Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2209, Peter Fine, Md.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Fine, Pete
r
NUMBER
S. 2209

Born in N.J.     carded.

CONTENTS
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[left panel] 
Letl. Columbus Delano 
July 5- 37 - (Certificate) 
Duplicate Certif. issued 25. Aug. '37 V 
sent to Penn. Mount Vernon, Ohio 
Let [faded] to Delano & Davis, Aug 29. 1837. 
Order to pay 3 Oct 1837. 
[right panel] 
Ohio 
13.129 
Peter Fine 
Knox Co in the State of Ohio 
who was a Private in the Company commande[d] 
by Captain Crush of the Regt commande[d] 
by Col Griffin in the Maryland State 
circa [unclear] Seven months 15 days 
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio 
at the rate of 25 Dollars 07 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May 
1833 
and Lent Tho. Rigden 
Mt Vernon Ohio 
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $50.14 
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 4th 33 12.53 
$62.67 
{Revolutionary Claim, 
{Act June 7, 1832.      ⎬
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk 
Book 6  Vol. 8  Page 8
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State of Ohio
Knox County
On this 27th day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before 
Peter Fine a resident of Wayne township Knox county and State of Ohio aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his solemn oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7thb 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.  General Bell, Colonel Philip Griffin Lieutenant Colonel Shrylock (first name not recollected) Major Peter Mance, Captain Adam Crush 1st Lieutenant Peter Adams 2nd Lieutenant William Richardson.  That he entered the service as a volunteer about the last of July or first of August AD 1776 and left it about the last of November or the first of December of the same year having served four months; That he resided at the time he entered the service in Frederick County, State of Maryland.  He marched from Fredericktown to Annapolis and from thence to Leonardtown in Saint Mary's County and from thence returned to Annapolis and from thence to Philadelphia and from there to New York and from thence to the White Plains, where he joined the army under the immediate command of General Washington and was in the battle of that place on the 28th of October.  Shortly after which he was put into the hospital as a nurse where he continued until he was taken sick and was removed with the rest of the sick back to Philadelphia where he remained until he was discharged.  He knew General Washington General Smallwood  but does not recollect the continental regiments or companies with which he served.
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That he again entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  Colonel Baker Johnson Major Ogle (first name not recollected)  captain Abraham Huff, 1st Lieutenant Michael Crush 2nd Lieutenant Christian Weaver. That he entered the service about the first of August 1777 as a volunteer and left it about the middle of November of the same year having served two months and a half.  He moved from Fredericktown to Dowardstown in Pennsylvania from thence to join general Wayne at the (ILLEGIBLE) and was within a half mile of that place at the time of the (ILLEGIBLE) at that place on the night of (ILLEGIBLE). from thence 
to a creek called Perqaueyouve where he Joined the army under the immediate command of General Washington and from thence he march to Germantown and was in the battle of that place on the 4th of October; after which he returned to camp where he remained until he was discharged. He knew General Washington or General Wayne or General Smallwood does not recollect any continental regiment or companies with which he served.  Declarant was born in the State of New Jersey near Morristown in the year 1750 and continued to reside in said state until he was about 21 years of age when he removed into the State of Maryland Frederick County where he continued to reside until he entered the service in 1776.  Had a record of his age and a blank leaf of his fathers big bible which he believes is now in his trunk but he has been blind and unable to see for more than 14 years.   When he left the service the first time he received a discharge from the Major Mance but it has long since been entirely lost. Christopher Myers William Myers John Bates Henry Rhodes and others of his neighbours can testify to his
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character for truth and veracity and good behavior.  He has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony  he can provide to testify to her services. 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Peter Fine- his mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid
Alex. Elliott Clk
We Thomas Rigdon a clergyman residing in Knox County and State of Ohio and Henry Rhodes residing in the same county and states hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Fine who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty two years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
Thom Ridon 
Henry Rhodes 
Alex Elliott Clerk
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The State of Ohio
Huron County
I alexander Elliott Clerk of the court of common pleas for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Fine for a pension. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court at Mount Vernon this 8th day of Oct. AD 1832.
Alex Elliott Clerk
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Questions proposed by the court and answered by Peter Fine an applicant for a pension.
Question- Where and in what year where you born?
Answer In the State of New Jersey near Morristown in the year 1750.
Question Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer: I had a record of my age on a blank leaf of my fathers big bible which I believe is in my trunk but I have been blind and unable to read for about fourteen years and unable to read for about fourteen years.
Question: Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you live? 
Answer: Where I entered the service each time I resided in Fredericktown in the State of Maryland where I continued to reside until the year 1825 when I removed to the state of Ohio and am now residing in Wayne Township Knox County Ohio.
Question: How were you called into service; were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answer: I was a volunteer each time 
Question: State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service. 
Answer: I know Gen. Washington, Wayne and Smallwood and others whose names he cannot now recollect
He cannot now distinctly recollect any regiment or companies or regulars or militia with which
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which we served on other general circumstances other than what is already in my declaration.
Question Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it signed and what has become of it.
Answer At the time I first left the service I received a discharge signed by Major Mance.
Question- State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and good behaviour and your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Answer: Christopher Myers, William Myers, John Bates, Henry Rhodes and other of my neighbours can testify to my character for truth and veracity and good behaviour.  Best I know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my services. 
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 27th day of Sept. 1832
Peter Fine- His mark 
Hen. Elliott Clk
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2209
INVALID
Rev War
File No. 2209
Peter Fine
Print Rev War
Act June 7 1832
Index:-Vol A, Page 124
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Peter Fine Ohio (illegible) Act 1832, ab
$25 07/100 per annum
Be please to say to what time he was last paid 
Pension Office 
Aug 25, 1837
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The State of Ohio
Knox County 
At a court of Common pleas holden before the Honourable Alexander Harper Esquire President and James McGibray, Anthony Banning and Abres Ayres Esq. a special judge of said county. Peter fine being first duly sworn doth in open court make his Declaration in writing in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.  And the Court having heard the said Declaration and having investigated the matter and having propounded the several interrogatories prescribed in the Regulations of the War Department are of opinion that the said Peter Fine was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states in his said Declarations.  And the Court having also examined the certificate attached to the said Declaration signed by THomas Rigdon and Henry Rhodes and satisfied that the same is in due form that that he said Thomas Rigdon is a clergyman resident in said County of Knox and that said Henry Rhodes is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.  The court do therefor order that the clerk certify accordingly.
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Peter Fine
Knox Co. Ohio
Private 7 mon 15 days
$25.07
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Peter Fine of Knox County, Ohio. which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the resident resides?  Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of war when he served? Yes
V.* Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity the regulations?
Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  No
VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion? No
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  Andi f so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  Yes
XIV. If the applicants name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
IF he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the paper s that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  All answered. 
EXPLAINATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that by reason of age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as the the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grade; For _ year___months, and ______days, I served as a ______ For ____months and ________days, I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served.  and the particular rank he held, as the law direct the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and the particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was preformed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and fort he time during which the service was preformed, he was not employed in a civil pursuit. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant entering the service, and the time and manner or his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers in not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.  
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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[left side of page written sideways]
Aug 11 [stamped seal not legible]
Peter Fine
Ohio [?] for dup pen.
13720

