Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,714, Stephen Groves, Penn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE Pennsylvania
Groves, Stephen
NUMBER S.31714
Born in England
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CONTENTS - blank
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Georgia
23853
Stephen Groves of Madison in the State of Ga: who was a pr: in the
commanded by Captain Loughdee of the Regn commanded by Col Loughela in the Pa line for 8 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Apl. 34 and sent William Sanders Danielsville - Ga

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34 79.98
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept- 13.33
$93.31

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by N Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 91. 

not on A. B.
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State of Georgia}
County of Madison}
On this twenty second day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me James Long one of the Justices of the Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary Stephen Groves a resident of Capt. Morgan Company district of Georgia Militia in the County of Madison & State of Georgia aged Ninety two 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 7th 1832. that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, to wit,
he entered as a volunteer in March 1778 and served as a private under the command of Capt [Captain] Jeremiah Laughler and was stationed at and guarded a Fort by the Name of Pemberley on Cannemough being the waters of the Allegany River Westmoreland County Pensylvania [Pennsylvania] in which County he then resided and continued in Said Company guarding Said Fort untill [until] in November following making a term of service of eight months - while guarding the Fort as aforesaid two men went from the Fort to their plantation to collect their Stock but not returning in a reasonable time a part of the Troops were ordered out for the purpose of making what discoveries they could-- those troops in addition to Capt Laughelea were commanded by Col. Archey Laughelea and Maj. James Smith this deponent being one of the number - we came to a plantation where we intended to camp for the night-- in the land which led into the plantation (where we intended to camp for the night, we were fired on by the Indians one of our number was killed- another had the handle of his knife in his shot pouch Shot away. we fired on them when they were in the act of Crossing the fence they fled we found five of their guns and four blankets - at the house of one of the Men who were missing we found in a chest a letter from each of the Men who were missing
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stating they were prisoners and will treated requesting their families to remove to the old Settlements and holding out encouragements to those who would join the British - in particular to officers that they should hold the same command they had at that time - he had no marches but such of the foregoing expedition for the protection of the Frontiers he knew Genl. Irwin and Col. Piper in addition to those already named he has no discharge and has no Documentary evidence and he knows of no evidence which he can procure who can testify to his Services, and he would further State that his Services were with an embodied Corps (as he has herein before stated, called into service by competent authority and that his Services were principally Confined to the Fort as before Stated and for the time during which the aforesaid Service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit and that he claims a pension for the eight Months aforesaid
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
In answer to the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department and propounded by the Court James Long one of the Justices of the Inferior Court he answereth [answers] as follows to wit
Answr. [Answer] to 1st Inter. he was born in the County of Lancashire in England the 26th December 1740-
Answr. [Answer] to 2d Inter - he has lost the record of his age
Answr. [Answer] to 3d Inter - he was living in Westmoreland County Pensylvania [Pennsylvania] when he entered the service- Immediately after being discharged from the Fort he removed to Cumberland County Pensylvania [Pennsylvania] Shortly after the treaty of peace he removed to Abbeville District South Carolina thence to that part of Wilkes County Georgia which is now included in the County of Madison where he now
resides
Answr [Answer] to 4th Inter- he Volunteered
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Answr [Answer] to 5th Inter [Interrogatory] -  he has Stated the principle field officers with whom he became acquainted in his declaration except that of Gen Arthur St. Clair with whom he was well acquainted
Answr [Answer] to 6th Inter [Interrogatory] - he never received a discharge
Answr [Answer] to 7th Inter [Interrogatory] - he refers you to James Thompson, Robert Griffith William Hodge, Robert L. Tait - Col Gabriel Nash Col. Edward Ware and William Maroney Esqr [Esquire]
Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before me -
[illegible] L.J.C.
Stephen Groves

Georgia}
Madison County}
We Benjamin Brown a Clergyman residing in the County of Madison & State of Georgia and William Moroney residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Groves who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration before James Long one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said County that we believe him to be Ninety two years of age and very infirm, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that Opinion
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 28th day of November 1833
[illegible] J.J.C.
Benj [Benjamin] Brown M G
William Moroney

Georgia}
Madison County} 
I James Long one of the Justices of the Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary do hereby declare my opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he States
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and I do hereby further certify that the applicant Stephen Groves from the age (and Debility) and bodily infirmity has been for a Considerable time past unable to attend the sitting of the Infer[illegible ink blot] Court or Court of Ordinary and in consequence of such bodily Infirmity I attended upon him where he was then residing and he
then and there made the foregoing declaration and I do further certify that it appears to me that Benjamin Brown who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Madison and that William Maroney who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Madison and is a credible person, and that their Statement is entitled to credit and that I concur in that opinion being personally acquainted with him for upwards of forty years last past
November 28th 1833.
[illegible] J.J.C

Stephen Grove
30.347
Admit as a private 8 mo
$26.44

Georgia}
Madison County}
I William Sanders Clerk of the Court of Ordinary do hereby certify that James Long whose Name appears to the foregoing declaration and certificate is and was at the time of his Signing the Same one of the acting Justices of the Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary in and for said County and that he is a credible person and that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of Stephen Groves the applicant in the foregoing case for a pension as taken & sworn to before the said James Long - and that from my own knowledge of the applicant I concur  in the foregoing and consider him of a Soldier of the Revolution - In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Ordinary Office this fourth day of December Eighteen hundred and thirty three
William Sanders Clk.
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October 8, 1935.
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BA--J/ady
Stephen Groves
S.31714

Miss Elizabeth Tankersley
Cleveland
Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to one Stephen Groves, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.31714, based upon his military service in that war.

