Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10108, Philip Highnote, Ga.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE

Ga.

Highnote Philip
Hignote or
Hignot or

NUMBER
W. 10108

CONTENTS
Agness.
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38.
Indiana, Madison
Agness Highnote
widow of Philip Highnote
who served in the Revolutionary 
Ga
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
40. Dollars -- 
Cents per annum, to commence
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 
10th day of June 1848
and sent to 
Mr. Manly [Massly?]
Marshall
Illinois
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
February 2, 1848, Page 32... [torn]

Reported
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23266
Indiana
(double horizontal line)
Philip Hignote
of Washington in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the (illegible) commanded
by Captain (illegible) of the (illegible) commanded
by (illegible) Elbert in the Georgia
line for 1 year
(double horizontal line)
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 40 Dollars ~ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
(double horizontal line)
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Dec.
1833 and (illegible) (illegible) 
Carr HR
(double horizontal line)
Arrears to the last of Sept. 100.00
Semi anl. allowance ending 4 March 20.00
(double line)
$120.00
(double line)
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 114
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9243
Agnes Highnote
Indiana
Act 7 . July '38

(illegible) (illegible) signatures are genuine.
In testimony where of I have 
hereunto subscribed my name 
and affisced [affixed] the official 
seal of said count at Bowling 
-green this 11th day of July 
AD 1843
C.C. Modesitt clerk
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State of Indiana
Clay County
On this 3rd day of July AD 1843, personly appeared before the subscriber one of the associate judges of the circuit court in and for the county and state aforesaid, I said court being a court of Record having a clerk and official seal so declared by the law connoting it Agness Hignote a resident of the county of Clay and State of Indiana, aged seventy four years on the 24th day of July AD 1842; who being by me duly sworn according to law, doth (illegible) her oath make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," That she is the widow of Philip Hignote, who was a private in the army of the Revolution, and served as set forth in the Original Declaration of her said husband on file at the (illegible) war office of the United States, and to which she confesses for the particulars as to his service; That her husband, the said Philip Hignote was in his life time a pensioner on the Indiana Roll at the rate of forty dollars, per annum, she further declares that she was married to the said Philip Hignote on November 1786. She cannot recollect the day of the month that she was married, and that her husband the aforesaid Philip Hignote died on the 18th day of April AD 1839, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but
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the marriage took place previous to the first of 
January seventeen hundred and ninety four (illegible): at the time above stated. She further declares that her maiden name was Agness Scott and that she was married to the said Philip Hignote her deceased husband in Wilks county and state of Georgia by publications and that after she was married to her deceased husband the said Philip Hignote they Removed from Wilks county Georgia to Clayborne county Tennessee and from there to
Washington county Indiana and from there
Putnam county Indiana in which county her
husband died on the day month and year
above stated, and that after his death she returned to Clay county Indiana where she now resides, she further states that she bore in
wedlock with the said Philip Hignote her
deceased husband the following named ten
children, ig, Alexander Hignote born July 5th
AD 1788. Second Mary Magdalena Hignote
born August 5th 1790. Third Graft Hignote
born July 3rd AD 1792 now dead. Fourth Charity Hignote July 26th AD 1794. Fifth Jane Hignote born April 1st AD 1796. Sixth Hiram Hignote born April 23rd 1798 AD, Seventh Philip Hignote born December 14th AD 1801, Eighth Asphel Hignote born January 11th AD 1804. Ninth Nancy Hignote born August 27th AD 1805. Tenth Dorcas Hignote born
June 24th AD 1807, who are all living in the
state of Indiana except one she is now living in
the state of Missouri. She further declares that 
she has a Record of the births of her (^children) which
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was copied from the old family Bible some 
ten or eleven years ago it was done by a man
by the name of (illegible) who was there Teaching school
near her Residence in Washington county Indiana
and that after she got the births of her children
copied from the old Bible. She gave this Bible
to her daughter Mary Magdalene Wellis and
some six or eight months after she got the Bible 
her house was Burned up (crossed out word) with all that was
in it and the said Bible was destroyed in the
fire. She further declares that she was never
entermarried with any other person since the 
of her said deceased husband and is
now living as the widow of the said Philip
Hignote as will more fully appear by the
proof here to (illegible).
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above (illegible) before me
NG Cromwell 
Associate Judge
(there is a bracket to the right of the judge's name, and in it the name Agness, her X mark, and an ink smudge)
I NG Cromwell the associate judge before whom
the forgoing declaration of Agness Hignote was on this
day made subscribed and sworn to, do certify that I
have attended at the residence of the said Agness
Hignote in the county of Clay and state of Indiana
on this day when and where the said declaration was
made out, and that it is my opinion that the said
Agness Hignote is unable to attend in person at and
before a court of Record in and for the said county
of Clay on account of the advanced age and
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bodily infirmity and that I believe her to be of the
age of seventy four years as she states.
Given under my hand at the said county of Clay
this 3rd day of July 1843 NG Cromwell
associate Judge
State of Indiana
Clay county{On this 3rd day of July
AD 1843 (illegible) appeared before me
one of the associate Judges of the circuit court in
and for the county of Clay and state of Indiana
Henry Emhart and Jane Emhart his wife and
daughter of Agness Hignote the declarant
he aged fifty years last and his wife forty
seven years last both Residents of the said county of
Clay, who being by me duly sworn (illegible) their oaths
Say that he is a son in law of the said Agness
Hignote and Philip Hignote (word struck through) her deceased
husband and that the said Jane Emhart his wife
is a daughter of the said Agness Hignote that
they were married in the year 18(illegible) on the 8th day
of March and that he was or has been intimately
acquainted (word struck through) with the said Agness Hignote and
Philip Hignote her deceased husband since
the year 1816. And that they were present at
the (2 words struck through) Burial of the said Philip Hignote
his said fatherinlaw and his wifes father
and that he died on the 18th April AD 1840
and that they always heard that he the said
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Philip Hignote his father in law was married
to the said Agness Hignote their mother
his mother in law were married in Wilkes County and State of Georgia and that they were alway considered man and wife until his death which was on the date above written. They further declare that Philip Hignote their said deceased father drew a pension of forty dollars per annum from the 4th 1831 until his death
They further declare that the said Agness
Hignote their said mother has resided with them ever since the death of their said father and (scratched out) deceased husband of their said Mother and that she is now living as the widow of the said Philip Hignote and has ever since the death of her husband they further certify that
their mother had an old Bible containing the
Births of her children and that some ten or
eleven years ago she had a copy taken from
said Bible which has been in their possession
for the last six years, that they have both
examined the old Record and verily believe
of the old Record and that it is the Identical
that the copy hereto annexed is a true copy
which was done at the time above mentioned
and that the said Agness Hignote is the identical mother of the children named in the
attached Record. They further declare that
after said Record was copied their mother the
said Agness Hignote gave the old Bible to her daughter Mary Magdalene Wells which after she got it a short time was burned up with her house
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This they certify from their own personal knowledge

