Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,748, Isaac Dicks, Va.

SERVICE
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Dicks Isaac
S 34,748
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SERVICE
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Dicks, Isaac
S 34,748
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11.476. 4
Maryland
Isaac Dicks
of Baltimore in the state of Maryland who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Matthews of the Virginia line, for the term of Two Years & '79
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of June 1818 and Deliv d to the Pensioner Present
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 . . 80.00 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819  48.00 128.00
10 mos and
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
continued modification sent Oct r 5 th 1820. to Philip Moore Esq r Balt a

Inac Dick
Application
for a
Pension
suppl. for War Rolls
The terms of the act Wm. must
be mentioned - 8. The Judge's certificate as to the claimant's circumstances must be mentioned

State of Maryland, City of Baltimore, ss.
On this Fifth day of May, A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Associate Judges of the city Court, in and for the city of Baltimore, in the State afore- said, personally appears Isaac Dicks aged about seventy years, resident in the said city of Baltimore, 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 Isaac Dicks, enlisted in Frederick County, in the State of Virginia, in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Sneed of the Ninth Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel Matthews; that the date of his enlistment, does not now recollect, but well recollects it having been for three years; that he was made a prisoner by the enemy at the battle of German Town on the fourth day of October, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, and remained a prisoner until the sixteenth of June following, when he was exchang- ed, and being informed the period of his enlistment had expired, was discharged from service at the Valley Forge, in the State of Pennsylvania, that he was in the Battle of Brandywine (and

(and German Town) aforesaid; and that he is in reduced circumstance, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Isaac his X Dick's mark
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Wm McChen
I, William McChen associate Judge of the City Court of Baltimore aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Isaac Dick's did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding 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 aforementioned act of Congress.
Wm McChen

City of Baltimore Set
I Thomas Harwood, Clerk of Baltimore City Court hereby certify that the Honorable, William McMechen Esquire, before whom the foregoing proceedings appear to have been taken and certified as at the time of taking and certifying the same, and since is Associate Judge of Baltimore City Court duly Commissioned and qualified: and to all his acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere —
In Testimony have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Baltimore City Court this fifth day of May One thousand eight hundred and eighteen —
T. Harwood Clerk Baltimore City Court

Isaac Dicks
11.4/6
Sept 10/19
Em

SCHEDULE.
United States of America (A.) District of Columbia ss.
ON this thirteenth day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court (*) being a court of record , (†) (B.) in the District Court of the United States in and for the said (C.) District
Isaac Dicks aged Seventy one years, resident in the City of Baltimore in said (D.) District who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: (E.) That he was attached and enlisted into the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Sneed of the Ninth Regiment Virginia Line commanded by Col. Matthews, that his original declaration was made on the fifth day of May in the year 1818, that his pension Certificate according to indorsement thereon is numbered 11,476 and is dated the 8 th June 1819.
and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th 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.

(F.) One pen knife.
That I have not a wife living, do not keep a house, have three daughters, the eldest named Mary Stewart, a widow, as I suppose the second, Susanna the Wife of Mary Young the third Ann Dicks, and a son named Isaac Dicks about fifteen years of age an apprentice at a Cotton factory, and from all or any of whom I have no reason to expect or depend upon for any aid support or relief.
His Isaac Dicks mark
SWORN to and declared on the 13 th day of September 1820.
BEFORE, the District Court aforesaid.
I, Philip Moore Clerk of the said District Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of 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 _____ Dollars and _____ Cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said court, on this 21 st day of Sept r 1820.
Philip Moore
Clerk of the court for the Dist. of Maryland.

* The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
† All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the Act of Congress:
1st, Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the State which create them;
2d, Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several States, to be courts of record;
3d, Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount;
4th, Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according to the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal. The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record, and state why it is such.—( Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States. )
DIRECTIONS FOR FILLING UP THE BLANKS.
A. District,—circuit,—county, or corporation, as the case may be.
B. State why a court of record.
C. After repeating the district, circuit, county, or corporation, insert the declarant's name.
D. District, circuit, county, or corporation.
E. Here set forth the regiment, company and line; or ship, corps or vessel, and the date of the original declaration; and if he has received a pension, the number of his pension-certificate should be inserted.
F. Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary bedding and clothing excepted, and it must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the third section of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, "in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only, who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.
Extract of a CIRCULAR LETTER from the War Department, to the several Agents for paying pensions, enclosing the foregoing Form.
"For the guidance of persons already on the pension list, or who may hereafter make application for that purpose, it may be proper to state, explicitly, that, as experience has proved the necessity of a rigid adherence to particular forms in such cases, no instrument of writing drawn up contrary to this form can be admitted as a proper voucher."

34 748 Buy INVALID.
File No. 34 748
Isaac Dicks
Rev Geo
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 498
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I do hereby certify, that Isaac Dix enlisted in Capt. Thomas Inoads company, of the 9 th Virginia regiment, the latter end of the year 1775 or begining of the year 1776; that he marched in the said regiment and joined the Continental army, and that he was taken prisoner at the battle of German Town, that he served two years and upwards and that he was then discharged.
My brother formerly Col. Simon at 11 th Virg. Regiment in the war of the Revolution

This is to certify that Isaac Dicks has been a Patient in this Institution upwards of three years, during which time he has been severely afflicted with Chronic Rheumatism, and wholly unable to support himself by labour —
Colin Mackenzie Attending Physician
Marine Hospital
Baltimore
5 th June 1819