Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 8950, Samuel Hornbeck, Va.
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(3-1776)
.
SERVICE
Va.
Hornbeck, Samuel
Susan
or
Susanna
NUMBER
W8950
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CONTENTS
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Kentucky 19458
Samuel
Hornbeck
of Bullit Co in the State of Kent.
who was a pr in the [illegible]commanded
by Captain Stump of the regt commanded
by Col Harding in the Va
line for 6 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kent.
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Sept
1833 and George F
Pape Shepherdsville
Arrears to the 4th of September        50.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 10.00
                                                            ------
                                                           $60 00 
{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832.       }
Recorded by David Boyd   Clerk,
Book E Vol.7   Page 13
Paid
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6th April 1838
from 4 Sept 1834 to 2 June
1835 the day of his death
age of
Samuel
Hornbeck
of
Bullit Co in the State of Kent
who
was a pr
in the
commanded
by
Captain Stump of the regt commanded
by
Col Harding in the Va
line for 6 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Kent
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Sept
1833 and George F
Pope Shepheraville
Arrears to the 4th of Septem
50.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending March
1000
$600
Recorded by
Book E
Vol.
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Danl Boyd
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Clerk,
Paid at
the act
from 4
1835 the
age listed as 31. notified
Do
the Treasury under
of the 6th April 1888
Sept 1834 to Do
day of his death
age notified 31. Jany 1839.
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Reported
July 29. 1843
Kentucky  1211
---
Susan Hornbeck
widow of Samuel Hornbeck
who was a private
in the Virginia line for
six months-
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
Twenty - Dollars-
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
------------------------------------
Certificate of Pension issued the
twenty ninth day of July 1843
and sent to
N.C. Summers
Shephersville
Kentucky
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Act of [March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol.1
Page 169
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13.527
Samuel Hornbeck
Kentucky
from 1781 private
6 m
$120
George F. Pope
Shepherdsville Ken.
GF Pope
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13.527.
BRIEF in the case of Samuel Hornbeck
County of Bullitt in the State of Kentucky
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity! ------
3. How old is he? 70
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.                              Duration of Service.               Rank.
-----------                         ----------------------              -------
                                    Years,      Months,   Days.      As a
Drafted In 1781  April    ----             3         -----     private
  "              1782  April    ----             3         -----         "
  "              1788 or 89     " about four weeks.  "             "

Names of General and Field Officers
      under whom he served.
Capt. M. Stamfer, Maj. McPherson
Capt. D. Teanebough,----
Capt. George Pomeroy,
Col. "Hardin
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Hardy Cty Va.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?   Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

*Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
T. Waugh
Examining Clerk.
Feb. 1833
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Saml. Hornbeck
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State of Kentucky}
Bullitt County      } Ss.
On this fifteenth day of July 1833 person
-ally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Bullitt County Court now sitting Samuel Hornbeck, a resident of Bullitt County in the State of Kentucky, aged seventy years on the 8th day of September 1832, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain this
benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. In Hardy County State of Virginia in the month ofApril, as well as he now recollects, in the year 1781 he was drafted as a private and placed in the Rifle Company of Militia commanded by Captain Michael Stump, Lieutenant Samuel Hornbeck & Ensign James Taft and marched to Richmond Virginia, said Company was there attached to a Company of Light Horse Commanded as well as he recollects by a Captain White & a Company of Light Infantry Regular Soldiers commanded by a Captain Ogden, the three companies were commanded by a Major McPherson according to the best of his recollection. We were placed in front of the American Army Commanded by Major General La Fayette as a Front Guard and our duty was to Guard and Reconnoiter. the British Army was at that time in Virginia & marching down to
York -Town and we were almost constantly engaged night and day in marching & guarding and during said army service when the
American Army was pursuing the British.
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General Muhlenberg passed by Major McPhersons Command and observed that we should soon have something to do, at that
time we were about Three miles in advance of the American Army and shortly after General Muhlenberg  passed along we received information that the British light horse were advancing and we received orders to retreat & join the main army, we were then in an
open field & immediately commenced retreating & reforming 
 until we joined it. On joining the main Army, he, for the
first time, saw Baron Steuben & his Troops who had a few days before that time joined General La Fayette He was in no
Battles during his then service but was engaged in pursuing 
the British Army sometimes & sometimes retreating from it
in which service this declarant suffered much from fatigue, 
hunger & loss of sleep. Having served three months, the period
for which he was drafted he was discharged from the service but received no written discharge He does not recollect the day of the month when he entered the service nor the day of the month when he was discharged from it but he positively declares & swears that he served Three months. Again in the year 1782 in the months of March or April as well as he now recollects, the Indians having broken into the Frontiers of Virginia & killed some families, the Inhabitants became very much alarmed and called  for a Guard 
and a draft took place & this declarant was drafted for a Tour of Three months & put into the
-
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Company commanded by Captain Daniel Leavebaugh and marched out on the Frontiers to Tiger Valley in the mountains about seventy miles from his Regi't area and billetted in [illegible these?] stations.
The duty of said Company was to go out in Scouting parties from these
different stations and to guard and protect the Inhabitans which duty this declarant performed for three months and at the Expiration of said Term he was discharged  & returned home. his discharge was not in writing and at this day he cannot recollect the day of the month on which he entered the service the last time or the day of the month on which he was discharged from it, but he declares say that he served three
months in this last service as a private making  in all in the years 1781 & 1782 It is [illegible]
period of six months for which he Claims a pension. He has no documentary evidence in his possession by which he can prove his service as aforesaid and he knows of no person now living by whom he can do so and there is no Clergyman in his neighbourhood & consequently unable to procure the Certificate of one who is able to testify as required by the war department.
I hereby relinquish any claim whatever to
a Pension or Annuity except the present
and declare that my name is not on the
Pension Roll of any agency of any States.
To the Interrogatories directed by the war
department to be propounded by the Court
to the applicant he makes the following
Answer. To the 1st Interrogatory. He was
born on the 8th September 1762 in Hampshire
County State of Virginia
To the 2. Interrogatory- He has no Record of
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his age & say knows it from information derived from his mother.
To the 3rd Interrogatory. He
was living in Hardy County State of Virginia
when Called into service both the first & second
Tour of duty and losed there until the year
1784 when he moved to Kentucky then a
part of Virginia & settled in what was
Called Jefferson County & lived in said County
until Bullitt County was formed. ever since
which time he has resided at [illegible] in
Bullitt County in the State of Kentucky
_To the 4th Interrogatory. He was drafted
for both tours of duty
To the 5th Interrogatory. General La Fayette
Commanded the Troops where he first served.
He well recollects that General Muhlenberg,
General Wayne & Baron Steuben
with their Troops composed a part of Genl
Layfayette's army. Genl Muhlenberg was
often in the Camps where this declarant
and Major McPherson always camped
in advance of the Army and this declarant
served. Major McPherson always Camped in
advance of the Army and this declarant
had no opportunity of becoming acquainted
 with many of the Officers & regiments
who composed General LaFayettes Army
When he served the second tour of duty
there were no regular officers or Troops. There
was only one company of drafted Militia
under the Command of Captain Daniel
Teavebaugh. He has already, in the body
of this declaration, detailed the General
Circumstances of his service
_To the 6th Interrogatory. He never did
receive a written discharge
_To the 7th Interrogatory he answers that
he is known to General Henry Crist, Jesse
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William Esquire  & Jacob Peacock Esquire Wit
John & John Graham Esquire
who reside in his neighbourhood and who
Can testify as to his character for veracity
& good behavior  HC.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid
Saml. Hornbeck

me Henry Crist Jesse Willson Jacob Peacock William
Janis and John Graham -- Citizens --
Residing in Bullitt County in the State of
 Kentucky do hereby Certify that we are well
acquainted with Samuel Hombeck who
has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; That we believe him to be
Seventy years of age; that he is reputed
& believed in the neighbourhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution and that we concur in that
Opinion.
Sworn & Subscribed to the day & year aforesaid
H Crist
J Peacock
William Jones
John Graham

And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after putting the
Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that
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the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further
certifies that it appears to them that Henry Crist
Jesse Willson, Jacob Peacock, William Jones & John Graham
who have signed the preceding certificate are residents
in the County of Bullitt and State of Kentucky and
are credible persons and that their statement
is written to veracity[?]."

I Noah C. Summers Clerk of County Court of Bullitt County 
in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing
Contains the Original proceedings in the
matter of the application of Samuel Hornbeck for a Pension.

For Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
sign of Office this  15th day of July 1833.
N.C. Summers
Cler. County
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2
Susan Hombeck
Cert of Marriage
1834

PARIS
FEB
2KY

N.C. Summers Esqr ( Clerk
Shepherdsville
Kentucky
Single
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State of Kentucky
Bourbon County ⎬ ss
An extract from the record of marriage
 returns in the office of the Bourbon County Court
"January twenty fourth Seventeen Hundred and ninety
two Saml Hornback and Susannah Coffman" (were
married by   _________________________     Henry Brichett"
I Thomas P Smith Clerk of the said Court do cer
tify that the foregoing is truly copied from the record
in my office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my
seal of Office this 1st day of Feb
ruary AD 1839 and in the 47th
year of the Commonwealth
Tho P Smith. Clerk
Bourbon County Court
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Ship masville K
10 Oct        

Free
To the Secretary of War
Secretary
Fred
of War
Washington
City
D.C.

21586
S1521 V OCR181828
Susan Hornbeck
Kentucky
Pension Office 

Ky.
 7 July 1838
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2582
S 1521 Oct 18 1828
Susan Hornbeck
Kentucky
Pension Office
Ken. 7 July 1838

Shep massville
10 Oct
 Free
To the Secretary of War 
Washington City D.C.
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"State of Kentucky Bullitt  Circuit Court October Term 1838
6th day of October 1838.
This day Susan Hornbeck appeared in open Court being a Court of record and being sworn deposed and says, that she is now the widow of Samuel Hornbeck decd, that she was married to the said Hornbeck before the year 1791, and continued to live with him in lawful wedlock from the said year up to his death, which took place in the 2d day of June 1835.
That said Samuel Hornbeck was a pensioner of the United States as a soldier of the Revolution, on the Kentucky Agency, at the time of his death. A reference to the records in the Department of War is made. She makes this declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress granting to the widows of Pensioners of the revolutionary war, pensions.
She has no record of her marriage- she has resided in
Kentucky ever since, and now resides in Bullitt County."
"John Hombeck was sworn, and states that he is the
brother of Samuel Hornbeck decd who was late a pensioner of the U States in the Kentucky Agency: that Susan Hornbeck whose declaration is above, is his widow; that he knows that she was the wife of said Saml Hornbeck decd. in the year 1792 and that they continued to live as man & wife up to the death of said Samuel Hornbeck which took place on the 2d June 1835."  which statements so sworn to in open Court, being a Court of Record, the same is ordered
to be Certified to the War Department. And the Court
also certifies that it is satisfied that said John
Hornbeck is a credible witness
In Testimony that the foregoing is
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truly transcribed from the Original proceedings of record of Mrs. Susan Hornbeck in the relation of her procuring a Pension. I Noah C Summers 
Clerk of said Court that I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at Shepherdsville this 6th day of October in the year 1838.
Noah C. Summers Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Bullitt County.
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DrLin

Be pleased to turn to the home of Samuel Hornbeck on the Roll of Pen.s of Ky - See the Assets to and the first leisure  oportunity from a  Mr. E. Mrs. H. of "Shepherdsville Bullitt Co. Ky - or to her son Capt. M.C. Hornbeck same place - (Done at the request of Mrs. H)
                                                                        Very  [illeg.]
                                                                         [signature]
                                                                   Noah C. Summers
[illegible] }
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Rev. &1812 Wars Section,
.
COPIED BY ADY
September 28, 1928.
Mrs. W. B. Ardery,
Paris,
Kentucky.

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, W. 8950, it appears that Samuel Hornbeck
was born September 8, 1762 in Hampshire County, Virginia.
While residing in Hardy County, Virginia, he served
from in April 1781, three months as a private in Captain
Michael Stump's Company under Major McPherson in the Virginia Troops.
He served from in March or April 1782, three months
as a private under Captain Daniel Teavebaugh in the Virginia
Troops, and guarded the frontier against the Indians.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
July 15, 1833, while a resident of Bullitt County, Kentucky.
He died June 2, 1835.
Soldier married January 24, 1792 in Bourbon County,
Kentucky, Susannah or Susan Coffman. She was allowed pen-
sion on her application executed March 11, 1839, while a
resident of Bullitt County, Kentucky, aged sixty-eight years.
There are no data on file relative to children.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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1922 Aug. 18. Hist. to Preston
Hornbeck. AW
1925 - Oct 6 - Hist to Mrs Robert
Ashbaugh AWF.
1928 - Sept 28 - Hist to Mrs. W.
Ardery AWF

