Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38794, Stephen Handlin, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Handlin, Stephen
S. 38794
CONTENTS

7906
Tennessee (West)
Stephen Handlin
of Montgomery in the state of Tennessee who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel McCoy of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee West at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of March 1819 and sent to P. N. Bellair Esq. C. S. Clarksville Tennessee
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 mo 3 / 31 . 80.77
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819. 48
$ 128.77
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Respecting ap n for continuation, see letters to Hon. J. H. Marable, H. R. 23 d Jan y . 1829. and 17 th April 1829. to Hon. Cave Johnson Decem r . 31. 1829. Silvester Adams June 18, 1857. H. Johnston. Nov. 14/59

State of Tennessee Montgomery County ss
This Day being the 9 th day of May in the year 1818 before me before me Parry W. Humphrys one of the Judges of the Circuit Court in & for the State of Tennessee came Stephen Hankins a citizen resident in the said Coun- ty of Montgomery who being first sworn to declare the truth Declares & says that some time in the month of June or July in the 1776. he enlisted in the service of the United States with Captain Wilson within the John Wilson of the Lights Regiment in the Pennsylvania line. Which Regiment was commanded by Col: M c Key. That he joined said Wilson's Company on the Monongahela River that he with the his Company to which he belonged was marched into the State of New Jersey joined General Lincoln's Army - some time in the month of March in the year 1777. (to the best of his recollection) he together with a number of others was taken prisoner at a place called Bantam by a party of Lord Cornwallis's Lans

Army & Marched on to Brunswick & from there to New York at New York in order to avoid confinement and to have an opportunity of making his escape he in- listed with the British Army on board a British vessel & was taken to New York from which place he made his escape & reached General Washington's Army at Middle Brook. As well as he can recollect about the 10 th of June 1777 he then ob- tained a pass to Philadelphia & was there ordered to report himself to Leivers & Coles at Philadelphia where he once reported himself as disabled & received from said Leivers Leivers a pass on showing him to go to New Augusta in Virginia, this pass was dated to the best of his recollection on the 14 th of June 1777. On his way to New Augusta he was taken sick with the flux and was for about about 10 weeks confined by bad health & unable to proceed after he got better of his illness he called on Genl. Stephens at a town in Berkeley in Virginia Genl. Stephens sent him to General Washington for a pass. He obtained

refused to give him one of the guns having directed him to return to him in the Court of James McAlister not giving him a pass he returned to the General Who wrote to McAlister in these words
Sir. The bearer was taken at Bon Brook When Genl. Lincoln was surprised to save life was obliged to retreat with the Enemy, Then left them at Ambey I saw him at Middle Brook When I was General of the day
Adam Stephens.
He says he has a recollection of of the language of this note from Genl. Stephens In consequence of being obliged frequently to write it during the war I have it in possession long after the war. but it is now lost. With this note he returned to James McAlister Who told him he could not give him a letter pass if he gave him a certificate on the back of the note. He then proceeded to the State of North Carolina Was in four different expeditions against

against the Indians. That his retirement was just for the term of three years.
He was a state in line where he was killed
He further says that he is now in the sixty fifth year of his age that he has no means of subsistence but by mason labour that he is by mason at age of infirmities unable to labour as in his youthful days that he has a large family a wife & 10 children his two eldest sons have left him one in the army the other has gone from him & those of his children who remain are either females or of very young. Stephen Handlin
Sworn & subscribed before me on the 2nd of May 1818. P.W. Humphreys
I Parry M c Humphreys & one of
the Judges of the Circuit Courts in & for the State of Tennessee. Forasmuch as it appears to my best knowledge that Stephen Handlin did serve in the Army of the United States as he has in the foregoing affidavit stated & declared do hereby certify the said affidavit which contains all the testimony offered by the said Handlin in support of his claim to a pension under the late act of Congress & all the proceedings had on his case I have no reason to doubt the substantial correctness of his narrative.
May the 4 th 1818.
P.W. Humphreys
The Hon ble Secretary of the War Department

For the purpose of obtaining the Benefits of an Act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution;" approved the 28th March 1828. I Stephen Handlin of the County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, do hereby declare that I served in the continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the War and continued in its service until its termination, at which time I was a Private in Captain — Wilson's Company in the eighth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, and also declare that I afterwards received a Certificate for the reward of eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a Resolution of Congress passed the 15th May 1778.
And further declare I was not, on the 28th March 1828, on the Pension List of the United States. Attest my hand this 14th August 1828.
Stephen Handlin
Before me Charles Parley a Justice of the Peace in the County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania personally appeared this day Charles Housley and Thomas Smith of the same County who did severally make oath that Stephen Handlin by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Army of the Revolution in manner therein stated. Witness my hand this 14th August 1828.
Chas Parley J.P.

