Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4239, for Philip Hupp, Virginia
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Service
Va.

Hupp, Philip
Mary

Number
W. 4239
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Ohio, Wheeling Agency
Mary Hupp
widow of Philip Hupp

who died on the 9th November 1831 of Monroe Co. in the State of Ohio who was a private in the company commanded by Captain _______ of the _______ commanded by Col______ in the Virginia line for the war.

Inscribed in the Roll of Wheeling Agency at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 9 Nov 1831.
[“4th day of March, 1831” is crossed out]

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of April 1837— and sent to Robert McKee, Esq Olive Ohio.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1837           480.—
Semi-and. allowance ending 4 Sept 37    40.—
                                                                    ————
                                                                     520.—
{Revolutionary Claim}
{ Act July 4, 1836,}
{Section the 3d }

[recorded] by Wm Willison Clerk,
 Vol 1 Page 221
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Romney March 25

Mar 29
Free

M. Sylvester

J. S. Edward’s Esq.
Com of Pensions
War Department 
Washington City
     DC
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Virginia Hampshire County

I certify that it appears from the records in my office that Philip Hup and Mary Buzzard now married on the 25 day of July 1782
  In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the aforesaid County this 24 day of March 1837

John B White Ck
Hampshire County
Court Virginia
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State of Ohio }
Monroe County }

  On this 21st day of January 1837 personally appeared before me Samuel Powel a Justice of the peace in and for said County Mary Hupp 
a resident of Enoch Township Monroe County Ohio Aged 78 years who being first duly sworn as the Law Directs on her oath doath make the following dutervation in order to obtain the benefit of the privilege of the act of Congress passed on the 4th day of July 1831 that she is the widow of Philip Hupp who was a private in the Army of the Revolutionary War of the united States and believe that he served in the Virginia Line. She further declares that she was married to the said Philip Hupp in the County of Hampshire in the state of Virginia on or about the 23d day of July 1782 that her Husband the aforesaid Philip Hupp died on the 9th day of November 1831- and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully
Appear by reference to the proof hear to ____ sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me
                                  Mary Hupp
                                      her X mark

Samuel Powel } Justice of the peace

I hereby certify that the above named Mary Hupp is very old and feeble and in my opinion 
cannot from severely infirmity attend the court & further certify that the said Mary Hupp is to be relied upon for truth and veracity

Samuel Powel J P
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State of Ohio Ss}
Monroe County }

On this 26th day of January 1837 before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared before Silas Lawrence [?] who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he commenced living with Philip Hupp deceased some sixteen years ago- that he and Mary Hupp lived together as husband and wife until Nov 9th 1831 on said 9th Nov Philip Hupp died and Mary has remained a widow even since- Silas Lawrence [?] 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21st day of Jan 1837
            Samuel Powel J P

State of Ohio Ss}
Monroe county }

 on this 21 day of January 1837 a justice of the peace within and for said county Frances Hupp who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that Philip Hupp deceased late of Enoch Township Monroe County Ohio was my father that he died November 1st 1831 that my mother Mary Hupp now lives in Monroe County Ohio and has not been married since my fathers death 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21 day of January 1837

Frances Hupp
 Her X mark
          Samuel Powel J P
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1576

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS

_____ Original payment 948

Treasury Department,
9 April 1829.

Philip Hupp of _____ in the County of Monroe in the State of Ohio has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled “An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain Sullivan’s company, in the ______ regiment of the Virginia line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing

  The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
       By order of the Secretary,
                     F A Dickinson

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
  Third Auditor’s Office,
    13th April 1829

[the following is crossed out]
‘It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to ______ in the’



It further appears that Philip Hupp is not now on the pension list of any ———— agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826 
[‘at the rate of _______ dollars per month.’ has been crossed out]

The name of Philip Hup cannot be found among those of the Virginia line, to whom Certificates  for the gratuity of Eight Dollars were issued-

 Peter Hayman Am
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War __

War Department: Bounty land office
29 April 1829.

 The records of this office do not show that Philip Hupp of the Virg. line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States
         Robert Taylor

General law office
1 May 1829

It appears from the list of Warranty issued by the Register of the same office at Richmond Va that Philip Hupp is stated to have been a soldier for the War & as such Warrant for ____ ____ has been issued in his name

 G W Graham
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1576

Virginian Pension Claim-

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Revolution approved on the fifteenth of may 1828. I Philip Hupp of the County of Monroe & State of Ohio do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution for & during the War and continued in it service until its termination at which period I was a Private in Captain Cof Sullivans company in the thirteenth Regiment of the Virginia Line- I also declare that I afterward received a Certificate for the Reward of Eighty Dollars to which I was entitled on the resolve of Congress issued the 15 of May 1778 & I further declare that I was not on the 15 of March 1828 on the Pension list of the United States
            signed Philip Hupp
                        his PH mark

