Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40308, for Henry Rankin, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Rankin, Henry
S. 40308
CONTENTS

13,448. Ohio
Henry Rankin of Harrison Co in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hand of the Pennsylvan. line, for the term of 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of July 1819 and sent to Mr. Simpson Esqr Gadby Ohio
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 . . . $ 77.41
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1819  48.
9 months & 21/31 $ 125.41
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Notice delivered to the Hon: Mr Ruggles Senate U.S.
Dec 1870

State of Ohio
Harrison County
§ 3
Be it remembered that on the fifteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, before me Matthew Simpson
one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Harrison County, in the State of Ohio, the same being a court of Record, personally appeared Henry Rankin a citizen of the county of Luzerne, aged sixty three years, who being solemnly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration, for the purpose of obtaining relief under the provisions of an act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818.
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 Henry Rankin was in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, at the town
of Lancaster, in the State of Pennsylvania, in Capt. James Rife's Company, attached to the First Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, at that time commanded by Col. William Thompson. That he continued in service for one year from the date of his enlistment at Lancaster, and received an honorable discharge at Long Island in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six, signed by Col. Richard
then commander of the Regiment aforesaid, which discharge this declarant is unable to produce, the same having been lost by him, and not now in existence, as this declarant believes.
That during the term aforesaid, this declarant served his country faithfully. That this declarant is extremely infirm. That he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country, and that owing to the loss of
Admitted
Henry Rankin his mark sworn to me this 15th day of May 1818 Matthew Simpson Judge
Mr. Simpson Esq.

his discharge as aforesaid, he is unable to produce any further evidence of the facts stated in the foregoing declarations.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written
Henry Rankin
Matthew Simpson associate Judge
State of Ohio } Harrison County }
In testimony of my satisfaction and belief, that Henry Rankin, who has sworn to the above declarations, did serve in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, agreeably to the above declarations, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth day of May Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Matthew Simpson associate Judge
State of Ohio } Harrison County }
Be it remembered that Matthew Simpson whose name appears to the above declaration and certificate, was at the time of signing the same, and now is one of the associate judges of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Harrison duly commissioned and sworn, and that the above signature are in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the court aforesaid, this fifteenth day of May A. D. 1818.
William Tingler Clerk of said Court.
Certificate to be sent to Gads, Harrison County Ohio

State of Ohio Harrison County } Essex
I Samuel Boyd, one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Harrison aforesaid, do hereby certify that Henry Perkins of said County, a revolutionary soldier, and an applicant for a pension from the government of the United States, under the act of Congress passed March 18. 1818, is very indigent, and in dire and reduced circumstances; and that he stands in need of his country's assistance.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 28 th day of April A. D. 1819.
Samuel Boyd
Associate Judge
State of Ohio } Harrison County }
Yes I William Tingley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Harrison do hereby certify that Samuel Boyd Esquire before whom the above Affidavit was taken and whose name to the same is subscribed was at the time of taking the same & now is one of the Judges of the P. Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly Com- missioned and qualified. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Cadiz this 28 th day of April A. D. 1819.
William Tingley Clerk.

Henry Rankin
1819 1820
48 Henry Rankin. Recd 21. Nov. 1820
13. 448. 7. July 6. 1819.
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War. Washington City
CADIZ Aug Asa Andrews Cadiz, Ohio.

State of Ohio Harrison County
On this 1 st day of August A. D. 1820, personally appeared, in open court being a Court of Record of the State aforesaid in said Harrison County begun and held the said 1 st day of August A. D. 1820 before the honorable Benjamin Tappan, President of the Fifth Circuit of the Court of Common Pleas in the State of Ohio, and John Macurdy, Alexander Henderson and John McCalloch Esqrs. Associate Judges of the said Court in Harrison aforesaid. Henry Rankin who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, that in the year 1775 th he enlisted for the term of one year in the State of Pennsylvania in the Company commanded by Capt. James Ross in the Regiment Com- manded by Col. Edward Hand in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the Continental establishment and that he continued to serve in the said Company until the close of the said term of service, when he was discharged on Long Island in the State of New York and Received a Written discharge from Col. Hand, but destroyed it a long time since not supposing that it would ever be of any service to this Declarant. And he the said Henry Rankin further states that in order to obtain the provision of an act of Congress passed the 18 th of March 1818 he made his Declaration on the fifteenth day of May A. D. 1818 of his enlistment &c. according to the re- quisitions of the said Act of 1818 and has received a certificate of his being inscribed on the Pension list which certificate is numbered 12.448 given at the War Office of the United States on the 7 th day of July A. D. 1819. And I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth 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 in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"

passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or Securities contracts or Debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Schedule of Property owned by the said Henry Rankin
 1 st Necessary Clothing and Wearing Apparel  2 nd 20 Dollars a year coming from my Son Henry Rankin  3 rd 13 8 / 100 Pension money subject to my order. Henry Rankin 
Schedule of Debts Due and owing by the said Henry Rankin
  To Messrs Vandolah $14.75   To Thomas Bingham St c 23.68 3 / 4   Due Thomas B. Barker 2.50   $40.93 3 / 4 
This Declarant further states that he is by occupation a Carpenter but owing to old age and Bodily infirmity he is now totally unable to pursue it, and is dependent on the charity of his friends and the Pension lately granted him for support, and that he has for some time past been boarding out at one Dollar per Week at such places as he could obtain boarding and that he is now 66 years of age.
Sworn to and declared in open Court this 1 st day of August A.D. 1820. William Tingley Clerk
State of Ohio Harrison County ss. I William Tingley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said Harrison 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 $50.00.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cadiz this 3 rd day of August A.D. 1820 William Tingley Clerk of the Court of the County of Harrison

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40308
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Rev Y
File No. 40308
Henry Rankin His Rev Yrs
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 310
[Arrangement of 1870.]