Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,107, for Samuel Moore, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Moore, Samuel Jane
N. 3,107
B.L.Wt. 1148-300
CONTENTS

Warrant N o 1148 issued to Lydia Moore Reynolds heir of Capt. Sam l . Moore of the Penn a line — December 21 st 1825
And deliv d to the House
James Buchanan

1498
Pennsylvania - Phila
Jane Moore
widow of Samuel Moore who was a Captain & Lieutenant in the Penn a Line
for 23 mo & 10 d s Capt. 20 " Lieut.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 475 Dollars & 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of August, 1843, and sent to
Lieut. Wm Reynolds, U. S. Navy. Halleys Hotel.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book - 4. Vol. 1. Page 134.
Rep Aug 17 -
Duplicate note for Cacher sent 9th Oct 1843.

418 Jane Moore Pa
admitted
1 yr 11 mo. 10 d Cap # 466.66 20 d Lt. 8.88 $ 475.54 100
Superannuary 1 July 76 3 Pa 603- per record in Ho By 20 office
Re # June 1976 per col D. Crapsaffe By D office
on roll State Sept, promoted to Captain Nov 11.1976 allowed rank from 20 July 1976
Hon: J. Buchanan

1 I, Samuel Bowman, Rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the City (formerly the Borough) of Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, do certify, that the following extracts, showing the marriage of Samuel Shore and Jane Fulton, taken from the records of said Church, to wit: from "A Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials kept by Elisha Wigg, Minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Borough of Lancaster, and Region in the State of Pennsylvania" is a true Copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows:
Marriages.
One thousand, Seven hundred and ninety one (1791) Sept first (1)
Samuel Shore & Jane Fulton.
S. Bowman
I, Samuel Bowman above-named depose and say that I hold the Office of Rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the City, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church, with the exception above named as certified by me.
S. Bowman
Sworn and subscribed before me one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancas- ter County this 16 th day of August A. D. 1858
SAM D. Dale
And further, I certify that Sam l Bowman, above named is Rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the City of Lancaster, and resides in said City and is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit
SAM D. Dale

State of Pennsylvania Lancaster County Ys. }
I, J. M c Lenehan, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, certify, that Samuel Dale, Esquire, within-named, before whom the within affidavit was made, & by whom the within certificate was made, is an acting associate Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Lancaster, duly commissioned and qualified: and that the signatures within, purporting to be his are genuine.
And I further certify, that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit, as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at Lancaster the twenty second day of August A. D 1838.
J. M c Lenehan Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania County of Lancaster
Be it known that on the twenty second day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before me Samuel Dale, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Lancaster, Adam Reigart Esq. of the City of Lancaster in said County; who being duly sworn according to law, says that he was well acquainted with Jane Fulton now Jane Moone, of Cornwall in Lebanon County Pennsylvania, premains to her marriage with Capt. Samuel Moone: that she was married to Capt. Moone some time in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety one: that she was never again married since the death of her said late husband Capt. Samuel Moone: but that she has ever since continued and still remains his widow.
Sworn and subscribed before me, one of the associate Judges aforesaid, on the day & year first aforesaid.
Adam Reigart
Sam Dale
And further I certify that Adam Reigart, Esquire, above named, resides in the City of Lancaster Pennsylvania, and is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit. August 22 d 1838
Sam Dale
State of Pennsylvania Lancaster County ss
I, J. M c Senegan, Prothonotary of the court of common pleas of said County, certify, that Samuel Dale, Esquire, before whom the above affidavit of Adam Reigart Esq. was made, is an acting associate Judge of the said Court duly commissioned and qualified: and that the signatures above purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court at Lancaster & subscribed my name the 22 d day of August A.D. 1838.
J. M c Senegan Protho.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows".
State of Pennsylvania
On the twenty second day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Lancaster in the State aforesaid, in open Court, Jane Moore, of the Borough and City of Lancaster in said State, from the death of her husband in the year 1795 to the first of May 1837 and since a resident of Cornwall in the County of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania, aged Seventy years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed the 7th day of July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"; that she is the widow of Samuel Moore, who was a Captain in the Pennsylvania Line in the Army of the Revolution; That she believes he entered the Army as a Lieutenant at the commencement of the war, and was shortly afterwards promoted to a Captaincy and was present and engaged in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown; That he remained and continued to serve in the Army until the latter part of the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight, when by a resolution of Congress there was a reduction of

