Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7741, Thomas Harron, Penn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Penn. 

Harron, Thomas
or Herron
Higbee, Sarah Former widow

NUMBER
W. 7741
B.L.Wt.36731-160-55
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CONTENTS
Former widow
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Vol H = 1 = 141

232.739 Act March 3/55
Jan 17/56.

Sarah Higbee
formerly widow of
Thomas Herron
Conductor of Pack Horses

Enl
Dis

Rev. War
Pa July 48 -1179
aw:160  Ac Only:  8/56
Boynton

[crossed out: Claimant]
Library
Pa.

[written sideways, on top of other text]
No 36.731 [illegible] Aug 12/56
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33-314
Pennsylvania Pitts
Thomas Harron decd
of [blank] in the State of [blank]
who was a conductor of pack horses in the [blank] 
commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank]
commanded by [blank] in the Revolution
line for 8. Months

Inscribed on the roll of Pittsburgh
at the rate of 160 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, and ending
September 29th 1832

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of
July 1855, and Sent to 
R W Young Present.
Arrears to the 4th of [blank] 
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank]

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{June 7, 1832.            }

Recorded by G. T. Getty Clerk,
Book E Vol. 5. Page 28.
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[crossed out] John Simmons Jany 30 1856
[illegible] Feby 11/56

lvania [Pennsylvania]. Pitts
[illegible] h [Sarah] Higbee 1139 - formerly
widow of Thomas Harron Pennsylvania
[noted: not found]
who served in the Revolutionary war, 
as a Conductor of Pack Horses
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
160 Dollars [blank] 
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848

Certificate of Pension issued the
11th day of July 1855.
and sent to R. W. Young
Present.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July
29, 1848, Page 105 Vol. A
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[noted on the left margin] Declaration &c

State of Pennsylvania }
County of Allegheny  } Sct.

Be it known that before me, Moses Hampton, 
President Judge of the District Court in and for the County
aforesaid, personally appeared Sarah Higbee, who made oath
according to law, that on the Seventh day of September AD
One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven, she was married
to Thomas Harron an officer of the War of the Revolution, 
who departed this life on the twenty-seventh day of
September AD One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

She married her second husband, one Benjamin Higbee,
on the fourteenth day of May AD One thousand eight hundred
and forty, who departed this life, on the twenty-eighth
day of September AD One thousand eight hundred & fifty-four
That she now being a widow makes this declaration, to claim 
the benefits of all acts of Congress, or Resolutions thereof,
applicable to her case.

Sarah Higbee her mark [X]

Sworn to and subscribed   }
before me this first day of }
May AD 1855                     }
/s/ M Hampton
Prest. Judge Dist. Ct
Allegheny County

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Know all men by these presents, that I, Sarah Higbee, widow
of Thomas Harrow (who was my first husband who was an
Officer in the War of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and ┃
appoint John Simmons of Union Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania my true and lawful attorney
(with full power of substitution for me and in my
name to prosecute my claim to a Pension on account ┃
of the services of the said Thomas Harrow, as an officer aforesaid, and I hereby authorize my said said Attorney (or any one whom he may substitute, to examine ┃
all papers and documents on file in any of the Departments
at Washington or elsewhere, and file any evi-
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dence or arguments he may deem necessary to insure the recovery of the same. Witness my hand and seal this first day of May AD 1855
Witness
Sarah X Higbee Her mark. [Seal]
/s/ AW Foster
/s/ A.H. Miller

State of Pennsylvania}
County of Allegheny } Sct.
     Be it known that on the first day of May AD 1855, before the subscriber, President Judge of the District Court of said County personally appeared David Phillips and John McCombs two disinterested and respectable witnesses, and made oath according to law that they were well acquainted with Benjamin Higbee deceased, whose widow is now an applicant for a pension, and that he the said Benjamin Higbee departed this life in the latter part of the year One thousand eight hundred fifty four.
/s/ David Philips
/s/ John McCombs
Sworn & subscribed before }
me the day & year last before}
mentioned.}
/s/ M Hampton
Dist. Judge Dist. Ct.  
Allegheny  Co.

