Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4648, Charles Harris, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
★ Harris, Charles
NUMBER
R. 4648
CONTENTS
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No 35.781
Charles Harris
Pa
Act 7 th June '32
4648
H. B. A. Bidlack 172

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of Pennsylvania
Wyoming County ss On this 22 nd day of May A.D. 1844 personally appeared in open court being a Court of Record before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County before named now sitting Charles Harris a resident of the Township of Kingston in the County of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania aged seventy six 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 act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - that he was born in Orange County in the State of New York on the 15 th February A.D. 1768 agreeably to the best information he can obtain having no record of his birth; when he was a year old his father and family removed to the Valley of Wyoming Penn a and at the time he entered the service his father resided at Wilkes Barre in the County of Northumberland, now Luzerne that he has lived in same County ever since the Revolutionary war and continues to live there still - that he entered the service as a substitute for Gideon Church at Wilkes- Barre aforesaid in the Spring of the year either in April or May A.D. 1780 - that he belonged to the Company of Captain Samuel Spalding and Lieut. Lature a French man and was under the command of Col. Zebulon Butler - that he performed garrison duty during that Summer and Fall and the following Winter altogether nine months and upwards guarding the Fort at Wilkes Barre. He distinctly rec- ollects standing sentry on the night that Col. G.P. Ransom and others were taken prisoners by the Indians in Shawney now Plymouth that two women made their escape from the Indians and came up to the Fort in the night and gave the alarm and that he was the first to hail them. Applicant had a Brother William Harris who is now dead, but whose affidavit taken in his life time is here to annexed. He thinks Gideon Church aforesaid belonged to the Regular Troops

of the United States and declarant thinks he enlisted under Captain Burke who was killed in the Battle of the 3 d July A D 1778 usually called the "Wyoming Massacre" and that the said Gideon Church died in Kingston aforesaid Mar fifty years ago.
The declarant hereby relinquishes any and all claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the one now asked for and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed before me in Open Court May — 22 d A D 1844
Charles H. Hays
James Brown Prothonotary Wyoming County ss Penna
I James Brown Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Wyoming in the State of Pennsylvania
do certify that the above and foregoing is the declaration of Charles Hays whose name is subscribed to the same duly taken sworn and subscribed to in Open Court on the twenty second day of May A D 1844
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed hereto the seal of the Court of said County this twenty second day of May A D 1844
James Brown Prothonotary

Mr Bidwell will oblige Old Mr Harris and his friends by giving his particular attention to the matter contained in these papers. A Beaumont
No 35.181 Charles Harris
Pa
Act of June 1 st 32
4648
Mr B. J. Bidwell 172

Affidavit W m Harris
(Pension)
Charles born 15 Feb 1768 W m 28 June 1770

State of Pennsylvania } County of Luzerne } ss.
On the 25 th day of March A.D. 1835, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County came William Harris (brother of Charles Harris an applicant for a pension) of Kingston in said county who after being duly sworn says, that he has a distinct recollection of his said brother Charles having done duty, as a private, and as a substitute for a man by the name of Gideon Church, in the War of the Revolution, that he served in Capt. Spauldings Company of Infantry, in Col. Butlers Regiment, for the term, deponent would say of nine months . — Deponent can further state that the services of his brother were performed in the Valley of Wyoming, at and near Wilkes-Barre. — Deponent can also state that his said Brother Charles and himself have both, lived within the County of Luzerne, and in the neighbourhood of Wilkes-Barre, ever since, before the Wyoming war. Deponent can further state from the accounts given him that he is Sixty four years of age and that his brother Charles is two years older than deponent and further deponent saith not —
Sworn & subscribed } before me } Sheehy Phillips J.P. } his mark William Harris
Luzerne County ss. I do hereby certify that William Harris who has put his mark to the above affidavit is to me personally known, and is a person of Credibility Witness my hand. This 2 nd day of April A.D. 1835 Sheehy Phillips J.P.

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss
I Andrew Bedford Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Susquehanna and State aforesaid do certify that Alwah C. Philips before whom the foregoing Affi- davit was taken and by whom the accom- panying Certificate was made was at the time of taking and making the same an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned as such and that full faith is due to his Official acts as such; that I am acquainted with his signature and know the signature attached to the said affidavit and certificate to be his the said Alwah C. Philips. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed hereunto the seal of the Court of the County aforesaid this twenty seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four
A. Bedford Prothon.

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Sir
I have enclosed to you under the care of the Hon Mr Bidlack the accompanying Declaration of Charles Harris made with the purpose of availing himself of the benefits of the acts of Congress granting pensions to Revolutionary Soldiers. The Character of Mr Harris is good as also that of the individuals whose affidavits go to support his claim for a pension. Mr Bidlack is acquainted I think with the character of the applicant and with the character of the late Samuel Bauer whose affidavit is annexed. Mr Bauer was considered a very pure worthy and conscientious man. I hope the case will receive your early consideration.
for your health & happiness With the best wishes I have the
pleasure to subscribe myself
Your friend
A. Beaumont
Wilkes Barre Pa
May 27 1844
The above Representations are correct B. A. Bidlack
No. R. No. 1744.

Luzerne County ss Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County Samuel Garve A Preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church by me well known who after being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he has been acquainted with Charles Harris between forty and fifty years and deponent further says that he has heard said Harris say at several times that he was in the Revolutionary War deponent further says that said Harris has been a member of the same church that he the deponent is attached to for upwards of thirty five years and he the deponent believes said Harris to be a man of truth and veracity and verily believes that he has been in the Revolutionary War and further saith not. Sworn and subscribed before me Samuel Garve this 16 th day of April A.D. 1835
(Sigs) Thomas Irwin Jas. Read State of Pennsylvania ss I Andrew Bedford Rothrock of Luzerne County ss to the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Luzerne do hereby certify that Thomas Irwin before whom the above affidavit was made and subscribed was at the time of the taking and subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly qualified and that the faith is to be given to his acts and words as such Justice having perused the my hand and office hereunto the seal of the Court of said County This 27 th day of May A.D. 1844 A. Bedford Rothrock

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
4648.
P. O.
Charles Harris
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

No-35781.
Charles Harris
Pa
Registered
Let. to Hon. B. A. Bidwell 29 th June 1844.
to Ditts Jany 23. 1845.
Act 7 th June '30