Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39708, Henry Hooven, Penn.
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Service
Penn.   
Hooven, Henry or Hoover

Number
S 39708
Contents
This Envelope Includes Final Payment Voucher {initials illegible}
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16.519 R
Pennsylvania 
Henry Hooven of Mifflin Cy in the state of Penns'a who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Johnston of the Penns'a line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 of January 1820
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of March 1820 and forwarded to the Hon'ble Mr. Hibsham. H. of Reps.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1820 $12.38
Semi-anl. all's ending 4 Sept. 48.--
{total} $60.38
{illegible} 17/31 Ar's
d. Nov. 13. 1822
20/75
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Miflin Continued
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notification sent November 7. 1820 to J. Dickson, Lewistown, Pennsylvania
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138
Henry Hoven
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Phila'a at the U States Bank.
Final Payment Voucher Received from GAO
Recorded
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim.
I Certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the the 18th March, 1818, Henry Hooven late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the nineteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Given at the War Office of the United States, this sixth day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
J. C. Calhoun 
Secretary of War.
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Deposition
Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO
Prot'y {illegible} 25 paid by Mr. Evans --
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Mifflin County ss
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
personally appeared before me the subscriber 
a Justice of peace in and for said County
of Mifflin John Hoover who being duly
Sworn according to law deposeth and saith
at his father Henry Hoover who was a
United States pensioner died at his the
[smudged & illegible] home in the County aforesaid on the 13th day of November one thousand Eight Hundred and twenty two. 
Sworn & subscribed before me this 17th day of January 1823. 
Arthur McNaight
John Hooven

Penna Mifflin County ss
I Robert Craig Prothonotary of the Court of Common please of the said county do certify that Arthur M Naight, Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is a regularly commissioned & acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that full faith & credit ought to be given to all his official acts as such. 
Testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Lewistown the twenty second day of
January Anno Domini 1823.
Robert Craig Proty [squiggle]
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Mifflin County SS
In the 4th juditial district of Pennsylvania on the 19th of January 1820 cometh before me the subscriber President Judge of the district aforesaid Henry Hoover who being sworn according to law did depose and say that he was born in the year 1749 in then Philadelphia County (now) Montgomery in Limerick Township Pennsylvania that he is now in the 71st year of his age That he has no real and very little personal property that he is poor and unable to support himself by labor that he has no person to support him. That he has a wife that is old and helpless as well as himself That he was enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary war sometime in the year 1777 or 1778 that his captains name was John Cristie that his colonels name was Francis Johnston of the 5th Regiment of the Pennsylvania line this deponent further says that he was in the battles of Brandiwine - Germantown and Munmoth that he continued in the army untill sometime in the month of January 1781 when he was discharged by General Anthony Wayne having served the time of his enlistment, and deponent believes some months longer, but how many deponents does not now recollect - That he has not now in his possession any written evidence of his enlistment - service or discharge - 
Sworn to & declared the day & year first mentioned before me
C Huston
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Mifflin County ss
In the 4th Juditial district of Pennsylvania on the 19 
of January 1826 cometh before me the Subscriber President 
Judge of the district aforesaid Frederick Evans of said
County who on being sworn as the law directs did depose 
& say that he was born in the year 1766 that he is now in
the 54 year of his age that he was born in Limerick Township
the same that the within deponent was born in that the within 
deponent had a sister Sarah who was brought up by this
deponents Father where she lived untill she was married
to a man of the name of Daniel Vines a weaver by trade

That Henry Hooven the within deponent Several times
whilst in the army called to see his sister at this deponents
Fathers house, with the then Continental uniform on deponents
particularly remember him calling the winter the army lay
at the Valley Forge. That a laps of some twenty years 
intervened that deponent did not see Hooven, that in the Session
of the Legistation of Pennsylvania of 1809-10 deponent was a
member and was on the committee of Claims when Hooven 
applied for relief but was refused principally as by
his discharge he appeared to be one of the revolters which
was the epithet given to all such as were discharged about
that time, altho it was acknowleged they had faithfully
served the time for which they were enlisted deponent had
Hoovers discharge frequently in his possession when a member of
the Committee on claims & verily believes it is now lodged
with the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, as there is a law
of Pennsylvania that gives a pention of $40. pr. annum to
such soldiers as served in the Pennsylvania line 3 or more years
& are old & poor which Pention the said Henry Hoover now
receives & further saith not. That he is [illegible] knowledge very
poor & stands in need of the assistance of his
country for support.
F. Evans