State of Ohio Monroe County SS

  On the seventeenth day of Oct 1828 personally came James Carrothers and Henry  A Mott esquires 
 Before me Elijah Andrew’s a Justice of the peace in the County & State aforesaid who did personally make oath the Philip Hupp by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the Revolution in the manner & therein stated 
                                      H A  Mott
                                      James Carrothers
Witness my hand the 17 day of October 1828
Elijah Andrew’s J. P.
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Know all men by these present that I Philip Hupp of Monroe County & State of Ohio do hereby constitute & appoint Aaron again of Washington City my true & lawful attorney with a Power of substitution for me and in my name to Receiver from the United States the amount o fray now due to me under the act for the Relief of Certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution approved 15 May 1828 as a private in the thirteenth Regiment of the Virginia  line of the army of the Revolution

Witness my hand and seal this 17 day of October in the year 1828.
                          Philip Hupp
                              his PH mark.            {Seal}

Sealed & delivered in the presence of Elijah Andrews
James Carrothers

Before me Elijah H Armstrong a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Monroe & State of Ohio Personally appeared this day Philip Hupp whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Power of Attorney and acknowledged the sworn to be his act & ____

Witness my ___ this 17 day of October A D 1898
  Elijah Andrews J.P.
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Woodsfield O
February 25th 
Fre___

Hon; John Davenport
Washington City
D. C.
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State of Ohio Monroe County Ss

 I Robert F. Naylor Clerk of the County of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Elijah Andrews Esquire before whom the within proceedings were had was at the time and now is an acting Justice of the peace duly sworn & commissioned according to Law. & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Woodsfield the 7th day of October 1828.

  Robert F Naylor Clk.
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Woodsfield O
        February 25th 1829

Hon J Davenport
  I have enclosed the within pension claim to you in ____ that you would oblige me by handing it to Mr. Ogden ( __ these be such a person acting as agent for pensions  if not to Return it to me immediately  if their is such a pension I want it at_____ to as soon or convenient) the evidence of Mr. Hupp services will be forwarded from Wheeling as soon as I have an acknowledgment of the Regt of the Document

  Your Humble Servant 
      Robert F. Naylor
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August 2, 1935

Philip Hupp- W. 4239
BA-J/AWF

L. W. Hupp
210 Bridge Street
Caldwell, Ohio

Dear Sir:

  Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War Record of Philip Hupp and any other “Hupp”, also request to be advised as to where to get copies of deeds to land granted by the Government.
  For information in regard to land granted by the United States fore which bounty land warrants were issued and patented, you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, this city.
  You are furnished herein the Revolutionary War record of Philip Hupp, which is the record of the only soldier by that surname, found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
   The date and place of birth of this soldier are not shown in the claim, nor are the names of his parents given.
  Philip Hupp served during the Revolution as a private in Captain Sullivan’s company in the 13th Virginia regiment, dates of enlistment and discharge not stated.
  He was allowed pension on his application
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executed October 17, 1828, while living in Monroe County, Ohio.
  Philip Hupp married July 23 or 25, 1782 in Hampshire County, Virginia, Maryland Buzzard. He died November 9, 1831.
  The widow, Mary Hupp, was allowed pension on her application executed January 21, 1837, then aged seventy-eight years and a resident of Enoch Township, Monroe County, Ohio.
  Their child, Frances Hupp, made affidavit in 1837 in Monroe County, Ohio.
  In order to obtain information in regard to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possible the date of death of the widow, Mary Hupp, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following:

Mary Hupp, widow of Philip Hupp
Certificate # 705
Issued April 5, 1837
Rate $ 80.00 per annum
to commence November 9, 1831
Act of July 4, 1836
Ohio, Wheeling Agency.

  Very truly yours

  A.D. HILLER
  Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 4239
Mary Hupp
Wid
Philip Hupp
Private Va, line
Act: July 4th /36, Sec. 3d.
Index:—Vol.. A, Page 355

(Arrangement of 1870)

1915 Oct. 6. History to William P. Craig.
1923 Oct. 2 Hist to Hon. F. B. Willis
1935- Aug 2 Hist to P. W. Hupp
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Mary Hupp
Ohio
Suspended

[ the following is crossed out “lot 10 Jany 1827 R. McKee letter 20 March 1837, to J. B. White clk Court Hampshire Co.”]
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Rommy Dec 1, 1836

Sir
  I find from the records in this office that Philip Hupp and Mary Buzzard by V. Porvist, 25 July 1782

 John B White Clk
Hampshire County
Court Virginia
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Rev. and War of 1812
Section

October 2, 1923.

Hon. Frank B. Williams
U.S. Senate.

