Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36575, Daniel Harris, Continental (Va.) Penn.

SERVICE
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Continental (Va.) Harris, Daniel Penn.
S. 36575
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9313 R Indiana
Daniel Harris
of Switzerland County in the state of Indiana who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Heartley of the Virginia line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of Apr 1819 and sent to W. C. Keen Esq Neway, Indiana.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 9 mo. 10/31. 74.58 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819 48.00
$122.58
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Dead Continued
Health met in A. B.
Order sent to the Hon Mr Schuch 28th Dec 1820, House of Reps

Schadler Daryl Harris
9313 Sept 18 1967
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Schedule
A schedule of property belonging to Daniel Harris of the County of Switzerland and resided to in the annexed schedule to wit Carpenter tools one horse, three pots, kettle
Daniel Harris
District of Indiana } Set Switzerland County }
In this 14 th day of September A D 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for the County of Switzerland in the Third Judicial Circuit of the state of Indiana Daniel Harris aged eighty three years resident in the said County of Switzerland in the said Third Circuit who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolution ary war as follows that he enlisted at Shepherd- stown in Virginia on the 2 nd of March 1777 in the Company of Capt James Sharp that he marched thence to York Pennsylvania and joined the Regiment of Col Thomas Hartley thence joined the Brigade of Genl Wayne in New Jersey, was also in the Indian Expedition with Genl Sulli- van in Col. Hobbly's Regiment that he continued in the service three years and two months and was discharged near Shepherdstown in Virginia by Genl Gates. That he has received a pension from the United States since the 26 th day of May 1818 that his pension

Certificate is numbered 9313 and dated the 16 th day of April 1819
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have, not since that time by gift sale or in any other 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 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 that I am by trade a Carpenter but by age unable to follow it that his wife Elizabeth Harris aged eighty one years nearly blind and myself widow with our children
Daniel Harris
I swear to and subscribe in open Court on the 14 th day of September 1820 before the Honorable Miles C. Eggleston Circuit and Pine siding judge of the said Third Circuit in the State of Indiana and the Honorable Abner Clarkson and Ralph Cotton associate Judges of the said Third Circuit Court
John Francis Dufour Clerk of Third Circuit Court

Court in the Third Judicial Circuit of the state of Indiana do hereby certify that the foregoing bills and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records 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 three hundred dollars and seventy five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 29 day of September A D 1820. John T. Dufour
Clerk S c Court

Daniel Harris
Daniel Harris
Bristol
1777. to 1780
Hartley's Virginia
Dept
Pennsylvania Line
The line should be specified
Adm y P. L. M. B. P. H. C. H. d. 1780

The state of Indiana, Switzerland county ss Be it remembered that on the twentyfifth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and eighteen, before me William Cotton one of the judges of the Circuit court in and for the county of Switzerland, state aforesaid, personally ap- peared Daniel Harris, who after being duly sworn did & doth depose declare and say that he entered into the army of the United colonies, raised to obtain and de- fend American Liberty, and to repel every hostile invasion thereof on the second day of April 1777, at Shippensburg, Virginia under captain James Kearney, in colonel Hartley's regiment, of general Hand's brigade, and served upwards of three years. He was discharged by general Gates in Barkley Co. Virg a about the first day of June A.D. 1780. That he has no pension allowed him by the laws of the United States to his knowledge and if any should exist he hereby fully and entirely released the same to the United States finally, that from his reduced cir- cumstances he stands in need of the assistance of his county for support Daniel Harris
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26 th day of May A. D. 1818.
William Cotton Esq d Judge of the S.C.C.

The state of Indiana Switzerland County ss.
I William Cotton one of the judges of the Circuit court of the county & state aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears satisfactorily to me that Daniel Harris is a resident ci- tizen of the United States, — that he has served Nine months & upwards in the revolutionary war & that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support.
William Cotton Esquire Judge of the S.C.C.
State of Indiana } ss } Switzerland County } I John Francis Dufour Clerk of the Switzerland Circuit Court hereby certify that William Cotton Esquire before whom the within appears to have been Subscribed and sworn to at the time and whose certificate appears above was at the time of administering said oath and still is granting said certificate and still is one of the associate judges of the said Switzerland Circuit Court. Duly commission- ed and sworn that the above is his signature & that due faith and credit is and of right ought to be given to his official acts as such. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Newberry the 30th day of May A.D. 1816. —
John Francis Dufour Clerk

The state of Indiana } Switzerland County } Sec.
I William Cotton one of the judges of the Circuit court of the county & state aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears satisfactorily to me that Daniel Harris, is a resident ci- tizen of the United States, - that he has served Nine months & upwards in the revolutionary war & that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support.
William Cotton Esq. Judge of the S.C.C.
State of Indiana } Switzerland County } ss. I John Francis Dufour Clerk of the Switzerland Circuit Court hereby certify that William Cotton Esquire before whom the within appears to have been Subscribed and sworn to at the time and whose certificate appears above was at the time of administering said oath and still is granting said certificate and still is one of the associate judges of the said Switzerland Circuit Court. Duly commission- ed and sworn that the above is his signature & that due faith and credit is and of right ought to be given to his official acts as such. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Newberry the 30th day of May A.D. 1816. —
John Francis Dufour Clerk

