Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,614, Levi Griffith, Penn.
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SERVICE
Penn
Griffith, Levi
NUMBER
S. 39.614
B.L.Wt. 837-200-Lieut.
Issued Feb. 13, 1797
No papers
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8,241
Pennsylvania
Levi Griffith
4
of Fayette Co. in the State of Penna, who was a Lieutt. in the regiment commanded
Colonel Wayne of the Penna,
(missing letters)ine, for the term of six years. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Penna.
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commenced the 28 of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of March 181(?) and sent to Judge Hinley Uniontown, Pa
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 185.16
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 120
9. 8/31 $305.76
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
died Jan 30, 1825
see agency book
Continued
Jan 30, 30 '25
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let to Hon A. Stewart June 30 '46
1888
Jun 27 Hon W H Egeworth brief items that {illegible} Griffith to positively identified
Letter in File 39.625 Priv
{written at 90 degrees to above}
Notification sent to John  StClair. 4 Oct'r 1820
Uniontown Pa
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Wt to the A. Stewart June 30 '46
1888
June 24 Mrs W H Egaworth brief items that
no (unidentified word) to positively identified
Letter in Feb 3 g.625) Priva
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Fayette County Pensylvania
Before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common in and for pleas for said County
Personaly appeared
Levi Griffeth aged 62 years who has been a resident of this County near 24 years and still continue such only that he once resided with his son in Virginia.
who being affirmed according to law saith that he entered into the service of his Country in the year 1876 in January in the rank of Ensign in the fourth Regiment then
commanded by Coll Antony Wane
and his commission of Lieutenant which will accompany this affirmation will show a later engagement in the Revolutionary war he continued in the same grade and
same Regiment during the war and then returned home from Philidelphia his situation in life at present is so reduced as that he needs asistance from his country for support
and he doth hereby relinquish all claim to any pension heretofore allowed him by any of the laws of the United States
Affirmed and subscribed before
me this 28th of May 1818 
my hand seal
Levi Griffith
James Finley (Seal)
I do further certify that I am fully satisfied the aformant (unreadable word) an unblemished character is to truth and honesty.
James Finley
I James Finley Judge as aforesaid
do hereby certify that from my long and late knowledge of above
aformant that he has no means of support but what is served from the very indigent circumstances of his family connections
Witness my hand and seal this 23rd of Febry 1819
James Finley (seal)
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Fayette County
Pennsylvania
I John (unreadable) Prothonotary of the Court of
common pleas in and for said County
do certify that the within named James Finley before whom the within deposition was taken was at the time of so doing and still is Junior associate Judge of said court and that
as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as well within Courts of justice as thereout. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of office  this  twenty eighth day of May eighteen hundred and eighteen
John St??ais
Prothy
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Admitted
{this is written over a faded page. that is large illegible}
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Fayette county in the State of Pennsylvania ss Fourteenth Judicial district
On this sixth day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the said county Levi Griffith aged eighty two years and three months, resident in Wharton township in said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declair that he served in the revolutionary war as follows.  Viz.  In Colonel Anthony Waynes Regiment in Chester county Penn'a Captain Frasers company in which he was first lieutenant.  And the date of his original declaration was on the 22d of May 1818
Levi Griffith
June 7th 1829 Sworn to and declared in open court
John St Clair Prothy

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide to certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war:"  passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed
Levi Griffith
Sworn to and declared in open court June 7th 1820
John St Clair Prothy

A Schedule of my property
1 mare and colt  $65
3 Cows  45
2 Calves   8
Seven or eight sheep   12
Four hogs   10
one table   2
one old chest   1
one bake oven   2
two pots    3
one old riding horse} one old shovel   2
{total}  $150
Also a tract of land in the county of Mercer considered by me of no value.  It was granted to me by the United States eighteen years ago but upon sending my sons to improve the land they considered it of so little worth that they returned without any improvement.
Levi Griffith
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The following is a Schedule of the sums I am indebted
To John Frimble   $280
also a few small debts that may amount to  20
Debts due to me 
From Christian Melles  $100         Levi Griffith
Sworn to and declared in open court 7th June 1820 
John St Clair Prothy

I John St Clair Prothonotary of the court of common pleas fourteenth Judicial district in and for Fayette County and State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court:  and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and fifty dollars that the amount of debts by the applicant is three hundred dollars and the amount of debt due him is one hundred dollars  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Uniontown the seventh day of June A D 1820
John St Clair Prothonotary of the court of com. pleas 14th Jud'l dis.