the number of Officers in the Army, and that Captain Moore was then, much to his regret, among the officers left out of the service. That the fact of his service and the length of time he continued in it, will appear from the records of the war Department at Washington and from the depositions of Col. Thomas Craige and Capt. John Weidman, both of the Revolutionary Army remaining on file in the Department where the evidence in support of claims for lands granted to Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution are filed.
She further declares that she was married to the said Capt. Samuel Moore, in the then Borough, now City of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania by the Reverend Mr. Rigg of the Protestant Episcopal Church in that Borough on the first day of September Seventeen hundred and ninety one (1791) and that her husband the aforesaid Capt. Samuel Moore died at Shippensburg in Pennsylvania on the twelfth day of September in the year seventeen hundred and ninety five (1795) leaving this deponent, his widow and one child, a daughter named Lydia, now Lydia Moore Reynolds, the wife of John Reynolds, late of the City of Lancaster aforesaid, but now of Cornwall in the County of Lebanon and State aforesaid.
And she - the deponent - further states that she has never again married but remains and still is the widow of the said Capt. Samuel Moore; and that she was not married to him

prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: on the first day of September in the year seventeen hundred and ninety one as before stated.
(Sworn & subscribed) before the open Court of Common Pleas of Lanc. 6. August 22. 1838
Jane Moore
Attest J. M c Lenegan Protho.
Pennsylvania, Lancaster County ss.
I, J. M c Lenegan, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court of Common Pleas of said County in the matter of the application of Jane Moore, for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 23 d day of August A.D. 1838.
J. M c Lenegan Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania City of Lancaster Pa
I Lydia Moore Reynolds heir at Law of Samuel all done Esq deceased do upon solemn affirmation testify and declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that the said Samuel Moore was a captain in the Pennsylvania line in the Army of the United States, and that he continued in the command and service aforesaid, until duly and honourably discharged. I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to the said Capt Samuel Moore on the part of the United States, nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever. Therefore know all men by these presents that I Lydia Moore Reynolds aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint James Buchanan Esq of the City of Lancaster to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a Warrant for the quantity of Land due me as aforesaid, and my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the special purposes above expressed
Affirmed and subscribed before me Nathaniel Lightner Esq Mayor of the City of Lancaster this twenty sixth day of Novem ber 1825 Nath Lightner Mayor
Lydia M Reynolds
City of Lancaster Pa Personally appeared the above named Lydia Moore Reynolds subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney therein subscribed to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned
Witness my hand and seal the 26th day of November A D 1825.
Nath Lightner Mayor Seal

State of Pennsylvania City of Lancaster Pa
Personally appeared before me the subscriber Mayor of the City of Lancaster Lydia Moore Reynolds and made affirmation in due form of Law that she is the only child and heir at Law of Samuel Moore Esq m deceased late a Captain in the Pennsylvania Line in the army of the United States in the war of the Revolution, and that the said Captain Samuel Moore died in September 1795 leaving a widow who is now alive and one child to wit Lydia Moore your applicant intermarried with John Reynolds of the City of Lancaster
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26 day of Nov ember 1825
Wath Lighton Mayor
Lydia M Reynolds
State of Pennsylvania City of Lancaster Pa
Personally appeared before me the subscriber Mayor of the City of Lancaster John Rofs Esq m and Col Jacob Slough two ————— credible and disinterested witnesses and made oath in due form of Law that they are acquainted with the above mentioned Lydia Moore Reynolds and that she is the reputed daughter and only child of Captain Samuel Moore who died in September Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and ninety five
John Rofs. Jacob Slough
Sworn & subscribed before me the 20 th day of November A D 1825
Wath Lighton Mayor

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Samuel Moore wid file 3107
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Samuel Moore Entered the service at Lehigh at commencement of the Rev. was shortly afterwards promoted to capt. & served in 3 rd regt Pa Line under Col. Thomas Craig until latter part of 1778.  
Battles engaged in, Brandywine and Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Aug. 22, 1838 Her claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Cornwall, Lebanon Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, 70
Remarks: Sol. mar. at Lancaster Pa. Sept. 1, 1791. Jane Fulton he died at Shippensburg Pa. Sept. 12, 1795; leaving one child Lydia who mar. John Reynolds. No further data as to family.
The Rev. War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to any capt Moore of Pa other than the above - capt Wm. Moore Inv File 41882 furnished herewith.