Sworn to and subscribed        Henry Ernhart
before me this 3d day of
July AD 1843                            Jane Ernhart
J G Cromwell                             (unreadable)
associate Judge



I J G Cromewell
before whom the foregoing depositions of Henry Ernhart and Jane his
wife was this day taken sworn to and
subscribed, do certify that there both persons
of credibility which I certify from my
own personal knowledge


J. G. Cromwell
Associate Judge
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State of Indiana
Clay county

I Charles C. Modesitt clerk
of the circuit court in and for the County of Clay
and State of Indiana do certify that Nicholas G. Cromwell whose official signatures appear to the foregoing declaration of Agness Hignote and to his certificate of her Bodily infirmity and to the depositions of Henry Emhart
and Jane Empart his wife and to
his certificate of their credibility as having
taken subscribed and sworn to before him was
on the day of the date thereof Respectfuly one
of the Associate Judges of the circuit court in
for the said County of Clay, duly commission
and qualified as such that full faith  and
credit are due his official acts and that
his said signatures are genuine.


In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the official
seal of said court at Bowling
green this 11th day of July
A D 1843
C C Modwith Clerk
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Births

Alexander Hinenote was born July 5th A.D. 1788.
Mary Magdalene Hinenote was born August 5th A.D. 1790.
Cyril Hinenote was born July 35 A.D. 1792.
Charity Hinenote was born July 26th A.D. 1794.
Jane Hinenote was born April 23rd A.D. 1794.
Hiram Hinenote was born April 23rd 1798 A.D.
Philip Hinenote was born December 14th A.D. 1801.
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Births.