The state of Indiana } Switzerland county } ss
Personally appeared before me William C. Keen a justice of the peace in and for the co. aforesaid, this 19 th day of March A.D. 1819.
Daniel Harris who after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he performed Military duty, during the American Revolutionary war, in the Pennsylvania Line , in Hartley's Regiment , attached to General Wayne's brigade afterwards commanded by General St. Clair . further saith not. Daniel Harris Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19 th of March A.D. 1819. William C. Keen ss.
State of Indiana } ss Switzerland County } ss I John Francis Dufour Clerk of the Switzerland Circuit court of the county aforesaid hereby certify that William C. Keen Esquire before whom the above deposition appears to have been subscribed and sworn to was at the time of taking said Deposition and still is one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Duly Commissioned and sworn that the above is his signature and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Vevay this 23 rd day of March A.D. 1819.
John Francis Dufour Clk.

October 16, 1936
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Daniel Harris, S. 36575 BA-J/MCS
Miss Mary Hill 801 East First Street Madison, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the record of Daniel Harris, a Revolutionary War soldier who was pensioned while residing in Switzerland County, Indiana.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 36575, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Daniel Harris.
The date and place of birth of Daniel Harris and the names of his parents were not given.
He enlisted at Shepherdstown, Virginia, March 2 or April 2, 1777, in Captain James Kearney's company in Colonel Thomas Hartley's regiment, was in Sullivan's Indian expedition and was discharged June 1, 1780, from Colonel Adam Hubley's Pennsylvania regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 26, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Switzerland County, Indiana.
In 1820 he stated that he was eighty-three years of age and that his wife, Elizabeth, was eighty-one years of age and that they resided with their children but did not give their names. There are no further data relative to the family of Daniel Harris.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
WCS
February 3, 1930
Mrs. John E. Harris 2201 Broadway Great Bend, Kansas
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 36575, it appears that Daniel Harris enlisted at Shepherds-town, Virginia, March 2 or April 2, 1777, in Captain James Kearney's Company in Colonel Thomas Hartley's Regiment, was in Sullivan's Indian expedition and was discharged June 1, 1780, from Colonel Adam Hubley's Pennsylvania Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 26, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Switzerland County, Indiana.
In 1820 he stated that he was eighty-three years of age and that his wife, Elizabeth, was eighty-one years of age and that they resided with their children but he did not give their names.
This is the history of the only Daniel Harris from Pennsylvania or Virginia that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
In order to make a search of the records for a particular soldier surnamed Orr or Parr the first name is essential and you should furnish as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and first name of widow.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner

Madison, Indiana
Sept 28, 1936
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please send me the pension record of Daniel Harris , Revolutionary Soldier, who received a pension in Switzerland County, Indiana in 1834.
Yours truly
(Miss) Mary Hill
801 E. 1st St.

Great Bend Pa. Dec. 9th 1929.
To, Commissioner of U.S. Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Stamp Enclosed
We are wanting to find the Rev. War Record of my great grand father whom we think possibly could have been in Penn. or W. Va during the Rev. War periods days as we find him mentioned in a history of Washington Co. Penn. in 1776 where Daniel Harris with others were at court at Pittsburg in Jan. 1776 as per Boyd Crumrine's history of Washington Co. 1882. and they each received their ear marks, which expression does not explain just what it could mean but we take it to mean something pertaining to Rev. War days. Then we find he and wife Sarah - Wood Co. W. Va. in 1799 with a deed for 80 acres of land and then we find he sells same to John Harris who we suppose was his son and then in 1807 we find this son John - Fairfield Co. Ohio and so on. Then from a letter from his son W m & wife Mary we learn that Daniel died Sept. 20th 1843, letter headed Bowling Green Ohio and mailed at S innville, Ohio telling of his fathers death. Could it be that he had a Rev. War record? He owned a farm near Bowling Green, perhaps Bowling Green township or near Sinnville. This Daniel was born perhaps from 1755 to 1760 and his son John's birth was Jan. 20th 1782. we think - Penn. or W. Va.

Perhaps it could have been Washington Co. Penn. or near Wheeling, West Va. We find a W m Harris b. Oct. 1755 at or near Wheeling W. Va. and had a Rev. War record, moved from Wheeling W. Va. to Bowling Green Township, Licking Co. Ohio and died in 1834 and buried on his farm. We thought it might be a brother of this Daniel as so closely located. Will be please to learn about this Daniel as we all think how he could have a Rev. War. record.
Also what can you give me on the Parr's from Penn. Washington Co. who were Rev. War? They then moved to Licking Co. Ohio. - early 1800. I do not know the names but, Joseph , W m John, Aaron, Oliver, Joshua Hance were common in the family later on. They seemed to have been with the name Parr. in Licking Co. Ohio. Trusting that I have not asked too great a favor will await your reply.
Sincerely Mrs John C. Harris 2201 Broadway Great Bend Kansas.

36575
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36575
Daniel Harris
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Act:
18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol.
2
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[Arrangement of 1870.]
1930, Feb. 3. hist. to Mrs. John E. Harris. m. c. S. 1936, Oct. 16. hist. to Miss Mary Hill. m. c. S.