Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,951, Hugh Conway, Penn
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(3-1776)
SERVICE       NUMBER
Penn  Conway, Hugh  S. 30.951
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CONTENTS
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30951
INVALID.
Revy
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File No.  30,951
Hugh Conway
Pri  Rev  War
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Act: June 7th 32"
Index:- Vol. 2, Page 82
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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13,847
Kentucky
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Hugh Conway
of Owen Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Winters of the regt commanded by Col. Stinson in the Pennna mili
[crossed out line] for 22 months from 1778
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of June 1833 -- and sent to Hon
R M Johnson [illegible]
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Arrears to the 4th of March 33              $146.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 3 Sep "           36.66
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$183.33
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm L [S] Allison Clerk,
Book [illegible] Vol. 7  Page 5
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Hugh Conway
from 1778 private
2 a month
$73.44/100
Hon R.M Johnson
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State of Kentucky}
County of Owen} fs.
On this 3 day of June 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Owen County Court now sitting Hugh Conway a resident of the said County of Owen in the State of Kentucky aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law did on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following names officers and served as herein stated. that is to say being a resident of the County of Washington in the State of Pennsylvania he did on the     day of August in the year 1778 as well as he now remembers being there a little over fifteen years of age enter the service of the United States as a [crossed out drafted militia] volunteer soldier upon a tour of four months in the Company of Capt. John Minters and served therein accordingly during the whole of his said tour of four months - that he rendezvoused with his said Company at the house of a Mr. Blackstone in the county in which he lived and was attached to a regiment under the Command of Col. John Stinson. that he was marched from his said place of Rendezvous to Pittsburg and thence down the Ohio to an old French Town and there [crossed out built] a fort was built. from thence he was marched across the river Ohio into the present State of Ohio to a place call Tuscarawa where another fort was constructed and at which last place he remained till the expiration of his said Tour of duty which was for four months as aforesaid and after having fully and faithfully served out the same he was discharged and returned home. He recollects upon this tour to have seen Genl McIntosh.
He further declares that being still a resident of the said County of Washington Pennsylvania he did on the     day of July 1779 as well as he now remembers again enter the service of the United States as a substitute
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for one William McIntyre who had been drafted as a private militia soldier upon a tour of two months in the Company of Captain Reese
that he did serve accordingly in the place and stead of said McIntyre and as his substitute in the said company during the whole of said tour - that he rendezvoused with his company at the house of Col. Edmund Cooke in the county in which he this declarent resided and was marched from thence to Hannah's Town on the waters of the Allegahy [sic] river and was there kept stationed in order to assist in protecting the Country against the incursions of the Indicans they being very hostile & troublesome and the Country a frontier one - that at the expiration of his said time of service it being two months he was discharged and returned home he states that upon this tour he was under the command of a captain only there being no field officer where he was kept in service -
He further states and declares that about the day of February in the year 1780 as well as he now remembers he again entered the services of the United States as a volunteer Spy, agains the Indians, upon a tour of six months under Captain John Shear - that he did serve accordingly as an Indian Spy under him for the said term of six months - that the said service required the visiting various posts in that section of country and sometimes occupying them to wit, [duffy] Blockhouse, Raybourns fork, Widow Myers fort on turtle creek, Walltowes fort and Hannahstown,  that his duties as an Indian spy aforesaid during his said engagement also compelled him to traverse a large tract of Country bordering on the Allegany river that he was actually and actively engaged in the performance of his duty under the said engagement during
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the whole period thereof to wit six months and upon the termination of the said period of service he returned to his home
He further states and declares that on the    day of September in the year 1780 as well as he now remembers he again entered the service of the United States as a private volunteer soldier upon a tour or two months in the Company of Capt Laughery - that he was still a resident of the same county and state and was marched by his Captain to a small fort, called Fort Wallace on the waters of the Allegany river - that he was there kept stationed during the whole of his said tour and whilst there the fort was attacked by the Indians but they were repulsed the action was a slight one thd Indians being as this declarent supposes unaware of the number of the fighting men in it until after they made their attack - he states that there were two other Captains in the fort besides the one that commanded his Company to wit Capt -Hingston and Capt. Wallace but there were no field officers or regular officers of any grade - 
He further states that on the     day of March 1781 as well as he recollects he again entered the service of the United States as a drafted Militia Man and private soldier upon a tour of two months in the company of Captain John Shear and served accordingly during the whole of his said tour - that he marched with his said company to Pittsburg where he was kept during his said tour and at the expiration of his tour was discharged and returned home - that there were no field officers with the troops where he served on this tour -
