Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5932, for John Piper, Virginia
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SERVICE
Va.

Piper, John

NUMBER 
S 5932.

carded
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2076
Virginia

John Piper
of Frederick in the State of Virginia
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Chapman of the Regt commanded
by Col. Cricket in the Virginia
line for 2 1/2 years from 1779-

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 80 - Dollars- Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19. day of Nov
1832 - and sent to L. Bent Winchester, Va

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832   120-
Semi=anl. allowance ending   40
4 March 1833
$160.-

{Revolutionary Claim,
{Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk
Book D  Vol. 7. Page 110 -
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6291
Jno. Piper

from 1779, private
2 1/2 years
$80.

on roll

L. Bent
Winchester, 
Va
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6291
BRIEF in the case of John Piper County of Frederick in the State of Virginia
(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? 72

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period. 
early In 1779 enlisted
Duration of Service. 
Years, Months, Days.
- servd. 'till Dec 1781
Rank.
As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Col. or  Lieut. Col Crocket
Major Geo Walls - Capt
Jno. Chapman 1 Regt
Va line

5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Loundon Cty Va

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witness
on Roll

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
F. Waugh
Examining Clerk.
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Declaration
of John Piper as a soldier
of the revolution

No 6291
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Declaration in order in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the  7th June 1832.

State of Virginia
County of Frederick Ss
On this 7th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Court of the County of Frederick John Piper resident of the County of Frederick in the State of Virginia aged seventy two years, who being first sworn according to
law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States early in the year 1779 in Loudon County with a man by the name of Reed, and served in the first Regiment of the Virginia line under the following named officers, viz. Colo. or Lieut. Colo. Joseph Crockett commanded the Regiment, who with Major George Walls, were as well as he recollects the only field officers the company was commanded by Capt John Chapman; the subalterns were Lieut. Daniel Anderson and Ensign Rice Bullock. In the spring of the year 1779 he marched with a party of men from Leesburg in Loudon County to the County of Albermarle, where they joined the 1st Regiment and Capt Chapmans Company and where there were a number of prisoners, that had been taken under Genl. Burgoyne - that they continued at Albermarle until the fall of the said year, when they marched from thence with the
Prisoners to Fredericktown in the State of Maryland, where they continued about two months. - during the time they continued at Fredericktown their Lieut Anderson was cashiered - they then marched from Fredericktown where they left the Prisoners in charge of other troops, to Shepherdtown
in Virginia, where they also continued about two months - from thence they marched by Braddocks old road to the foot of Laurel hill, and from thence, leaving Braddocks road to a place called the New Store on the Mongahela river, between Redstone old Fort (now Brownsville), where they stayed sometime they left there in July, and went down to the falls of Ohio; on
the way a little below Pittsburg they were joined by Genl. Clark. They arrived at the falls of Ohio in August, and continued there until December
1781, when he was discharged. He gave his discharge to Mr. Robert Rutherford many years ago, when he was a member of Congress, and never got it back. during the time they lay at the falls of Ohio Capt Chapman was killed by
the Indians about four miles from that place.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except
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except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John Piper

In Open Court
Thos Tidball CFC

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  
Given under our hands & seal -- 7th August
1832 
[signatures too hard to read except for
 J Lockhart ]

I Thomas Allen Tidball Clerk of the Court of Frederick County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Piper for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of Office this 7th day of August 1832 and in the 57th year of the Commonwealth.
Thos. Tidball
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TAYLOR & TAYLOR,

LANDS, LOANS AND ABSTRACTS.

ONLY COMPLETE ABSTRACT OF LAND TITLES OF WEATHERFORD AND PARKER COUNTY LANDS.

LOANS NEGOTIATED ON IMPROVED REAL ESTATE. VENDORS LIEN NOTES PURCHASED AND EXTENDED. RENDER AND PAY TAXES FOR NON-
RESIDENTS.

ESTABLISHED 1879.

IRA B. TAYLOR.
WRIGHT D. TAYLOR.
NOTARY PUBLIC

WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, Dec. 1, 1901

H. Clay Evans
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
I desire to obtain the information indicated on enclosed sheet, as far as shown by the records of your office, with regard to Capt. John Piper who served, I understand, as a captain in the
Revolutionary War.  I am informed that he enlisted from Virginia.
I suppose the information will readily obtained from the Pension rec in the matter of a pension issued by U.S. government to Sarah (Sadie) T. Piper wife of Amos Yantis who were residents
Mercer Co. Kentucky; Sarah T. Piper was a
daughter of Capt John Piper.
Thanking you in advance for the ----
I am
Very respectfully
Mrs. Wright D. Taylor
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5932
Rev War
INVALID.

File No. 3932
John Piper
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index:- Vol. M, Page 296

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jany 30-1902
Mrs. Wright D. Taylor
Weatherford Texas
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J. L. Edwards esqr
Pension Office
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Winchester Aug. 16. 1832.
Sir,
I now enclose the declaration of John Piper an applicant for a pension, with the affidavit of Andrew Green proving his service. Mr. Piper is a poor but honest and sober man. He has often spoken to me about getting a pension, but finding that he belonged to the State troops, I
told him that it would be useless to apply. Of his being entitled to a pension under the late law, I presume there is no doubt. You will be good enough to enclose to me the result of your decision in his case. You will I presume send me the forms of the necessary papers for drawing
the money when a pension is allowed.
With much respect I am your
Mo. Ob. Servt.
Leml. Bent

J.L. Edwards esqr.
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State of Virginia Fauquier County to Wit
Andrew Green a pensioner of the Revolutionary war this day personally appeared in before me William Gibson, a Justice of the peace for said
county and made oath that John Piper now present is the identical John Piper who joined the company of Capt John Chapman of 1st Virginia Regiment in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine in the County of
Ablemarle and State aforesaid, that he served with him and in the same company and under the same officer until he was killed at Bare Grass (Beargrass Creek, KY)  in the year one thousand seven and eighty one  and then under Ensign Rice Bullock until discharged
Andrew Green
Given under my hand June 13th 1832
Wm Gibson
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Virginia:
Fauquier County to wit
I, John A. W. Smith, Clerk of the County Court of the said county, do hereby certify that William
Gibson, before whom the within affidavit appears
to have been made, is an acting Justice of the peace, in and for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that due faith and credit ought to be given to all the official acts of the said Justice, as well in Courts of Justice in elsewhere. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name, and affixed the seal of my office this 13th day of August 1832, & in the 57th year
the Commonwealth.
Jno. A. W. Smith

Certificate
Andrew Green
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Piper
which require further proof or explanation.

I. 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 amount 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? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No
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?
the is a witness
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  yes
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? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
1. 2. 5. 7 

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 the 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a 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 be 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 authenticated 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 end 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.