponant thinks that his father was also one of the Company - for the purpose of going to Justice Justice John Barclays in Springfield Township in Bucks County to witness the marriage ceremony of the said John & Ann That the said Joseph Burson John Brock and deponants father are deceased and that the said James Erwin at that time was a man of thirty five or forty years of age and about forty years ago left Bucks County and went to the Western Country to some part of Ohio since which time deponant has not heard of him and should be now be alive he would be not far from one hun- dred years of age That said John was reputed a soldier of the Revolutionary war, That after the said John & Ann together with the Company had returned from Justice Barclays they were came with the together with the Company to the house of Deponants father and were there taken deemed considered and acknowledged to be man & wife by their friends and Company present That on the same day the said John Packard & Ann had a wedding party at my fathers house and took refreshment at my fathers. That after this time the said John & Ann lived with my father and in his family and in fact the said John was living with my father before, at the time of and immediately after his marriage with said Ann That the said John remained to work for

my father for some time & then came to Northampton County when said John & Ann lived neighbours of said deponent until said John's death, That the said John & Ann lived and cohabited together as man & wife after their return from Justice Barclay and continued so to live together until the time of the death of the said John which took place about the fifteenth day of October Eighteen hundred & thirty four, That said John & Ann since the time of their marri- age by Justice Barclay have been deemed reputed & acknowledged by all who knew them to be man & wife that they have raised a large family of children That the said John & Ann moved from Bucks County to Northampton now in Monroe County where they lived upwards of forty years, That deponent knew the said John & Ann from the time of their marriage until the death of said John and until his death the said John & Ann lived & cohabited together as man & wife and he never heard their marriage questioned or disputed, and deponent has no hereditary in saying that he is satisfied beyond any reason- able doubt that that the said John & Ann were married by said Justice John Barclay and that the said marri- age took place in the fall of the year of one thousand seven hundred and eighty six to the best of his belief, and further saith not  sworn to before me this 4 th day of Jan'y 1845 John Shaeffer S.P.  James Burson

Monroe County
I John Munsch Esq. a Justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that James Burson who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit or deposition is to me personally known that I have known him for Twenty years last past, that said James Burson is a person of good moral character and his statements are worthy of the fullest credit and belief.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this fourth day of January A D 1845.
John Munsch Esq.
Pennsylvania
Monroe County ss
I certify that I am well acquainted with James Burson who has made the within affidavit and that he is a man of credibility and his statements entitled to full credit and belief, and from my knowledge of the circumstances which he states, I have no doubt butation in affirming my belief that his statement is correct.
(A. B. Northhead)
I James A Stroud Prothonotary of the Court of common pleas of Monroe County - Do certify that John Munsch Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and whom by his own proper hand writing has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Monroe duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in courts of Judicature as thereout.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Stroudsburg this Third day of February A D 1845
J. A. Stroud, Prothonotary

Philadelphia County ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber an Alderman for the County of Philadelphia Augustus Stevenson and being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith. That he was well acquainted with John Barclay now deceased, that said Barclay was or was reported to have been a justice of the peace in and for the County of Bucks in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania many years ago, that said Barclay is said to have resided in the County of Bucks at which time said Barclay acted or is reported to have acted as a justice of the peace for said County of Bucks that he died on or about the fifteenth day of September Eighteen hundred and twenty four — That this deponent is related to the said Barclay in the following manner — He married the daughter of the said Barclay's Brother — That inquiry has been made after the justice's Docket or record of said Barclay deceased in order to establish the evidence of the marriage of Anne Cooper to John Prickett as to said —
That this deponent does not believe that the Record or justice's Docket of said Barclay is now is noted to be found, deponent remembers that the old papers, Books and old writings of said Barclay were many years ago tossed up as worthless and sunk in the River Delaware and it may be that the public Docket or Record of said Barclay was included in the number of Books, papers and writings put in the

Box and thrown in the River Sworn & Subscribed before me this seventeenth day of December A.D. 1844
A. Stevenson
John Bournad Alderman
Philadelphia County ss
I John Bournad the Alderman before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and taken do hereby certify that Augustus Stevenson who made and subscribed the same is personally known to me, that he is a man of good moral character, and his statement of the facts in the above and foregoing affidavit are deserving of credit & belief and that full faith and credit should be given to his state- ments - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of December 1844
John Bournad Alder
Pennsylvania Philadelphia County ss
I Richard Palmer Esq. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that John Conrad Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and whom his own proper hand & writing has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is, an alderman in and for the County of Philadel- phia duly Commissioned and qualified to all whose deposits such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Indenture as thereout
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and af- fixed the seal of the said Court at Philadelphia this 18th Dec. 1844. R. Palmer Esq. Prothonotary per Joseph S. Kenney

Mr Cole
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J. J. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.

