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Metadata
Collection |
Morlatton |
Archive Number |
MVTXT10 |
Title |
Jones, Samuel Application to Receive Military Pension |
Description |
A application for receiving military pension for Samual Jones. Application is dated 1833. Samuel Jones's application was rejected for reasons of "not serving at least the required amount of time of six months," according to the ruling. Included: manuscript documents in support of the Application and Supporting Documents [image#1]{n} {n}Five page manuscript documents of the Application for Samuel Jones's Military Pension, sent by J.James Gilliland, sent to the "State of Pennsylvania" and "Berks County." The letter consist of five handwritten pages [images#2, image#3, image#4, image#5]. Manuscript documents in support of for the application of military pension: -Manuscript document of Rejection (no 24295) signed by James Gilliland [image#6] -Manuscript document in support ofhe War Department document with "statements of witness" to provide evidence in favor of Samual Jones pension application. Signed by J.L Ewards, Commisionor of Pension [image#7] -Copy of "Regulation Under the Act of June 7, 1832" page 3 of 4 [image#8] -Copy of "Regulation Under the Act of June 7, 1832" page 4of 4 [image#9] -manuscript document of an "offiical rejection," with case number 5742 [image#10] -manuscript documents of "rejection," with case number 5742 [image#11] -A transcript of a note; "James Gilliland Bellafonte(top margin), "Re vol 9 PA 254" (bottom margin) [image#12]. -Manuscript document of rejection from the War Department ; signed by J. Gilliland [image#13] -[ATTACHED AS A PDF FILE] A transcript copy of the of the process of application for the receiving of military pension for Samuel Jones; compiled by W.F. Wagner, MD ^Added Note: Early 20th century historian and President of the Berks County Historical Society from 1902 to 1917 read a paper to the Society on September 12, 1911 entitled "The Ancient Swedish Settlement At Morlatton". This address was published in 1923 in Volume III of the "Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks County." Included is the statement that "The region for many miles surrounding was known in provincial history as Manathanim, derived from the Indian name of the Creek…The name Morlatton, by which this church has been known for nearly a century and a half is, I have no doubt, a corruption of Manating, a later version of the name Manathanim…subsequently …employed to designate the locality." |
Date |
1833 |
Object Name |
Document, Pension |
Catalog Number |
1003.01.063 |
Search Terms |
MVTXT Morlatton Morlatten Morlatton Village Amity Township Manatawny Union Township Berks County Chester County Reading, PA Jones, Samual State of Pennsylvania Pension application Muster Revolutionary War |
Creator |
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
People |
Jones, Samuel |
Notes |
Different Spellings of "Morlatton Village" and "Manatawny" Morlatten Morlatton Village Manatawny Manitawny Mannatawny Mannitawny Manatawny Mahanatawny Monotony Molattin Molatton Morlattin |