Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16457, for Robert Lytle, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)

SERVICE Pennsylvania
Lytle, Robert
NUMBER S.16457
.carded
________________________
CONTENTS - blank
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OHIO  19.849
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Rober Lytle
of Hamilton in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Farbett if the Rgt. commanded by Col. Wall in the Penna. Line for 6 months.
                                 $20.
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Inscribed on the rolls of Ohio at the rate of 20 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sept 1833 and sent to J.M. Millikim, Hamilton, B Co. Ohio.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833              50.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Mar. '34    10.00
                                                               $60.00
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}


Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk
Book 6  Vol. 8  Page 15.

See letter 29 March 1836 to P. Agt.
Order to pay 25 Sept 1837.
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The State of Ohio
Butler County ss

Butler Common Pleas
October Term

    On this nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before (illegible) the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting in the County of Butler and State of Ohio Robert Lytle a resident of said county of Butler aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  
    That sometime in August of September in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy six in the county of Cumberland & State of Pennsylvania he volunteered in a company commended by Captain Thomas Tarbert in the regiment under Col.  Frederick Watt and marched to Trenton, Princeton, Brunswick and Amboy at which last place the army remained a few days when they were ordered to march to the relief of the forces on Long Island at which place they did not arrive in consequence of meeting a portion of troops retreating from said island at Bergen Town at which place he remained until he had served a tour of three months after which he was discharged.  That in seventeen hundred and seventy eight he again went out as a militiaman of the State of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Capt. McConnell in the Regt. then commanded by said Col. Watt where he was stationed at a place in Bucks County Pennsylvania called "Crooked Billet" where the forces were attacked by the British and near where about fifteen wounded Americans were burned to death by setting on fire a buck wheat field in which they laid.  That he remained in said county as a part of a force to prevent the carrying of provisions to the British Army then lying in Philadelphia until another term of two months had expired.  That in seventeen hundred and seventy nine at the time the Indians had attacked and captured Freeland's Fort on the west branch of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania he again volunteered under Col. Thos. Tarhertly when he was marched to said fort after which he was discharged (next page)
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That in seventeen hundred and eighty he again performed another tour in a regiment commanded by Col. Thos. Yorhert a part of which her served personally and the balance was performed by a substitute which deponent hired and paid for said service.

   Deponent further states that he received no regular certificate of his several discharge and that he had no documentary evidence of his service - that he has a regular record of his age by which it appears that he was born in Cumberland County Pennsylvania on the 28th day of Jue 1753 - that he resided in said state until eighteen hundred and thirty one, since which time he (illegible) resided upon his farm he now lives in this county he now lives on - Deponent states that he is well acquainted with Peter Lintner by whom he can prove a part of said service and with John Sutherland & by whom he can prove his reputation for truth and veracity.

   He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Rolls of any agency in any state.
                                             //s//
                                      Rbt. Lytle 
Sworn & subscribed in open
court the day & year aforesaid.
                           //s//
               John Reily  Clerk
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19,849
Robert Lytle
Ohio

Adm. 6 months
$20

John M. Millikin
Hamelton 
Butler Co.
Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Robert Lytle
County of Butler 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?  79.
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
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Period/Duration of Service/Rank/Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

Vol.  in 1776/2 months/Private/Capt Torbert, Col Watt.
Vo. in 1778/2 months/Private/Capt McDonnell Col Watt.
Vol. in 1779/2 months/not stated/Private/Col Torbert.
Vol. in 1780/hired a substitute/Private/Col. Torbert

5.  In what battle was he engaged?  None
6.   Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Cumberland Co., Pa.
7.  In his statement by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses.
8.  Are the defective as to form or authentication and if so, in what respect?  no clergyman & not attached.

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

                                                  //s//
                                          Charl. W. Forrest
                                           Examining Clerk.
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Revolutionary War Section.    Initials - AW

July 11, 1931.