John M. Vance clerk of the court of the county of Montgomery and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Charles Bailey before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to a Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid and duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 19 th day of August 1878. at the office the clerk of the said court.
J. Vance clerk

Know all men by these Presents that Stephen Hendlin of the County of Montgomery and State of Tennessee do hereby constitute and appoint John H. Ellarable my true and lawful attorney with a Power of Substitution for me and in my name to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due me, under the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution" approved the 15 th May 1828. As a Private in the 8 th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line of the Army of the Revolution, Witness my hand and seal this 19 th August 1828.
Stephen Hendlin Before me Charles Daily a Justice of the Peace for the County of Montgomery and State of Tennessee personally appeared this day the 19 th August 1828. Stephen Hendlin whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Power of Attorney and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit, Witness my hand this 19 th August 1828.
Chas Daily JP

I, Marion Vance Clerk of the Court of the County of Montgomery and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Charles Bailey before whom the foregoing Power of Attorney was acknowledged is a Justice of the Peace In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 19 th August 1828. A. Vance Clerk
Before me Charles Bailey a Justice of the Peace for the County of Montgomery and State of Tennessee personally appeared this day 19 th . August 1828. John H. Warble that Attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney and made oath, that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer or of any attachment, levy or seizure of any legal Process whatever of the Court therein authorized to be received, but that the said Power is intended to cover wholly to the personal Benefit of the Person by whom the said Power was executed Witness my hand this 19 th August 1828.
Sworn to this before me the day & date above written
John H. Warble.
Charles Bailey (J.P.)

I Andrew Vance clerk of the court of the county of Montgomery and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Charles Bailey before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn is a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer Oaths - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 19 th day of August 1828. A. Vance

S Handlin Rec 2 March 1829
1065.

State of Tennessee, § 8. 8. Montgomery County.
Stephen Handlin makes the following additional declaration to the one already filed, in his application for a pension, under the hope that the records of the revolutionary war may afford some additional evidence to his own declarations of his services:
That the said Stephen Handlin enlisted in Captain Wilson's company for three years in what was at that time called the Pittsburgh settlement, & marched against the Indians - against the Shawnees, at the Catania towns under the command of Col. McCoy, and Lieut. Col. Wilson, and Maj. Butler, and after the peace with the Shawnees, their regiment was marched to Philadelphia, & there he enlisted with Lieut. Basil Prator during the war. & was then marched to Trenton, where Col. McCoy died as he believes, & then he continued under the command of Col. Wilson, & then was marched to Quibbletown, where Col. Wilson died, where he then continued under the command of Maj. Butler, and was shortly after that time placed under the command of Col. Broadhead: -
The said applicant believes that the preceding statement in addition to the one already filed, may enable the department to ascertain the performance of service by the applicant.

State of Tennessee, Montgomery County.
Stephen Wardlin personally appeared before me Thos Smith an acting Justice of the peace for said County, and makes oath that the preceding statement is true. Sworn to & subscribed before me this 21 st of Jan'y 1829
Stephen Wardlin
Thos Smith
State of Tennessee, Montgomery County.
I, Andrew Vance, Clerk of the County Court of Montgomery certify that Stephen Wardlin whose name is subscribed to the probate is & was at the time of making & signing the same, an acting Justice of the peace for said County, & duly commis- sioned & qualified to act as such. - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the public seal of my office at Clarksville This 21 st of Jan'y 1829
Andrew Vance

Clarksville, 21 st Aug 1829
Dear Doct r
I inclose you an additional declaration under the hope that it may enable you to ascertain something of my services on the rolls of the Revolutionary army. - I know you will not omit any exertion to procure for me, if possible the pension which the generosity of our government has extended to the worn out soldiers of the Revolution, since you know so well my necessities, & inability even to live comfortably without it, - I more particular when I inform you that one of my daughters & her children have been abandoned by a worthless husband, & are thrown again on my charity.
With great respect & esteem, Your friend, Stephen Wandlin.

