Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1151-500, Adam Hubley, Penn.
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE |  |NUMBER
Penn | Hubley, Adam | B.L. Wt. 1151-500
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No. 1151         Hubler
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Lancaster ss 
I Grace Parr Hubley, Heir at law of Adam Hubley Esq'r deceased, do upon oath testify & declare to the best of my knowledge & belief that the said Adam Hubley was a Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment in the army of the United States to take rank as such from the 13th day of February AD 1779. And that he continued in the command & service as aforesaid untill the end of the war untill duly discharged. I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to the said Col. Adam Hubley on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever; Therefore Know all men by these
Presents that I Grace P. Hubley aforesaid do hereby constitute & appoint James Buchanan Esq'r of the City of Lancaster to be my true & lawful Attorney for me & in my name to demand & receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid; and my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized & empowered to constitute & appoint one or
more substitutes or Attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Sworn & Subscribed September 29th 1825 before me Nath'l Lightner Mayor of the City of Lancaster
Grace. P. Hubley

Personally appeared the above named Grace P Hubley subscriber to the foregoing declaration, & in my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney hereto subjoined to be
her act & Deed for the purposes therein mentioned. Witness my hand & seal the 29th day of September AD 1825
Nath'l Lightner Mayor of the City of Lancaster
{Seal}
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Lancaster, Ss

Personally appeared before me the Subscriber Mayor of the City of Lancaster Grace Parr Hubley, and made oath in due form of law that she is the eldest Child & heir at law of Adam Hubley Esqr late Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment in the army of the United States
in the war of the Revolution, and that the
said Col. Adam Hubley died in the year 1797
leaving a widow since deceased & three children. to wit, Grace Parr Hubley your applicant, & Mary Field Hubley intermarried with William Jenkins Esq'r of the City of Lancaster & Rosina Hubley intermarried
with Robert Emmet Esq'r of the City of New York
Sworn & subscribed before me
this 29th day of September 1825
Grace P. Hubley
Nath'l Lightner Mayor

Personally appeared before me the subscriber Mayor of the City of Lancaster, Colonel Jacob Slough & Philip Messencope Esq'r two credible & disinterested witnesses & made oath in
due form of law that they are acquainted with the above mentioned Grace Parr Hubley & that she is the reputed Daughter & eldest child of Col. Adam Hubley, who died A D 1797. leaving three Children, to wit, the said Grace P. Hubley Single Lady, & Mary F Hubley intermaried with
William Jenkins Esq'r of the City of Lancaster & Rosina Hubley intermaried with Robert Emmet Esquire of the City of New York
Sworn & subscribed before me
this 30th day of Septem'r 1825
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Nath'l Lightner
Mayor
Jacob Slough
Philip Messenkop
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State of Pennsylvania.
LANCASTER COUNTY, ss.
I, NATHANIEL W. SAMPLE, jr. Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas for the said county of Lancaster, Do Certify, that Nathaniel Lightner Esquire before whom the annexed affidavits of Grace Parr Hubley Jacob Slough & Philip Messenkop were made was at the date thereof, and now is the Mayor of the City of Lancaster
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duly commissioned and qualified; (as an alderman of said city) and that to all acts by him done in that capacity, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my Hand and the Seal of said Court, at the city of Lancaster, this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five -
N. W. Sample Jr
Proth'y
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Warrant No 1131 issued to Grace Parr Hubley, daughter and the other heirs of Lieut Col'o  Comm'der Adam Hubley of the Penn'a line Dec'r 24th 1825

And deliv'd to the Hon'ble
James Buchanan
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[stamped U.S. Pension Office
H
Nov 20 1923]
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
??? Dec 10-23

Dear Sir
Is there any record of a pension having been given to one Adam Hubley or Hoobler whom the archives mention as Lieut. Col. of the Revolutionary War?

Any record or further data will be gratefully appreciated by me.
Sincerely yours.
Mrs. George B. McCutchen
230 Jefferson Ave
Washington
Penn'a
Nov 18th 1923
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[stamp reads PENSION L OCT 30 1923 S.]

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

From the Adjutant Genl's office, I find the
record of one Adam Hubley or Hoobler
who served as Col. 10th Penna Regt. Commissioned Lieut Col. Oct 4 1776 & served to Oct 1st 1782, was this man pensioned? If so,
any information of his or family history would be gratefully received,
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especially birth place & marriage
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Zula M McCutchen
230 Jefferson Ave
Washington

Penna
Oct 29th 1923

[stamp reads PENSION L OCT 30 1923 S. OFFICE]
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.

December 10, 1923.

Zula M. McCutcheon,
230 Jefferson Ave.,
Washington, Pa.

Madam;
I have to advise you that from the records of this Bureau, it appears that Adam Hubley was commissioned February 13, 1779 and served as Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment.
He died in 1797, leaving a widow, name not stated, she died prior to 1825 and three children- Grace Parr Hubley; Mary Field, who married William Jenkins of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Rosina, married Robert Emmet of New York City, to whom was allowed 500 Acres of bounty Land on Warrant No. 1151, issued December 24, 1825.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.