Sworn & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid before
C Hustad
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Application
of
Henry Hoover
[large writing illegible]
16519
Mifflin
Cty
6 Mch 20
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District of Pennsylvania
Mifflin County Pa
On this 21st day of August 1820 personally
appeared in open court, being a court of Record, held in Lewistown in & for the County of Mifflin & State of Pennsylvania, Henry Hoover of Greenwood township, Mifflin County who, being sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz that he
entered in the company of Captain John Christy of the 5th Pennsylvania Regiment and that he continued to serve for upwards of five years, in the army when he was reqularly
discharged by Genl Wayne, some time in the year 1781 And that he now enjoys a pension from the government of the United States under the act of Congress of the 18th day of
March 1818. His original application bearing date the 19th day of Jany 1820, certificate dated 6 March 1820 and is No. 16.519
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March 1815 and that I have not since that time, by gift, salehttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.png, or in any manner [illegible] of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereto to to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of
Congress, entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in [illegible] service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. 
[illegible] on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any [illegible] to an [illegible] contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedules hereto annexed and by me subscribed viz.
A pension from the State of Pennsylvania of $40 per annum And I have no real or personal property
Henry Hoover aged 75 years, the applicant
Catherine Hoover 69 years wife of Do
Sworn & declared in open court this 21st day of Aug. 1820
Henry Hoover
E. Banks, Proth
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Ephraim Banks, Clerk of the court of Common pleas of Mifflin County, being a court of Record, and having general jurisdiction, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount of property [illegible] in the schedule is forty dollars per year from the legislature of Pennsylvania. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & affixed the seal of the said court. Done at Lewistown this 21 day of August AD 1820
[Signature in black ink] Ephraim Banks, Proth
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF:MLB
November 12, 1930
Mrs. M.W. Deubenspeck
411 North School Street
Avalon
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 39708, that Henry Hoover or Hooven was born in 1749 in Limerick Township, Philadelphia County (later Montgomery), Pennsylvania.

He enlisted in 1777 or 1778 and was a private in Captain John Christie's company, Colonel Francis Johnston's Fifth Pennsylvania regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth, and was discharged January 20, 1781.

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 19, 1820, while a resident of Greenwood Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.

In 1820, soldier referred to his wife, Catharine, aged sixty-nine years.

He died November 13, 1932.

There are no further data as to his family.

Very truly yours
E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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39708
Revy INVALID

File No. 39,708
Henry Hooven
Pri Rev War

Act: 18" March 18"
Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1915, May 1. History to
Mrs Nellie H. Garnhart [initialed] M.O.H.

1915 Oct. 30. Hist to Mrs. S. K. Brosius
1925. Dec. 23 - Hist to Mrs R. E. Garnhart aw [illegible]
1930 - Nov. 12 - Hist to Mrs. M. W. Daubenspeck initials] aws
193 [illegible] July 11 Tombstone data to Mrs. Br. [illegible]
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This is to certify that the bearer Henry Hooven soldier having served 
in the fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania during the Term of his
Enlistment, is now discharged the service of the United States of 
America. Given at Trenton this 20th day of January 1781
One days provision
Anty Wayne B. G.

[faint round stamp] 

I certify that the foregoing is a correct copy
of the original discharge now on file in the
Office of the Auditor General - Witness
my hand and the Seal of said Office
the 22d November 1819.
Geo. Bryan A. G.
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No. 10519
War Department
PENSION OFFICE, 

7 Nov 1820. 

SIR,
You are hereby informed that the
schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary
of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension
Roll.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards

To Mr. Henry Hooven
Mifflin County
Penna.

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Letters of Admn
on the Estate of
Henry Hooven, decd
To
Louis Evans

