Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File Old War Rej. 4543, William Hamon, Mot Rev. War Wayne'S War Pa. Res.

SERVICE
Rev NUMBER
Not Rev. War
★ Hamon William
Old War Reg. 4542
Hayne's War
Pa. res.
CONTENTS

35892
William Warren and Lester H. Lacey May 1 May 1901
4543

not- Rev.
Old War Reg.
45 43
William Hamon
Wayne's War
Pa. Residence
County not not reached Dec 27-32

(or)
ny mil

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4048
C. William Hammon
Service: _____
Enlisted: Service 1793-1794 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

35942 Application of William Hammon for a pension
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Act 7 June 32

State of Pennsylvania Beaver County ss
On this fifth day of December A.D. 1844 personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting William Hannon a resident of the county of Beaver in the state of Pennsylvania aged seventy three years, who being 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 the 7 th day of June 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States as a private in the beginning of the year 1793 under the following named officers and served as herein stated - He entered the army at Legionville twenty two miles below Pittsburgh on the Ohio River under Captain Hickey and Lieutenants Butler and Rosegrant the army was commanded by General Wayne - He remained at Legionville about one month as far as his memory serves him and then went with the army down the river in Boats to Washington Fort or Fort Washington (now Cincinnati), and went out from thence and assisted a detachment in building Fort Hamilton twenty miles out. After remaining some time at Fort Washington he believes as near as his memory now serves him until the fall of 1793 he went with the army out to Greenville on the Maumee and went a detachment under Major Burbeck or Burlock to retake the battle ground where General St. Clair was defeated, and there built Fort Recovery - On the way from Fort Washington Fort Washington to Greenville

he remained about two weeks at work repairing the Fort Jefferson - He was with the Army once assisted to build Fort Defiance on the Miami and Auglaize Rivers. and in August 1794 was in the Battle of the Maumee under the Command of Captain Ribley in which the army of the British and Indians were defeated by Genl. Wayne. He remembers Captain Debts- and Major Mills. but the names of the other officers in the army are not now remembered. Whilst he was at Fort Recovery Major McArthur was attacked near the Fort by a large party of British and Indians. and the Fort was also attacked. Major McArthur was killed. and he assisted to carry him in and bury him at the foot of the Flag staff - They also gathered the remains of the men who fell under Genl. St. Clair and buried them - On the fourth day after the Battle of the Maumee he returned to Fort Washington and remained there until he was discharged which he believes was in the fall of 1794. but cannot remember certainly, owing to the failure of his memory. The discharge he received with all his papers in relation to his military service were given to John May Esq. some years ago for the purpose of procuring a pension. who died east of the mountains and the papers cannot since be found. After being discharged he returned to Pittsburgh with Lieutenant

Rosegrant and some others - At the time he entered the service he resided in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania - He does not know of any person now living who can testify to his services - and being very infirm is not able to look for them, - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn & subscribed the day 11th of March 1862
William Lawrence Ross.
We Enos Hill, John Keely, William Smith & Price Bryan residents of the county of Beaver, in the state of Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Hammon who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three 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 and further say that there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood, who could certify for said Hammon
Sworn and subscribed the day 11th of March 1862 William Lawrence Ross.
Enos Hill Enos Hill
Price Bryan W m Smith John Keely

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 stated. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Enrs Bille Esq. John Heely Esq. William Smith of Price Bryan who have signed the preceding certificate, are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Milton Lawrence clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Hanna for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fifth day of December A.D. 1844.
Milton Lawrence Pro.

Washington City Jan y 14/44
Sir,
I enclose you the application of Mrs. Stam- -mons for a pension, your early attention to it is requested - Sometime since I presented the application of Rebecca Mackall concerning her pension, has it been acted upon by the Department. If not, at what time may I expect it to be taken up and considered - Yours, S. L. Edwards. Yours respectfully &c. Comm te of Pensions - John Dickey