{written at 90 degrees to above}. 8241
22 Mar. 1819
{illegible} 22 May 1818
Levi Griffith
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September 28, 1935
BA-J/MCS
Levi Griffith, S.39614
Miss Hazel G. Siberts
802 S. Iowa Avenue
Washington, Iowa
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of September 20, 1935, requesting information in regard to Revolutionary War soldiers named Levi Griffith.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim S. 39614, based upon the military service of Levi Griffith, the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
He entered the service in January, 1776, as ensign in Captain Frazer's company in Colonel Anthony Wayne's Pennsylvania regiment, serving in Chester County; he was commissioned first lieutenant of the Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, January 1, 1777, and served until the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 28, 1818, at which time he was living in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
In June, 1820, he was aged eighty-two years and three months and was living in Wharton Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
He referred to his sons, one living in Virginia, but he did not give their names. The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
 Levi Griffith died January 30, 1825.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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{illegible} A Stewart
MC
J L Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
War Dept
{written at 90 degrees to above}
June 29th
Levi Griffith
Pa Office
Hon A Stewart {illegible}
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[Ilegible]
26 June '46
J. L. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
Will you be so good as to furnish me an answer to the inquiry contained in the enclosed letter and oblige?
Yrs Respectfully
A Stewart
PS Please return the enclosed letter with yr[your] answer
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June 27, 1935
BA-J/MCS
Levi Griffith, S.39614
Mrs. W. T. Bishop
616 W. 6th 
Sedalia, Missouri
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Levi Griffith, a Revolutionary War soldier who died in 1825 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 39614, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Levi Griffith.
He entered the service in January, 1776, as ensign in Captain Frazer's company in Colonel Anthony Wayne's Pennsylvania regiment, serving in Chester County; he was commissioned first lieutenant of the Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, January 1, 1777, and served until the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 28, 1818, at which time he was living in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
In June, 1820, he was aged eighty-two years and three month and was living in Wharton Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
He referred to his sons, one living in Virginia, but he did not give their names. The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Levi Griffith died January 30, 1825.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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January 24, 1929
Honorable S. A. Kendall
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
In response to your letter of January 18, 1929, relative to information desired by Mr. Darrell W. Smiley, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, which was transmitted from the office of the Adjutant General, War Department, I have the honor to advise you as follows:
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.39614, it appears Levi Griffith entered the service in January, 1776, as an ensign in Captain Frazer's Company, in Colonel Anthony Wayne's Pennsylvania Regiment [written side note] in Chester Co. Pa. He was commissioned first lieutenant of the Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, January 1, 1777 and served until the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 28, 1818, at which time he was living in Fayette County Pennsylvania.
In June, 1820, he was aged eighty-two years and three
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[Letter continued from previous page]
months and was living in Wharton Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
Reference was made to his sons and one lived in Virginia [Written names not given]. The name of is wife is not given.
Levi Griffith died, January 30, 1825.
This is the history of the only soldier by the name of Levi Griffith that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
Winfield Scott 
Commissioner.
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616 W. 6th
Sedalia, Mo.
June 17, 1935
Pension Commissioner
Veterans' Bureau
Washington, D. C.
Dear sir,
From the Pa. State Library I hear the suggestion I might find some help which I am wanting concerning Levi Griffith who died in Fayette Co. Pa. 1825 (Jan. 30).  I would like to hear the names, dates of any and all of his family which may appear on his pension records.  I am especially interested in having names of his sons, as it seems my Griffith lineage may go back to him.  According to Pa. Arch. he was made 1st Lieut. 1-1-1777, in 5th Pa.  I wonder if he was a son of Griffith Griffiths who settled in Chester Co. 1715.  Thanking you for any favors, Very truly
Mrs. W. T. Bishop.
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A. G. 201 (Griffith, Levi) 1-18-29) ORD    1st Ind.       ejt
War Department, A. G. O., January 21, 1929.  - To the Commissioner of Pensions.
1.  Transmitted to the Bureau of Pensions and Honorable S. A. Kendall, House of Representatives, so informed by letter a copy of which is hereto attached.
C. H. Bridges
Brigadier General, Acting the Adjutant General. 
By R.

2  Inclosures:
(1) Letter dated 1-16-29.
(1) Copy of letter dated 1-21-29.
Hon S. A. Kendall
desired hist. of Levi Griffith for Darrell W. Smiley of Uniontown, Pa.

{post mark} U. S. Pension Office Jan 22 1929
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802 S. Iowa Ave
Washington, Iowa
Sept. 20, 1935
A. D. Hiller, Exec. Ass.
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Is there any {inserted here 'only one'} record in your office of a pension being given to wife or family of Lieut. Levi Griffith of the Fourth Penna Battalion, a soldier of the Revolutionary War?  If so what was his wifes name and those of his children if given?  Levi Griffith died Fayette County Jan. 30, 1825 according to Pa. Archive records.
There is another Levie Griffith who died in Fayette County, Pa. in 1813.  Is there any record of this man, his wife, children and pension?
I should appreciate any information you may have on these men.
Yours truly,
(Miss) Hazel G. Siberts
{post mark} Rec'd Sep 23 1935
Mail {illegible}-Div.
Vets Adm Reader 4
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39614
Invalid.
File No. 89,614
Levi Griffith Lieut Rev War
Act 18th March 18
Index: -- Vol. S, Page 204
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1794 Chester Co Lt Fayette born 1738
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Nov. 29-1902
Jno. G. Boggs
Clayton Del
Dec - 6 - 1902
To above - Name of wife not stated - How to get date of last paym't
1929 Jan. 24. hist. to Hon. S. A. Kendall for Darrell W. Smiley m.c.s.
1935. June 27, hist. to Mrs. W. T. Bishop m.c.s.
1935. Sept. 28, hist. to Miss Hazel G. Siverts m.c.s.
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
To Levi Griffith, Lieutenant: Greeting. 
We, reposing special trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these present, constitute and appoint you to be a Lieutenant in the fifth Pennsylvania Regiment in the Army of the United States to the rank as such from the 1st day of January A.D. 1779: You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And most strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your command to be obedient to your orders, as
Lieutenant. And you are to observe and follow such order and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive for this or a future Congress of the United States or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed or Commission of the State or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of
the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of them, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. 
not reposed in us. This Commission is to continue in force until revoked by this or a future _____, the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or the Committee of the States.
Witness this license, John Jay Esquire,  President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the tenth
day of April A.D. 1779, and in the third year of our Independence.
John Jay
Secretary of the Board of War

Entered in the War Office and summoned by the Board