Stephen Groves was born December 26, 1740 in County of Lancashire, England.  No reference is made to his parents.

While a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in March 1776 and served eight months as a private in Captain Jeremiah Lochrey's Company, Colonel Archibald Lochry's Pennsylvania Regiment.

Immediately after being discharged he moved to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and shortly after the treaty of peace he moved to Abbeville District, South Carolina, thence to that part of Wilkes County, Georgia, which later was included in the County of Madison.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 22, 1833, while a resident of Madison County, Geoergia.

There are no family data.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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"HY-KLASS" MILLINERY CO.
Millinery, Ladies' Ready-To-Wear, novelties.
CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE

October 6, 1930

Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I desire any record you might have of Stephen Groves who enlisted in the War of 1776 from Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County).  I am anxious to get any information that I can.  I wish to join the D.A.R.  Thank you kindly for this information.

Miss Ethel Shugart
Cleveland, Tennessee

RECEIPT STAMP - U.S. PENSION OFFICE OCTOBER 8, 1930
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RECEIVED STAMP - RECEIVED AUGUST 13, 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV. READER 14, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

Cleveland, Tennessee
August 12, 1936
Veterans Administration
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

will you please give me any information that you have in regard to Stephen Groves (A Revolutionary War Veteran) -- 

This is a part of the information I desire, where and when born?  where residing when enlisted and date of enlistment, under who's command?  His whereabouts after his discharge?

Am I correct that his war pension claim was S.31714?  I shall certainly appreciate this information more than you can ever know.

Thanks again for this service.

Miss Elizabeth Tankersley
Cleveland, Tennessee

P.S.  If there is any other information you can give please do so.  Thanks.  E. T.

Initials printed at bottom - ADY
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September 9, 1932.

BA--J/ADY
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Stephen Groves
S.31714

Miss Elizabeth Woods,
1071 Madison Avenue,
Athens, Georgia.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to one Stephen Groves, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.31714, based upon his military service in that war.

Stephen Groves was born December 26, 1740 in County of Lancashire, England.

While a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in March 1778 and served eight months as a private in Captain Jeremiah Lochrey's Company, Colonel Archibald Lochry's Pennsylvania Regiment.

Immediately after being discharged he moved to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and shortly after the treaty of peace he moved to Abbeville District, south Carolina, thence to that part of Wilkes County, Georgia, which later was included in the County of Madison.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 22, 1833 while a resident of Madison County, Georgia.

There are no family data.

This is the history of the only Stephen Groves that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
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Said records fail to afford any information in regard to Andrew Woods. (M.C.S. search)

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to the Administrator.
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Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section.
ADY

November 18, 1930.

Miss Ethel Shugart,
Cleveland,
Tennessee.

Dear Madam:

You are advised that is appears from the papers in the revolutionary War pension  claim, S.31714, that Stephen Groves was born December 26, 1740 in County of Lancashire, England.

While a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania he enlisted in March 1778 and served eight months as a private in Captain Jeremiah Lochrey's Company, Colonel Archibald Lochry's Pennsylvania Regiment.

Immediately after being discharged he moved to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and shortly after the treaty of peace he moved to Abbeville district, South Carolina, thence to that part of Wilkes County, Georgia which later was included in the County of Madison.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 22, 1833 while a resident of Madison County, Georgia.

There are no family data.

Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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Athens, Georgia
August 26, 1932

U. S. Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

I am interested in finding the Revolutionary War record of Andrew Woods who served in Virginia or North Carolina.  All information concerning him will be greatly appreciated.

I also wish the record of Stephen Groves who served in Revolution from Pennsylvania.  Please let me know what you find and state charges.

Very truly

Miss Elizabeth Woods, 1071 Madison Avenue, Athens, Georgia
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"HY-KLASS" MILLINERY CO.
Millinery, Ladies' Ready-To-Wear, Novelties.
CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE

September 26, 1930

Pension Bureau,
Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I desire information from this department concerning Stephen Groves as a private for service in the Revolutionary War 1776-78.  In Pennsylvania Militia.  From Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (I think). Later moving to Madison County, Georgia.  I wish this information that I may get enough data to join the D.A.R.

Thanks.

Miss Ethel Shugart
Cleveland, Tennessee

RECEIPT STAMP - U.S. PENSION OFFICE SEPTEMBER 27, 1930
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"HY-KLASS" MILLINERY CO.
Millinery, Ladies' Ready-To-Wear, Novelties.
CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE

September 22, 1930

Commissioner of Pension
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I desire the War Record of Stephen Groves who enlisted in the Revolutionary War (War of 1776).  He enlisted in Pennsylvania.  (Carlisle, Pennsylvania, I think.)  I desire this information that I may join the D.A.R.

Thank you.

Miss Ethel Shugart
Cleveland, Tennessee

RECEIPT STAMP - U.S. PENSION OFFICE SEPTEMBER 23, 1930
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LEFT PANEL:
31714
Revolutionary INVALID.
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File No. 31,714
Stephen Grove
Private, Revolutionary War
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Act:  June 7th 32

Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 165

[Arrangement of 1870]

RIGHT PANEL:
1930 November 18 History to Ethel Shugart. A.D.Y.
1932 September 9 History to Miss Elizabeth Woods A.D.Y
1936 October 8 History to Elizabeth Tankersley A.D.Y