Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,034, John Brennon, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Brennon, John
S. 40,034
CONTENTS

40 034
Rev INVALID.
File No. 40,034
John Brannon Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 60
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12.167
Pennsylvania
John Brennan
of westmorel'd 60 in the state of pa who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hartley of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of 5 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of - 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of June 1819 and sent to John Young Esqr Greensburg
Pennsylvania
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819. 9mo 18/31 = 76.64
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 - 48.
$124.64
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Westmoreland Continued
Notification sent Dec 27 1820 to J. Barclay - Pennsylvania Pa.
Died July 11 - 1826 - Stone AB

John Brennan Private Col Woodley's Regiment Pennsylvania Line 1770-5 years
Judge's certificate as to indegence wanted.
Adm?
John Young, Esq. Greensburg, Penn?
End Book of the Pennsylvania Line
Mail Washington City
Mr. Cutting
To the Secretary of War
May 28 1818
Springfield Pa
May 28 1818

John Brennon of East township Township in West moreland county and commonwealth of Pennsylvania Labourer upon oath makes the following declaration That the said John Brennon in July A D 1776 enlisted as a private soldier during the war unless sooner discharged in Captain Archibald McCallister's company of foot in the eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Hartley. That the said Declarant faithfully served in said company until the month of December A D 1781 at which time he was honourably discharged - That the Declarant was in the battle at Monmouth the Battle at Brandywine - the Battle at Germantown - at the battle at the White Plains and at the Battles at Brune-Town and the Paoli - at the last of which he was wounded That the declarant received a written certificate of his discharge and that he has lost the same by time and accident That the declarant is seventy years of age inferm and from his reduced circum- stances in life is now in need of assistance from his country for support - and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services Sworn to and subscribed his before me this 18 th of May 1818 } John Brennon John Young Mark

5 I - John Young Esquire President of the tenth Judicial district for the commonwealth of Pennsylvan- nia, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Brennan did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the within Declaration, against the common enemy. — and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress — In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand — and seal this 18 th day of May A.D. 1818 —
John Young
Mifflin County ss I James Reed prothonotary of the court of common pleas for said County do hereby certify that John Young Esquire at the time of taking the within affidavit and signing the above certificate was President of the tenth Judicial district for the Commonwealth above mentioned duly commissioned &c. To all whom acts as such full faith and credit is due. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office at Greensburg this nineteenth day of May A.D. eighteen hundred & eighteen. For James Reed proth
Morrison Underwood
Having made special inquiry into the circumstances of the situation of John Brennan the within named Applicant for a Pension I the above named President do hereby certify that the said John is considerably advanced in life and appears to be unable to gain a subsistence by labour And from information which I believe to be true as well as from the Deposition of one Bare lately transmitted to the Secretary of War the said John has been of late furnished with provisions for his necessary support by his Neighbours 2 nd June 1819 John Young.

Schedule
John Brennan
Westmoreland Co
12067.
6

Schedule Western District of Penna. Northumberland County } ss.
On this 27 th day of November 1820, personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County in said District, being a Court of Record for the said County, proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of Amount and keeping a Record of its proceedings, John Brennan late a private in the Revolutionary Army, aged 70 years, Resident in said County and said District, who being first duly sworn according to Law. Doth on his oath Declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. - He enlisted in the year 1775 at McCallister's town Pennsylvania in Captain McCallister's Company of Musketry, Colonel Hartley's Regiment in the Pennsylvania Line. for and during the war - That he served for and during the term of six years and was discharged in Trenton New Jersey after peace was made in the year 1781 - This deponent was in the Battles of Brandywine, Monmouth, Germantown and the Paoli - at which latter place he received a severe wound with a Bayonet - That in pursuance of the Act of 18 th of March 1818 he has been already inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency at the Rate of eight Dollars per month, as appears by his pension Certificate dated the 18 th day of June 1819 No 12867. And I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident citizen of the United States the 18 th

day of March 1818 - and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner whatsoever, dis- posed of my property or any part thereof, with in- tent 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 and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war", passed the 18 th day of March 1818, And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any contracts or securities, property or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than that is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit: One Cow, that I am indebted about five Dollars. I live alone with my wife in a rented house, my children have all left me, I have no trade but that of a laborer, and am now totally unable to work or contribute any thing to- wards my maintenance  support from age and infirmity, I now and Declared the 14 27 th day of November 1820 in open court.
Test Jno H. Wise Pres.
his John F. Brennan mark

Westmoreland county ss
I John H. Wise Prothonotary of of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do hereby Certify that the foregoing oaths, 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 twelve Dollars In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eleventh day of December in the Year of Our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and Twenty
John H. Wise Prothonotary