Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40790, Peter Carrigan, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
barrigan, Peter
S. 40790
CONTENTS
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13 476
Pennsylvania.
Peter Carrigan
of Cambria Co. in the state of Pennsylvania - who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wayne of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of one Year
scribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the of July 1819 and sent Geo: Robert (Agent) Ebensburg Pennsylvania
arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 80.96 emi-anl. all'ce ending Sept 1819 48 10 mo. 15 days am't. $ 131.96
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
20/67. Continued
Application of Peter Carrigan James H. Hagman Esq. Esq. Sept 14. 1857 - and John Mullen Mar 9. 1857

Declaration of Peter Carrigan Private Col Wayne's Regiment Pennsylvania Line Dec r 1775 - 1 year Signature
Admitted
The deposition of two credible & disinterested witnesses, the by to be taken & authenticated (or the certificate of an officer of the Regt.) to prove the service of applicant, is re- quired.

State of Pennsylvania and Cambria County ss
On this twentieth day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County in the Commonwealth aforesaid. Personally appears Peter Carrigan aged sixtyfive years resident in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War" That he the said Peter Carrigan enlisted in as a Common soldier in Chester County and State of Pennsylvania aforsaid in the Company commanded by Captain James Moore of the fourth Pennsylvania regiment commanded by Col. Anthony Wayne in the month of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventyfive That he continued to serve in said Corps until the month of January or February the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventyseven (having enlisted for one year) when he was discharged from service in the town of Chester by said Captain James Moore which discharge is lost That he is in reduced cir- cumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support That he has no other evidence now in his power (save the Affidavit of John Irvine hereto attached) of his said services That he hath no pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States to his knowledge and if any such exists he doth hereby fully and entirely release the same to the United States
Sworn to declared and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Before George Roberts
Peter Carrigan his mark
Pennsylvania and Cambria County ss
I George Roberts an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County in the Commonwealth aforesaid Do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Peter Carrigan did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support as stated in the above declaration

and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and asked before me to the secretary of the Department of War Pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress
George Roberts Ques

Cambria County ss James Maguire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County Do Certify that George Roberts Esq before Whome the foregoing Disposition appears to have been taken is and was at the time of taking the Same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cambria aforesaid and that all due forth is to be given to his act as such
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said County this Eighth day of August 1818
James Maguire Prothonotary

Peter Hamigan No 83. Peter Carrigan Recd 7 Sep. 1820
Philip Hamigan 13490 Secretary of War Washington City
July 19 Homer Miller
at inburg

District of Pennsylvania ss
Elmshill Cambria County
on this fifth day of July 1820 personally appeared in Open Court of Common Pleas for Cambria County Peter Harrigan Aged Sixty Seven years resident in Cambria County in said district Who being first duly sworn according to law doth in his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows that he the said Peter Harrigan entered for the term of one year in the fall of the year 1775 in the State of Pennsylvania in the Company commanded by Captain James Moor in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Anthony Wayne in the line of the State of Pennsylvania in the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the Spring of 1777 when he was discharged from said service at Chester Town in the State of Pennsylvania That he the declarant was again out as a Militia man under Captain McCormick and Colonel Morgan of the Virginia line at the time of the Surrender of Cornwallis that this declarant lay the first winter in Chester and in the Spring of 1776 he was marched to Long Island and about two weeks before Battle of Long Island he was then marched to Piccadilly and before they got there the battle of the three Rivers was over and there they stopped making best works until next Spring when they came back to Chester Town and were there discharged -
That the date of his original declaration was 20 th day of April 1818 That the declarant has received a Pension and the number of the Pension Certificate is 13476 Now I the said Peter Harrigan do Solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 as to bring my self within the provisions of an act of Congress Entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land

or have since of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed the 18 th 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 —
The deponent states that he has no land or Real Estate whatever and his personal property consists of one Old Horse Saddle and Bridle one Cow and one Heifer three Hogs and one Old Gun and there is due to him the price of one Horse Forty two dollars and one half But that he is in Debt about Eighty Dollars Peter X Kerrigan
The deponent states he has no family and that his Grandson about Eleven years of age whose parents are both dead lives with him — He states his occupation to be that of a Labourer and that his age and infirmities much incapacitate him — Sworn to and declared in Open Court at Pottsville in the County of Cambria July 5 th 1820
Before James C. McCague Pm
Peter X Kerrigan
I James C. McCague Clerk of the Courts of Common Pleas of the County of Cambria do hereby Certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule hereto annexed are true Copies 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 Fifty Dollars —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on the fifth day of July 1820
James C. McCague Pm