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Issue a dup. cert for
Peter Fine, and send to
Pen. at Mount Vernon,
Ohio.

[?]

Mr. J.L. Edwards
Comms. of Pension
Washington City, 
               D.C.
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County of Knox
On this 2nd day of August AD 1837, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Knox personally appeared Peter Fine, who on his oath, declares that  he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Adam Chrush in the regiment commanded by Colonel Philip Griffin, the Majors name was Peter Manse and the Generals name was Bell, at one term of service for four months; at an other time he served under Captain Abraham Hough, Major Ogle Colonel Baker Johnson and General Smallwood two months and a half; in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio, that he recieved a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate he lossed sometime between the 4th day of September 1835 and the first day of March AD 1836 at his residence in Wayne Township in the said county of Knox, how the certificate was lossed he is unable to state, he has no recollection of seeing it after the drawing of his pension on the 4th day of September AD 1835.
Peter Fine his mark 
Sworn to and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. 
Saml Bryant JP 
Before me the subscribed a Justice of the Peace for the county of Knox in the State of Ohio personally appeared Henry Rhodes and makes oath and says that he is well acquainted with Peter Fine and well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit
Saml Bryant JP
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I certify the within named deponent Henry Rhodes is a person of veracity Aug 2nd 1837.
Saml Bryant JP 
The State of Ohio 
Knox County
I Elliott C. Vose Clerk pro tem of the court of common pleas for said county of Knox do hereby certify that Samuel Bryant before whom the written affidavit was taken and who has signed the above certificate was a the time there of and yet is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn and I further certify that the written and above signature purporting to be his are genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court this 4th day of August 1897.
Elliott  C Vose Clerk
Pro Tem K C Pls.
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(Written sideways) 
Aug 28
Peter Fine 
for benefit 
see W. Brown 

J.L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City 
D. C.
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Mt Vernon August 21st 1837
J L Edwards 
Sir 
We forwarded about two weeks since the application of Peter Fine for a new certificate to draw his pension, and upon reflection we have come to the conclusion that there weas no address added to it giving directions where or to whom to send the certificate if granted.  If the certificate has been grated to Peter Fine and forwarded, please give us immediate notice of the name of the person to whom it has been sent.  
But if it has not been sent yet, direct it to Delano + David Mt Vernon Knox Co. Ohio 
Yours tr,
Delano + Davis
J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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J W Brudine 
July 5

J L Edwards Esq. 
Com. Pensions
Washington City 

Peter FIne 
os=co
for
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J L Edwards Esq.
Com. Pensions
Sir
Peter Fine who rec'd a certificate for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 and who resides in Knox Co Ohio has lost his certificate.  I wrote in his behalf to ascertain what must be done in order to obtain his pension money.
Your tr.
Columbus Orland
Mt Vernon Ohio
June 29 1839