Pennsylvania 81
Jane Moore
widow of Samuel Moore dec d .
who died on the 12 September 1795 of Lancaster in the State of Pa who was a Capt t in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the Penn a . line for 3 mos & 10 days Capt. 20 th St.
Inscribed on the Roll of Penn a . at the rate of $75 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Aug t . 1838 and sent Hon ble J. A. Buchanan Lancaster Pa.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $951.08 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 237.77
$1188.85
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838, Section the }
Recorded by Wm Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 o Page 158

City of Lancaster Pa
Be it remembered that on the twenty third day of August One thousand eight hundred and twenty five Before me Daniel Moore Esq one of the Aldermen of the City of Lancaster personally appeared John Weidman Esq of the county of Lebanon and state of Pennsylvania who upon his solemn oath doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with the late Samuel Moore Esq late of Lebanon in the then county of Dauphin and state aforesaid that the said Samuel Moore was a Captain in the Pennsylvania Line and this deponent believes served as such to the end of the Revolutionary war, and further that Lydia Moore Reynolds the wife of John Reynolds of the City of Lancaster is the only child and heir at Law of the said Samuel Moore deceased
Sworn and Subscribed before me 23 d August 1825
D. MOORE.
J. Weidman

Aug 27 PUGET SOUND WALLA WALLA
James Buchanan Free
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Lancaster 23 August 1838.
Dear Sir,
I transmit to you the application of Mrs. Jane Moore for a pension under the Act of the last Session. I have long been intimately acquainted with this lady & know her to be as respectable as any other in this City where she had lived ever since I came to Lancaster until recently she has moved with her son-in-law, W. Reynolds to Cornwall Tunnel. When you have examined the case, please to let me know the result.
From your friend Very respectfully
James L. Edwards.
James Buchanan

No 2674.
Pa Mar 3 rd 1843 Jane Moore
23. mo. 100 rs capt.
20. L s
475. 54
St. Wm. Reynolds U. S. Navy.
Fuller Hotel. Aug 16 th 43

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3 d March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain Widows, who have received pensions under the Act of July 7 th 1838
State of Pennsylvania ss.
On this the eleventh day of August 1843, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Lebanon in the State of Pennsylvania, Jane Moore a resident of Cornwall in the County & State aforesaid, aged Seventy five 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d day of March 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War, That she is the Widow of Samuel Moore who was a Captain in the third Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Col. Thomas Craig; that the annual amount of the Pension she received under the Act of 7 th July 1838, was four hundred & Seventy five dollars & fifty four cents; and that she has never again married but is still a Widow
Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year above mentioned
Jane Moore
J. Goodhart
This is to certify that Jane Moore who made the above declaration on oath before me this the eleventh day of August 1843, is personally known to me
J. Goodhart, Justice of the peace
State of Pennsylvania ss Lebanon County
I, Henry Schuff, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lebanon, in the State of Pennsylvania,

do hereby certify that Jacob Goodhart before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified; & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office & subscribed my name this eleventh day of August in the year 1843.
Henry Schuff Prothonotary

No 2674.
Pk Mar 3 rd 1843 Jane Moore
23. mo. 100 rs capt.
20. L s
475. 54
St. Wm. Reynolds the S. Kary.
Fuller Hotel. Aug 16 th 43

Sam. H. Smith Pension Agent Phila & Bank Oct. 4. 183

Pension Agency
W Milad? Bank
October 4. 1843
Sir
This morning had application by power of attorney for the payment of pension due Jane Moore widow of Saml. Moore, made ad March 1843. The pension Certificate was presented at the same time - dated Aug. 17. 1843. for $475. 54 -
I cannot find that I have had instructions to inscribe her name on our Roll.
Respectfully
Y. ov. fr.
Samd. H. Smith Pension Agt
By Chas. H. Bacon
To J. S. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

