Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,515, John Hamilton, Penn.

SERVICE
SERVICE Penn.
★ Hamilton, John
NUMBER _____
R. 4515
CONTENTS

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4515
P. O.
John Hamilton
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Rec d 28 Oct. 1825.
Forward,
HN
Henry C. Jackson
Request - see letter 28 Oct. 1825
Rec d 28 Oct. 1825
Leesburg, Va
J. P. M. Bach,
Leesburg, Va
John Hamilton,

John Hamilton, London, 6 o  Wa
L. P. W. Balch, Leesburg, Wa
Rec d 28 Octo: 1825.
Rejected - See letter 28 Oct: 1825.
45 N
Memoranda
Rec d 28 Oct. 1825.

Leesburg Loudoun County Va Octo 25. 1825
Sir)
Enclosed are the documents & papers as required by the act of Congress, in the case of Capt. John Hamilton, to which I beg your early attention. He is truly an object of pity & is now supported by a citizen of this town for a short time. Solely on the expectation of receiving compensation from the government. — Be so good as to apprise me by return mail when he may expect his pay & to what amount. I will then take steps to furnish him with winter clothing of which he stands in great need. —
Your obed Servt
L. M. Balch

County of Loudoun, Commonwealth of Virginia Set
On this 10 th day of October 1825 personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of record for the County of Loudoun John Hamilton resident in said County aged about Eighty One years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st May 1820 that he the said John Hamilton entered himself as a Captain for the term of five years. On the first day of April in the year 1776 in the State of Pennsylvania in the regiment Commanded by Colonel John Piper in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the termination of the revolutionary War, when he was discharged from the service at Princeton in the State of New Jersey. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present. That his name is not on the roll of any State except Pennsylvania and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension. That in June 1820 as well as he remembers, he delivered to a certain Richard Kling his Commission as Captain for the purpose of procuring his pension according to law, he being told by said Kling that he could obtain the same for him and that he was informed by said Kling that said Commission was

by him lost or mislaid and he believes cannot be found and that moreover until within about two years past his health enabled him to labour so that he might thereby be supported And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820. I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States On the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me. nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
John Hamilton
A schedule of the real and personal property of John Hamilton subscribed and sworn to in Open Court before the County Court of Loudoun Commonwealth of Virginia on this 10 th day of October 1825 in pursuance of the provisions of the act of Congress in such case made and provided.
Real property - None personal property. None, no copy of docket and listing excepted signed John Hamilton

And I the said John Hamilton do at the same time in open Court swear and declare that my Occupation is that of a weaver but am totally unable to pursue it. have no wife or Children having never been Married and that I am incapable of supporting myself without the aid of the government of the United States, except by private or public Charity.
John Hamilton
Sworn to in Open Court
Oct 10 th 1825
John Adams D.C.
Loudoun County to wit At a Court held for said County the 10 th day of October 1825 Ordered that it be certified to the Secretary of the Department of War that John Hamilton the day filed his declaration in schedule, which he subscribed and made Oath to in Open Court and that the Court valued the property Contained in the schedule to _____ Dollars in Order that he may obtain the benefit of the act of Congress to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War who are in reduced circumstances and stand in need of the aid of their Country for support.
A Copy Teste
Denny etc

Virginia To all I Charles Pinns Clerk of the County Court of Leesburg in the State aforesaid do hereby Certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said John Hamilton did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the foregoing declaration Against the Common enemy for the term of Nine Months Under One engagement on the Continental establishment. I do also Certify that the foregoing Cash and the schedule thereto Annexed are truly Copied from the records of the said Court and I do further Certify that it is the Opinion of the said Court that the total Amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is — Dollars and — Cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Leesburg this 24 th day of October 1825 and in the 51 st year of the Common wealth
Pinns Clerk