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8950
Susan Hornbeck
Wid. of
Samuel Hornbeck
Pvt. Va. line

Act: Mch, 3"/43
Index:-Vol. A, Page 344
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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4278.
Kentucky
Susan Hornbeck -
widow of Samuel Hornbeck, dec
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 5 June 1835,
of Bullitt Co. in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the com commanded
by Captain Stump of the regt commanded
by Col. Harding in the Virginia
line for 6 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Septr.
1839, & sent to Noah C. Summers,
Shepherdsville, Kentucky.

Arrears to the 4th of Septr. 1839 $70.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Mar '40 10.00
$80.00
{Act July 7,
1838.}
Recorded by D. McCurdy, Clerk
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Susan Hornbeck
Ken
admitted
Pr 6 mo $20
Cap Stump, Maj McPherson
Col Harding, Va.

died 5 June 1835
act 7 July 1838

Noah C. Summers
Shepherdsville
Ken
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Susan Hornbeck
of Samuel
Kentucky
Suspended
See let 3d Jany
1839 Hon J Pope
let: 20 July 1839 to
N.C. Summers.

Act 7 July 1838
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Kentucky
Samuel Hornbeck Ken: Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
Pen: Office
Jany 2d, 1839
to 4 September 1834
S.H.H.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
January 22d 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Samuel Hornbeck, - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept., 1834, to the 2d June, 1835, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Saml Hornbeck
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, require further proof or explanation. were in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Samuel Hornbeck which require
further proof or explanation.

1. Does the declaration show where the applicant 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 the 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 amout of pension
he is entitled?
No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with 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?
yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  
yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if 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 and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his 
revolutionary service?  
citizens

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
yes

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?
No

XIV. If the applicant's 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 papers 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? No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? yes

EXPLANATORY 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 old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to 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 grades; 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 directs 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 other 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 performed; 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 for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In the 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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of 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 is 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 certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Free

J. L Edwards Esq
Comr Pensions
War Office
Washington
City

Shepherdsville
13 March

Pelv.ly ent. See No 2586 March 20
Ken
7 July' 38
M
Ken
29
Susan Hornbeck

Addl papers
Susan Hornbeck 
other papers on file.
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Shepherdville March 12. 1839
DSir
Enclosed you have the (illegible) of Court 
of the Marriage of Mrs Susannah Hornbeck
widow of Samuel Hornbeck dec for a Pension
which are deemed in due form - I hope
you will give them an early examination
and if correct. send to me at this place
for Mrs H.  This wid if her fallowance - see
the List or role Pens for Bullito Co Ky
for the name-If any defect, point it out
& advise me immediately-- I trust however
there is none.
Very Respy yr objt B
Noah C Summers

J L Edwards Esq
Comr Pensions War Dept
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Shepherdsville Ky Free
July 24th
The Honble
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
or
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Mail} City of Washington

Ky
roll
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Dear Sir, Shepherdsville Ky. July 24th 1833
Having recd. information from the
Honble Charles A. Wickliffe that Samuel
Hornbecks application for a pension had been
rejected & the papers sent on to me & not
having Recd. them I again drew up Mr.
Hornbecks Declaration & having in my
possession the objections to Wm. Bhones Declaration I was enabled to Comply with the Regulations of the War department - Since the proceedings were had on the last declaration I have received from your Office the first one with the Objections. Permit me to call your attention to the one now Sent. In your letter you State that no Alteration is necessary except in those Answered in the negative you will find that Mr. Hornbeck has removed the first objection by stating positively that he served two tours of duty of Three Months each one in 1781 & one in 1782 making in all six months.
The Second Objection is also removed as
he states positively that he knows of no
person (now  living) by whom he can
prove his service - The third & last
objection I presume has been also
removed as the Clerk of the Court
where the Declaration was made
has Certified & affixed his Seal in
the manner prescribed by the Departmt.
I can readily believe that your
duties are various & pressuring but I
hope you will pardon me when I
request that you will Carefully examine
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the Cases which I shall have the Honor
of Sending on to you and when they
Shall be placed on the Pension Roll
to enclose the Certificates to me
I am very Respectfully
yr. obdt. Servt.
Geo. F Pope
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794
Susan Hornbeck

