Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22281, Cutlope Hancock, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Hancock, butlope or bullop
S 22 281
CONTENTS

26. 216. Pillsbury Agency Callope Hancock
Armstrong Co. in the State of Penna who was a Pr in the Company commanded by Captain Vincent of the Regt commanded by Col Foreman in the Penna Key Stone Battery
8 Mo 24 D 26. 66 2/3
Inscribed on the Roll of Pillsbury Agency at the rate of 25 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of April and sent to
ABH Mr. H. Johnson, Killarney, Pa.
  Arrears to the 4th of Feb 34  80 00    Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept 34  13 33     93 33  
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. Sprague Clerk Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 19
S. M. Hosey Augt 31. 53 S. M. Hosey 8 th Oct. 1853.

No 28/62
Butler Hancock Armstrong County Pennsylvania
July
Adm 8 Months
Wm H. Johnson
Kittanning Pa
Isaac P. Rohrer, Prots, Armstrong County Penn a Kittanning

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
11 June 1833
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 subjoined 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 Cutlop Hancoch Armstrong  Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
   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.     Enlisted - 5 - private Capt Vincent Withersby Col. Foreman 93 years County of Middlesex Traditionary evidence None written Papers defective, deposition not authenticated   Drafted - 1 - " " New Jersey   Called out - 1 - " "   Called out - 1 - " "  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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 enquiry 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.
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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

John Hancock Son and heirs at Law of Cutlape Hancock, deceased formerly a Pensioner on the Ben. Roll Act 7 th June 1832.
S. M. Hasey, Agt. Freeport Armstrong Co Pa

State of Pennsylvania, County of Armstrong
Be it known that before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared John Hancock a resident of Indiania Co. Pa. County State aforesaid who being by me duly sworn according to law declares that he is the son of Cutlope Hancock deceased who was placed on the Pennsylvania Pension roll under the act of 7 th June 1832. at the rate of twenty Six ($26) dollars and Sixty (66 cts) Six cents per annum and that said deceased was a resident of Armstrong County Pennsylvania. prior to his death.
Said deponent does and by these presents hereby constitutes and appoints S r M c Hasey of Freeport Penn a . his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name to prosecute his claim for Pension arrearages of pension due on account of Revolutionary Service. Said deponent does hereby empower his said Attorney to examine all records and documents in reference to said claim on file in the Departments at Washington, and to file additional evidence and arguments, and to do all lawful things whatsoever touching the premises with full power of Substitution his John Hancock mark.
S r Owens
Samuel Davis
Sworn to and subscribed and acknowledged to before me this 15 th day of Jan y A.D. 1853. written,
S r Owens J.P.

State of Pennsylvania Armstrong County ss.
I H. Meredith Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that S. Owens Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made was at the time of making the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected commissioned and sworn to act as such and that his Signature thereto is genuine and in his proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Kittanning this 17 th day of June A.D. 1853.
J. E. Meredith Pro

Encl. to Hancock John Young
25162
Send

State of Pennsylvania } - County of Armstrong. } ss
On this Eighteenth day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty-two personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable John Young and his associated Judges of the Court of Common Pleas (of the Said County of Armstrong) being a Court of record.) now sitting, Cuttler Hancock a resident of Histruminitas (formerly Allegheny) Township in the County of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania aged Ninety-three 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 Seventh A.D. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that he enlisted under Captain Vincent Wetherly at Cranbury Middlesex County and State of New Jersey in the Spring next following the time when the tea was destroyed in Boston as I believe and marched thence under the command of Captain Wetherly to Long Island. I do not recollect the dates as my recollections has failed through age - I cannot recollect how long I was at Long Island but marched from thence to New York where we drew two months pay. I cannot mind how long I was in New York and we went from thence to a place called White Plains towards New England

I cannot say what became of Captain Coethury after we left New York - I cannot say whether he was killed or taken or went home. but we were under the command of Lieutenant Mason - from White Plains we marched to Swan Run - during all this time to the best of my knowledge we were under the command of Colonel Foreman who was a hard man to the soldiers - from Swan Run we went to Monmouth and the last night we stayed there was Saturday night - the next day Sabbath morning about daybreak Colonel Foreman ordered us to parade & marched off until about the middle of the day - towards home - the Colonel then discharged us and told us to make the best of our way home - It was early in the Spring when I enlisted and returned home a little before Christmas that I served out my full five months at more at that time and have no written discharge that I never received any pension - At Long Island I was sent out with a scouting party and took sixty or seventy prisoners the next morning after taking the prisoners I saw Lord Stirling who came and made a speech to us - and praised us for how well we had behaved - I was not in the battle of Long Island but was marching towards it and within about two miles of it when I heard the battle was over - After I was discharged by Colonel Foreman I returned home to near Cranberry my former residence about a month after my return home I was drafted into the militia and called out and marched to Bennett's Island on a scouting party where we took fifty or sixty prisoners I cannot recollect the Commanders

Name - We took out one man - as we had surrounded the house when the enemy was before the guard, got them to get up - I served one month at this time - Again I was called out to Elizabeth Town and served one month - We had no fighting - Cannot name the officer - Again I was called out for a month at the time of the battle of Monmouth. I was not in the battle but was on pickets during the battle. Then marched to Burlington. I never received any pay but for two months as before stated at New York. That he has no documentary evidence against that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services except that of Joseph Carson which is here with transmitted and this declarant further states that from the information he has received from his parents he was born in Germany in the year A.D. 1739. or 1740 - and came to America when about one year old and that he has no knowledge what particular place he was born, that his father settled in Middlesex County, New Jersey and that declarant resided there until the time he enlisted.
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 any state. In witness whereof he has hereunto subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Heath: Robert, Esq.
Collop Hancock Mark

