Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,731, Adam Wolfe, Penn.
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SERVICE
Penn.

Wolfe, Adam

NUMBER
S. 4731

carded
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Ohio. Pittsburgh 7920.

Adam Wolfe
of Richland Co in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sparks of the Brigade commanded by Gen. Mc Intosh in the Pennsylvania une ( part of this word missing in the fold of page ) for Eight months and Twenty four days.
$29.33/100

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 29. Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension ifsued the 19 day of April 1833 and sent to Jas. Purdy Mansfield, Richland Co. Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833         58.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 33. 14.66
                                                              $73.32

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Wm. K. Palmer. Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 8. Page 1320,
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No. 17945.-7920
Adam Wolfe.


Adm. for 8. Months & 24 days from 1776

8.    26.66
20     2.22
4.        .43
      $29.33

Jas. Purdy
Ohio
22n. Feb. 1833.
Mansfield
Richland County 
Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Adam Wolfe
of Richland County in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 72 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. 1776 
Duration of Service, years, months, Days. Seven week or more
Rank.
As a private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Capt Jas Brenton
1777. . .
2 months.
[do-ditto] private
Capt. Bourman
1777
1 month 
do [ditto] private]
Capt. Sparks
1778
3 do [months]
do  [private]
Capt Jas Wright Gen. McIntosh
1779 
says they worked and guarded the frontier without any organization. 
1780
Six weeks
private



Col John Clark Peter Sturges Capt
3. In what battles was he engaged? several battles with the Indians
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No. 

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
B.F. Pleasants Examining Clerk
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17945
Adam Wolfe
Declaration
of
J. Purdy Mansfield
Agent
Ohio
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State of Ohio
Richland County
On this 23d day of October 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in open Court Adam Wolfe a resident of Monroe Township in the County of Richland and State of Ohio aforesaid aged seventy two years who being duly
sworn according to law, doth on his oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 of the United States.
He was born in York County Pennsylvania on  Dec. 15th 1760 and has [a record of this copy of this Battle?]
That in the fall of 1776 I entered into the service as a volunteer, of the Pennsylvania Malitia [sic] under Capt. James Brenton at Logstown then Westmoreland County now Beaver County to guard between the Indians & whites during the holding of a treaty
at Pittsburgh, Harrison was Lieutenant, served
weeks a tour of seven weeks or more, and was dismissed the object for which I was called out having been accomplished and the Indians returned from the treaty, received no written discharge
Part of the 8th Regiment of Pennsylvania and the 13th Regiment of Virginia troops were at this time enlisting
Lieut. James Morrison of the 8th was recruiting
officer in that neighborhood. I recollect one Capt Killgore and an officer by the name of Swearingun I think a Major of the 8th
again just after harvest in the year 1777 I
entered into the service of the country as a soldier at Logstown aforesaid as a volunteer in the Pennsylvania Malitia [sic] under Capt. Bousman and served a tour of two months at Logtown and Mentours Bottom we were guarding the frontiers against the Indians, our duty was to scout up
the Ohio River daily a distance of betwen
20 & 30 miles there were not to my knowledge
any regular officers at that time in the neighborhood except the Commissary at Pittsburgh where we went for one provisions
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After a service of two months I was
regularly discharged but received no written
discharge
Again in the fall late of the same year
shortly after my discharge as aforesaid [I enlisted into] the service of the United States as a soldier in the Pennsylvania Militia at Logtown and Montour's Bottom 
aforesaid under Capt Sparks and served
month and was dismissed but
no written discharge. This tour
I served as a substitute in the following
there was a call for men to be drafted out of the militia company to which I belonged, and the company hind [hired?]the member of which I was not
Service the same as last tour
Again in November 1778 entered into
the service of the United States as a soldier in
the Pennsylvania Militia at Pittsburgh
under Captain James Wright the detachment
consisted of about 2000 men General  McIntosh had the command, he belonged to the regular army, also Col Broadhead with part of the 8th Regt of Regulars belonged to the Detachment Cols Crawford Stevenson
of the Militia were in command 
from [taking?] I was marched to the mouth of
Beaver and assisted in building Fort McIntosh
From there we were marched
into the Indian to Susanna [Susquehanna?] river about 8 or 10 miles south west of  
where Canton near [?] called Fort {Loudon?] We then returned to Fort McIntosh.
and having served out a tour of
three months I was discharged in writing, but not considering it of any use
it is long since lost 
this tour I was a substitute for Samuel Ewing
He was drafted, and could not well
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serve, so I took his place
In the year 1779 - we watched and guarded the frontier in company without any regular
organization, each providing for himself
In the March 1780 I went down the Ohio
to the Falls, and again I entered into the
service of the United States as a volunteer
in a detachment under Col Clark to pursue a party of Indians and British which have burnt
Riddles Station. When the [hot?] volunteers assembled at the Falls of Ohio now
Louisville, we elected Peter Sturgis Captain of
the company to which I belonged and
William Linn was elected Colonel-From
Lewisville under the command of Col
Clark we marched up the Kentucky
side of the Ohio to the  mouth
of Kentucky River and had a skirmish
with the Indians in which we lost [11?]
men 
thence we  continued our march to
the month of Licking where we crossed
over the Ohio since building block houses
on or near where Cincinatti now stands. 
Here we fell in with the trail of the
British and Indians and pursued them up
on to the little Miami, On our approach to
the Fort on that river a few miles west of
where [Herrick?] now stands the Enemy
set fire to it and fled - we pursued them
[?] to [Pigeon town?]in the waters of the
Big Miami where we have a battle, on
the 5th day of August 1781 in which the
enemy were completely routed We cut
down their corn and burnt their {cistern?]
and then returned to the Falls
where I was discharged but not
in writing. In this tour I served six
weeks. He knows of no person living or documents by
which his service can be proved and hereby relinquishes
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all claim whatsoever to any other pension or annuity and declares
his name is not upon the pension roll of any agency in any State
Sworn & Subscribed before me
[of beget?] 23 Oct 1832
Ellzry Hedges
Adam Wolfe
We Solomon Gladden & William McDonald
residents of Richland County Ohio do hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with Adam
Wolfe who have subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that he is as we believe 72 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & we concur in that opinion, and that he is a man of truth & veracity
Solomon Gladden William McDonald
Sworn to & subscribed before me in Open Court this
23 Oct 1832 Ellzry Hedges [?]
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 soldier of the Revolution &
served as he states and the court further
certify that it appears to them that Solomon
Gladden & William McDonald who signed the
preceding certificate are residents of Richland
County and credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
D. Higgins Fred Jackson Wm Patterson 
Isaac Osbun
Ellzry Hedges Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of Richland County do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings
of the said court in the matter of the application of Adam Wolfe for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this 2nd
day of Nov. AD 1832
Ellzry Hedges[?]
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December 4, 1930
Mr. Rufus RIchart
P. O. Box 253 
Grand Central Station 
New York, New York

