Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4245, Benjamin Humphrey, Va.
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(3-1776) Service Number
VA Humphrey, Benjamin W4245
or Humphreys
Elizabeth
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The Names of Children
Franca Humphrey was born December the. 5. Day - 1776
Lufsey Humphrey was born February the. 15. Day - 1778
Jhon Humphrey was born October the - 1.  Day - 1780
Margret Humphrey was born June the . 3 Day _ 1782
James Humphrey was born April the _ 14-Day _ 1783
Levi Humphrey was born December the-4 Day _ 1784
Mary Humphrey was born June the _ 4 Day _ 1786
Salley Humphrey was born February the _ 14 Day _ 1788
Betty Humphrey was born March the _ 6 Day _ 1790
Nancy Humphrey was born June the _ 24 Day _ 1791
Cate Humphrey was born September the 22 Day _ 1793
George Humphrey was born October the 23 Day _ 1795
Patsey Humphrey was born July the 4 day 1794
...
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[Top left quarter]
David Humphrey was born October 21 in the year 1802. Landon Deary Caty Humphrey 
Caty S [backward S] Song of Solomon 
Caty Humphrey

[Paper turned upside down]
Patsey Humphrey was
Born July 4th Day 1799.
               Humphre [Humphrey]
Fenetty ⌃ was born February the twenty first in the year of our lord 1809
Benjamin Humphrey was born June the 24 in the year Nintenine [Ninety-nine?]

[appears to be practice writing]
Caty
Benjamin George
Humphrey George
Benjamin Corbin Humphrey
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To Cleveland from 4th September 1837 - 1 March 1852
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5037
Ohio. Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Humphreys widow of Benjamin who died on the Oct 15 1832 of Perry Co. in the State of Ohio who was a pri & sgt in the Compy commanded by Captain Chapman of the Regt Commanded by Col Pendleton in the Virginia line for ~ 6 mo pri 3 mo Sgt

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 35 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4,, day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of July 1837 and Sent to James Hathaway
Charleton
Geauga Co.
Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d}
Recorded by H. R. Weightman Clerk;
Book D. Vol. 2. Page 401
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tate of Ohio,
Perry County ss. ⎬ On this 3d day of February A.D. 1848.
Before me Patrick McDonald an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally appeared Elizabeth Humphrey
aged about eighty nine years a resident of Harrison Township in the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn doth on her said Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 4th day of July 1836, granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary soldiers. That she is the widow of Benjamin Humphrey who was a Sergeant and private in the Revolutionary war in the Militia of Virginia, and served three tours of duty of three months each, that she was married to her said husband
in the month of October 1775, in Culpepper County in the State of Virginia, by a Clergyman whose name was Craig and that her maden name was Elizabeth Corbin, that her said husband died in Harrison Township aforesaid on the 15th day of October, 1832, aged about 77 years when he
died, that a short time before his decease he made an application for a pension, said application she understood
was put into the hands of John B. Orton Esqr of Somersett in said Perry County, who has since deceased, she understood that said application was not sent to the pension office, but she does not know what has become of it. That she has heard her husband relate his Revolutionary service
and the officers he served under she remembers of hearing him say that he served under the following named officers to wit;
Capt John Chapman, Capt William Duncan Capt Armistead Col Pendleton & Col Slaughter and that he knew and was acquainted with Alexander McQueen, when in the Revolutionary service said Queen's deposition her husband procured before his decease which she has retained in her
possession, said McQueen was a Revolutionary pensioner that her husbands service was all after her marriage to
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him and that she and her husband resided in Culpepper County Virginia, when he went into service, and that she had one child before his first tour of service. She well remembers of his
being called into service and of his going and serving three tours in the militia and of his being absent when in service about three month each time, and that the last service
was some time before the close of the war. That she has in her possession a record of the dates of the births of her children which was made by her husband in his own hand writing when they resided in Culpepper County, Virginia. And she believes that said record was commenced before the close of the Revolution. Said record is hereunto attached,
that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said husband and now remains a widow, and that she does not know of any record of the date of her marriage  and
that she and her said husband resided in Culpepper County until about 24 years ago when they removed to Ohio  but they did not keep house after they came, but lived with their children some time in Muskingum
Co & some time in Perry Co.  She refers to her proofs here unto annexed and prays that the pension due here may be granted.
Elizabeth Humphery (X) her mark
Mary Jane Hiles

Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year first above written. And I hereby certify from common report that the above deponent is a person of truth and veracity and from old age and bodily infirmity unable to attend Court.
P. McDonald
Associate Judge P.C.
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State of Ohio
Perry County ⎬ I Benjamin Humphrey aged
forty-eight years last June and a resident of Harrison Township in said County, being first
duly sworn, do on oath depose and say that I am a son of Benjamin & Elizabeth Humphrey, and that my said father died in said Harrison Township on the 15th day of October, A.D. 1832, and that my said mother now resides in Harrison Township aforesaid and remains a widow. That I have often heard my father & mother relate that they were married in Culpepper County in the State of Virginia near the commencement of the Revolutionary War
and that after the birth of their first child my father went into the Revolutionary service in the Virginia Militia and served three months and that he afterwards served two tours of three months each, making nine months in all.
That in the year 1832 my father made an application for a pension under the act of June 7th, 1832, which was not to my knowledge sent to the pension office, my father procured the Deposition of Alexander McQueen, a
revolutionary pensioner, said Deposition is now in my mother possession and I have no doubt but what it contains a true statement of my father's service. That the family record hereunto attached contains the date of the births of my father & mother's children. 
I have never known of any record of the date of the marriage of my father and mother.
Benjamin Humphrey (X) his mark

Sworn and subscribed before me the 3 rd of February AD 1848. And I hereby certify from common report that the above deponent is a person of truth and veracity.
P. McDonald
Associate Judge PC
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State of Ohio
Perry County 
I, Mary Glass, aged sixty-one years, a resident of Harrison Township in said County, being first duly sworn, do on oath depose and say
that I was well acquainted with Benjamin Humphrey, late of said Harrison Township, deceased, and that said Benjamin died in said Township October 15th, 1832, leaving Elizabeth, his widow him surviving, and that said Elizabeth now resides in said Harrison Township, County & State aforesaid, and remains the widow of said Benjamin. Said Benjamin was reputed and believed by his neighbors of being a Revolutionary soldier of which fact I have no doubt.
Mary Glass (X) her mark

Sworn and subscribed before me this 5th day of February A.D. 1848. And I hereby certify from common report that the above deponent is a person of truth and veracity.
P. Donald Associate Judge P.C.

The State of Ohio Perry County
I, James Culbertson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the above signed Patrick McDonald Esqr was at the time of signing, the same one of the associates
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid duly qualified and commissioned and that full faith and credit and due all his official acts in all Court of Law and Equity also, that the signature is given
Witness James Culbertson Clerk of
our said Court and the seal of
this 4th day of February AD 1840
James Culbertson Clerk
By Henry Miser
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Rev. and 1812 War Section.
November 8, 1934
Mrs. E. S. Carter,
1561 Kemp  B______
Wichita Falls, Tex.

Madam;
November 2, 1834.
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3203, it appears that Benjamin Humphrey or Humphreys, while residing in Culpeper County, Virginia, enlisted September 1, 1777, and served three months as a private in Captain John Chapman's Company, Colonel James Pendleton's Virginia Regiment.
He enlisted in April 1778 and served three months as Orderly Sergeant in Captains William Duncan and William Green's Company, Colonel James Slaughter's Virginia Regiment
.
He enlisted in March 1781 and served three months as a private in Captain Armstead White's Company, Colonel Slaughter's Virginia Regiment.
He died October 15, 1832, in Harrison Township, Perry
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County, Ohio, aged about seventy seven years.

Soldier married on October 1775 in Culpeper County, Virginia, Elizabeth Corbin, she was allowed pension on her application executed February 3, 1848, while a resident of Harrison Township, Ohio, aged eighty nine years.

Their children were-

Franca     born  December 5,    1776.
Lussey      "       February   15,   1778.
Jhon (?)    "       October      1,    1780.
Margret     "       June           3,    1782.
J????         "       April          14,    1783.
Levi            "       December 4,    1784.
May            "      June           4,     1786.
Salley         "       February  14,    1788.
Bety           "       March         6,    1790.
Nancy        "       June         24,    1791.
Cate           "      September 22,   1793.
George      "      October      23,   1795.
Patsey        "      July               4,    1797.
Benjamin   "       June           24,   1799.
David         "        October     21,   1802.
Fenetty      "       February    21,    1809.