Mr. Gabriel Adam Reickart a clergy-man residing in the Borough of Kittanning Armstrong County State of Pennsylvania and Jacob Wolf residing in the Township of Sugar-creek County & State aforesaid hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Christopher Hancock who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Ninety three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid Fredk. Rohrer, Pro.
Christopher Hancock Mark Jacob Wolf G. A. Reickart
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-mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Gabriel Adam Reickart who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the Borough of Kittanning Armstrong County and that Jacob Wolf who has also signed the same is a resident in the Sugar-creek Township - Armstrong County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Attest. Fredk. Rohrer, Pro.
Robert Orr
Joseph Rankin

Interrogatories to declarant
1 st When and in what year were you born?
Answer - I was born in Germany in the year 1739. or 1740 as before stated, but at what particular place do not know
2 nd Have you any record of your age If so, when is it?
Answer. I have no record of my age, but state my age from information received from my parents
3 rd When were you living when called into service, when have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer. I was living near Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey when called into service. I continued to reside there until I came to Westmoreland County, New Hampshire State of Pennsylvania about forty years ago stayed there 3 or 4 months, then moved to the Soyal Hannah Creek, Westmoreland County, after a year or two moved into Armstrong County, then Westmoreland County
4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answer. This interrogatory is fully answered in declarant's General Statement
5 th State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Military

regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer. I recollect of seeing Genl Washington I recollect Lord Stirling at Long Island. Genl Sullivan also. I recollect Colonel Foreman and Lieutenant Nixon of the Jersey line of the Continental Army. I saw Genl Washington and Genl Lee at the Cross-Roads near Cranbury. New Jersey. The circumstances of my service are fully stated in my declaration.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer. I never received any other discharge than the verbal one from Colonel Foreman as in my declaration stated.
7 th State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer. By about Adam Reckard and Jacob Wolf.
Subscribed Butlop J. H. Davis marks

Westmoreland County ss The Commonwealth of Penn a .
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for the aforesaid County of Westmoreland Joseph Carson who resides now in the said County, who being sworn according to Law deponeth and saith, that he was Intimately acquainted with Cutlope Hancock during all the time of the Revolutionary war, and this deponent saith that he does know that the said Hancock did serve as a private soldier in what was then call d the Flying Camp (in the same company with this deponent's brother Charles Carson) they marched from Middlesex County New Jersey under Captain Vincent Matthews whose company was under the Command of Col n Foreman. This deponent says he recollects of the said Hancock marching away in Col n Matthews company & of his returning home again after he had served five or six months, the time he had listed for. But does not remember what year it was in, though believes it was in the early part of that war. Deponent further saith that the before named Cutlope Hancock now resides in Armstrong County Penn a and that he is the same person (who was & is call d by that name) that was raised in the same neighbourhood with this deponent in Middlesex County New Jersey aforesaid & that served as a private soldier in the Flying Camp in the Revolutionary war and further saith not sworn & subscribed before me the 19 th day of March A.D. 1827
Joseph Carson
Ephraim A. Robison
Westmoreland County ss I Ephraim A. Robison the a fore- said Justice of the peace above mentioned do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Carson the above deponent, & that said Joseph is esteemed & believed to be a man of credibility, upon whose statement on Oath Reliance may safely be placed - Witness my hand & seal the 28 th day of February 1834
Ephraim A. Robison

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County) ss.
I Randal McLaughlin Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (said Court being a Court of Record) Do hereby certify that Ephraim A. Robinson Esquire before whom the within Deposition of Joseph Carson was taken (said attached to the application of Bishop Hancock for a Pension) was at the time of taking the said Deposition and now is an Acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and sworn,
to all whose acts as such justice thereof are due & ought to be given, and that his signature thereto is in his own proper hand writing and his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at my office in Greensburg this sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Randal McLaughlin, Prob.
E. Hancock Deposition of Joseph Carson

State of Pennsylvania } Armstrong County, set }
I, Frederick Rohrer, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify, that the fore- going contains the original proceedings in the application and declaration of Cutler vs. Hancock, for a pension, as remaining among the records of said Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Kittanning, this 9th day of May, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Frederick Rohrer, Pro.

Resolution
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File No. 22, 281
Antelope Hancock
Br Ren Mar
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 20 th / 53
Shepard Armstrong Re Pa Commission of Pensions Washington, D.C. } Dear Sir
Enclosed you will find affidavit & Power of Attorney made by John Hancock San and his at law of Catherine Hancock deceased a U.S. pensioner. Inform me when the last payment of Pension was made to said pensioner.
Also give me a full Statement of how the case stands at present.
Also inform me if his widow ever filed any papers in this case in her behalf
I will remain
Yours At Servt.
Address — D. Matthew, Hovey Shepard Armstrong, C. Pa

FREE
Recd. Del.? 7 April 1832
James L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington

1 Hittanning Armstrong County
March 17 th 1834.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
2 nd p.
I herewith return to yr office the application of Cuttapa Nanceck for a pension.
I have procured the certificate of the Justice before whom Joseph Carson's deposition was originally taken and have had the same regularly certified by the Pro ve of the Court of Westmoreland County.
I hope it may answer the purpose.
Truly Yr Ob d Servt.
Wm. F. Johnston

Freeport Armstrong Co Pa Sept. 13 th 1853
Commissioners of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Dear Sirs
Yours of 31 st Aug is received. In reply I will inform you that I do filed the affidavits and Papers of Andrew or Bullock Hancock & John Davis heirs for the purpose of having an abstract taken from the papers on file in the claims, as soon as you give me the an extract of the papers in the claim more than file, more evidence in the claim matter that is done I cannot tell what is required in the claims.
Inform me when the last payment was made to the pensioners?
With all other particulars,
Please answer soon
and much obliged
Yours O bt Servt. J. Matthew Hasey