State of Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County ss.
On the eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty five before me Christian F. Paitel a Notary of the Peace in & for said County personally appeared Gen. Thomas Craig, formerly a Colonel of the third Regi- ment of the Pennsylvania Line, in the Revolutionary War between the United States & Great Britain, who on his oath duly administered, doth depose & say. That in the month of January in the year 1776 Samuel Hood entered the said Regiment as a first Lieutenant, and was afterwards promoted to a Captaincy in the same Regiment. That the said Samuel Hood continued to serve as a Captain in said Regiment until such time in the year 1778 when the Regiments (owing to a deficiency in the number of Privates) were reduced and consolidated. That during the period of his said service the said Samuel Hood conducted himself in a soldier like manner, and behaved upon all

Occasions as a brave frank & candid Officer. That at the time the reduction & consolidation of the Regiments took place as aforesaid, said Deponent was absent from Camp on command. That when he returned to Camp he went immediately to the Quarters of Maj. Gen. Green, where the Committee of Congress, who had performed that duty, had held their sittings, for the purpose, if possible, of hearing the said Capt. Moore retained in his command under the then new arrangement, but when said Deponent arrived said Committee had closed their session. That said Deponent firmly believed that it was not on account of any unproper or unofficerlike conduct on the part of said Capt. Moore, that he was not retained in his command.
Sworn & Subscribed the aforesaid 8 th day of November 1825 before me Chas. P. Beale
1825

Rev. War.
Feb. 28, 1912.
Mr. John Scott, Jr.
1012 Stephen Girard Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 17 th and received the 19 th instant, you are advised that in the claim of Samuel Moore, Wid. File No. 3,107, Rev. War, the date and place of soldier's birth and prior residence are not stated, nor is there any other information as to his family than that furnished you March 25, 1909.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1907 July 16. Heist. to Janet Moore Denver. W letter in Div. File 41882. 1909 Feb. 25 - Heist. to John Scott Jr. V.L.M. 1912 Feb. 28 John Scott St. There is no other information than that furnished Feb. 25.
REV.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3107
Jane Moore (Widow)  Samuel Moore  Capt. Rev. War
Act: March 3, 1843
Index: — Vol. M. Page 59.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

JOHN SCOTT, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAW N o 1012-STEPHEN GIRARD BUILDING PHILADELPHIA.
February 17, 1912.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:-
Please advise me whether your records show any information in regard to the birthplace or family of Samuel Moore, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, whose records, as I am advised, appear in your record division V. L. M. W. I. D. File 3187- Revolutionary War-3-525.
I am aware of his marriage in Lancaster, Penna., Sept. 1, 1791 to Jane Fulton and of the application of the widow for pension, which was endorsed by James Buchanan, and also of the death of Judge Moore at Shippensburg, Pa., Sept. 12, 1795, leaving one child, Lydia, who married John Reynolds. My inquiry relates to any information of his own place and date of birth, prior residence, or any other information as to his family ancestry. I am making inquiry on behalf of some of the present family.
Very truly yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive, appearing to read "John Scott Jr.", is written in dark ink over the closing of the letter.

JOHN SCOTT, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAW N o 1012-STEPHEN GIRARD BUILDING PHILADELPHIA. TELEPHONE
March 6, 1909.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:-
I wish to obtain whatever information your records may show in regard to a Revolutionary pensioner. Captain Samuel Moore, who died September 12, 1795, had served as a Captain in the Third Penna. Continental Line, and died in Shippensburg, Pa., September 12, 1795. I am informed that his widow, Jane Fulton Moore, who spent the later years of her life in Lebanon, Pa., was a Revolutionary pensioner, and I would be glad to be advised of what the records of your Bureau show upon the subject and to have, if I may, copies of all the data, together with copies of any original papers, for which I would be very glad to pay all proper charges. Your advices will oblige
Very truly yours,
Capt Samuel Moore and Jane Fulton Moore were the grandparents of Maj. Gen. John Fulton Reynolds, who was killed at Gettysburg. He was an uncle of my wife, and I am seeking this information in connection with the family history.

State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County ss.
I James Hall Recorder of Deeds in and for the said County of Lehigh do hereby certify that Christian F. Beitel in the foregoing deposition named and before whom oath was made to the same, is now and was at the time said oath was made, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Lehigh, as appears by his Commission under the Seal of the State of Pennsylvania, and signed by the Governor of said State, and duly recorded in my Office in Commission Book Vol 1. page 6.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Office this ninth Day of November Anno Domini 1825
James Hall Recorder