old case #1200 Feb. 10. 1825 Adm. C. E. Calhoun Secretary of State Washington City
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Clarksville January 21. 1819
Honourable J. C. Calhoun.
I Peter N. Marr, Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Montgomery do hereby certify, that Larry W. Humphreys, is and was (at the time of signing the inclosed certifi= cate,) Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of the State of Tennessee; and that due faith and creance should be given to his official trans= actions.
Given under my hand and sealed with the seal of office this 21 st day of January 1819 and 43 rd year of our Independence.
P. N. Marr Clerk " "
Hon ble John C. Calhoun. " "

Carrollton, Nov 2, 1859.
Sir:
Stephen Handlin was a Revolutionary Regular & lived up to 1829 in Montgomery Co. Tennessee, at Clarksville - He drew two or three years, & was afterwards cut off by act of Congress in about 1820, providing that pensioners should be men of a limited amount of property - Afterwards all were remitted & he never drew any more - He died in 1829, but his widow lived till 1845, & therefore would have been entitled to his pension - A younger Stephen, of the same family, lately applied for this back pay, & obtained a power of attorney from the heirs or part of them - One of the heirs now wants me to enquire whether such claim of the widow has ever been recognized by the Dept, & whether powers of atty have ever been presented from any of the heirs to receive the same & of which ones by name - In case the money has been drawn, they want to know by whom, & if that so drawn they desire, soon as these inquiries are answered, to make such application to Dept - The application of young Stephen Handlin was about 1856 - An early reply will oblige
Yours Truly,
H. Johnson -

1857
Humphreys County, May the 31
Dear Sir
I address you for information relative to a pension claim of a Revolutionary Soldier (To wit: Stephen Handlin) which was filed in the Pension Office here in 1828 or 1829, or thereabouts. Hon Sam Johnson was Counsel at the time for Stephen Handlin, & He Stephen Handlin died in 1830, since that time a Mr. Bagby wrote to the Heirs of said Stephen Handlin that there was they were entitled to a draw of something, from the pension office. Please write me information relative to the business as I have assumed the agency of the Heirs of said Handlin. If they are entitled to any thing they ought to have it I will wait with patience for your answer, My po address is Havre LeMire.
Your ot servant Silvester Adams

Pension Office, Nov. 14. 1839.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of 2 d inst. you are informed that Stephen Wandlin was not restored to the pension roll. When he died he was not entitled to anything under existing pension laws. You are mistaken in thinking that persons pensioned under the Act of 18 th March 1818, and dropped under the Act of 1 st May 1820, were generally restored by the Act of 1 st March 1823. The names of persons who had been pensioned were restored in such cases only, where the soldier or pensioner proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War that he was in indigent circumstances and in need of aid from the government to support him.
There is no law under which his heirs are entitled to pension. No claim has been asserted in their behalf for a pension or arrear of pension.
Very respectfully, &c. M c Adoo Commissioner.
H. Johnston, Esq., Carrollton, Mo.

Stephen Hendlin Jan - 18 m 1818.
Waverly Gen. City June 2 nd
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Stephen Arnold
Gen, Oct 18 1818
Arnoldton,
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Mrs. Catherine
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
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Stephen Dandlin
Jan 10th 1818
Her application
Office of the Pension Commissioner A.P.
Cooper

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Nashville
at the U States B. Bank

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Stephen Handlin late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the West Tennessee Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the second day of May — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twentieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

38 794
Rev INVALID.
File No. 38 794
Stephen Handlin
Pr. Her. Div.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 210
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 17 Nov 1828.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Stephen Handlin under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution.
R. Rush.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Department!
Bounty land office
It does not appear by the records of this office that Stephen Handlin as a private of the Pennsylvania line ever received or is entitled to receive bounty land of the United States
Robert Taylor 19 Nov r 1828

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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Sept. 22. 1828.
Stephen Handlin, of [blank] in the County of Montgomery, in the State of Pennsylvania, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Wilson 's company, in the Eighth regiment of the Pennsylvania line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
30. September 1828
It appears by the records in this office that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to [blank] in the [blank]
It further appears that Stephen Handlin - - - not is now on the pension list of the  any - - - not agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month
The name of Stephen Handlin cannot be found among those of the Pennsylvania line, to whom certificates for the reward of Eighty Dollars, were issued -
J. Morrison Chas Bell
Council

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
16 Dec 1828.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Stephen Hlandlin under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a discharge, and, if so, what discharge, was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension.
Richard Rush.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.