MILITARY: John Harris III, Revolutionary War Pension, Dauphin County, PA

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Revolutionary War Pension B.L.Wt. 2413-300:  Know all men by these presents 
that I, Joseph Sterett of the city of Baltimore State of Maryland one of the 
heirs at law of Captain John Harris deceased of the Pennsylvania line, do 
hereby make, constitute, & appoint David Corey of York Pa. my true & lawful 
attorney for me & in my name & in the names of the other heirs at law of 
Captain John Harris, deceased to receive a land warrant from the Secretary of 
War of the United States for the quantity of land due us for the services of 
Capt. John Harris deceased.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand 
& seal this 5th day of December 1846.   Joseph Sterett
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 1936  
[Addressee unclear]  

Dear Madam, 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to 
Captain John Harris, a soldier of the Revolutionary War of the Pennsylvania 
line.
      The records of this office show that John Harris, which residing in 
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, entered the army, served as a captain in the 
Pennsylvania Line and was wounded at the battle of Paoli.
      John Harris died about 1807, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he was 
buried.  He was never married.
      This officer had one full brother, David Harris, who resided in 
Baltimore, Maryland, and one full sister, Mrs. Mary Maclay, who was the wife 
of William Maclay.  The ages of the above named brother and sister and the 
place of residence of Mrs. Maclay are not shown.  The soldier also had one 
half brother, the Honorable Robert Harris, a member of Congress for many years 
and one half sister, Mrs. ___ her Christian name not show.  Robert Harris was 
aged 67 in 1835 and both he and his sister resided in Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania, at that time.
      The above noted David Harris, of Baltimore, Maryland, full brother of 
the soldier, Captain John Harris, left one daughter, Mrs. _____, or Sally 
Sterett, also of Baltimore, where she resided in 1837.  She was deceased in 
1868, and her only heirs at that time are given as Joseph Sterett, James W. 
Sterett, Mary H. Winter, Maria S. Hollins, and Louisa A. Sterett.
      Warrant Number 2413 for ____  hundred acres of bounty land was _____  
February 8, 1837, in behalf of J. V. Sterett and the other heirs of Captain 
John Harris, on account of his services in the Pennsylvania Line, War of the 
Revolution.   
Very truly yours  
A. D. Hiller, 
Asst. to Administrator.

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