My dear Senator:
  In response to your letter of the 1s instant and enclosed letter of Mr. J. L. Hupp, of Newark, Ohio, I have the honor to advise you that the following are the only soldiers named Hupp found on the pension rolls of the Revolution and War of 1812.
  from the papers in the pension claim, W. 4239, it appears that Philip Hupp served during the Revolution as a private in Capt Sullivan’s Company of the Thirteenth Va. Regiment, dates of enlistment and discharged no on record.
  He was allowed pension on his application executed October 17, 1828, while living in Monroe Co. Ohio and he died Nov. 9, 1831.
  He married in Hampshire Co. Va. July 25, 1782 Mary Buzzard and she was allowed pension on her application executed Jan. 21, 1837, while living in Enoch Township, Monroe County. Ohio, aged seventy-eight years. Child Frances was living in 1837.
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  from th papers in the pension claim, S. Ctf. 24995. to appears that George F. Hupp served as Paymaster to the thirteenth Virginia Regiment from Sept. 3, 1814, to Sept. 20, 1814.
  He was allowed pension on his application executed June 13,, 1871, while living in Strasburg, Va. aged seventy-nine years.
  There is not data on file as to his family, and the dates of his bierth and death are not on record.
  From the papers in the pension claim, S. Ctf. 10862, it appears that Michael Hupp served as a private investigator Capt. M. Harper’s Company of Penn. Militia, from Oct. 2, 1812, to Dec. 2, 1812.
  He married in Oct. 1814, in Washington Co. Penn. Hannah Vansickly.
  He was allowed pension on his application executed April 30, 1871 while living in Washington Township, Warren County. Ohio. Te dates of his birth and death are not on record.

  Sincerely,
  Washington Gardner
   Commissioner.
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October 6, 1915

Mr. William P. Craig,
 236 East Miller Avenue
  Akron, Ohio.

Sir:
  In order to ascertain the date of Mary Hupp’s death and name of the person to whom the arrears of per pension were paid, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department. U. S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the of the following data:

  “ Mary Hupp widow of Philip Hupp. Certificate No. 705, issued April 5, 1837, for $80. per annum from November 9, 1831, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the Wheeling Ohio Agency. “

  Very respectfully,
      [signature is somewhat illegible]
                   G M Saltzgaber [?]
  Commissioner.
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Rev.

  In reply to your request of _______, received_________ for a statement of the military history of Philip Hupp, 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.

W. 4239

Dates of enlistment or 
Appointment.
[noted as a] “check mark”
 

Length of Service.
served to end of War

Rank.
Private

Officers nader whom service was rendered.
[“Capt” is crossed out]  Sullivan

Colonel.
[noted as a] “check mark”

State.
13th Va. reg’t.

Battles engaged in, [check mark]

Residence of soldier at enlistment, [check mark]

Date of application for pension,
Oct. 17. 1828. His claim was allowed.

Residence at date of application, 
Monroe Co. Ohio

Age at date of application,
not stated.

Remarks:
 Soldier married in Hampshire Co., Va., July 25,1782, Mary Buzzard. He died Nov. 9, 1831, & she was allowed pension on her applic. executed Jany. 21, 1837 while a resident of Enoch Twp. Monroe Co., Ohio & 78 yrs of age. Only child referred to, is Frances Hupp, alive in 1837.

  Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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[ stamp at top left corner]
RECEIVED
Jul 26 1935
Mail Sub-Div
Vets Adm
Reader #23

Caldwell, Ohio
July 24, 1935.

Commissioner of Pensions,
U. S. War Dept.
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
  Do you have in your office a record of Philip Hupp or any other Hupp being in the Revolutionary War?
  Could you tell me if the Secretary of the Interior is the one to write to to get copies of deeds to land granted by the government. I think some deeds were destroyed by fire at the Monroe Co. Court House some years ago.

Thanking your for this information
  I am yours very truly

  L. W. Hupp,
  210 Bridge St.
  Caldwell, Ohio.
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Wesley L. Jones, Wash., Chairman

Knute Nelson, Minn
Bert M. Fernando, Me.
William M. Calder, N. Y.
Irvine L. Lenpoot, Wis.
Charles L. Mc Nary, Oreg.
Walter E. Edge, N. J.
Frank B. Willis, Ohio.
Ovington E. Seller, Md.
L. Heisler Ball, Del.
Duncan U. Fletcher, Fla.
Joseph E. Ransdell, La.
Morris Sheppard, Tex.
Furnifold Mc L. Simmons, N. C.
Thaddeus H. Faraway, Ark.

James H. Davis, Clerk.
 Hazel E. Jones, Asst. Clerk.

               UNITED STATES SENATE,
                 Committee on Commerce.

Oct. 1, 1923.

[stamped] Office of the Commissioner 
                      Oct 2- 1923
                       U. S. Bureau of Pensions

Dear Commissioner Gardner:

  The attached letter from Mr. J. L. Hupp, 209 Fairfield Avenue, Newark, Ohio, is self -explanatory. I am very anxious that Mr. Hupp be given information such as he desires in so far as it is possible for your Bureau to provide the same.

Yours very truly,

Frank B Willis
 
Hon. Washington Gardner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C..
Encl. (1)
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William P. Craig,
  236 E. Miller Ave.
    Akron Ohio

Personal request of October 2, 1915
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Va.        Hupp, Philip.       W 4239

Please give instructions as to getting date of death of widow and name of person to whom arrears were paid