The pension named on the letter of Admr [illegible] 
must make oath to the fact

fee $2.31
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Mifflin County, ss.
                             I, Henry Kulp Deputy Register for the probate of wills, and granting letters of administration in and for the county of Mifflin, is the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Louis Evan’s Admin of the State of Henry Hoover (an old soldier) deceased——-Greeting: Whereas The said Henry Hoover—————-lately died intestate, as is said———he having whilst he lived at the time of his (illlegible typed words that are smeared) goods and cartels, rights and credits within the sad county, by means whereof the full disposition and power of granting Letters of Administration thereof is manifestly known to belong to me; I, therefore, desiring that the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said deceased, may well and truly administered converted and disposed of according to law, do hereby grant unto you, the said Louis Evan’s———————(in whose fidelity in this behalf I very much confide) full power by the tenor of these presents, is administer the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said deceased, within the said county: as also to ask, collect, levy, recover and receive, the credits whatsoever of the said deceased, which at the time of his death was Ewing, or did is any way belong to him and to pay the debts is which the said deceased stood obliged, so far forth as the goods and chattels rights and credits will extend, according to their rate & order of law especially of well & truly administering the goods and chattels, rights ad credits which were of the said deceased, and making a true and accurate inventory
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City Philada.
Louis Evans within named being duly qualified 
according to Law, doth depose & say that he is the James 
Louis Evans appointed administrator of the Lands [illegible] 
Chattles & Credits of the said Henry Hoover an old 
Soldier of the Revolutionary Army
Lewis Evans

Sworn & Subscribed
Before me
A. Pettit Jr.
May 30th 1820

[stamp] FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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I Charles Huston President Judge of the 4th Judicial
district of Penna. as aforesaid do certify that it appears to
my satisfaction (the said Frederick Evans being well known
to one as a man of entire credibility) that the said Henry
Hooven, did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the
preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy, for the
term a term exceeding nine months at one time, on the 
continental establishment.  And I now Transmit the proceedings
and Testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for
the Department of war pursuant to the directions of the 
aforementioned act of Congress - I am also satisfied that he
needs the assistance of his country for support.

Jany 19th 1820
C Huston

Mifflin County ss:
I Ephraim Banks Prothonotary 
of the Court of Common Pleas
of said County do hereby certify that 
Charles Huston Esqr. before whom the
foregoing proceedings had, is President
Judge of the fourth Judicial District
of Pennsylvania duly commissioned
& qualified & that full faith & credit
are due to all his official acts
as Such.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court
at Lewistown the nineteenth day of January
in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred
& twenty.
E Banks Prot

[round seal stamped over a star-shaped paper]
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                       R.E. GARNHART, M.D.
                               MILAN, OHIO

Nov. 16. 1925

Commissioner 
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir.   Will you please give me a copy of the record of Henry Hoover (Hooyer) as a soldier of the Revolutionary War. I have some details but it does not contain his birth and death dates.  He applied for a pension Jan 19. 1820 and his claim was allowed.
 
Thanking you for any information you can I’ve me.

Most respectfully
Mrs. R. E. Garnhart.

Circular stamp with PENSION S OFFICE U.S. NOV 18 1925 located lower left side of page
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                            R.E. Garnhart, M.D.
                                   Milan, Ohio

April 25. 1915

Pension Bureau 
Washington D.C.

     I am enclosing the writing of our Family as was as I have S. And have you any record of this Henry Hoover (double underlined) being in the Revolutionary War. 
     I am interested from the D.A.R. Standpoint.
Any other information will be appreciated. Kindly advise what the expense of illegible and I will remit,
                      Thanking you I am
                       Most respectfully

                      Mrs Nellie Hoover Garnhart
I am informed he had a crippled foot.
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The Hoover line
4 brother came to the country about 1737
Jacob Hoover or Huber was one of them
Buck Co. Plumstead township near Doylestown Pa.

[checkmark] His son Henry Hoover (Revolutionary soldier)
(my grandfather said he was with Washington
at Valley Forge.)  As a widower he lived with
Son in law. [illegible] Ritter 18 miles south of
Alexandria on road -6 to Philadelphia Pa.

His sons: Daniel Jacob, Henry - moved to Northumberland Co.
John (my Great Grandfather)

John had 16 children by 2 wives:
Anna Creek
Joseph
Joseph Samuel
Beckie Kellar
William
Thomas
Solomon
Harmon
Luther
Isaac
George
Henry
Frances
Amelia Campbell

His son John:
Isaac - Marion Mason, Arthur, Nellie Lambert
Lewis
George
Emma Proud
Wellington
Wilton

[round stamp] 

