Muhlenberg County Kentucky
Military Records
John Harper Penion Transcription
Revolutionary War Pension Application #36012
Declaration
Muhlenberg County
State of Kentucky Sct
John Harper states that about the last of October or the first of November 1775 as well as he now recollects he enlisted in the first Regiment of Continental troops for the State of Pennsylvania Commanded by Col. Dehaws and as well as he now recollects in the 1st Company of said Regiment Commanded by Capt. Jonathan Jones for the term of one year as a private soldier and served as such in said Regiment eighteen months when he was discharged by Col. Dehaws at Philadelphia. That his discharge has been so mislaid Destroyed or lost that he cannot produce it And that from his reduced Circumstances he needs the assistance of his Country for support.
John Harper
State of Kentucky
Greenville _______
Be it remembered that John Harper personally appeared before me one of the circuit judges in & for the State aforesaid & swore on the Holy Evangelist of almighty God that the facts contained in the above statement are true to the best of his knowledge & belief.
Given under my hand _________________ Term 1818.
Henry Brodnax
The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Muhlenberg County
On this second day of April 1821 personally appeared in open Court being a County Court for the County aforesaid which court is a Court of Record for said County, John Harper aged sixty six Years in February next, resident in said Commonwealth and County of Muhlenberg Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in Order to attain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th day of March 1818 & the first day of May 1820, that he the said John Harper enlisted for the Term of One year in the month of October or November 1775 (as well as he now recollects) in the State of Pennsylvania in the Company commanded by Captain Jonathan Jones in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Dehaws in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps until sometime in May 1777 when he was discharged from the said service in Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania that he was in the battles of the Three rivers and at Trenton and that he has no other evidence of his service now in his possession except the deposition of Abraham Unsell who since mailing the affidavit is dead and the Affidavit of John King which is herewith enclosed.
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st day of May 1820 I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 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 & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March 1818 And that I have nor 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. He states that he is a farmer & has no children and that no person resides with him except his wife who will be sixty six years of age in March next.
Schedule
One mare colt of the value of $60
One Cow of the value of $10
One Sow & pits the value of $5
[Total:] $75
Sworn to and declared on the 2nd day of April in Open Court.
John Harper
Contributed by Judy Penrod Purcell
Updated November 25, 2015