Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10114, Peter Caw, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
Kaw, Peter
NUMBER
S 10114
CONTENTS
carded

Virginia 30513
Peter Caw
of Morgan in the State of Va who was a Private in the Company comd by Captain Myers of the Regt by _____ in the Pennsylvania line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia as the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of March 1826 and sent Henry A. Byrne Berkeley Springs, Va.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1831 $100.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 Sept. 1831 100.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Adams Clerk. Book _____ Vol. 02 Page 7

32,058
Peter Law Virginia

State of Virginia,
Morgan County to wit,
On this 23 rd day of September 1834, Personally appeared in open Court, before the justices of the Court of Morgan County now sitting. Peter Baw a resident of Virginia, in the County of Morgan eighty three years on the 1 st day of May 1834 who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated, that in the year 1777 he was drafted for three months to go to the City of New York he was first stationed at Trenton, then at Elizabeth Town, then at Amboy, and from thence he was marched to Fort Washington where he was stationed for two months on Long Island under Captain Peter Alderholdt and Col. Butts Grubb during all which time he was in no engagement.
That in the year 1781 he was again drafted for three months under Captain John Moyers his Col o . name not recollect d , to Mark to Brandywine from thence he was marched to Germantown, where he was discharged and the discharge he received he has lost, at that time he lived 18 miles from Little York in the State of Pennsylvania, and that during this time he was in no engagement.
In the year 1782 he was again drafted for three months , and was marched to Germantown under Captain Anthony Finkle who put him to driving a militia a team (the waggoner having been taken sick) at which service he continued until discharged.
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Signed, J. Richard b. m. c. Peter his Baw mark
We Matthias Lewis & Samuel Rankin, residing in the County of Morgan, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Peter Baw, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; That we believe him to be eighty three years of age ; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Signed,
J. Richard, b. m. c.
Matthias Lewis Samuel Rankin

(Last known place of abode before enlistment) - Where, after the said application of the 1 st where, and in what year were you born?
Ans. In Lancaster County State of Pennsylvania, was born 1 st of May, 1757
2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Ans. No. no other than the statements heretofore given me by my parents.
3 rd where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Ans. when 1 st called I lived in Lancaster County Pa. the 2 nd & 3 rd times I lived in York County, same State, near the end of the war I removed to Virginia where I now live & have since then lived.
4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
Ans. I was drafted as above stated.
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans. I remember General Mercer, I saw Genl. Lee near N. York, also Genl. Washington.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it.
Ans. Yes. But they are long since lost, the first I think was signed by Col. Grubb, of the others I can not remember particularly.
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. Matthias Lucius, Samuel Rankin, Samuel Solomon, Peter Dyck & many others whose names I do not now remember.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Sigs. J. Michard B.M.O.
Peter his X Bace mark
And the board do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after perusing the interrogatories furnished by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, and the board further certifies, that it appears to them, that Matthias Lucius & Samuel Rankin who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in this County of Mayers, and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.

Rev. War
10.11.21 INVALID.
aw
No. 10.11.21
Peter Cam
Pri Rev War
Act: June 1 st 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 60
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rejected.
shall not serve. at under mil. cap. See letter 6 Oct. 34 T. Henry St Byron Berkeley Springs Pa

Peter Law
p o
allow 6 mo
Col. H. A. Byrne
March 16 1836
Surgeon
Admiral private
6 mo $20.
Henry A. Byrne Berkeley Springs Pa.

Berkeley Springs W a 29 th Sept r 1884
Revolutionary Claim
J. L. Edwards Esq r
War Dept t
Com r of Pensions Washington
32.058 Peter Lauer Mary Virginia

Berkeley Springs Va Sept r 29 th 1834
Sir I send you the declaration of Peter Gaw for a pension. He bids me request, (if the request would not interfere with your other necessary duties, and on his part he not thought obtuse) that as speedy as practicable an action may be had in his case, as he expects to move to the State of Ohio in a short time with his son.
While addressing you, as I have often lately done, I am solicited to enquire the result of the decision of the War Department on a declaration sent sometime back from this county in favor of Thomas T. Rockhold (or Rockwell). The applicant is dead, - and his representatives would be glad to know the fate of his application.
Respectfully &c
Henry A. Byrne

State of Virginia, Botetourt County, to wit:
Be it known that on this day personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace of said County, Peter Gaco, who being duly sworn, deposed and said on his oath, that in his declaration of the 22 nd Sept. 1834, he believes there were errors, of dates principally, which grew out of this applicant's loss of memory, illiteracy & extreme deafness by which he either misunderstood the scribe who wrote his declaration, or else the said scribe misunderstood him - He therefore now submits this his amended declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832.
He, now is satisfied, it was in the year 1776 that he served in the States of New Jersey & New York, as set forth in his declaration, instead of 1777. There may be some errors of details in the manner of stating this service but this applicant solemnly repeats that he served there a campaign of three months in the States of New Jersey & New York, and was on Long Island a part of the time.
The three months in his said declaration stated to have been performed in 1781, in which he marched to the Brandywine, he is induced to think is another considerable error, owing to the same causes, viz: loss of memory, illiteracy, and his great difficulty in hearing what is said to him. This applicant never had any learning in the English language. This service was in 1777. He further on his oath declares by way of amendment to his said declaration, that shortly after this last service, he was again drafted & marched to Germantown for three months the greater part of this service he performed in acting as a waggoner, but he made no engagement as such, nor did he hire as such, but he was drafted and marched as a soldier for that term; but the reason why he acted as such, was because the wife of the driver of a military team was taken sick, which caused his return home, and the commanding Captain ordered this applicant, instead of remaining in the ranks to drive the said team.
Subscribed & sworn to this
his Peter X Gaco mark
7 th day of March 1836, before
me
J. Small J. P.

State of Virginia, Morgan County, Set:
I, the undersigned justice of the peace of said County, do hereby certify that on this day Isaac Gane & Nicholas Gane made oath in due form of law that for the last thirty years they have heard the aforesaid Affiant, Peter Gane state his services in the war of the revolution as they are in his above annexed declaration set forth; that it is the common belief of the neighbours that he was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states, in which belief they concur - and I further certify that the aforesaid Isaac Gane, and Nicholas Gane, are persons of credibility, and that this their certificate on oath is entitled to credit.
Known to & subscribed before me this 7 th March 1836
Isaac Gane Nicholas his Gane mark
Jno O'Ferrall J. P.
I, Jacob Reichard, Clerk of the Court of Morgan County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a transcript of papers filed in the office of said Court; and I further certify that John O'Ferrall, whose signature appears to the said paper, is a justice of the peace, in and for said County of Morgan, duly commissioned, and qualified by lawful Authority, and the said signatures purporting to be his, I verify as believe are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court, this ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1836.
J. Reichard,

J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Henry A. Byrne Esq. Berkley Springs Pa

Department of War Pension Office March 16. 1836
Sir
I have rec d your letter of the 12 th inst d , and in reply have to state, that the claim of Peter Graw may be admitted for six months, should he choose to accept a certificate of that amount.
No further proof has been furnished in the case of Thomas J. Blackwell dec d . Since my letter to you of the 6 th of Oct. 1834. His papers still remain in file under said J.
Kindly thank you for return my last letter to you on the subject of Edward Northcote's claim.
I am Respectfully Yours
J. L. Edwards
Henry A. Byrne Esq. Whitney Springs N.Y.