Asabel Hinenote was born January 11th, A.D. 1804.
Nancy Hinenote was born August 27th, A.D. 1805.
Dorcas Hinenote was born June 24th, A.D. 1807.
Edmund A. Hurst was born May 23rd, A.D. 1825.
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17.208
Philip Highnote

Amended declaration for
Pension Services in
Georgia State Trooper-1 year
Indian Spy-                  1.6 ms
                                     2.6


40
ref to Ab Edwards


I will take a pension
for his services in 1776 
and try
for the  hereafter
John Carr
Jeremiah Rowland
Salem
Indiana
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Declaration of Phillip Highnote in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of Indiana
Washington County

In the Washington Circuit Court 
October Term 1833

On this 12th day of October 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of said Court now fitting it being a Court of Phillip Hightower a resident of the said County of Washington and State of Indiana aged 80 years who being first duly sworn according to the 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 office as herein stated.  That he entered said service in March 1776 at the County of Richmond in the State of Georgia where he then resided by enlisting as a private soldier for one year into a company under the command of Capt Green, Agnatius Few was one of his Lieutenants, the company was attached to the Battalion under Major Havershaw, and the Regiment commanded by Col. Elbert; the whole forces were under Gen McIntosh these troops were raised by the State of Georgia and called the Georgia State troops, did not belong to the continental Establishment. that the Battalion to which this declarant belonged was raised to defend the Sea Board, that he marched with said Battalion in said company to Savannah, and performed duty in said company during the whole period of his enlistment (one year) which services consisted of defending Savanna [Savannah] and the Sea Board in that quarter, war at Savanna [Savannah] when the news came of the declaration of independence that the troops at Savanna [Savannah] were sickly during that ywar and about 400 out of 700 died.  that he is a written discharge at the place having served as stated that full term of one year which discharge is .

Afterwards about the month of September 1777 at the same County of Richmond in the State of Georgia, he again entered said services as an Indian Spy and performed duty as such spy under the orders of Capt. Carr and Capt Sinkfield who had the command at the station called Carrs and Sinkfields Stations, that he understood by an agreement with said Captaiins to serve as such Spy for one year at one dollar per day and himself that he served as such
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the full term of one year from the time of this said enactment which term expired in September 1778
never yet in one cent for said service that his companion who rode with him during said year was killed by the Indians - after
said year expired about September 1778 he made another engagement with said Captain to serve 6 months longer as an Indian
Spy upon the same terms mentioned in his first engagement that he did serve during the whole of said term in that capacity
in company with one Samuel Alexander for which service he in nothing - that said term expired about the month of March 1779 -  that his service altogether as an Indian Spy as aforesaid amount to Eighteen months that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of
no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to
his service - He hereby relinquishes every claim 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
This declarant further states that he is acquainted with Samuel
Appelgate, a Clergyman, whose testimony he procured on a former application & sent to the department, who testified from his
acquaintance with him that he was of the age he represents & that he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been
soldier of the Revolution that said Appelgate is now absent from home, that he is the only clergyman living in the neighborhood
sufficiently acquainted with this declarant to give such testimony, and that he cannot at this time procure the same from a Clergyman without much expence & inconvenience.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - 
Philip Highnote.
mark
We, William H Carter and Thomas Forley residing in the County of Washington and State of Indiana hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Phillip Highnote who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be 80 years of age, 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 and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid -
William Carter
Thomas Forsey
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The following are the interrogatories propounded by the Court to the
said Phillip Highnote, with his answers to the same, as required by the Department ---
1st. Where and in what year were you born ?
Ans. I was born in Bucks County near Philadelphia on the 15th
day of March 1753
2nd Have you any Record of your age, and if so where is it?
Ans. I have a Record of my age, taken from an old bible by my mother, which record is in the hands of my son Phillip who is now residing
 in the County of Jackson, State of Indiana - I have not seen said record for some time past, it may be lost; if it is in  existence, it is at the place he named
3d Where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war,  & where do you
now live ?
Ans. I was living in the County of Richmond in the State of Georgia when first called into service in March 1776, and at the same
place when called into service the second time about the month of September 1777 --
I have lived since the Revolution in the State of Georgia for a number of years. I then moved to the State of Tennessee
when I lived 12 years, I then moved to this County of Washington
State of Indiana when I have resided for the last 22 years & now reside but am about moving to the County of Jackson in said State
4th How were you called into service, 
were you drafted did you  volunteer or were you a Substitute ?   if a substitute for whom
Ans. I was first called into service by enlisting or volunteering into the Georgia State troops, and second, by contract with Capt. Caw
& finkfield to serve as an Indian Spy
5th State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the
troops when you served; such continental & militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services ?
A. In the first services mentioned above the troops in which I served consisted of but one Battalion, which was composed of companies
under Major Havershaw.   the battalion belonged to Col. Elbert Right
who was under Gen McIntosh. I cannot recollect the names of the Captain
owing to old age & the loss of memory, except the one & Lieutenant
under whom  I served, whose mentioned above.
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and , if so, by whom was it
given, & what has become of it ?
Ans. when my first term of service mentioned above expired I was a written
discharge from some of the officers who signed. I cannot say that I kept said discharge till after he moved to this County
when I lost it- that one by marsh now residing in said County of Jackson saw said discharge before it was lost & read it --
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present
neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution --
A Walter Lockhart John Pew Esq, John Martin Abner Martin, Edmund Martin, Joseph Martin, Benjamin Wills Henry  Wyman  Henry Wyman hr. Christian Bisler Col Doug Joseph Wills Richard Wills,  Thomas Wills Samuel Appelgate Clergyman (William scratched out) Richard Forey & Eli Forley & Col. William H. Carter
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after pulling the 
interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the 
above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served 
as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears 
to them that Wm. H Carter and Thomas Forsey who have signed 
the preceding Certificate are residents of the town of Salem in 
the County of Washington and State of Indiana, and are credible 
persons and that their statement [illegible] to credit
I, W. H. Carter Clerk of the said Washington 
Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the organs 
proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of Philip 
Highnote for a pension. 
[Seal] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and seal of office this 12th day of October 
1833– Wm. H. Carter Clk
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17. 208
Philip Highnote
Indiana

