Re: Patrick Hanlin/Hanlon Revolutionary War Pension

I have been researching Patrick O'Hanlon (name he had when he came from Ireland ca. 1770) since 1978.I have pension correspondence and I have been to his grave before and after the Rev. War monument was placed there.

He is my husband's 3rd great-grandfather and our family oral history says that Margaret was the widow of another Rev. War soldier when they married and she had her 1st husband's land and Patrick was given land for his service in the Rev. War and so together they had a large parcel of land.This land was in what is now WV, but they eventually moved across the Ohio River into Washington County, OH and that is where most of the descendants raised their families--my husband included.

My husband believes that Patrick received a lump sum payment for his pension in 1820 and that is why it was suspended on May 1, 1820.But then in 1838 a new act was put in place to allow for more pension funds and that is when Margaret applied for a pension as a widow.She and Patrick married in 1778/1779 which was after the Rev. War had ended but before Jan 1, 1794 as provided by the act of July 7, 1838.Later their son, Felix, also applied for his father's pension after Margaret's death in 1842.

I have the same info that Marion Hunt provided on Gen Form on Aug 1, 2004 which was given to me by my husband's cousin, Eileen Thomas, who was researching this family long before I started in 1978.

Somewhere along the way I was given Margaret's maiden name as Bannon--any confirmation on this?Or was this her first husband's name???

My husband is descended from Patrick and Margaret's first son, Richard, thru his son, Felix, thru his son, Norman, thru his son, Harold (my FIL).We now have my husband, Donald, our son, Steven and his two sons, Emerson & Liam, to carry on the name for Norman's line.All other males either had no children or had daughters.We had another son, Michael, but he died 25 years ago this month just a month shy of his 23rd birthday. He was not married so no issue there.

Don and I went to Ireland in 1999 in search of info on his ancestors, but could find nothing.We were looking for the names of Patrick's parents and the village where they came from, but that was the same info we needed to provide in order to get any info--so we got nothing, but took a self-tour of Ireland for a week and it is a lovely place.

There was an O'Hanlon Castle which was destroyed in the rebellion of 1641 and after two centuries was rebuilt in 1836.It is now known as the Tandragee Castle after passing by marriage to the Montague family.During WWII U.S. troops were housed there.Today it is a potato chip factory which is ironic because in the movie "Luck of the Irish" the O'Reilly family castle became a potato chip factory.Hmmmm..wonder where they got the idea.

Because both James (Patrick's brother) and Patrick named their first son Richard, I feel that was their father's name.Could not find proof!