State of Pennsylvania}
County of Allegheny } Sct.
     On this first day of May AD 1855 before the subscriber, personally appeared Sarah Higbee, whom signed the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledged the same to be her Act and deed.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last mentioned 
/s/ M. Hampton
President Judge District of Allegheny County
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State of Pennsylvania}
County of Allegheny } Sct.

On this first day of May AD 1855 personally appeared before me David Phillips who being
duly sworn saith that he was present when Mrs Sarah Higbee, the foregoing applicant for a Pension, was married to Thomas Harron; they were married by this
deponents father Rev David Phillips, at his own house in Washington County, Pennsylvania, I cannot state precisely
the year, but verily believe the time named by
said Sarah in her deposition sworn to this day, and on this same paper, to be correctly stated; and I am now in my Seventy-sixth year

/s/ David Phillips

Sworn to and subscribed }
before me this 1st day of }
May AD 1855                    }
[signature] M Hampton
President Judge of the DC of Allegheny County

Know all men by these presents, that I,
John Simmons of Union township Washington County (Pennsylvania) to hereby substitute
Charles Abert of Washington City to act in my
place and stead as Attorney in fact for Mrs Sarah Higbee, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by a Power of Attorney duly executed and acknowledged this day by said Mrs Sarah Higbee, Witness my hand & seal this 1st day of May AD 1855
Witness}
/s/ A W Foster
/s/ J. Heron Foster
/s/ John Simmons [drawn seal]

State of Pennsylvania}
County of Allegheny } Sct.
On this first day of May
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A.D. 1855 before the subscriber, personally appeared John Simmons who signed the foregoing deed of substitution & acknowledged the same to be his act and
deed. Witness my hand the said first day
of May aforesaid.
[signature] M Hampton
President Judge of the District Court of Allegheny County Pennsylvania

State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
[Seal of the District Court]
I Canaro Campbell Jr Prothonotary of the District Court for said County
Certify that the foregoing affidavit acknowlegement [sic] &c were taken as therein
stated in open Court on the first day of May
A.D. 1855 before the Hon M. Hampton President Judge of the said Court whose several signatures attached hereto are genuine

In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Pittsburgh the first day of May A.D. 1855
/s/ Can Campbell Jr
Prothy
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[illegible] paid
Mr S P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C..
[written vertically on side]
L32 739
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State of Pennsylvania}
County of Allegheny } SS
On this fourteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for
said County and State aforesaid Sarah Higbee
formerly Sarah Herron aged seventy nine years a resident of Washington County, in the State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Thomas Herron Dec, who
was a conductor of pack horses in the war of the revolution that her said husband volunteered at Carlile [sic] Pa, on or about [page torn or folded illegible] Seventy Six and continued in actual service until the close of the war and was honourably [sic] discharged at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. 

She further states that she was married to the said Thomas Herron in
Washington County Pa, on the
seventh day of September one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven by one David Philips a Baptist Clergyman and that her name before her said Marriage was Sarah Hopkins and that her said husband died at his residence in Washington County
on the twenty seventh day of September AD
one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
and that she is now a widow

She makes this declaration for the purpose of
obtaining the bounty land to which she may
be entitled under the act approved March third Eighteen hundred and fifty five 
Sarah her X mark Higbee
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We Joseph and Henry Higbee residents of
Washington County in the State of Pennsylvania upon our oaths declare that
the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Higbee in our presence and that we believe from the
appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
/s/ Joseph Higbe
/s/ Henry Higbe

December Fourteenth 1855
Personally appeared before me David Philips who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that he was present at the marriage of Thomas Herron and that Sarah Higbee widow of Benjamin Higbee Decd is the identical person that was then married to the above named Thomas Herron and that he is now dead and she is a widow at the present time
[signature] David Philipd

The foregoing declarations and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
/s/ David Riggs Justice of the peace
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY,}
State of Pennsylvania, } ss.

