Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,306, James Hindman, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Hindman, James
S 22,306
CONTENTS

22. 658. Pittsburgh Penn.
James Hindman of Allegany Co. in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the Co. — commanded by Captain Crouch. of the Reg. t — commanded by Col: Cox. in the Pennsylvania line for eight months. $26. 66 / 100
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of May 6 April 1838. from 4 March 1837 to 4 Sept 1837. Agent notified 14 July 1838.
Died Feb. 25, 1841 (A.B.)
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania. at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28. th day of November 1833 and sent to John W. Hargad Pittsburgh Penn a
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 1833. — 66.65. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar. 34. 13.33. $79.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk, Book E. Vol. 8 Page 79

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 11 th 1832.
State of Pennsylvania
County of Allegheny ss.
On this sixteenth day of September eighteen hundred & thirty I personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of common pleas for the county of Allegheny & State of Pa. now sitting. James Bindaman a resident of Jefferson Township, Allegheny county & state of Pa. aged twenty seven years past last February, 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 11 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated James Bindaman states that, in the county of Lancas- ter in the state of Pa. & on the ninth day of January in the year 1777, one Hugh Cunningham was as- sembled in the service of the United States for the term of two months & failed or refused to go. & your applicant further states that he went as a substitute for Hugh Cunningham & performed military duty for the term of two months, in the division commanded by General Putnam & Colonel Cox & in a company comman- ded by Captain Brouch, 1 st Lieutenant James Forter & the 2 d Lieutenant was by the name of Diveler. Said company was raised in Lancaster county Pa. & marched from that place to the state of New Jersey & was sta- tioned at a place in said state called the Rock Hills at which place this applicant states he rema- ined from the ninth of January 1777, until the ninth of March in said year when his term of service expired. This applicant further states that he was drafted, in Lancaster county Pa. on the first of November 1777, for the term of two

months & performed military duty for said term in a company commanded by Captain M c Ree. Said company was stationed as a garrison near the town of Lancaster in Lancaster County Pa., at which place he remained until the first day of January 1778. at which time his term of service expired. This appli- cant further states that he was drafted in Lancaster County Pa. on the fifteenth day of October 1779. for the term of two months & performed military duty for said term in a company commanded by Captain M c Ree, said company was stationed in a garrison & performed garrison duty in said place in Lancaster County Pa., where your applicant remained until the fifteenth day of December in said year when his term of service expired. This applicant further states that he was drafted in Lan- caster County Pa. on the first of September 1781. for the term of two months & performed military duty for said term in a company commanded by Cap- tain M c Culloch, said Company was stationed part of the time in Middletown & part in Lancaster, Lancaster County Pa. where your applicant remained until the first of October in said year when his term of service expired. This applicant further states that he has no documentary evidence to support his claim & that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can, who can testify to his service with the exception of William Wilson whose testimony has been taken in the case. As hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or territory. Sworn to & subscribed this 10 th day & year aforesaid. James Hindman
W th Thomas D. Baird a clergyman, residing in the County of Allegheny & State of Pa. and William

Wilson. Reading with the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Kinaman, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. J. D. Baird Wm Wilson
And so the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier serve as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Thomas D. Baird, who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the county of Allegheny & state of Pa., and that William Wilson who has also signed the same, is a resident in the County & State aforesaid, & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit. By the court
William H. Canalese, clerk of the court of common Pleas for the county of Allegheny & state of Pa., do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of James Kinaman for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have set my hand & seal of office this sixteenth day of September 1818.
The following interrogatories were put to the applicant by the court. Where & in what year were you born? Answer. I was born in the county of Antrim in Ireland on the 28th day of February in the 1756. Question 2 Have you any record of your age & if so where is it? Answer, he has no record of his age

3 Where were you living when called into service, where have you live since the revolutionary war & where do you now live? Answer. I was living in Lancaster county Pa. When called into service & since the revolutionary war I have lived in Allegheny county Pa. of which place I now live.
4. H. How was you called into service, were you drafted, and you volunteer or were you a substitute? & if a substitute for whom? Answer. I was a substitute the first tour of duty for Hugh Cunningham. The other three tours of duty I was drafted. 5. H. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served: such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service? Answer. General Putman, Colonel Cox, Captain Crouch, Captain McRae & Capt. McCallough. 6. H. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? Answer. I never did.
7. H. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution? Answer. Gabriel Coaster, William Wilson, John Cook Rev. Samuel Crease, David Morrow Rev. Tobias Milly, Enoch Hankins.

