Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4746, for Samuel Quigley, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
CONTENTS
Quigley, Samuel
NUMBER
S. 4746
carded
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3210
Ohio Pittsburgh Agency

Samuel Quigley of Columbiana in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Compy [company] commanded by Captain Fisher of the Regh [regiment] commanded by Col. Dunlap in the Penna. line for 8 months 1777

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

Certificate of Pension issued the 18". day of Decr. [December] "32 and sent to Hon: John Thomson, House of Reps

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 --- 39.99
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 13.33
$53.32

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, 
Book D Vol. 2 Page 145

Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March to 4th Sep 1840.  Agt notified 10 Nov 1841.

Paid as above from 4. Sep 1840 to 4 March 1841. Agt Notified 25 Feby 1842 
[Agt notified crossed out] 

Date of death not on [illegible]
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Samuel Quigley
Ohio
No 6749.
Admit [illegible] 8 mo [months] pr. from June 1777
$26.66 p ann [annum] 
[illegible] John Thomson
H R
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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Quigley of Columbiana Co. in the State of Ohio (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? 75 years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Years, | Months, | Days. | As a | Gen.
August In 1777 drafted, | " 2 " | Private | Col Dunlap Major John Brooks
Nove [November] " "  | " 2 " |  Substitute for John Quigley} | Capt Fisherss Rifle Corps.
same offices Captain Alexr [Alexander] " Leeples or Leeles" 
1788 | " 4 " | Private | same officers Capt Samuel Hinton
5. In what battles was he engaged? Brandywine [Iron Hill, White House, Guelph Mill crossed out]
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
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?
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
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(1)
State of Ohio }
Columbiana County SS} 
Court of Common Pleas, at Augt. [August] In. '32. 
On this 14th day of August, A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of said Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Samuel [William crossed out] Quigley, a resident of said Columbiana County,
in said State of Ohio, and of the village of Foulkestown, aged 75 part on the 14th of April last 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 seventh, A. D. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers,  and served as herein stated: 
He entered the service, being drafted for a tour of two months sometime in August A.D. 1777; during his services above and herein after described his home was in the
vicinity of Shippensburgh, Pa. from which place he each time was drafted. Col. James Dunlap commanded the Regiment of Shippensburgh, Pa. Major John Brooks, of Carlile [Carlisle] Pa. The Captain he was first under was Thomas Asky or Erskine, with this captain he marched to Marius Hook;  was there placed under Captain James Fisher
and Lieut. Shields in a corps of riflemen under the same Colonel Dunlap. Under
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(2)
this draft, was in the battles of Brandywine, Iron hill, white horse & the Gulch mills; these last were four places thro which he marched- He served the two months for which he was drafted, but recd [received] no discharge: The other captains of said Col. Dunlap's command were, Capt. John Scott, Sept Jacob Waggoner, Capt. Jacob Whitstone & Capt. ____ Crawford there being 5 companies. - In thirty one day after he the said Quigley arrived at home after the serving of the above two months, his father John Quigley, being drafted for a tour of two months, [illegible] being rather infirm,
he again entered the service in his stead as a substitute, about the last of November AD 1777, under the same Col. & under Alexander Peeples or Peebles, as Captain, Major Brooks was also an officer during this tour - Lieut. Robert McComb was along with the corps, but was not of his this applicant's company-- he marched from Shippensburgh throg [through] the Counties near Philadelphia - was in several skirmishes, but in no
large battle recollected: - 
In the latter part of the year 1778, was drafted and served two other tours of two months each, under the same Colonel and Capt [Captain] Samuel Finton and Lieunt. [Lieutenant]  Samuel Walker were officers over said
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(3.)
applicant, during at least a part of said four months service in the said two last mentioned tours: other officers not recollected. -  During these four months was in scouting parties against the Indians. He marched from Shippensburgh to Huntington, or Standing store, as it was then called thence to a place called Anderson's Fort on or near [illegible] creek; thence to Frankstown as it is now called tho' [though] then called Frankstown fort: during the ballance [balance] of time was scouting thro'g [through]  the words he knows not where. In this service a Colonel Albright was with us mostly with a Regiment from York County Penna. 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 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. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
We John Quinn J. Goodman Young, John Smith, Samuel Creswell & John Thomson,  (member of Congress) Lindsey Cannon, residing in the neighborhood of the above named applicant, hereby, certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Quigley the above applicant; that we believe
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(4)
him to be seventy five years of age, or thereabouts, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we perfectly concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid; & Clement Vallandigham a  Clergyman also swears that he concurs with this certificate, except as to reputation of
the services, of which he is not informed. 
Clement Vallindigham
Marles D Coffin}
Clk [Clerk Com Pleas}
John Quin
Samuel Criswell
John G Young
John Smith
Lindsey Cannon
[and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after  the investigation of the matter, after putting crossed out] 
Interrogatories put by said Court, & the answers given
1. Where & in what year were you born? 
In Cumberland County Pa., on the 14th of April, 1757.
2. Have you any record of your age?
A. I have: I have it recorded in a large bible at my house which I transcribed from my
fathers family record when I left him at about 30 years of age. 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where you lived since revolutionary war; and where do you now live?
A. I lived in the vicinity of Shippensburgh, Pa. when called into service; Since the revolution
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I lived a number of years in Shippensburgh, Pa. thence about AD. 1803, moved to Steubenville, Ohio, where I resided till one or two years afterwards when I removed to [illegible] - from there to Georgetown [illegible] to Greensburgh, Pa. in Beaver County, 
where I resided about 3 or 4 years, since which  time I have resided in this County (Columbiana) Ohio.
4. How were you called into service? I was two tours of two months each drafted; one tour do I went for my father John Quigley, and I think I was a substitute for my father
the fourth tour of two months, but whether I went into service for him or for my self I can not be positive.
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 service. 
A. Col. Morgan I think was a regular, & with us; he commanded a Battalion of riflemen with us, thog [though] a different Battalion from ours--
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it? 
No: I received no discharge far as I know none were given to me or my fellows.
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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. 
A. Maj.John Quin, John G. Young, Esq. Samuel Creswell, Esq. William Christy, Esq. Lindsey Canbron Esq. & John Smith Esq. 