Leonard Lytle,
408 Murphy Building,
155 congress Street, West
Detroit, Michigan

Sir:

In response to your letter of the 27" [illegible], you are advised that in the pension application of Robert Lytle, War of the Revolution, Survivor file No. 16,457, he stated under oath that "he was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, on the 28th. day of June 1753", no town, village, or township, given.

Very respectfully,

Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D.C., _________, 19 __.
S.F. 16.457

    In reply to your request of _____, received ____ for a statement of the military history of robert Lytle 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 the Bureau.
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Date of Enlistment or appointment/Length of service/rank/Officers under whom service was rendered/State

Aug/Sept 1776/2 months/Pvt/Captain Thomas Taihirt Colonel Frederick Watt/Penn.

(Aug/Sept) 1778/2 months/Pvt/Captain McConnell Colonel Frederick Watt/Penn.

(Aug/Sept) 1779/2 months/ - Colonel Thomas Tarbert/Penn.

(Aug/Sept) 1780/2 months/ - Colonel Thomas Tarbert/Penn.

Battles engaged in,  None stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Volunteered in Cumberland Co., Pa.
Date of application for pension, Oct 19, 1832. His (illegible) was at _____
Residence at date of application, Butler Co., Ohio
Age at date of application, born June 28, 1753, in Cumberland Co. Penna.
Remarks There is no data on file as to his family.

                                 Respectfully,
                                  
                                  Commissioner
6-2856
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LETTERHEAD
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408 Murphy Building.

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Main 6915.

LEONARD LYTLE
REAL ESTATE - HOMES - INVESTMENTS
DETROIT

Revolutionary War - handwritten initials MH

June 27, 1921

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Referring to your letter of June 7th which I recently received from you marked V.L.U.  S.F. 16457.  I wish to inquire if your records show the town, village or township in which Robert Lytle was born.  your letter states that he was born June 26, 1753 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.  At that time Cumberland County covered about 1/3 of the state.  I would like to get more definite information if it is possible todo so.

I would be greatly obliged to you for any further information that you could give me and thank you for your past kindness.

Your truly,

Leonard Lytle 

L-M.
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LETTERHEAD
408 MURPHY BUILDING
155 CONGRESS STREET WEST

Main 6915.

LEONARD LYTLE
REAL ESTATE - HOMES - INVESTMENTS
DETROIT

handwritten - Received NC

May 24, 1921.

Department of the interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly look over your records and let me know the military record of Robert Lytle to whom a pension was issued June 7th, 1832 and recorded in the Pension Office in book E, Vol. 8, page 15 by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk?

Thanking you for any assistance you can give me, I am

Yours truly,

Leonard Lytle

L-M.

RECEIPT STAMP - U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAY 26, 1921
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M 233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division

February 9, 1922      19__

Chief of Revolutionary War Sect5ion
Sir:
I have this day received from Leonard Lytle cash - $1.20 - requesting copy as per letter herewith.

Very respectfully,

O. J. RANDALL
Chief of Division.  Initialed OJR

Handwritten - Copies mailed February 20, 1922 and Law Division notified - AW
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(MF 42)
Date February 20, 1922

Name Robert Lytle  
No. S.16457
War - Revolutionary

Photographic copies wanted of 1 pieces, consisting of 4 pages.  

remarks:  please make two negative copies of each page.  
AE Wilson Exr. _____[illegible] Chief Record Division

Serial No. 6001                  .......... Law Clerk.
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February 8, 1922

Leonard Lytle
1135 North H Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D. C.

wants photos of 8 pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Robert Lytle, Pennsylvania Troops, S. File 16457. (not certified)
$1.20
CW
No receipt desired
[illegible] Law 2/8/22

RECEPT STAMPS:  U.S. PENSION OFFICE A FEBRUARY 8, 1922 and FINANCE DIVISION FEBRUARY 9, 1922 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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LEFTHAND PANEL
16.457
INVALID.
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File No. 16,457
Robert Lytle
Private Revolutionary War
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Act:  June 7th, 1832
Index:--Volume A, Page 231
[Arrangement of 1870]

RIGHTHAND PANEL
1921 June 7 history to Leonard Lytle
1921 July 11 L. Lytle addressed as to birthplace AW.
1922 February 20 Photos mailed to Leonard Lytle. AW
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Robert Lytle Ohio $20 7th June 1832
To what was last paid

Pension Office
25th September 1837

paid to the 4th September 1835 JH
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(Transcriber's note: an addressed envelope.)