e.j:

From 1776 [illegible]
Lys $40.

allow for one year by
[Illegible] Edwards.

Hon John Carr
Charleston
Jud
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August 1sst, 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:  }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
Statement, showing the Service of Philip Nighnote
Double Line
Period when the service was rendered
1777
Duration of the claimant's service:
1 year 
Rank of the claimant: Jr.
Names and rank of the field officers under whom be served: Cool. Elbert Ga [illegible] 
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: 79 Ga.
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Tradition[...] 
The applicants name not apperaing an the roll of the Grorgia line, he should prove his service by at least on credible [...]. See note, He shold also give the different towns in which he served as a militia man, and the duration of each town. ^see note, Drafts in the militia were usually for not more than three months at a time.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, J. L. Edwards, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms “Continental Line,” “State troops,” “militia,” and “volunteers,” all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and were bound to military service; but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Butchers, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patriots, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:

The Regular Troops.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
Persons employed in the Naval Service.
Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in this instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of $$
County of

On this _ day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with (e) served in the (f) regiment of the (g) line, under the following named officers: (h) __

(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, rank and service of each, and the town or county through which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, &c., in which he was engaged, and who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)

He hereby relinquishes every claim (i) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only that of _

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.

(And shall Court to hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I hereby certify (j) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _ day of _

&c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (i) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) A. B., a Ba, a Clergyman residing in _ and C. D., residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be who has __ years of age; 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after hearing testimony, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _ and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Clerk of the Court of _ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _ day of _

&c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant; and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light.