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 the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Clement Vallandigham, who has
signed the preceeding [preceding] certificate is a Clergyman residing in New Lisbon, Columbiana County Ohio, and that Maj. John Quinn, John G. Young Esq, Samuel Creswell, Esqr William Christy, Esq. Lindsey Cannon, Esq. and John Smith Esq. who have also signed the same are residents in said County, and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit. 
I C. D. Coffin, Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Quigley for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14. of Augt [August] 1832
Charles D. Coffin.  Clk.
[white paper with words THE COURT OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY attached to left margin]
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November 18, 1931

BA-J/EEL

Mrs. Samel R. Quigley
329 Lewis Avenue
Billings, Montana

Dear Madam

Reference is made to your letter relative to Samuel Quigley, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.4746, based upon the military service of Samuel Quigley in that war.

Samuel Quigley, the son of John, was born April 14, 1757, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

While residing in Shippensburgh, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in August, 2777, and served two tours of two months each, on the last tour as a substitute for his father, as a private under Captains Thomas Askey, James Fisher and Alexander Peebles in Colonel James Dunlap's Pennsylvania Regiment, and was in the battles of Iron Hill, Brandywine, White Horse and Gulph Mills and in several skirmishes. He enlisted about the last of the year 1778 and served two tours of two months each in Colonel James Dunlap's regiment, a part of the time under Lieutenant Samuel Walker and Captain Samuel Penton, in said Colonel Dunlap's Pennsylvania Regiment, and went on scouting parties against the Indians.

After the Revolution, he lived for a number of years at Shippensburgh, Pennsylvania; then about the year 1803, moved to Steubenville, Ohio, resided there one or two years; then moved to Fawcettville (?)and Georgetown, state not given; then to Greersburgh, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, resided there three  or four years, then moved to Columbiana County, Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1833, while residing in the village of Foulkestown, Columbiana County, Ohio
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It is not stated that soldier was ever married.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Samuel Quigley, S. 4746, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data.

Samuel Quigley, Certificate No. 3210, issued December 18, 1833, rate $26.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Pittsburgh Agency.  

Very truly yours

A.D. MILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

(in pencil on side of paper: Date of death not on AB)
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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 Samuel Quigley 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 amout [amount] of pension he is entitled? yes
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? yes-
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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? Yes
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?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?
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 Yes #
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? yes all
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 [deposes] 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.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
October 21st, 1841.
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 Quigley - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
Jan'y [January] 13th 1842.
Sir:
Under the date 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 Quigley, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1840, to the 4th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Billings, Montana
September 28th 1931

Sec. of the Treasury-
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir.-
On the 4th page of Woman's Home Companion for September 1931 under "Heedless Investments", I find that our government has millions of dollars lying idle in the treasury at Washington simply waiting for the call of the citizen to whom it belongs.
My husband's grandfather was born March 21st 1757 and died April 21st-1842.
We have his original Pension Claim which reads as follows;- "Samuel Quigley of the state of Ohio, Pittsburgh agency, who was a Private the the army of Revolution is entitled to receive $26.66 cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th  of March and 4th of Sept. in Every year.Given at the war office of U.S. 18th day
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Payments to be made at Pittsburgh, Pa.
Signed Secretary of War
Lewis Cass
(Stamp Rec'd Oct. 6 1931 etc.)

Recorded by N. Rice, clerk in Book Di Vol.2 page 145."
We are unable to learn if this pension of $26.66, which should have been received for 11 yrs. from 1831 to 1842 was ever claimed.
Trusting you will inform us soon as we, like many others now, are in need of money.
Respectfully.
Mrs. Samuel R. Quigley
329 Lewis Avenue
Billings, Montana
p.s. I'm not sure to whom, or to which department, I should address my request. Hope the Adjutant General's will be correct instead of the Treasury. Will you please rectify any mistake in address.
Mrs. S.R.Q

So Received  A.G.O. Oct 1 1931
2 cent stp.
2 cent stamp AWZ
(stamp received Oct 6 1931
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4746
INVALID
File No. 4746
Samuel Quigley
Privt. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. M, Page 306
{Arrangement of 1870}

1931 Nov 18/ Hist to Mrs. Samuel R Quigley
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