Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16139, Charles Harry, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Harry, Charles
S 16139
CONTENTS
Carded

3207 m Indiana
Charles Harry
of Fayette in the State of Indiana who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Evans of the Regt commanded by Col. Marshall in the Pennam line for 13 months from 1779
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 43 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Dec r 31 and sent to L. P. Smith Connersville, Ind o
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 64.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar. 33 21.67 186.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book 20 Vol. 9 Page 185.
See letter to Hon. J. McCarty March 24. 1836
let 23 Jan: 1840 to Hon. T. Smith
let: 15 July '41 Andem Davison
let to J. K. Snyder Sep 15. 1843

11209

(Hearings)  State of Indiana  In the Fayette Circuit Court Fayette County  September Term A D 1832
In this 15 th day of September A D 1832 personally appeared in open court before William Miller and Edward Webb associate Judges of the Fayette Circuit Court now sitting, Charles Harry a resident of the County of Fayette, and State of Indiana, aged 71 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 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. That at Washington County in the state of Pennsylvania, some time in the year 1779 (the month he cannot recollect) he volunteered into a company for the term of three months, commanded by Capt. Mabray Evans, in a regiment commanded by Col. Marshall (whose christian name he cannot recollect) and marched from Fort Pitt to Wheeling where the company remained during the three months for which this deponent volunteered. While at the fort at the time the company was under the command of Lieut. Joseph Ackley. During this time this deponent acted as a spy to watch the encroachments of the Indians on the inhabitants on the frontier. At the expiration of the said three months this deponent was dismissed, but received no written discharge, when he returned to his home, where he remained until the month of April in the year 1780, in which month and year he again volunteered into the service of the United States in a company commanded by Capt. Mabray Evans, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Marshall, for the term of six months, during which six months this deponent with the remainder of the company consisting of five others beside himself were employed

as spies between the mouth of York river and the Alleghany river, and every other day during the said term of six months this deponent with the ballance of his company met the spies on the bank of the Alleghany river, from the Little Kanawha river. After the expiration of the said six months service this deponent returned again to his home, after which time during the continuance of the war he volunteered at different times on scouting parties and at different stations. In the year 1781 he served two months at a station at the Mingo bottom, in the same year he served one month at a blockhouse at the mouth of Yellow creek, afterwards in the same year this deponent served one month at a fort on Robison's run. During all the time this deponent was in the service, he was never in any engagement or battle, and his services were all rendered in the state of Pennsylvania.
This deponent has no documentary evidence by which he can prove his services, nor does he know of any person living by whom he can prove them. He hereby relinquishes all and 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 to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Attest M c Faldowell atty Charles Hovey
The court now here, on oath propounded to the said applicant the following interrogatories, and the answers by him made there to are as follows, to wit: Quest. 1 st Where and in what year were you born Answer I was born in Frederick County in the state of Virginia, on the 11 th August in the year 1760

Quest. 2 nd Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it.
Ans. My age was recorded in my Grandfather's prayer book, and after my father's death I sent and obtained a copy of it, which I have not seen for several years and presume it is lost.
Quest. 3 rd Where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Ans. When I was first called into the service, I was living in Washington County in the state of Pennsylvania, about two miles from the mouth of York river. Immediately after the war I moved to Clarkesburgh in Virginia where I lived four years, when I moved back to Pennsylvania. In the year 1790 I moved to Mason County Kentucky, since that time I have lived in Kentucky and Ohio until August 1 st 1830, when I removed to Fayette County Indiana where I now reside.
Quest. 4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, & if a substitute for whom.
Ans. I volunteered in all my services.
Quest. 5 th 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 service.
Ans. I name Genl. McIntosh of the regular troops who commanded during a campaign I think about the year 1777 in that part of Pennsylvania where I served, also Col. Crawford of the militia who commanded a campaign against the Indians at the Sandusky towns, where he was defeated and

Replied. The general circumstances of my services are stated above. I have no recollections of particular of regular troops regiments, as there were none in the part of the country where I served except at the time of Gen. McIntosh's campaign.
Quest. 5 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Ans. I never received any discharge from the service
Quest. 7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Ans. I name the Rev. Joseph Carter, Ephraim Mills, George Patterson and Green Larimore
residing in the county of Fayette, the undersigned we Joseph Carter, Ephraim Mills, George Patterson and Green Larimore, residing in the county of Fayette and Ephraim Mills, George Patterson and Green Larimore, residing in the county of Fayette and in the neighbourhood where Charles Harry resides do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the said Charles Harry who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one 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 to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Ephraime Mills
Attest
Wm Faldwell clerk
H. G. Lorraine George Patterson
I Joseph Carter a clergyman of the County of Rush and state of Indiana do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Charles Henry who has subscribed sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be 71 years old, and that he has been a soldier of the revolution, that we resided in the same neighbourhood for fif- teen years - Sworn to I subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Attest Wm Faldwell clerk. Joseph Carter
And the said Court do hereby declare their opin- ion that the above named applicant was a 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 her- ewith as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to their satisfaction that the Reverend Joseph Carter is a clergyman of reputation and the said Ephraime Mills George Patterson and H. G. Lorraine Residents of this County in the neighbourhood of the said applicant are credible persons and that their Statements are entitled to credit.
I William Caldwell clerk of the circuit court of Fayette County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of five or more

