Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23685, Philip Hain, Penn.
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Penn    
Hain, Philip
S. 23085
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0199
Pennsylvania

Philip Hain of in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the confederacy commanded by Captain (     ) of the RJ commanded by ____________ in the Pennsylvania for Private $23.33.

Inscribed in the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 23.33 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension fund the 25 day of Feb. 1833 and  (                                                         )
Sent to Henry 
                          Horn, Riley
Arrears to the 4th of Feb., 1832                 $34.49
Semi-anl. allowance ending March 1833    $11.66
                                                                    _______
                                                                   $46.65

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Viral Luce clerk
Book D  vol. b  Page 42
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Pennsylvania
Union Country

     Michael Smith an
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State of Penn
Union County SS
of
I, Joseph Stilwell, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do certify that the within-named before Michael Smith is a person of credibility & that full confidence may be placed in his testimony.
Witness my hand & the seal of the Court at New Berlin the 20th day of February 1832.
Joseph Stilwell, Proty
SS
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Pennsylvania
Union County SS
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
On this twenty-fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of  Common Pleas, at New Berlin in and for the County of Union, now sitting Philip Hain, a resident of Penns Township in the County of Union and State of Pennsylvania, aged seventy-seven years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his solemn oath make the following declaration, in or
due to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers under the following circumstances and served as herein stated:
I enlisted at Sunbury, Northumberland County, Penna in the spring of the year 1778 or 1779 but which I don't remember, in Peter Groves company to go against the Indians. He had no other officer besides Capt Grove. We did not stay at Sunbury long before we made an excursion to Minney and Laysock & Big Island and in different directions up the West Branch of the river Susquehanna. He used to go and stay about two weeks during which we had carry our provisions with us, for we get nothing but what we had got in the woods. In this way we spent the whole of the seven months and
Sunbury was our headquarters. After the seven months we were discharged by post: There was no other company at Sunbery. There was another man name I think named McLauglin, he had a company on the other side of the river.
After my discharge, I returned out frequently to protect the frontier settlers. The whole of this section of the County was overrun with the Indians, and everyone was obliged to terrain out without any regular call. I don't know
that I called in any other way than by the reply of the times. The time spent in this way I don't remember, but I continued in this way until the conclusion of the war. I think I was in the service off and on for the greater part of five years.
In the summertime. we were out continually. In the winter, the Indians generally withdrew.
I have no living witness to my services that I can produce, except Michael Smith, whose
affidavit is hereto annexed.
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1. I was born in Berks County in February 1755.
2. I had a certificate of my baptism in which
was stated my age, but my brother lost it many years since.
3. I lived in Northumberland, now Union, County when I entered the service, where I have lived ever since.
4. This I have answered in the above Declaration.
5. This is also answered.
6. This is also answered as far as I know. In the many excursions against the Indians, I never got a regular discharge, never being regularly
7. Christopher Schold, Michael Smith & Jacob Bickel, and many others know me & can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief as to my services as a revolution soldier

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a
annuity except the present, and declare that
my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Michael Smith

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Joseph Stilwel,l Prothy
SS
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17.491
Philip Hain

4 Feby. 1833
Obj. 5.14
Honble. L. Dewart
                  Ho. reps


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BRIEF in the case of Philip Hain of Union County in the State of Pennsylvania
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 77 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period: In 1778 or 1779
Duration of Service. 7 Months
 (Was in service in own imagination way he thinks)
Rank: As a private.
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Capt Peter Groves

Period: Dates not given
Duration of Service. In all, the greater part of a year
Rank: 
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: 

5. In what battles was he engaged? -----
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northumberland County Pennsylvania
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Testimony evidence & living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
No.
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
B. F. Pleasants, Examining Clerk.
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23685
Revolution
INVALID.

File No.  23,685
Philip Hain
Priv.  Rev  War

Act: June 7th, "32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 168

{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Declaration
of
Philip Hain
17491
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Supplemental affidavit to the annexed declaration of Philip Hain for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7

Pennsylvania
Union County SS
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice the peace in and for the County of Union aforesaid, Philip Hain, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith:
That as an answer to the four questions  prescribed by the War Department in the brief accompanying annexed declaration, he can't say anything much more explicit as the period or periods of the war when he served, than what is stated in his declaration. As stated there, he enlisted in the spring of 1778 or 1779
which of these two years he can't recall, for seven months, the whole of which he served & was discharged. That the rest of his service was during the summer seasons of every year from the time of the seven months until the conclusion of the war.
In answer to the sixth question, he cannot say anything more definite than what is stated in his declaration. He can't remember that he was at any time, with the exception of the time he enlisted in Capt. Groves company, called out by regular call or drafted from any constituted authority, and consequently had no  regular officers: That they used to turn out in squads of 20 and sometimes more sometime less as the occasion required. Nor can he recollect that they had any other officer then Capt Grove during his enlistment aforesaid. In the subsequent excursions, they frequently appointed among them the person to command them. That in answer to the fifth question, by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below in the following grades: In seven months I served as a listed soldier in Capt Gravis company, as to his other service he can't say exactly how after he turned out how long but at a time, but to the best his recollection he spent no less than three months each summer 
for three years, making the whole time of his service sixteen months, and for such service he claims a pension.
[Signature]

Sworn & subscribed the 20th Feby 1833
John Mauck
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State of Penna,
Union County} ss.

   I Joseph Stillwell Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county do certify that John Mauck Esq. before who the within affidavit was made is and was at the time of subscribing his name thereto a Justice of the Peace duly appointed & commissioned for the county aforesaid that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his official acts.  In witness I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the Court at New Berlin the 20th day of February AD. 1833.
                  
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                                   Joseph Stilwell   Prothy.
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We, I George Heim a clergyman, a resident in Buffalo Township, Union County aforesaid and Christopher Seibold of New Berlin in the county aforesaid here by certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Hain who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in the opinion.
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                                    George Heim
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                                 Christopher Seibold
Sworn and subscribed this
day and year aforesaid -
              //s//
   Joseph Stilwell  Proth.


    And the said court do hereby declare this opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department; that the above-named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.  And the court further certifies that is appears to them that said George Heim who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in Buffalo Township and  that Christopher Seibold who has also signed the same, is a resident of New Berlin and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

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                                       Hugh Wilson
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                                       Adam Light
    I Jospeh Stilwell Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Union in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Philip Hen for a Pension.

    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 25th day of September AD, 1832.

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                            Joseph Stilwell
                                               Prothon.