The above noted Benjamin Humphrey, is the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bursau.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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✔️ No 7194
Elizabeth Humphreys
O
Let to James Hathaway
Sept 16 '48
Let same, June 22/50

Act 4 July 1836
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Additional Evidence in Case of
Mrs. Elizabeth Humphrey


James Hathaway
Chardon, Ohio

James E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, DC
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Chardon, Georgia Co. Ohio Agency
Elizabeth Humphreys widow of Benjamin
who was a private & Sergt
Virginia Militia
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Act July 4, 1836
6 mos. Private $20.00
3 mos.  Sergt.    15.00
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                        $35.00
To March 6, 1831
Named in 1778.
Now deceased Oct. 15. 1832


James Hathaway

Chardon, Georgia Co. Ohio
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[NOTE:  writing is very faint--transcription is best guess]

[?]
where Capt. Cork resided.  A [?] of the 
[?] to only [?] the decrease has
made, and the increase [?] be granted
until [?] of Record testimony
Capt Cork was a militia officer and [?]
[?]
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Mrs. Edward S. Carter
1501 Kemp Boulevard
Wichita Falls, Texas

[handwritten]
Oct. 21, 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
I desire, if possible, to prove my eligibility to membership in the D.A.R. through my great-great grandfather, Benjamin Humphry who served during the Revolution in a Virginia Regiment, I believe.

Could I obtain any information from your records in regard to him?  I shall of course expect to make remuneration for services received.
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[handwritten]

Thanking you for any information I may procure from your records,
I am

Yours very truly,
Mrs. Edward S. Carter

[round US Pension Office seal
 with date Oct 24, 1924 ]
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Revy Widow, &c.
File No. 4245 Eliz'th Humphreys 
Wid.
Benjamin Humpheys 
Sergt.VA, line
Act: July 4th/36 Sec, 3d
Index: Vol A, Page 355
[Arrangement of 1870]


1924 Nov 8 Histy to Mrs. E.S. 
Carter  awf.
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Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio
February 1st 1850.

Sir,

In your report under date of September 16th 1848, in the case of the pension application of Mrs. Elizabeth Humphrey of Perry Co, Ohio  who is the alleged widow of Benjamin Humphrey a Revolutionary Soldier in the line of Virginia, it is stated that it does not appear from the records on file in your office that Alexander McQueen who made affidavit of said Benjamin's  Revolutionary service has himself obtained a pension. I have lately discovered in the published Roll if the pensioners in the several Counties in Ohio, that Alexander M. Queens name appears as a private and Ensign (Virginia Militia) placed on the Roll October 8th 1833, [marked out: under act of] pension commenced March 4th 1831. pension per annum $173.33 it seems to me that by a further examination of the proofs in the case of Mrs. Humphrey, now on file in your office in connection with the statement of the said McQueen in his own application for a pension together with the Rolls in your office should there be any of said service will be deemed sufficient proof of the three tours of service of the Benjamin Humphrey. It will be noticed that Mrs. Humphrey states that all the service was after her marriage with said Benjamin and after her first child was born, Benjamin Humphrey states in his affidavit that he is aged forty eight years and a son of Benjamin & Elizabeth Humphrey here- later what he has heard his father relate of his said service all corroborating the applicants statements and agreeing in substance with the witness McQueen, the witness Mary Glass aged 61, goes to prove identity and
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and to show the date of the decase [decease] of said Benjamin and that he was reputed & believed to of been a Revolutionary Soldier and of that fact she had no doubt the credibility of all the witnesses duly certified to agreeable to the requirement of the Department.

Very Respectfully your most 
Obt Servant
James Hathaway

Hon J. S Edwards, Com of Pensions
Washington City
 DC
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Chardon Geauga Co Ohio
April 8th 1851.

Sir,

I here with transmit to your office proof made before the Court of Com please of Perry County in the pension Claim of Mrs. Elizabeth Humphrey where application and proof for a pension under the act of July 4th 1836 is now on file in your office, the herewith enclosed prooof is in accordance to the requirement in Mrs. Edwards report in this case under date of June 22nd 1851.

