Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5230, William Horn, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Horn, William
R 5230
CONTENTS

State of Missouri County of Lafayette } ss
On this 6th day of November
in the year 1833 personally appeared in open Court Before the Honorable John F. Ryland sole and presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of the County of Lafayette afore said now in session William Horn Senior a resident of the County of Lafayette in the State of Missouri aged seventy seven in April next who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declar- ation in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of
Congress passed June 7th AD 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He entered the service of the United States as he believes in the Spring of 1777 but cannot state the month at this time. He was then residing in a frontier County of the State of Pennsylvania called Northumberland he was ordered out by an order of the State of Pennsyl- vania to serve a tour of two months under Captain William Hamilton but does not know the number of the regiment nor the higher officers he continued in that service for two months and returned home. And im- mediately after his return home in the summer of 1777 he was again ordered into service by the State and placed under the Command of Captain Hamilton and Colonel Long was the higher officer but the number of the regiment he cannot recollect and remained in service for two months more guarding the frontiers of the State they were then forced to retreat into Cumberland County in the same State during the four months of service above set forth he drew pay from the State of Pennsylvania and was regularly discharged but has no evidence of the same at this time After he went into the County of Cumberland for about five years with many others he was engaged in frontier service voluntarily to protect the citizens for which he never did draw any pay from the State.
In testimony whereof I as

He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.
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.
Questions by the Court.
Where and in what year were you born?
In the year 1757 in Bedford County in the State of New Jersey. I have no record of my age.
Where were you living when called into the service? In the County of Northumberland in the State of Pennsylvania. Where have you lived since the revolution? After the conclusion of the war I returned to the County of Northumberland and remained about three years. Then removed to Cocke County in East Tennessee and remained there until the year 1818 when I removed into Lafayette County where he now lives.
How were you called into service.
Ans. By an order of the State of Pennsylvania as above set forth.
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.
Ans. Col. Henry Reick, Thomas Hopper, Linna Helen and others who have known me for 8 or 10 years also by the Rev. Finis Ewing who has known me for 6 or 8 years.
William Hester
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid by William Hester in open court Young Ewing Clerk

We Finis Ewing a Clergyman and Linda Helen Thomas Hopper residing in the County of Lafayette and Henry Renick residing in the County of Clay in the State of Missouri hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William HORN and who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be upwards of seventy 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 to the day and year aforesaid in open Court Young Ewing Clerk
Finis Ewing Henry Renick
Linda Helen Thomas Hopper mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further states that the above witnesses are credible and stand fair for truth and veracity
John F. Wyland
Sole Judge of Lafayette Circuit Court M. Jones
Amended application of William Horn states that after he removed into Cumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania which was in July in the year 1777 he was occasionally engaged with many others in private service voluntarily to protect the frontiers from the depredations of the Indians until the year seventeen hundred and eighty two he was not called out by the State and never received any pay from the State in the sum of  this sum  for his services to the settlement

Sole Judge of reaguy Circuit Court Missouri
Amended application of William Hearn served the States that after he removed into Cumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania which was in July in the year 1777 he was occasionally engaged with many others in private service voluntarily to protect the frontiers from the depredations of the Indians until the year seventeen hundred and eighty two he was not called out by the State and never received any pay from the State, in the service of the State hundred and seventy eight never came to the settlement in which he lived that fort Wheeling situate on the north branch of the Susquehanna was besieged by the Indians, a volunteer company of which he was a private, was raised to go to the relief of the fort the company was commanded by Capt. Richard Ellamming, the company marched to about ten miles of the fort and there heard that the fort was taken by the Indians, and returned back home. In the summer following there were a party of about fifteen men of which he was one was collected, and went to Penn's valley to see if they could discover any signs of Indians or to see if the Indians were distressing and after staying there awhile and seeing no Indians returned home again, and after remaining at home for sometime word came to neighborhood that the Indians had murdered a family about 12 miles dis- tant by the name of Stuck a party of about 15 or 20 men of which he was one were raised, and went in pursuit and when they to house got to the house they found that the Indians had killed his wife and two sons and daughter and his sons wife, they buried the dead, the Indians had made their escape to the mountains to the mountains and they did not pursue them, up further and returned home again. He remained at home until peace was made but was frequently out on scouting parties and cannot now recollect

all the particular services he performed.
Early in the summer of Seventeen hundred and eighty two the Indians attacked a family and killed the woman and a sucking child he with the rest of the neighbors assembled at the house and burned them, and having ascertained that the Indians had taken two girls prisoners pursued after them until they came up to where the Indians had killed one of the girls and being unable to overtake them returned
William H. Hearn Secy.
Sworn to and subscribed to before me Justice of the peace within and for the County of Lafayette and State Missouri this 2 nd day of April 1834
Henderson Young J.P.
State of Missouri County of Lafayette I Young Ewing of the County Court of said County do certify that Henderson Young Esquire whose Certificate appears to the foregoing affi- davit of William Hearn was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the peace within and for the County of Lafayette duly appointed Commiss- ioned and qualified in full
In testimony whereof I as Clerk aforesaid have hereto subscribed my name
and affixed the Seal of said Court at Lexington in the State of Missouri this 2 nd day of April 1834 Young Ewing Clerk

Young Ewing Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lafayette County. I do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Horn Senior for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8 th day of November 1833 at Lexington in the State of Missouri
Young Ewing Clerk
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29.489-
William Horn Tew Missouri
Return d e
Young Erving Lexington Fayette Co Missouri

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
6 Feb 6 1854.
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 subjjoined 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.
A Statement, shewing the Service of M c Dora Penn
   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.     1777 2 Private Capt. Haysburg 77 years Penn Northumberland County Pa Traditionary   " 2 " " Hamilton  
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 declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of 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 case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State 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 old age, 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 _____. 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.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
5230
P. O. Wm Horn
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18