If such surviving witnesses cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (L) and he will then produce such evidence as he can procure, to relate all the material facts, which can be found in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon the case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at- tempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following(m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. 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 services.
6. To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons --one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believe in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is here requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court of County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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. 11. 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."
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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

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 papers 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 certifcate.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 the affidavits the time of the claimant's 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.
--> The notes from [a] to [t] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] The traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Record Division 8 525
Revolutionary War Records Section
Department of the Interior
W.F. 1108 Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C. 19
In reply to your request of received
for a statement of the military history of Philip Highnote
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Mch 1776
Length of Service
1 yr
Rank
Private
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered
Captain Green
Colonel Gilbert

Sept. 1777
1 yr
Indian Spy
Captains Carr and Linkfield
Sept. 1778
1 yr
Indian Spy
Captains Carr and Linkfield
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Richmond County, GA
Date of application for pension, Oct 12, 1833. His I was al
Residence at date of application, Washington County Ind
Age at date of application March 15 1753 in Bucks Co. Penn
Remarks: died Apr. 18, 1818 in Putnam Co. Ind
Soldier mar. in Nov. 1776 in Wilkes Co. Ga. Agnes Scott the
was a pension on her app. July 3. 1843 while a resident
of Clay Co. Ind. aged 74 years
She Supplement here with for further family data
Respectfully,
6 2856
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section
April 13, 1933
Jane Hinote,
Warrensburg, Mo.
Madam: In addition to the military history of the Revolutionary War pensioner Philip Highnote W File No. 10,108, you are furnished the following data as to his children:
•	Alexander born July 5, 1788.
•	Mary Magdalena born August 5, 1790, mar. ---- Welles.
•	Craft born July 3, 1793, not alive in 1843.
•	Charity born July 36, 1794.
•	Jane born April 1, 1796, (mar. March 8, 1831, Henry Ernhart.)
•	Hiram born April 33, 1798.
•	Philip born December 14, 1801.
•	Asahel born January 11, 1804.
•	Nancy born August 37, 1805.
•	Doroas born June 24, 1807.
All living in the state of Indiana in 1843 except one daughter who was living in Missouri, name not stated.
Very respectfully,
[illegible signature]
Commissioner.
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Indiana   8982
Agness Highnote
widow of Philip Highnote
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 18th April 1840
of Clay County in the State of Indiana
who was a Private   in the company commanded by Captain __________________
of the Regt. commanded by Col. Elbert in
Georgia    line for 1 year

Inscribed on the Roll of Madison
at the rate of
40 - Dollars ______ Cents per annum, to commence on the (4th day
of March 1836 scratched out) . 18th April 1840.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of
January 1845 and sent to Hon. J. A
Wright, House  of Representatives
Total amount,                 $

(Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk
Book 2,  Vol. 1.  Page 425



April 9th 1845

Certificate  issued at $40 per Ann. under the Joint Res. of 23 January, 1840
Com 4th April 1849 & sent to H. H. Sylvester Esq 
Present
Reported
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State of Indiana
Clay County

Be it remembered that on this 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty four (1844) before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and state personally appeared, Henry Earnhart, a resident of said county and state aged fifty one years past who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he is a son in law of Agnes Hineote who made application for a pension some ten months ago.  That he was present when her declaration for a pension was made and authenticated and was well acquainted with the family record of the births of the children of the said Agnes Hineote which was attached to the deposition of Henry Earnhart and Jane his wife.  That he has examined the old family record of said Agnes Hineote and believes that the record was attached
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to the deposition of the above named deponent at the time the said declaration of the said Agnes Hineote was authenticated is a correct record of the births of the children of the said Agnes Hineote.  He further states that he has heard and believes that the person who wrote the above named copy of record some eleven or twelve years ago is now dead.  He further states that he believes the record that was sent on at the time he said declaration was sent is a correct record of the births of her children.  And that he believes the said Agnes Hineote was married at the time she stated in her declarations further this deposed saith now.

Sworn to and subscribed        Henry Ernhart
on the day and year first 
above written before me
William Wyatt    J.P.
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I William Wyatt the Justice of
 the Peace before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken sworn to and 
subscribed do certify that Henry 
Earnhart the deponent is a credible 
Witness given under my hand 
this 18th day of March AD 1844
William Wyatt J,P. 