Very Respectfully your most Obt
Servant
James Hathaway

Hon Jas E Heath
Com of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Sept. 26, 1848
Elizabeth Humphreys



J. Hathaway

No ans. required


____ Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Chardon Geauga Co Ohio,
September 18th, 1848.

Sir
I forwarded to your office on or about the 10th of February last the pension application and proofs of Mrs. Elizabeth Humphrey of Perry Co Ohio and have not received any report upon said papers, at the same time of forwarded proofs in the case of Mr. Herman Chapman, and received your report in Mr. Chapman's case dated July 12th 1848.  Will you please inform in the regard to Mrs. Humphrey's claim to a pension.

Very Respectfully your most 
O.B.T Servant,
J. Hathaway
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No [crossed out 1356] 7194
Elizabeth Humphreys 
wid of Benjamin
O
act 4 July 1836 [written over: 1838]
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February 10th 1848
Sir I herewith present the application and proof of Mrs. Elizabeth Humphrey for a Revolutionary pension.
Very respectfully your 
most O.B.T. servant
James Hathaway
Chardon, Geauga Co. Ohio


Hon. J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, DC
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State of Ohio Perry County
Court of Common Pleas March Term 1857
At this term of said Court begun and hold on the nineteenth day of March AD 1857 satisfactory proof was made to the court in open session that Elizabeth Humphrey widow of Benjamin Humphrey dec'd now resides in Harrison Township in the County of Perry and State of Ohio and that said widow is an applicant for a Revolutionary pension and that her husband was reputed and believed to of [have] been a revolutionary soldier and that said Elizabeth now remains the widow of said Benjamin Humphrey.
Given under my hand and the seal of our said Court at Somerset this 19 day of March AD 1857. John Beckwith Clerk
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The State of Ohio Muskingum County of this day before me a Justice of the Peace for said County personally appeared Alexander McQueen who first being duly sworn according to law doth depose & said that he was acquainted with Benjamin Humphrey in Culpepper County Virginia; that about the first of September 1777 the said Benjamin Humphrey was called into the Service of the United States as a private
soldier of the 20th division of one of the district of Virginia Militia (Deponent does not recollect the number of the District but it was the same to which Deponent belonged), he said Humphries at that time served a tour of three months & returned to Culpepper County Va. at the same time that deponent returned
(Deponent had been drafted as an Ensign at the same time & for the same term of service.)
Humphries served in the company of Capt John Chapman - Regiment of Col. James Pendleton-

In April 1777 Deponent was again drafted for three months & recollects Benjamin Humphrey to have been an [crossing out] orderly Sergeant during the whole of said term in the company of Capt. William Duncan (The company was commanded part of the term by Capt Wm. Green) in the Regiment of Col James Samuel Slaughter- Humphries was discharged at
Handrishes & returned home in company with Deponent-

In March 1781 ponent was drafted for three months and at the same time the said Humphries was in the the service as a private in the company of Captain Armstead White Col. Slaughter's Regiment Va. Militia & said Humphries was relieved at the expiration of three months & returned to Culpepper County Va in company with deponent & the foregoing three tours of three months each are all that deponent recollects of the said Humphrie's service-

Humphries  is a man of good character for truth
veracity & now a resident of the Ohio
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some time in the County of Perry & sometimes
in the County of Muskingum Alexr Mc Queen Subscribed & sworn to before me this 20th day of September 1832 - And I certify from my own knowledge that the Deponent is a man of good character for truth & veracity, whose deposition I believe is entitled to full credit
Thomas Flood J P   [Seal]

The State of Ohio
Muskingum County,
I Anthony Wilkins, Clerk of the Court of
of Common Pleas within and for the said
County of Muskingum do hereby certify that the above named Thomas Flood was on the 20th, day of September, A.D. 1832, as acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, legally and authorized to act as such, and that his signature above written is genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand
and affix the seal of said Court, at Janesville
in said County this 4th day of February
A.D. 1848.
Anthony Wilkins
Clerk as aforesaid

Benj Humphrey 
[Underline]
Deposition of
Alexr Mc Queen 
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