                                               FREE

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

(Date stamp)
Cincinnati
     SEP
      19
        O



Sept 23
Mr Edwards
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Franklin Park of Cincinnati 18 Sept. 1837

Sir,

    The enclosed voucher of Robert Lyttle a pensioner under the Act of 7th June 1832 is for your examination, which, if found correct you will please return to this Agency with an order for payment.

    I am yours
very respectfully
//s//
John H. Groeshech P. Agy.
by R. W. Lawrence

J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Washington.
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Robert Lytle
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    I Peter Lintner of the county of Butler & State of Ohio do hereby certify that i have been acquainted with Robert Lytle who has signed & sworn to the foregoing declaration for upwards of fifty years - that I served with said Lytle in seventeen hundred and seventy eight in Capt McConnell's company stationed at or near "Crooked Billet" in Butler County Pennsylvania - that said Lytle has been always reputed and believed in Pennsylvania & Ohio to have been a soldier of the revolution & that I believe him to be of the age of seventy nine.
                                                  //s//
                                          Peter Lintner
Sworn & subscribed in
open court 9th October 1832
            //s//
   John Reily Clerk

    I John Southerland a resident of Butler County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Robert Lytle who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing declaration that I have known him for thirty years - that he is reputed to be a man of truth and veracity - that I believe him to (be) seventy nine years of age and that his statement that he was a soldier of the Revolution is entitled to entire credit.                                 //s//
                              John Southerland
Sworn & subscribed in open 
court 19th October 1832,
//s//
John Reily Clerk.

    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 that the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Peter Lintner and John Southerland who have signed the certificates are residents in the county of Butler and are credible (next Page)
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persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. I John Reily Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Butler aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Robert Lytle for a pension.

   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Hamilton this twentieth day of October, one thousand and eight hundred and thirty two.
                                               //s//
                                          John Reily

    Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Butler, Robert Lytle who being duly sworn deposith & saith that during the several periods or tours which he has sworn to in the foregoing deposition he served in the Army of the Revolution for period of more than six months & that he cannot remember with precision but is certain that he served that length of time.

                                              //s//
                                       Robert Lytle
Sworn to and Subscribed
before me this 3rd day of
 June AD 1833
                       //s//
            William Hunter JP

   I Francis Monfort (a clergyman) do hereby certify that I have known Robert Lytle (who made & swore to the within declaration) for upwards of ten years - that he is reputed in his neighborhood to be a man of truth and veracity and that I believe his statements are entitled to credit.                    //s//
                                      Francis Monfort
Sworn to & subscribed before me
this twelfth day of June 1833.
                    //s//
             William Hunter J.P.

The state of Ohio Butler County ss  I John Reily
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Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Butler aforesaid certify that William Hunter Esquire before whom the depositions herein before the (illegible) of Robert Lytle and Francis Monfort were taken on the third and twelfth days of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and whose names thereunto subscribed was at the time of taking Clerk of a Justice duly assigned to (illegible) the peace within the said county of Butler (illegible) testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal Hamilton this twenty second day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. 
                                                 //s//
                                       John Reily
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51 12-5-41 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
NAME Lytle, Thomas
 GRADE Dragoon
LINE Pennsylvania 
WARRANT NUMBER 9836
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED November 26, 1793 to Francis Kirkpatrick, assignee

 _____also, B.L. Wt. 80-60-55

 *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.