July 10, 1935
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Nancy G. Morrow 109 Hill Street Oil City, Pennsylvania
JAMES HINDMAN S. 22306 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 22306, based upon the Revolutionary War service of James Hindman.
James Hindman was born February 28, 1756, in the County of Antrim, Ireland; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted January 9, 1777, served as private in Captain Crouch's company, Colonel Cox's Pennsylvania regiment, stationed at Rocky Hill in New Jersey, and was discharged March 9, 1777. He enlisted November 1, 1777, served as private in Captain McKee's Pennsylvania company, and was discharged January 1, 1778. He enlisted October 15, 1779, served as private in Captain McKee's Pennsylvania company, engaged in performing garrison duty at Middletown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was discharged December 15, 1779. He enlisted September 1, 1781, and served two months as private in Captain McCullough's Pennsylvania company.
James Hindman was allowed pension on his application executed September 16, 1833, while residing in Jefferson Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
The soldier died February 25, 1841.
There are no family data shown in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

State of Pennsylvania } County of Allegheny } ss.
In the matter of the application of James Hindman for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 personally appeared before me John Reider a Justice of the peace within & for the township of Jefferson County of Allegheny & State of Pennsylvania, William Wilson, who after being duly sworn according to Law deposes & saith that he was personally & well acquainted with James Hindman, who is now making application for a pension, in the revolutionary war, & this deponent further states that in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven & in the months of January February & part of the month of March in said year he served a tour of two months duty in a militia company commanded by Captain Brouch, 1st Lieutenant James Foster & the 2nd Lieutenant was by the name of Diver & in the division commanded by Colonel Cox & General Putman, said company was raised in Lancaster County Pennsylvania & was stationed at the Rocky Hills in the state of New Jersey & this deponent further states that James Hindman performed military duty in said company for the term of two months. This deponent further states that he is seventy five years of age past & was also a soldier of the revolution, & further this deponent saith not. Question by the Justice. Is this man James Hindman, the same person whom you seen in the revolutionary war? The witness answers positively & says that he is
Sworn to before me
the 22 day of June 1832
William Wilson
Justice of the Peace

Allegheny County } ss. State of Pennsylvania }
I William M c andee P rothon otary of the Courts of Common Pleas in & for the County of Allegheny, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do by these presents certify that John Scidmore Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was taken, & who has thereunto in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name was at the time of taking such deposition & now is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & sworn, to all whose acts, as such, due faith & credit are & of right ought to be given through the United States & elsewhere.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Courts at Pittsburgh in the said County this twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three & of the sovereignty & independence of the United States of America the fifty eighth.
W m M c andee

27.743 22.658
James Hindman
Penn a
Adm 8 Months
John M. Hargis
Pittsburgh
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjóined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
to Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his service in the Militia, State troops, or National Guard.
interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of troops of Virginia.  1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. 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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. 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. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the said Judge or Justice will cause the same to be taken, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, appear in Court, and is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, appear in Court, and is herein requested to perform,
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] The declarant must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of loss of memory, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months," is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
service in the Militia, State troops, or (in) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. 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 services. 
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
 7. 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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of the loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Production
22 306 INVALID.
1935 July 10 - Sept. 6 Dampf. Witness (Reettie in clm. W. 2146, of Jos. McCulloch) - M.C.B.
File No. 22, 306
James H. Kinman Ph. Rev. 1882
Act: June 7, 1897
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 188
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 10, 1935
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Nancy G. Morrow 109 Hill Street Oil City, Pennsylvania
James Hindman, S. 22306 Joseph McCulloch, W. 2146
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request of June 21, 1935, for the Revolutionary War records of James Hindman and Joseph McCulloch, both of whom served in the Pennsylvania militia and were pensioned in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1833, aged eighty-one years.
Their records are furnished herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 11. 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," James Hindman a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh Penn. Agency, at the rate of twenty six Dollars and sixty six Cents. per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 4 th of September 1837
Respectfully, yours,
Abner K. Parrish Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.