$20 pr an

N.C. Summers
Shepperdsville
Ken
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State of Kentucky
Bullitt County} to wit
On this 22nd day of April 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned David L Brooks a justice of the peace in and for Said County - Susan Hornbeck widow of Samuel Hornbeck Decd. who is personally known to me. Said Brooks to be the widow of Said Samuel Hornbeck Decd. aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law - doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who Served during the Revolutionary war - That she is the widow of Samuel Hornbeck who was a private She believes in the Revolutionary army and She refers to the declaration made - by her Said husband on file in the office of the war department for the nature of Servis, and her former declaration as his widow for a pention afterwards granted her - She further declares She is Still a widow
Susan Hornbeck x her mark
Sworn and subscribed on the day
and year above written before me
D.L. Brooks JPBC
Attest
Samuel J Quirck
Isaac Hornbeck
State of Kentucky
Bullitt County Towit
I Noah Summers Clerk of the Court of Bullitt County Certify that David L. Brooks is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine - and that all his acts as such are entitled to full faith & Credit as well without or within this Court: In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand as Clerk afsd at
Office Shepherdville this 24 day of April 
1843 & Affixed My Seal office ~
Att N.C. Summers
Clerk of the Court
of Bullitt County
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Prevly. entd. See No. 2,586
Susan Hornbeck
widow of
Samuel Hornbeck
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State of Kentucky
Bullitt County Sct
On this Eleventh day of March one Thousand
eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before the Bullitt County Court and State of Kentucky Susannah (most commonly called Susan) Hornbeck a resident of said County of Bullitt aged about Sixty Eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Pension made by the act of Congress passed July 7 - 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & Pensions to Certain Widows" That she is the widow of Samuel Hornbeck decd. who was a private in the army of the Revolution - and who drew a pension from the Government - a reference is made to the Rolls in the War department for his name (from Bullitt Co. Ky as a pensioner) for the facts - She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Hornbeck decd. on the Twenty fourth day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety two, and that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Hornbeck died on the second day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty five that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated. Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year above written, before the Bullitt County Court in the State of Kentucky
Samuel Hornbeck x his mark
In Testimony that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the Application of Susannah Hornbeck had in Open Court of the said Bullitt County Court a Court of Record I have Subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of sd. County at Shepherdsville this 11th day of March 1839 N. C Summers
Clk
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Susan Hornbeck
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State of Kentucky
Bullitt County Sct
On this 31 day of July 1839 personally
appeared John Hornbeck a resident of sd. County aged 61 years before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of said County and being sworn According to Law - doth on his oath state, that he is well acquainted with Mrs. Susan Hornbeck widow of Samuel Hornbeck decd. who was a pensioner of the United States and a resident of Bullitt County Ky - That said Susan Hornbeck the widow of Samuel Hornbeck decd. now resides in Bullitt County Ky and still Continues his widow unmarried, and that said w
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Benjamin Summers who has signed the foregoing affidavit was sworn before according to Law - and that I am well acquainted with Said Benj Summers who is a Creditable Man and Entitled to full Credit in all Courts in this Commth & Elsewhere - Witness my hand & Seal as afsd. 
David L. Brooks {JPBC}

State of  Kentucky
Bullitt County Towit
I Noah C Summers Clerk of the Court for
said County Certify that David L Brooks whose
name is Subscribed to the foregoing attestations is a Magistrate as above and that the Signatures purporting to be his are genuine, and that he is a member of the Bullitt County Court in sd State a Court of Record
In Testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand as Clerk as
aforesaid and affixed the Seal of
said County at Shepherdsville this
5 day of August 1839 In the
48 year of our Commonwealth
Mr Noah C Summers
Clerk of the Court
of Bullitt County
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RECORD
JUL 18 1922
DIVISION
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Record -
& c
PENSION
F
JUL
U. 18 S.
1922
OFFICE
Bloomfield Iowa July 12 - 1922