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EE

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.4731, that Adam Wolfe was born  December 15, 1760, in York County, Pennsylvania . 

He volunteered at Logstown, Westmoreland (later Beaver) County, Pennsylvania and served as a private with the Pennsylvania Troops as follows:

From sometime in the fall of 1776, seven weeks in Captain James Brenton's Company and acted as a guard at a council held at Pittsburgh where a treaty was concluded with the Indians. 

From sometime in the summer 1777, two months in Captain Bousman's Company, and was on guard and scout duty along the frontiers; and in the fall of the same year, one month under Captain Sparks. 

From November 1778, three months in Captain James right's Company under Colonels Crawford and Stevenson, went on General McIntosh's expedition and assisted in building Fort McIntosh. 

In the year 1779, he was on volunteer scout duty but no in any organized military corps. 

From March, 1780, six weeks under Captain Peter Sturgis and Colonel William Linn, joined Colonel Clark. 

(He said Col John Clark & as it was Geo Rogers,  I did not use first name.)
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at the Falls of the Ohio, went on the latter's expedition against the Indians and was in a battle on the Big Miami River.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
Date of death
not
on of B
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[Revhan] 473[1
INVALID. 
________
File No. 4731
Adam Wolfe 
Psi. Pa. Line
____________
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:--Vol. A, Page 414 
[Arrangement of 1870.]


1930-Dee 4->list to Rufus Riehart - EEL
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DRAGON BUILDING FUND 
P. O. Box 253 Grand Central Station 
NEW YORK CITY 
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN 
FREDERIC W. ROBBERT, '98

November 8, 1930 

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
_____________________________________
H. GORDON MULLEN, '19   - Organization 
F. PAUL CLEMENTS, '19  - Lists and Records
RUFUS RICHART. '21  - Secretary 
STANDISH B. G ORHAM, '21  - Publicity
WILLIAM J RYAN, '18  - Treasurer
GEORGE V. VANDERBILT, '23  - Special 



(REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS 
SECTION 
NOV 11 1930 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS)

Veterans Administration, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section, AWF
Washington, D. C. 


Gentleman, 

In the Pennsylvania Archives I find that Adam Wolf age 74 and a resident of Richland Co., Ohio applied for a pension on April 19, 1833 for having served as a private in the Penna. Militia during the Revolution. 

Other sources indicate that this is the man I want, rather than the Adam Wolf, of York County, concerning whom you were kind enough to write me last August. 

I shall appreciate it if you can send me  whatever detailed information is given in the application of the former. 

Yours very truly,
Rufus  Richart


RR/M
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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 Adam Wolfe which require further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes. 

II. Did the declarant make he 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       
      of pension he is entitled?  No.

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 tsoany other 
       pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes. 

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes. 

XI. 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 an 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?
no clergyman but two citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No.
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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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? Yes
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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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 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 shewn 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.
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 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. 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 paper 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 certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Wolfe, Christian Private Hazen's Regiment
WARRANT NUMBER 13898
ACREAGE  100

ISSUED
September 23, 1789
to not shown-
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the Applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.