State of Indiana
Clay County   I Charles C. Modesitt
Clerk [illegible] court in and for the 
County aforesaid do certify that William 
Wyatt is a magistrate as above and [illegible]
the foregoing signatures purporting to be 
[illegible]
In testimony whereof [illegible]
hereunto subscribed my name and 
affixed the official seal of 
said county this 25th day of 
March 1844
C.C. Modesitt, Clerk
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J.A.Wright
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State of Indiana
Clay County.
For
On this 9th day of December, 1844
Formally offered before me William Wyatt, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county, Agnus Hinote, aged 76 years past, Henry Ernhart aged fifty one years past, and June Ernhart aged forty eight years past all residents of the said county of Clay, who bring by me first duty sworn according to the Peace, swore their oaths, any; that the said Agnus is the widow of Philip Hinote, who was a Revolutionary (illegible) at the rate of forty dollars a year under the act of June 7th 1832 and died the 18th day of April 1839. in the county of Putnum and state of Indiana.  That the said Agnus is the same identical person as such widow who mad the declaration for a Pension under the act of July 7th 1838. before Nicholas (Illegible) one of the associate judges of the circuit court of the said county of Clay about the month of July 1843.  That the said June Ernhart is a doughter of the said Agnus and Philip Hinote that the said Agnus and Philip had four children
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(3--1776)
Service Number
Ga Highnote Philip  W.10108
Hignote or
Hignot or
Contents 
Agnrss.
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State of Indiana
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State of Indiana fr.
Clay County
Declaration in order
to obtain the benefits of the Resolution
of Congress of the 23d January 1845
Whereas the act of the 30th of April
1844 prohibited me from drawing a Pension
for the Same period during which
my husband was a Pensioner I now
make the following Statement under
oath to obtain the benefits of the Resolution
above mentioned I am the widow of
Philip Highnote who was a private
in the War of the Revolution - Whose [sic] 
drawn a pension at the rate of Forty
Dollars per annum from the 18th
day of April 1840 and now ask for
the amount due me from the 24th day
of March 1836 to the 18th day of
April when my former pension commenced
in the year 1840 at Madison in this
State of Indiana at Forty Dollars
per annum                   |
Sworn to and               |
Subscribed before me |
on this 8th day of        |             [illegable]
February 1845              |  Agnes Highnote
Wm Wyatt D.P.            |            +
         Lorenzo D Ernhart |       Mark
Attest
         Killian Ernhart
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I certify that this defendant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
William Wyatt W.


I Charles C. Modesitt clerk of the circuit court in 

the county of Clay in the state of Indiana
do hereby certify that William Wyatt who has signed the foregoing  in affidavit of the place for the county in the state aforesaid and that the above is his signature.

In testimony whereof I have here and subscribe my name and affised [affixed] my seal of affirm this 8th day of February1845 co Bowling green in the state of Indiana.

Modesitt CLR
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Admitted





N. Manly
Marshall
Illinois


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State of Indiana
[illegible]Clay County
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State of Indiana
Clay County
On this Eighteenth day of April A. D. One thousand Eight hundred and forty eight before the Dukswife a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Agness Highnote a resident of said County aged Seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law with an oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on 27 February 1848 granting pensions to the widows of Persons who perished during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Philip Highnote who was a  pensioner and a soldier of the Revolution - that she refers for the particulars as to his service of the Declaration of the said husband and an act 17 June 1832 AD to her own Declaration and proofs The further Declares that she is still the widow of the said Philip Highnote. That this has been a pensions on the Indiana Rolls at the rate of Forty Dollars
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per annum as per the acts of Congress of 7. July 1838, 30 March 1843 & 7. June 1844
Subscribed and Sworn to this 8th day
of April 1848 before me
Wesley Davis J.S.

for Agness Highnote 
March

Hereby that Agness Highnote who has this day subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration is personally known to me and I am fully satisfied with the truth of said statements

April 8 th 1848    W.D.
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State of Indiana fr.
Clay County
I Samuel Miles Clerk of
the Circuit Court in and
for said county do hereby
Certify that Wesley Davis is a
magistrate as above and that
the Several foregoing Signatures
purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I
have hereunto Subscribed
my name and affixed the
official seal of said [illegible] court this
14th day of April 1848
Sam Miles [illegible]

That he was commissioned as a [illegible] of the [illegible] on the 24th day of August 1846 qualified on the 5th day of
September 1846 and that his [illegible] will expire on the 24th day of August 1851


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Admitted






N. Manly
Marshall
Illinois
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To what time was Philip Hignote or Highnote, of Indiana, act June 7, 1832, last paid.
Dec. 31, 1844
J. L. Edwards

[illegible] to 4th of March 1840
JH
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PHONE 290L       OFFICE:  COURT HOUSE     
 CO-OPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN 
AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS
STATE OF MISSOURI

College of Agriculture, University of Missouri and U. S. Department of Agriculture, Johnson County Farm Bureau Co-operating.