To The Honorable Commissioner of
Pensions
Sir You will see from the
enclosed letter from the Adjutant
Gen that "we are making a search
for our Revolutionary ancestors
We think they were from Va. to Ky
" will be very thankful to you
if you can locate there county in Ky
where they located there, Land
warrants or any other information
NB} Yours Respectfully
Will you please
to return} Preston Hornbeck
these papers}
P.H.
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CHIEF CLERK
AUG 17 1925
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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1543, First Street
San Diego, Calif.
Aug. 11 - 1925
c/o Chief Clerk of Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.
Will you please send me all
the information you have
concerning Rev. Soldier,
Samuel Hornbeck, who
served in War of the Rev. from
Virginia, and drew a pension
1835, Pension Rolls 3. Ky. 77
Respectfully,
Mrs Robert F. Ashbaugh
(over.)
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I am very anxious to get
a list of his children's
names - also where he
lived in Kentucky.
Mrs Ashbaugh.
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HISTORICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE
MRS. WILLIAM BRECKENRIDGE ARDERY
NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMAN
NOCCLICGAN
PARIS, KENTUCKY
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev War
RECEIVED
DEC 9 = 1927
TO BUR. PENSIONNS
SECYS. OFF. - APPTS., MAILS & FILES
Dec.6,1927

Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-
Will you do me the kindness to send me the
Revolutionary service of one Samuel Hornbeck who served as a private in the Virginia line, and was pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832 from Bullitt County, Ky. He was at this time 71 years of age. He had, I am told, a son Michael Hornbeck who moved to Ohio after 1812.

Any information regarding the name of his
wife will also be greatly appreciated.
Very sincerely,
Mrs (W.B.) Julia S. Ardery

OFFICE OF
THE CHIEF CLERK
DEC 9 1927
H
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Rev. War Section. AW

Aug. 18, 1922.

Mr. Preston Hornbeck,
Bloomfield, Iowa.

Sir:
In response to your letter of the 12" ultimo, you are herewith furnished the history of the only two soldiers of the Revolution from Virginia, named Hornbeck, and advised that said records fail to show any soldiers of the name from North Carolina.
From the papers in the pension claim, W. 10120, it appears that Abraham Hornbeck was born about 1758, place not stated, he enlisted from Hampshire Co. Va. He was allowed pension for two years service as a private of the Va. Troops, War of Revolution and he died in Spencer Co. Ind. Nv. 16, 1834. He married Hannah Cleaver, on April 3, year not stated. She was allowed pension also.
From the papers in the pension claim, W. 8950, it appears that Samuel Hornbeck was born Sept. 8, 1762, in Hampshire Co. Va., he enlisted from Hardy co. Va. He was allowed pension for six months service as a private of the Va. Troops, War of Revolution and he lived in Bullitt Co.
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Ky. in 1822. He died June 2, 1835, place not stated. He married Susan or Susannah Coffman, Jan. 24, 1792, in Bourbon, Co. Ky. She was also allowed pension.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

(1 enclosure)

War Dept report addressed to
Hon C. Wm Ramseyer, M.C-
returned to Mr Hornbeck
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.

October 6, 1925.

Mrs. Robert F. Ashbaugh
1543 First St.
San Diego, Calif.

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3950, it appears that Samuel Hornbeck was born September 8, 1762 in Hampshire County, Virginia.
While residing in Hardy County, Virginia, he served from in April 1781, three months as a private in Captain Michael Stump's Company under Major McPherson in the Virginia Troops.
He served from in March or April 1782, three months as a private under Captain Daniel Teavebaugh in the Virginia Troops, and guarded the frontier against the Indians.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 15, 1833, while a resident of Bullitt County,
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Kentucky. He died June 2, 1835.
Soldier married January 24, 1792 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Susannah or Susan Coffman. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 11, 1839, while a resident of Bullitt County, Kentucky, aged sixty-eight years.
There are no data on file relative to children.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Division of Veteran's Administration Archives
FORM VAM-51 BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
12-5-W1

NAME Hornblower, Joseph GRADE Private LINE New Jersey

WARRANT NUMBER 8386 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED September 8, 1789
to Samuel Rutan, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volume 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.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Division of Veteran's Administration Archives
FORM VAM-51 BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
12-5-W1

NAME Horne, Henry C. GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts

WARRANT NUMBER 4407 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Feb. 3, 1792
to Nathaniel White, admr.

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volume 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.