Sub of Charles Hovey for a Pension
In testimony Whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Circuit Court. this 18 th day of September 1832.
Wm Feldwell Clk. by J. M. Gamble deputy.
11209

11209.
Charles Harry Indiana
From 1779 private 13 months $43. \frac{33}{100}
6 mo may be allowed

BRIEF in the case of Charles Heary  of Fayette County in the State of Indiana  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Volunteered, some time in year In 1779 3 spy Gen. Capt. M. Evans Col. Marshall   Volunteered again - 1780 April 6   1781 - Served 2   " " 1   " " 1  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Washington County, Pennsylvania,  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary evidence,  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

I
16/39
INVALID.
File No. 16/39
Charles Harry
Pre War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 164
[Arrangement of 1870.]

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by _____
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Charles Harry
Service _____
Additional Service Rev.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
To wid or rej W. claim.

11,209
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Hoary which require further proof or explanation.
 I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes  II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes  III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes  V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes  VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes  VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes  VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes  IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes  X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes & has a device. 

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

14 July 1841
Allison Harry Chs. Harry
Free
War Department Pension Office Washington D.C.

Greensburgh Ia July 6-1840
Charles Hany a Soldier of the Revolution States to me that he is now a pensioner. and receives a pension of $43.00 per. annum, only, - That he believes he is entitled to a larger amount: he having served as a soldier during the whole Revolutionary War - That in his declaration  he the person who drafted his declaration through error, or inattention to the business, made him claim, One year service only - and that for on account of such error in his declaration, he believes his pension was reduced, a made and less than what it would have been, had the true amount of his services been truly represented to the Department -
Will the Department, please let me know whether such increase can now be made upon a sufficient statement of facts. And if it can, will the proper officer please direct me to the proper form of proceeding, &c - And communicate with me on the subject
Andrew Davison Greensburgh Decatur County Indiana
in War Dept Pension office
Washington D.C.

Connersville Ind. Sept. 22 nd 1832
Secretary of War U. S.
Sir
Enclosed are the depositions of Charles Harry & Thos. Patten, applicants for pensions, with the proceedings of the Fayette Circuit Court thereon. It is their wish that their claims may be investigated as early as possible. Any communications you may wish to send to them, you will please to direct to my care, at Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana.
I am Yours &c Calvin B. Smith

The Hon. Sec. of War U.S. Washington City
J. b.

Sept 14 43
John Lewis St. Sept 21 43
Ch. Harry Howard 32 No 3207
Free
Wm. H. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
1843

Hipton Cedar County Iowa Sept 1st 1843 W. S. L. Edwards
Sir
In behalf of Mrs Barbara Harry widow of Charles Harry late a pensioner on the revolutionary pension Roll I take the liberty of adrop- sing a few lines to you, in conversation with the Hon. A. C. Dodge a few days since he informed me that you was the proper person to apply to in the matter which is simply is she or not entitled to draw the pension of her deceased husband and if so what are the necessary steps for her to take in order to draw the pension she is now living with her son in the vicinity of this place is now seventy seven years of age was married to Charles Harry in July 1786 in the neighbourhood of Pittsburg removed to Kentucky in 1791 and lived there until 1830 when they removed to Indiana and from thence to Iowa this Spring where Mr Harry died in April he had been told that if his case had been properly represented that he would have been entitled to draw twice the amount of pension which he drew if you would have the goodness to have the papers reexamined it would confer a favour on the Indigent widow she says that she knows that her husband previous to marriage served three years part of which was in what was called McIntosh's Campaign his pension certificate is No 3207 Recorded by Rice Clerk in Book D Vol 9 page 185 he drew his first payments at Corydon and afterwards at Madison Ga Mr Dodge was under the impression that there was some law under which you could after certain proof being made to you place the name of the widow on the pension Roll if so be pleased to state what proof

you require and if not what will be necessary in an application to Congress be pleased to address me at Tipton Cedar County Iowa meanwhile I remain Yours &
Joseph H Snyder