Humbert Cambria County Pa. Feb. 23 d 1857
Commissioner of Pensions. Dear Sir,
During the revolutionary war Peter Carigan, a private from the Colony now the state of Maryland, lived on two different enlistments - the first was on his own and when that enlistment had expired he then served in the capacity of a soldier in the place of one who would not voluntarily go to the assistance of his Country.
Now My object in addressing you is to ascertain from you, whether or not, the surviving heirs, of Peter Carigan, are entitled to a pension on his second enlistment or not.
Be pleased Sir to communicate to me at your early convenience and oblige your friend &c.
John Mullen.
To Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
P.S. As the expiration of the first petition takes place, with the death of the soldier, though his widow and children still survive, if entitled, are they entitled to interest to  from the date of the indebtedness of the Pension
Yours &c.
J. Mullen.
There are four heirs of Peter Carigan now surviving and must they not all give a power of attorney to the one who acts for them in the premises J. M.

40 790
Rev INVALID.
File No. 40 790
Peter Barrigan Dr. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 72
[Arrangement of 1870.]

for Peter Henry the Pilot Va. Clarksburg
FREE Ms Loretta va
J. C. Whiting Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City. D. B.

Netts Pa Febre 25 th 1837. Geo. C. Whiting Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
Will you be so kind as to inform me, how the son of a Revolutionary Soldier can proceed to get the Pension that his Father drew in his lifetime. The means name that drew $48. doll. half yearly was Peter Kerrigan. Your Lordship knows it for him as the records at Washington will show he rec d $96. doll. a year, up to 1839. Since that time. his son claims it according to a late act of Congress. The son is entitled to draw it from the decease of his Father. Please let me know if the Applicant is required to prove his identity &c in open Court. Please send me some documents in relation to those Claims. There is several in this County that is entitled to the Pension that may be coming since the decease of the Revolutionary Soldier.
Very Respectfully P. H. Shields. P.M.

Pennsylvania and Huntingdon County ss.
Before me the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Huntingdon aforesaid Personally appeared John Irvine of said County & being sworn by me according to Law, On his Oath saith, That Peter Carrigan served as a private soldier in the Company commanded by Captain James Moore of Chester County Pennsylvania in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy six in the fourth Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col. Anthony Wayne of Chester County aforesaid. That this deponent remembers that the said Peter Carrigan Marched in said Company about the first of April 1776 from the Town of Chester in Pennsylvania and remained in said Company until the Month of February One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the service of the United States, on the Continental establishment Sworn to and subscribed this Seventh day of May A.D. 1818
Before David Stewart
his John G. Irvine Mark

State of Pennsylvania and Cambria County Is
On the seventh day of June Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and nineteen before me the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County in the Common- wealth aforesaid Personally appeared Isaac Rosbrough a Citizen of Huntingdon County in the State aforesaid being a credible and disinterested witness who being by me first duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he the said Isaac enlisted as a soldier in the service of the United States in a Company commanded by Captain James Moore of the fourth Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col Anthony Wayne in the month of October A D one thousand seven hundred and seventyfive and continu- ed to serve in the said Corps until the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventyseven and that he became acquainted with Peter Carrigan of Cambria County [the applicant to whose application this deposition is to be attached] in or before the month of January A D one thousand seven hundred and seventy six the said Peter being a soldier attached to the said Company at the time and that the said Peter continued to serve as a soldier in the said Company until the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventyseven and came home from the said service from Ticonderoga in the State of New York to Chester in Pennsyl- vania in Company with this deponent in the spring of the year last mentioned Sworn to and subscribed Isaac Rosbrough the day and year aforesaid Before George Roberts