I, John Birmingham Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County
of Allegheny, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the same being a Court of Law and Record, do by these presents certify
that David Riggs , Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit &c taken and who has thereunto, in his own proper handwriting, subscribed his name, was at that time, and now is, ---------
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an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to take acknowledgments, administer oaths, &c. to all whose acts, as such due faith and credit are and of right ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere.
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In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court. at Pittsburgh, in the said County, this fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the eightieth
/s/ John Birmingham [SEAL]
PROTHONOTARY.
.
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February 1, 1939.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/CC [initials]
Thomas Harron
W. 7741

K. D. Stoes
Box 789
Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Dear Sir:

     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Andrew and William Herron and of Thomas Herron who served as private in Captain Samuel Hay's company, Colonel William Irwin's regiment and of Thomas Herron who was a captain in Robert Hay's company, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

     There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a William Herron of Pennsylvania, nor of an Andrew Herron. The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W.7741, based upon service of Thomas Harron in the Revolutionary War. His name is
shown also as Haron, Heron and Herron. This is the record of the only Thomas Herron of Pennsylvania, that is found on the Revolutionary War pension records of this office.

     Thomas Harron volunteered in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on May 8, 1779, served as conductor of pack horses through January 1780. He was discharged at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was paid by Archibald Steele, Deputy Quartermaster General. 

     Thomas Herron married September 7, 1797, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Sarah Hopkins.

     Thomas Harron died September 27 or 29, 1832, at his home in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

     The soldier's widow, Sarah Harron, married May 14, 1840, Benjamin Higbee, who died September 28, 1854.

     Sarah Higbee was allowed pension on her application executed May 1, 1855, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, by reason of the service
in the Revolutionary War of her first husband, Thomas Harron.
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December 14, 1855, Sarah Higbee, then aged seventy-nine years
and a resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania, made application
for the bounty land which was due on account of the service of her
first husband, Thomas Harron, in the Revolutionary War. She was
granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 36731
under the Act of March 3, 1855.

In order to obtain information in regard to the location of
the land cited above, you should address the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish
the warrant number, the acreage, and the act under which said
warrant was issued.

No reference was made to children.

In December 1855, Joseph Higbe and Henry Higbe (they signed
Higbe) were living in Washington County, Pennsylvania.  One A. W.
Foster and one J. Heron Foster were present in 1855, in Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania, when Sarah Higbee applied for pension.  No
relationship of these four persons to the other families is shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death
of Sarah Higbee, former widow of Thomas Harron, you should address
the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
this city, and cite the following:

Sarah Higbee, former widow of Thomas Harron
Certificate #1139 or 1179
Issued July 11, 1855
Rate $160.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1848
Act of July 29, 1848
Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Thomas Harron
wid. Sarah Higbee.
W. 7741 Penn.

A bill for services
of Thomas Haron and
10 others dated July 1,
1779; a list of men who
entered with Thomas
Haron as Teametere
July 10, 1779; paper of same
tenor signed by Thomas
Boyd July 12, 1779; and
three receipts, have
been removed from
this claim to be 
forwarded to the War
Dept.
S.C.A.
Jan. 28, 1911

Sent to War Dept. Jun 16.1913
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No. 1420
Sarah Higbee
Formerly widow of 
Thomas Harron
Penna.

Act July 29. 1848
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Dodge

Comr. of Pensions
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[written sideways, on the right] Sarah Higbee 
Fwd. Pa. Original

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr. of Pensions
Washington D. C. 