He further states and declares that in the month of January    1783 he moved to Kentucky and settled in the present county of Nelson he believes then Jefferson
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county and soon afterward he thinks in the month of March  in the same year he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer Indian Spy under Major Quill Whitaker for the term of six months and did serve as such accordingly - that his range as a spy during said period was through the present counties of Shelby, Sherry, Oldham, Gallatin, Owen & Boone and on the waters of the big & little Ky. to the Ohio river - he states that he served out the whole period of his said engagement fully and faithfully & was in actual service during the whole period there & then returned to his home -
He states that from his advanced age and consequent loss of memory he is unable to state with precision and certainty the periods when he entered the service - but from his present best recollection he served in the manner and at the times above mentioned and that he did not serve less than six months as a volunteer soldier - two months as a drafted militia man - two months as a substitute for McIntyre and 12 months as an Indian Spy during the revolutionary war amounting in all to twenty two months - He states that he has no documentary evidence and that he does not know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his said service or any part of it - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Hugh X Conway
his mark
Interrogatories put to the above named applicant by the Court
1st. Where and in what year were you born
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Answer - I was born in the County of _____________ in the state of Pennsylvania in the year 1763 according to my information on the subject -
2d. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it.
Answer - I have no particular record of my age any further than than handed to me by tradition
3d. Where were you livng when called into service: where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer - [crossed out Answer] I was living in the then County of Washington as well as I remember in the forks of the Alughogany [sic] river in the state of Pennsylvania during the revolution up to the year 1783 when I came to Ky. and became a resident of what was then called Jefferson County I think now Nelson County - [crossed out In  all my] When I entered the service in all my tours prior to 1783 I was a resident of the said County of Washington Penn: When I was called into service in 1783 I was then a resident of Ky. in the then County of Jefferson now Nelson - Since the revolution I continued to reside for some years in Nelson County Ky. and then moved to Shelby County Ky. where I continued to live for about 19 years and then moved to Gallatin now Owen County Ky. in the year 1808 - and have continued to live in the same county ever since - 
4th. How were you called into the service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Answer - In all the service which I performed I was a volunteer except upon two of my tours for two months each in one of which I was drafted and in the other I was a substitute for one William McIntyre who had been drafted
5th. 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 services -
Answer - There were no regular officers with the troops where I served neither were there any continental or Militia regiments [crossed out with the troops] - I did not serve [crossed out illegible]
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[crossed out with] under a Colonel except upon my first tour - My services were confined to the small forts on the frontier and to the spying out the Indians and Preventing their incursions upon the frontier settlements - I was six months a volunteer soldier, two months a drafted Militia Man and two months a substitute for William McIntyre and six months an Indian Spy whilst I resided in Pennsylvania during the revolution and  I was an Indian Spy for six months in Ky. during the revolution all which services I performed fully  and faithfully - I was in a small battle with the Indians at fort Wallace in Penn: which was the only action I was engaged in during the revolution
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer - I never received any discharge in writing 
7th State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and sho can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier and an Indian Spy of the revolution
Answer I will name Hugh Montgomery & John Brown & R. Vallandigham as persons to whom I am known and who reside in my neighbourhood
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Hugh X Conway
his mark
Mr. H. Montgomery a clergyman residing in Owen County Ky. and J. Brown & R. Vallandigham residing in the same county & state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Hugh Conway who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed  and
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and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier and an Indian Spy of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Hugh Montgomery
Richard Vallandigham
John Brown
And in said Court do hereby declare its opinion after the investigations of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and [illegible] Indian Spy and served as he states. And this Court further certifies that it appears to them that Hugh Montgomery who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the [crossed out Owen] County of Owen and State of Ky. and that Richard Vallandigham and John Brown who have also signed the same are residents in the Same County & State and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Cyrus Wingate}  Justices of
Jas. H. Sale }  the Owen
Elisha Colby}  County Court
I John C. Bacon Clerk of the Court for the County of Owen in the State of Kentucky do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the  application of Hugh Conway for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have [illegible] my hand and affixed my Seal of office this 7th day of June 1833
JC Bacon Clk
of Owen County Court