[stamped sideways, on the left] R. E. Garnhart, M. D.
Miflan, Ohio
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411 N. School St Avalon
Pittsburgh Pa Oct. 1-30
Mr Winfield Scott Mrs. Finch
Veterans Bureau Rev. Warslee
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir, -
Will you please
give me all information you have
on William Taylor -
Cot. in Weland's Co.
Pensioned in 1824 at age of 84 yrs
Born 1740. Buried in Mahoning
Co. Ohio.
Served in the Revolutionary war
Respectfully
Mrs M W Daubenspeck
Frontier Ranger under Capt
McClellan in Westmoreland
County, Pa. His first wife
was Lucy Imlay Taylor.
His daughter Mary born about
1770.
(over)
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In Penna Archives Sec Sev. Vol I
p. 761-765 Penna Pension List 1820
Henry Hoover board.
p. 550 Private Henry Hoover 1779
(Capt Christies Co) wounded in the
leg at Germantown, discharged
Jan 21 -1781. Resided in
Mifflin Co 1812.
Vol XI p. 676
Certifare of Discharge
---
having served in the Fifth
Regiment of Pa.
-
Please give me all the information
you have
Seal: DEPUTY
OCT 29 1930
COMMISSIONER
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Recd. 2cts stamped env. attached
one as Rev. War
142 Market Street
Sunbury, Pa
Stamped env recd - W
Adit Gen.
of the War Dept.
-
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir-
Will you kindly find out for
me when the pension of
Henry Hoover
of Mifflin Co ceased to be paid, if
his wife received a pension after his
death and where he lived when
the last pension was paid?
I promise to not use this informa
tion for any other purpose than
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to verify some dates to enable me
to become a member of the Daughter
of the American Revolution
The pension was granted him in
April 1813. Thanking you very
much for any trouble you may
be take in this matter I am
very sincerely yours
S. K. Brosious
October twenty sixth
Seal:
PENSION
A
U. OCT 28 1915 S.
OFFICE
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD ACTION
S. 39708
Losses
3 - 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., [blank], 19[blank]
In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Henry Hooven or Hoover a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  1777 or 1778
LENGTH OF SERVICE. Jan 20 1721
RANK. Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Christie
COLONEL.
Frances Johnston 5
STATE.
Penn
[note handwritten on form] Soldier had been pensioned by the State of Penn. of the rate of $40 per annum.
Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [blank]
Date of application for pension, Jan. 19 1820. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Greenwood Hosp. Mifflin Co. Penn
Age at date of application, born in 1749 in Limerick Township, Philadelphia, later
Montgomery Co. Penn
Remarks: In 1820 soldier refer to his wife Catharine aged 69 years.
No data as to children on ap for pension by a widow but for date of last payment & c
Respectfully,
Commissioner
[handwritten note at bottom of form]
Soldier died Nov. 13, 1832 Sec A.B
but - D.K. Brown told to apply to Aud. & date of death not sent her as she wanted to know where he lived when last paid
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July 12, 1939


The Quartermaster General.  
 Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.     

Smudged and illegible./AWF
Henry Hoover
S.39708

Dear Sir:
     Reference is made to your request for information relative to Henry Hoover, who served with the Pennsylvania troops, War of the Revolution.
     The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 39708, based upon military service of Henry Hoover (Hooven), in the Revolutionary War.
      Henry Hoover (the name is shown, also, Hooven) was born in the year 1740 in Limerick Township, Philadelphia County (later Montgomery), Pennsylvania.  The names of his parents are not given.
       Henry Hoover enlisted sometime in 1779 or 1778, served as private in Captain John Christie’s company Colonel Francis Johnston’s fifth Pennsylvania regiment; he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, and was discharged January 20, 1781.
        He was allowed pension on his application executed January 19, 1820, at which time he was a resident of Greenwood Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
         He died November 18, 1822.
         The application for headstone for Henry Hoover (end of page)

(Across the bottom was a handwritten note: Work so heavy - Mrs. Finch said send Tombstone Data only and double underlined)
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is returned herewith.
There was no correspondence enclosed.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev. And 1812 War Section.
To

December 23, 1935

Mrs. R. E. Garnhart
Milan 
Ohio

Madam:
             I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 39708, it appears that Henry Hoover or Hooven was born in 1749 in Limerick Township, Philadelphia County, (later Montgomery) Pennsylvania.
            He enlisted ini 1777 or 1778 and was a private in Captain John Christie’s Company, Colonel Francis Johnston’s Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, was discharged January 20, 1781.
            He was allowed pension on his application executed January 19, 1820, while a resident of Greenwood Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
             In 1820, soldier referred to his wife Catharine, 
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Aged sixty-nine years.
          He died November 13, 1822.
           
          There are no further data on file as to his family.
                                 Respectfully,
           
                                 WINFIELD SCOTT
                                  Commissioner.