Rev. Pension.
Act. July 29, 1848
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Las Cruces, New Mexico
Jan. 1, 1939

Veteran's Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:--
Kindly give me the Revolutionary war record of Thomas
Herron whom we believe was listed as a private in ^ Capt. Samuel Hay's
Company of Col. William Irwin's Regiment.  We believe there was another
in the Revolutionary War named Thomas whom we find in Capt.
Robert Hay's Company, Northampton County, Pa.  We believe the
first Thomas was born in Ireland and fought in the Battle of Three
Rivers, Canada, June 9, 1776.  We should appreciate the war record of
each of these men, please.

Also kindly send data on one Andrew Herron and William Herron. 
We have no knowledge except they came from Ireland and
were brothers of one of the Thomases [sic] above.

Thank you very cordially, and good wishes for the New Year and America.

[signature] K. D. Stoes
K. D. Stoes
Box 789
Las Cruces, N.M.

[Round time and date stamp, with numbers all around the edge to mark the time - 2:00 marked with an arrow] RECEIVED JAN 5 1939 [illegible]
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1939 - Feb. 1 - Hist to K D Stoes

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Revolutionary War
WIDOW, &c.

No. 7741

Sarah Higbee formerly 
Widow
Thomas Harron
Conductor of Pack Horses Rev War

Act: July 29 1848
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 334

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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36.731
[illegible]
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Washington May 12th 1855.

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr. of Pensions

Sir
I herewith have the honor,
to transmit the declaration of Sarah Higbee, 
formerly the widow of Thomas Haron, who was
Horse Master, and in command of a Brigade of 
Pack-Horses, in the War of the Revolution.  Mrs. Higbee
is now a widow and claims the benefit of the
act of Congress Appd. 29th July 1848.  On account 
of her first husbands services as aforesaid.

I would respectfully refer to the accompanying 
papers sent by the widow from among her
husband's private papers, to establish her claim to a
Pension.

Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
/s/ R W. Young
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State of Pennsylvania   }
County of Washington }Ss

In this 7th day of
July A.D. 1835 before me a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County aforesaid Personally
appeared Iverston Thomas a Respetable [sic] and disintersted [sic] witness, who being duly sworn according to law declares that he was well
acquainted with Thomas Herron who was an
Officer in the War of the Revolution and the
Husband of Sarah Higby [sic] who is an applicant
for a Pension.  And I have a perfect recollection
of the time of his death which took place some
time in the year 1832. I ^ was present at his Funeral
and by refering [sic] to an article of agreement between
the Widow Herron and John McCombes. Which is dated
1853, I came to the conclusion that he died the
^year Before mentioned
/s/ Iverston Thomas

Sworn and subscribed
Before me the day above
mentioned
/s/ Jos S Gasten J. P.
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State of Pennsylvania }
Washington County   } Ss
[Seal]
William S. Moore Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that Joseph S. Gaston Esq. before whom the within affidavits were made was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, that
his signature thereto is genuine and that full
faith and credit are and ought to be given
to all his official acts.

Given under my hand and the seal of the
said Court at Washington the 21 day of July
A.D. 1855
/s/ Wm S. Moore
Pro
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Washington Ss
On the 7th day of July A.D 1855 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Personally appeared John McCombs a respectable and disinterested witness who being duly sworn according to Law.
He states that he was acquainted with Thomas Harron who was an officer in the war of the Revolution and the first Husband of Sarah Higbee who is an applicant for a pension and I have a perfect recollection of the time of his death, and by reacting to an article of agreement between the widow Harron's and myself and also  to the Head Stone at his grave which I huld [sic] [hauled] there 3 time I come to the conclusion he must
of died in the year 1832, his death is Dated on 
his Head Stone September 29, 1832.
/s/ John McCombs
Sworn and subscribed this
the day and year above
before me
/s/ Jos S. Gaston J.P.
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Washington D.C. July 26th 1855