Shurton Sept Oct 12 th 1848
Dear Sir
I enclose the declaration of Mr Pritchard who is desirous to get the arrears of pension due under the late act of Congress. Your attention to it as soon as possible will greatly oblige
Yours Respectfully
Wm. M c Dimmick

Hall of the House Feb 8 th 1825
J L Edwards Esq Sir
I herewith send you the application of Mrs Ann Prichard, the widow of an old Soldier asking for a Pension -
The witnesses who have testified in her behalf I now know personally & have no hesitation in saying that their statements are entitled to full credit and belief -
I would be greatly pleased if the Com ee could have an early examination
Yours Respectfully
J W Ponchard

h
Admitted 18 months $60. —
R. Brechead Esq. Easton Pa
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
James L. Edwards Esq.
Pa
Pa
May

Easton May 25 th 1833
J. Edwards Esquire
Sir
The Papers of John Pritchard which you Inclosed to me Some time Since with this objection "That he States his Service was prolonged in and after the Expedition to Canada to nearly Two years, and that there is no evidence that any of those who were engaged in that Expedition were engaged for So long a Term - I herewith Inclose to you again with his my explanation; and pray you to Re-examine them -
I Drew the old mans Declaration during the Hurry and Confusion of Samson Court Last, which Connected with the odd several Circumstances of the old mans Deafness; ren- dered it almost impossible to get a Correct Statement from him - I have now Carefully examined him and annexed his affidavit to his Declaration, and find I misunderstood him in the time he was discharged - Instead of Saying he was discharged in 1776 1776 in June, I stated it was in 1777 It is true his Declaration was read in Open Court, But I presume he did not hear the whole of it; owing to his Deafness and the noise in Court - I hope the explanation will be Sufficient - I would be very Sorry if the old man should not receive a Pension, Because it would be owing to my want of attention in Drawing his Declaration -
I Some time Since Inclosed to you the Application of Peter Lander, Samuel Ruple, George Gower, John P. John L. Geiger and W m Pears, which I would like to hear from the Same time. you inform me of the Re-examination of Dr. Pritchards Papers, which
I hope will be in a Short time -
I am respectfully your obed Servt
R. Brodhead jun o

Monroe County,
Francis
Smith & Edwards Partners of the township of Stroud in the County of Northampton (formerly) now Monroe County, and being duly sworn according to law deponeth and says that, they have known John Pritchett now deceased & Ann his wife for a period of Forty years. That the said John and Ann lived and cohabited together as man & wife for the period aforesaid until the time of said John's death. That the said John & Ann were always deem- ed, reputed and acknowledged by all who knew them to be man & wife that they never heard the marriage of the said John & Ann questioned or disputed. That the said John and Ann raised a large family of children and lived in the town- ship of Stroud aforesaid until the time of the death of said John which took place about the year Eighteen hundred & thirty four. That the said John was repu- ted to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary war and was a Pensioner of the United States as deponants believe and understand and that the said Ann Pritchett has ever maintained a good moral character and her stat- ements are entitled to credit & belief

and further deponents say not Sworn & subscribed before (Francis J. Smith & me this 14 th day of January) Edward Poston A.D. 1845 John Murch S.D.
Munroe County, I John Murch Esquire in a Justice of the Peace in & for said County do hereby certify that Francis J. Smith & Edward Poston who appeared before me & made and subscribed the above and foregoing affidavits or deposition are persons of good moral character and their Statements are entitled to credit and belief, and further say not In testimony whereof I, the said Justice have hereunto set my hand this 14 th day of January 1845 John Murch S.D.

Mono County ss.
Be it remembered that on this 14 th day of January A.D. 1845 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Ann Prickart who being duly sworn according to law deposes & states that she is Seventy eight years of age, that she was married to John Prickart on the eight day of October Seventeen hundred and eighty six by John Barclay Esquire a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Bucks in the Commonwealth of Penn a . That the said Justice then resided in the township of Springfield in said County of Bucks. That deponent does not know of any person living who was present at the marriage of this deponent to said John Prickart by whom the said marriage could be proved. That there was several persons present at said marriage but she has reason to believe they are all since deceased. That she has no certificate or family record of said marriage.
Ann her Prickart mark
Sworn to before me on this 14 th day of Jan y 1845. John Stuart S.P.
Mono County ss. I a Justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that Ann Prickart the above mentioned deponent is personally known to me that she is a person of good moral character and her statements are entitled to credit & belief. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14 th day of Jan y 1845. John Stuart S.P.

State of Pennsylvania } I James H Strong Monroe County ss - } Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby Certify that John Munsch Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was at the time thereof & still is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commission- ed and qualified & that full faith & credit should be given to his acts as such & that the signatures of said Justice to the foregoing affidavits and certificate annexed pur- porting to be his are genuine and his own proper hand writing
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 14 th Day 1845
J. H. Strong, Prothonotary

Declarations
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 2 d of February 1848 entitled An act making further provisions for (pensioning) widows of soldiers of the Revolution
State of Pennsylvania } On this 12 th day of October County of Monroe } ss AD 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for the borough of Stroudsburg in & for the County aforesaid Ann Pritchett a resident of the borough of Stroudsburg in the County of Monroe aged Eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Pritchett who was a private and died on the 15 th day of October 1834 and the annual amount of pension she received under the acts of March 3 rd 1843 & 17 th June 1844 was Sixty Dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow Sworn Subscribed on the day and year above written before me
John Murch } Ann her X Pritchett mark
State of Pennsylvania } On this 12 th day of County of Monroe - } ss October AD 1848 I John Murch a Magistrate in the County above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence by

my own personal knowledge that Ann Pritchard who this day appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration is the iden- tical person she represented herself to be Green under my hand at Stroudsburg on the day & year above written John Murch J.P.
State of Pennsylvania } I James H. Stroud, Prothonotary Monroe County } of the Court of Common on Oath of said County do hereby certify that John Murch is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purport- ing to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & Subscribed my name this 13 th day of October A.D. 1848,
J. H. Stroud, Prothonotary