Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,435, for Philip Muterspaw, Maryland
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Service
Continental
Md.
Penn.

Name
Muterspaw, Philip

Number
S.9435

Carded
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9435
Rev War
INVALID

File No 9435
Philip Muterspaw
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th '32

Index. Vol. 1 Page 269

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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23195
Virginia
Philip Musterspaw
of Rocklbridge Co in the state of Virginia
who was a private in the company commanded 
by Captain blank of the Reg.t commanded 
by Col. Rawlings in the *Va Md line for 16 mo.

* Pa, Md and Continental Jany 21/65
Records Corrected

Inscribed on the roll of Virginia
at the rate of 53 dollars 33 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day or Nov 1833 and sent to Saml M.D. Peid - Clerk
Lexington

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $133.33
Semin-anl allowance ending 4 March 34 $26.66
$160.00

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recvorded by W.L. Williams - clerk
Book E Vol 67 Page 24
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State of Virginia
Rockbridge County to wit;
On this 5th day of August 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the justices of said Rockbridge County Court, which is now sitting, said Court being a Court of Record, Philip Mutrespaugh, a resident in said County of Rockbridge, and state of Virginia aged 87 or 8 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June the 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
This applicant states that from old age and a consequent debility of mind, he is unable to state many particulars, with accuracy, but will proceed, as well as he can to answer the questions prescribed, in their order.
Question 1st. - Where, and in what year, were you born? He was born in Germany about the year 1744 or 5, as he believes from the reports of his parents, and Emigrated to America with his parents at the age of 1 or 2d years.
Ques. 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it
He has no record of his age, except such as has been impressed upon his memory by the conversations of his parents.
Ques. 3d. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War; and where do you now live.
He was living near Shippensburg, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, when first called into service; he then moved to Washington County, Maryland, and resided near Hagerstown in said County, at which place he lived, during all his subsequent service.
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[unclear if the next five words were deleted or underlined] County until after the war, when he removed to said Rockbridge County, state of Virginia, where he has continued to reside until the present time.
Ques. 4th. How were you called into services were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and for whom.
He volunteered in a company of about 100 men, in his first tour of service from Shippensburg in Pa. when the battle at Long Island took place, when he removed to sd Washington Cty, soldiers were called for, and 24 men were required to furnish one man, for these 24 he agreed to serve. He was afterwards drafted into service.
Ques. 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 service.  This applicant states, as well as his memory will permit, that, in his first tour of service, he volunteered for four months, under Captain Beeples (or Peoples) Andrew Wright was first Lieutenant, and Conrad Borner (or Bemer) was 2nd Lieutenant, all of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He marched from Shippinsburg, in sd Cumberland County, (he thinks) sometime, in the spring of 1776 or 77. to the Battle of Long Island.  He marched to Philadelphia, took water there and sailed up the Delaware as high as Trenton, he believes, there landed and marched as high as Brunswick.  Thence arrived at Amboy[?] in N. Jersey, after the Battle at Long Island had been fought, then they marched to Newark, there stood guard, thence guarded some pressed waggons [wagons] loaded with corn & hay, to Kings bridge.  Then returned to Newark, stood guard again, thence marched to Amboy, where his time expired, and he was discharged, which discharge he has lost, in this tour he served four months.  This applicant further states, that he was draughted [drafted] from Washington Cty in Maryland, at several different periods for 2 months each tour, to march to Fort Frederick in sd Washington Cty on the Potomac, after, the battle at Long Island.  He cannot state the time, where, exactly.  He thinks he was twice draughted [drafted] the fall & summer succeeding the battle at Long Island two months each draught [draft].  Col. Rawlins, Captain Billmire were
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officer at the fort. The other officers he cannot recollect. He was again draughted from the same place, for same part, in the summer succeeding, for 7 months Col Rawlins, still commanding as he believes. The other officers he cannot recollect. He states that in the summer succeeding, he thinks, he served as a substitute for one, whose lot it might have been to have serv ed out of a lot of 24 men, from the same city to the same fort, for the terms of 7 months.  This applicant further states, that he was again draughted (as he believes from Washington Cty Maryland for a Tour of four months, and marched under order from Col. Shriock or Col. Stuhl, of P. Cty, to Annapolis on the Chesapeake, at that place he went under the Command of Cpt. Kennedy. Whilst at Annapolis, Gen. Washington arrived at Annapolis, by watwer, and the French forces by land, where they all took water and sailed for York Town, where they defeated Cornwallis. This applicant remained at Annapolis after this defeat, guarding the Cannon, and the magazine, The Tories being then troublesome. This tour he thinks commenced sometime in the summer of 178X.  He was discharged at Annapolis, after he served his Tour of four months, he has some of the discharge in his possession, that he received during his service.
This applicant, from defect of memory, cannot state the circumstances of his service, very particularly, he has stated as well as he can remember.  This applicant believes that he can recollect, positively that he seved the preceeding tours, which amounts in all to sixteen months, this period of time he is clonfident he seved, in the war of the revolution.
Question: Did you ever receive a discharge? A: He received several discharges, as above mentioned, but from whom he
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Transcribed Vertical Writing - see Record 8 for Horizontal

Philip Muterspaw

Admitted
Private 16 mo.
$53.33
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to and subscribed the day and year above written
Philip Mutrespaugh      his mark

I Daniel Ayres of said County of Rockbridge and State of Virginia a resident in the neighbourhood of the above named Philip Moutrespaugh, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with the said Philip, having known him for many years, as long as I can recollect, that he is, and has been, always reputed in his neighbourhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and to have served as
he states, and I concur in that opinion. I further certify that no doubts to my knowledge have ever (unreable) as to said applicants
service, and that he is a man of strict and (unreadable) Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, Daniel Ayers I Andrew B. Davidson Clergyman residing in said County, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with the above named applicant, and that from what information, I have obtained, I am induced to believe, that he is reputed and believed in his neighbourhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year above written.
A.B. Davidson
Virginia; At Rockbridge County Court September 2nd 1833

A declaration made by Philip Mutrespaugh with certificate annexed of Daniel Ayers & Andrew B Davidson of which the foregoing are copies was produced in  Court on the 5th day of August last past & duly
Sworn to when it was ordered to be certified that the said Court declared their opinion after the investigation of
the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the said applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. and it was ordered to be certified that it appeared to said
Court that J B Davidson who has signed one of said certificate is a Clergyman resident in this
County and that Daniel Ayres who has signed the other certificate is a resident in this County & is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit, which order was directed to be made on the said 5th of August last but was omitted by the Clerk -
In testimony whereof I Samuel McD Reid Clerk of
said county court have hereunto affixed the seal of
said County Court and subscribed my name this 20th
day of November 1833 and in the 58th year of the Commonwealth
Sam M D. Reid Clk

Philip Mutrespaw  28,553
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
12 - 5 - 41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Name___Muth, Jacob
Grade_____Private
Line_____Von Heer's Corps

WARRANT NUMBER 13408
ACREAGE___160______
ISSUED_____September 4, 1795 -
                 to___not shown____
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.