Hon L P Waldo
Commr of Pensions

Sir
On the 11th instant I rec'd. the enclosed certificate granting a pension to Sarah Higbee, widow of Thomas Harron, conductor of pack horses in the revolutionary War.
By the enclosed affidavits of
Messr Thomas and McCombs you will perceive that Harron survived the act of 1832 having died on the 29th September of that year. I therefore respectfully ask that a certificate for his accrued pension may be made out for Mrs. Higbee his widow and sent to  me
Very Respectfully
your obt. sevt.
/s/ Charles Abert
Attorney,
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Library Allegheny Co Pa
January 21st 1856
Sir I give you a copy of her certificate
Department of the Interior
Widows Pension
I certify that in conformity with the act of July
29th 1848 Sarah Higbee formerly widow of
Thomas Harron who was a conductor of Pack Horses in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of one hundred and sixty dollars per anum commencing on the fourth of March 1848 and continuing
for life unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage
Number 1179
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act July 29th 1848
Page 105 vol a
/s/ John Simmons
Library Post office
Allegheny County Pa
L P Waldo Commissioner
of Pensions
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Library Alegheny County Pa Febr 4th 56

Mr L P Waldo Commisioner of Pensions
Sir
yours of the thirtieth inst is duly received
and you ask Will you inform me for what
purpose you file a coppy [sic] of the certificate of Pension
issued to Sarah Higbee of Pennsylvania.  I answer
it was in answer to your letter of the fourteenth
of January where you ask/give the name of her 
husband in full and the number of her claim or
the date of filing it / The above information is
nessary in order to examine the claim

About January 7th I sent two letters to the department 
the one was an application  [crossed out: for a land warrant] of 
Mrs Sarah Higbee formerly the widow of Thomas Harron and 
several depositions to prove that she is the Identical Person
person or widow of her former husband Thomas Harron
she filed that declaration for the purpose of obtaining
a land warrant if she is entitled to one
having no other paper to show the date of ^filing her claim
I copyed [sic] a part of her certificate supposing it would give
you the information you asked I find the number 1179
on the inside of certificate Recorded in the Pension office
on the Roll of Pensioners under act July 29th 1848
Page 104 Vol 3 if her certificate does not give the
information asked for Mrs Higbee has nothing, to show
the number or time of filing it
Yours Respectfully,

direct address Library Alegheny [sic] County Pa
case of John Simmons
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Sarah Higbee 
formerly widow of 
Thomas Harron
Pa
Brief
On this statement of law of acts, it should be allowed
Revy
June 20/55
Dodge
May 31. 1855

