Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11126, for Leander Murphey, Virginia
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Va.             Murphy, Leander,           8/11/26

                                                         Carded
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Kentucky   3362
Leander Murphy
of [illegible] in the state of KY
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Davis of the Reg. commanded by Col : Davis in the Virginia 
line for 2 years from 1776


Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 80--Dollars  -- Cents for annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Dec
                                   and sent to him: R                   
M. Johnson.  House of Rep-

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832              
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 [illegible] 33

                                                                120
                                                                  40
                                                               $160

                                         {Revolutionary Claim,
                                          Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice- Clerk
Book D             Vol. 9           Page 5/
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State of Kentucky  S.S
County of Spencer
                                On this 12th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the justices of the County Courts of Spencer county in the state of Kentucky. Now sitting Frances Murphey a resident of [illegible] in the county of Spencer in the State of Kentucky aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declarations in order to [illegible] the benefit of the [illegible] 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. He entered the Service as a private Soldier in the Country of France. [Illegible] and State of Virginia in the company raised for Charles Gallahay as Captain, Jesse Davis first Lieutenant, Robert Young Second Lieutenant [illegible name] Tyler as Ensign in the month of October (the day of month not recollected) in the year of 1776. Gallahey died and never joined his company the command of the company then [illegible. Perhaps "devolved"?] on Jesse Davis the first Lieutenant and he the said Davis took the Command of said Company as Captain. The Company to which he belonged [illegible] attached to [illegible] in the Regiment first commanded by Colonel Davis who was superseded or otherwise not known [illegible] left the command, and the command of the Regiment then devolved on Colonel Fabriger, a french officer, on the Brigade Commanded by General Woodford. He states that he was marched to the State of Maryland that to the best of his recollection the Detachments to which he belonged went into winter quarters at Baltimore, he states that while there he was innoculated for the small pox. He states that in June 1777 he was marched from Maryland and joined the main army under the Command of General Washington at a place called Middlebrook where fortifications were erected after
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knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the presents, and declares that his name is not on the Pension note of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
                                       [signature]
                                  Leander Murphy
  
    We Philip W Taylor a [underlined] Clergyman [end underline] resident in the County of Spencer, and Thomas Barker, residing in the same County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Leander Murphy who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration. that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the Neighbourhood 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.
                                [signature] Philip W Taylor
                                [signature] Thomas Barker

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the  [illegible] 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 Philip H. Taylor who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Spencer, and that Thomas Barker who as signed the same is a resident in the same County of Spencer and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

       I Raphael Lancaster, Clerk of the County Court of Spencer County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Leander Murphey for a pension.
              In Testimony whereof I have hereunto       set my hand and affixed the seal of my County Court Office at Taylorsville this 12th day of November 1832. In the 41st year of the Commonwealth. Ralph Lancaster clk
                                  Spencer [illegible]
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                Leander Murphy
                       Spencer Co
                                      Ky


Admit for 2 years
from 1776     $80
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BRIEF in the case of [[Leander Murphy]] of [[Spencer Co]] in the State of [[Ky]]
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of 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.


[column headings: Period.  Duration of Service.  Rank.  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.] 

Period:  [[Oct]] In 17[[76]]. [illegible] [[1781]]
Duration of Service: Years, Months, Days.
         [Section left blank except for a line]
Rank: As a [[pr]] 
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Gen. [[Cap. W. Gallahay, Jesse Davis]]

5. In what battles was he engaged? [[Brandywine, Monmouth, Guilford, '96' Eutaw Springs]]

6. Where did he reside when he entered service? [[Prince William C va]]

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, documentary proof, 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? [[illegible] on the Rolls]]

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

                                   [Signature]
                                               H H                  Examining Clerk.
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[[Rev War 11126]]

   INVALID

File No. [[11,126]]
[[Leander Murphy
Priv Rev War]]

Act: [[June 7th 1832]]
Index:--Vol. [[a,]] [[Page 269]]

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Leander Murphey
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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 [[Leander Murphey]] 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?   [[yes]]

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with 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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2. 

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?
[[Traditionary evidence]]

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? [[yes]]
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  [[yes
On the Oath]]

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? [[yes]]

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?   [[7 [illegible]]

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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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3.
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 [italics] about three of four months [end italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. [italics] Proof of Service [end italics]
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 he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. [italics] Mode of authenticating papers. [end italics]
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheets of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or a 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.