Agriculture Extension Service. Home Demonstration Work. County Agent Work.

Warrensburg, Mo.,
March 10, 1922.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Have you any record of Phillip Highnote, a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He landed in Virginia about 1770 from Holland, living in Virginia until the time of the Revolution, and we presume that he enlisted there because he was in service. The spelling of the name was changed by a later generation. I am very anxious to trace my ancestry to the Revolution and will be very glad if you will secure this record for me. 
Thanking you, I am
Jane Hinote
Very truly yours, 

PENSION N MAR 15 1922 U.
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1922 Apr. 12 Hist. To Jane Hinote

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10108
Agness Highnote
Wid. of
Philip Highnote
Rev. War
Act: Feby. 2 / 18
Index:--Vol. A, Page 334
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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6565
Madison, Indiana
Agness Highnote
widow of Philip Highnote
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 4 Dollars ---
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of January 1865.
and sent to Hon. J. A. Wright,
House of Representatives

[Acts of March 3. 1843.]
Recorded in Book J. of June 17, 1844.
Vol. 2, Page 218


Highnote
Foml Rcs. of Congress
of January 23rd 1845
No. 57/ Rev.
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Agnes Highnote
Widow of Philip High-note, private
$40 per ann
Acts 1838 
1843 - 6839
1844 - 357

Pension to commence 
18 April 1840, when he died-
married Nov. 1786
Indiana Roll
Madison Agency
Page 44

Payments to be made
at Carryover
by Thomas Posey
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Indiana

Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E Vol. 7 Page 114 by J. A. Boyd, Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the laws of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Philip Highnote of the State of Indiana, who was a private in the Army of The Revolution, is entitled to receive forty dollars and _ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1833, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States this _ day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

[illegible signature]
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Marshall 24th
April 20th, 1848

Sir,

I have the honor to enclose the claim of Mr.. Highnote for a Certificate under act of 20 Feb. 1848 & to request that such certificate may be transmitted to me.

[illegible signature]
[illegible title]

H. Edward Esq.
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Agnes Highnote,
under joint resolution 23 January: '45
Admd:  $40.00 per ann:
act 7 July. 1838
[crossed out word] coming: 4 March 1836,
& ending 18th: April 1840

H.H. Sylvester
Present.
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[Top section of printed form]
SERVICE
[handwritten] Ga

[handwritten] Highnote Philip
Hignote or
Hignot or

NUMBER
[handwritten] W. 10108

CONTENTS
[handwritten] Agness
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SERVICE                                           NUMBER

                     Highnote, Philip          W. 10108
                     Hignote or
                     Hignot or

CONTENTS
                                           agness.
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Agnes Highnote

?oo?ff

An. J. A. Wright

W.R.
Page 51

Washington 26
Dec. 26th, 1844

Jermin L. Edmands,

Sir,

I enclose you the additional proof in the case of the Mexican refugees; I should like also this additional testimony, with the names and ages of a numerous family of children. Please be particular in the department, and communicate to me at your earliest convenience.

Yours Respectfully,
J. M. Wright
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File with Agnes Highnote's papers. EMC
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W (smudge) Manly
Marshall
me
Oct 4. 1843
A Highnote
[upside down]
J. L Edwards by
_ Y Pensions
_
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Marshall US 27 Sept 43
Sir. It may not known / proper for me to respond in [illegible] relation to your letter of 18th [illegible] in regard to the claim of Agnes Highnote that the man whose affidavit is required has been dead for a number of years. And that fact is shown I think in the declaration of Mrs. Highnote or the accompanying papers. Application research has been made in Georgia where she was married for proof had none can to family or she was and so alleges in the declaration, married by publication. 

Respectfully
[illegible] Uri Munly
J. L. Domad
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Marshall W 15 July 1843
Sir. I have the honor to enclose the application of Mrs. Agnes Highnote for a pension. 

I send you the claim as it was sent to me without knowing any thing about it further than is shown by the paper.
I have no doubt however that the claim is a meritorious one.

Very respectfully
Uri Manly
J L Edwards Esq.