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David Phelps & John McCombs swear Benj Higbee died in latter part of 1854 & widowhood.
David Phelps swears to date of marriage of Harron & Sarah Sept 7, 1797 -
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1 [at top right of page]
The Wagon service in the Revolutionary war was organized as a portion of the Quarter Masters department.
The first act of the Continental Congress that
refers to the wagon service, proper, is the Resolution of May 14th, 1777, - Vol 2, page 126, &c
This resolution provided for the appointment of Commissaries of forage, Forage Masters, Wagon Master General, Deputy W. M.'s, Assistant W. M.'s (or conductors), Deputy Quarter Masters, Barrack Masters, and a Clerk for each department; fixed their rank, pay and rations;
and prescribed their duties.
The resolution of Feby 5th, 1778, - Vol 2. p. 432,
distinguishes between the duties of the "Military line" and the Commissariat. Here the question arises whether the wagon service does not pertain to the business of "regulating" of marches, encampments, order of battle, &c, &c." rather than to the other branches of the department
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2 [upper right corner of page]
The resolution of April 23rd, 1779. Vol. 3. p. 261. - authorizes the 2d Mr Genrl to employ wagoners [sic] for the use of the army on such terms as he can, under the approval of the commander in chief.
Even if these employed [underlined] waggoners' service would not be entitled to pensions, would not the conductors be entitled? The resolution of May 11th, 1779 fixes the pay of Depy Wagon Mr Genl & Wagon Master. Same Vol p273.
The resolution of July 15th, 1780, provides
p 494 - that Conductors of Wagons not of the line of the army [underlined] shall receive $35. and when of the line [underlined] $12 per month in addition to line pay. This distinction is of great importance with reference to the language of the act of 1832, expressing who [underlined] shall be entitled to pensions.
The resolution of July 25th, 1780, - p 499, - authorizes the State Executives to fix the "hire of "wagons" [underlined]
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until Depy 2nd Mr shall be appointed for the respective states.
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3 [upper right hand corner of page}
Enlistment. &c [underlined]
The resolution of March 16, 1779 - Vol 3. 227 page - providing for the enlistment of wagoners for the war, vests that power in the Commander in Chief, as they would the
authority to raise an artillery corps - though these wagoners are to be under the control of the 2d Mr Genl.
Immediately succeeding this resolution is one placing the "warrant officers on the civil staff [underlined] of the army, on the "same footing with commissioned officers, in respect to arrests, "trials, and punishments".
The first above resolution repealed by that of April 17th, 1779. authorizing enlistments for 9 mo's or the campaign.
Resolutions of Congress Vol 1. p 503-4. Oct 2, 1776. Genl Mifflin having been appointed 2d Mr Genl represented to Congress that there were needed 200 wagons, a Wagon
Master and one deputy, - 20 conductors, at captains' pay, allowing 10 wagons to each conductor, - blacksmiths,
harness and collar makers, and wheelwrights &c.
And congress approved of the same, &c.
Under this authority the Connecticut Team Service was organized.
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4 [upper right hand corner of page]
The present application is made by Sarah
Higbee, formerly widow of Thomas Harron, of Pa. under the act of July 29th, 1848, for a pension on account of the services of Harron as Horse Master, or conductor of Pack Horses, in Pa. from May 8th, 1779 to January 1780, inclusive.
During the Revolutionary war a large amount
of Wagon and Pack horse service was required from the State of Pennsylvania.
To meet these requirements the State of Pa. organized a wagon service system, unique in its character, of which the following is an outline.
Wagon & Pack, Horse Service, in Penna. [underlined]
An act for the Regulation of Waggons, [sic] Carriages and "Pack Horses for the public service", passed Jany 2d 1778, and the acts of March 12, 1778, Sept 10, 1778, Novr 30, 1778, and April 5th, 1779. Supplemental to and in aid of its object;
Provide for the appointment of a Wagon
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5 [upper right hand page]
Master Genl for the State of Pa. a Deputy Wagon
Mr for each county, with Assistant W. Mrs for each county, not exceeding one for each Battalion District.
It was required that the County W. M.'s should
make out lists of all the wagons in the Counties and Districts, and they and their assistants were to fill such requisitions as should be made upon them, acting under direction of the State Council, the W. Mr Genl of the State, the commander in chief,  or the 2d Mr of the U. States.
The County Depy W. M's Genl were to make returns, at stated periods of the actual service performed by the teams.
The pay [underlined] of the W.M. Genl was to be that of a Lieut Col. County W.M. that of a Mag's and Assistant that of a Captain. The pay "of each
"Waggon with four horses and Driver", [underlined] varied.
Pack Horses are put upon the same footing as
Wagon teams, and to be recruited and regulated
in the same manner, or so near as practicable.
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It appears from a careful examination of the
"Colonial Records", and "Archives" of Penna, that
a large proportion of the wagon and pack horse
service rendered in Penna, was for the benefit of
the Continental Line; and this service was paid for by the U.S. 2nd Mr Genl, altho' doubts were entertained and expressed whether this pay was a Continental charge.
It does not seem to have been incumbent on
the County W.M.s. and assistants to accompany the brigades of teams or pack horses in all cases, altho' this was sometimes done. In some instances the Assistants charged by the day for their services, in warning out teams, and in others the law evidently contemplated
that, where they accompanied the teams as
conductors, their compensation was to be charged on the pay roll, with that of their teams.
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Proof of Service [underlined]
It is shown by original pay-rolls, receipts,
and accounts that Thomas Harron was Horse
master, or Conductor, of a Brigade of Pack
Horses, consisting of ten drivers, besides himself
and Sixty horses, besides one for the Master,
and served from the 8th of May 1779 through
the month of January 1780, continuously, that
his men were enlisted to serve for six months
from July, and that ten enlisted originally at
various dates, some as early as May 10th-; that
he went with his brigade to Fort Pitt, and was
there Dec 4th, 1779, and drew provisions from
the Commissary of Issues; that his pay was $140
per month, and that of his drivers $120 per month; and that his accounts were made with the U.S. and his horse & equipment [illegible] were settled by John Wilson, S. & H. M. (Stable and Horse Master), but his pay [underlined] & that of his brigade was settled by Arch Steel D. 2. M. G. by John Brown Assist.
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The proof is clear and satisfactory and shows
that the service was in conformity with the
laws of the State. It does not appear in proof
whether this brigade was raised under the
express authority of the resolution of Congress of April 17th, 1799. (see ante, p 3) or not, but it seems reasonable to suppose it was. See letter of Genl Wash to Col Brodhead 22d March 1779. Vol 6. p 205.
As to the question whether this was military service [underlined]
It conforms to all the essential conditions of the team service in Connecticut, and, if there is any difference, it has stronger claims; it having been performed in express conformity with the resolution of Congress of April 17, 1779, and the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, and under enlistment, so far as the drivers serving under Harron are concerned. The service was
perilous, and was for the relief of the troops serving under the orders and directions of the Commander in Chief.
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No 39. 003
Thomas Harron
deceased
Penna (Allegheny Co
Act June 7, 1832
8 mos conductor of
Pack Horses
at $160 per annum
from March 4. 1831
to Sept 29th, 1832, when
he died
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Certificate payable
to Sarah Higbee
his widow
Atty
R.W.Young
Present
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Dr. Dodge Be pleased to make out
the certificate in the case of Thomas Haron's widow. Mrs Higbee. Make the certificate for her pension, and leave his alone she can get that at
some other time
R.W. Young
for Mr. Abert
the Attorney
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Sarah Higbee, formerly
widow of Thos. Harron
Penna Allegheny Co
Act July 29, 1848.
Admitted
Conductor of Pack Horses
8 months at $160 per
annum, from March 4th 1848.
Certificate payable to claimant
Atty
R. W. Younge
Present
Page 41

Sarah Higbee formerly
widow of Thos Harron
Pa
Brief
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Brief in the case of Sarah Higbee formerly widow of Thos Harron
Allegheny County and State of Pennsylvania
act July 29th, 1848
---
Claim, (original," or [Struck Thru"for increase')}
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service - 8 months - conductor of Pack Horses, (same as Wagon Conductor) - proved by original rolls and vouchers.
Marriage, Sept 7, 1797 proved by parol
Death of Higbee, (2nd husband) in 1854. and widowhood proved by parol

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
(widow still survives)
The Secy of the Interior decides (on the brief in this case) that this is pensionable service

S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent
R. W. Young
Present
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Brief in the case of Thomas Harron, deceased,
Allegheny County and State of Pennsylvania
act June 7th 1832.
---
Claim, "(original", or [Struck Thru "for increase.")]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service - 8 mos Conductor of Pack Horses
proved. See admitted case of Sarah Higbee
formerly widow of Thomas Harron, decd.
Pa act of 1848. Certificate issued
the 11th Instant
(If for increase.)
Has evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Proof is now filed that Thomas Harron
died September 29th 1832-
This service was specially recognized
by the Secretary of the Interior in this case.

S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent
R. W. Young
Present
Page 44

John Simmons
Jany 30/56
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848
Pension Office
Jany 30 1856
Sir
Will you inform me for what purpose
you file a copy of the Certificate of pension
issued to Sarah Higbee of Pennsylvania?

John Simmons Esq
Library
Alleghany [sic] Co
Penna