Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,965, John Grove, Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
CONTENTS
Grove, John
NUMBER
S. 37,965
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4,067
Virginia Roll-
John Grove
Capt [Captain] Grubb 4
Private
Pennsylvania line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of October 18 and sent to Robert White Judge Winchester Va

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 4mos & 10/30 34:66
Semi-anl. all'ce [annual allowance] ending 4 March 1819. 48:
Continued $82:66

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
1 Year
Frederick Cty [County] 

D Grove Feby 3 1857
2

Date of Death no on Agency Bk

[illegible] sent July 10 1820
[illegible]
Winchester Virginia
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Rob White Judge
Winchester Va [Virginia]
The Hon. Secretary of War
Washington D C
Admitted
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District and State Virginia Frederick County
On this the 25th day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber sole and presiding Judge of the Superior Court of law for the said county of Frederick in the State of Virginia personally appears John Grove aged sixty two years Resident in the said County & said District and State who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" that he the said John Grove enlisted in April 1776 in the State of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Capt Peter Grubb & attached to 
Col Broadheads Regiment of the Pensilvania [Pennsylvania] line of continental establishment and that he contined [continued] in the service one year and nine months, and was at the Battles of Long island, white plains, Brandy wine, & Germantown at the last place he received a wound in the hip, and that he was discharged at the Valley Forge. by Col Walter Stewart & Capt [Captain] Clark
that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence of his services except the affidavits hereunto annexed.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Robt White
Frederick Cty [County] [illegible] to wit
Made oath before me the Subscriber Judge of the [General Court of Va crossed out] Superior Court of law for the County of Frederick in the State of Virginia Daniel Hartman, William Phillips and John Reed, and that they have been acquainted with John Grove, the above mention applicant for upward of thirteen years, during all which time he has born the Charter [character] of an honest and truthful man
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man and worthy of full credit on his oath and the said John Reed further made oath that he has known the said applicant for upward of thirty years, and before they left Pensilvania, [Pennsylvania], and that he always understood in the town, in which they were both brought up that he the said applicant, had served in the revolutionary war-
Sworn to before me the day and year aforesaid
Robt White
I Robert White Judge &c as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Grove did serve in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, as stated in the preceding declaration and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
Robt. White
Virginia: tenth Judicial Circuit, Frederick County to wit: I Robert B. White Clerk of the Superior Court of law for the County of Frederick, do hereby certify that Robert White whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavits, and certificate is sole and presiding Judge of the said Superior Court 
In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and annexed my private seal (there being no public seal of office this 15th of May 1818
Robert B. White [seal surrounded by squiggles]
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Frederick County Hon and District of Virginia ss

Further Robert White Judge and as aforesaid do Henrey certify that as appears to my satisfaction from the testimony of a witness this day as amened before me that the aforesaid John Grove is a poor man in reduced illegible and day (two words lined through) hand in need of the and of his country for a support, and from my own knowledge and observation further certify that he is now and has been for some years, by reason of a pain and illegible in the hip in which he was wounded, that it is not without great difficult he can walk fifty yards at a time, but whether this proceeds from a (two words are illegible, please refer to original document for possible clarification) or is occassioned by his wound I do not know. In testimony of all within than hereto (six words have been lined through) subscribed my name above the seal of the said County of Frederick this 18th day of Oct 1818
Robert White
Seal is a Sun and the words are no longer legible
Illegible:
Jakeith CH
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Oath and Declaration
of
John Grove
(4067)
March 1819

Sent to
Samuel Bent, Esqr
Winchester Va.
July 10.1820
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Atn Court held for the corporation of Winchester the 30th day of June 1820
Preparation of Winchester to wit:

On this 30th day June, 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said Corporation John Grove aged sixty four years the eighth day of Last March, resident in said Corporation, who being first duly from according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary War as follows, to wit; that he enlisted in the month of April 1776, in Lancaster County, and State of Pennsylvania under Captain Peter Cropp, and was attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Walter Stewart, of the Pennsylvania line, and continued in service one year and nine months, at the expiration of which period he was discharged at Valley Forge, that during his continuance in service he was engaged in the battle of Long Island, the battle of the White Plains, the battle of Brandywine, and the battle of Germantown, in which last battle he was severely wounded in the hip; that his original declaration under the act of the 18th of March 1818, was made to the Hon. Robert White, Judge of the 10th  Judicial Circuit of Virginia on the 25th day of April 1818, as well as he recollects, that being the date from which his pension commenced, which pension he received under said act, the certificate of which is dated the 30th day of October 1818 and numbered 4067. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen fo the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof  without at thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of he United States, in he revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due me; nor have I any home or property whatsoever, real or personal, my necessary clothing excepted. I am by occupation do journey work, and am moreover unable to perform much work in consequence of my age, pains,  and infirmities I have no family whatsoever.
Signed, John Grove
Sworn and declared this 30th day of June 1820, before me, Obed Waite Mayor the Said Corporation
Obed Waite Mayor

I Lemuel Bent of the Court of the Corporation
of Winchester, in Virginia, do hereby
certify that the foregoing oath and declaration are truly copied from the records of the Said Court
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 30th day of June 1820.
Lem Bent Clerk of the Court
Of the Corporation of Winchester
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Johnstown [illegible] County Ohio Sec [illegible]
Dear sir I received yours of the
and was glad of the information you
gave me respection my fathers pention
you wanted to now whear and when father
and mother was married in Pensylvania
and I think in the town of Connay away 
but the County I dont now he had the papers
made out in Fredrick County of Verby
Esquire Raney I think that they was a
about the year of thunder & 22 and he died
Card about the first in the year of 1827
Father died in the year 1822 in October in
the state of Ohio in the County of Sel
can and he listed between Lancaster
and Balmoral at 3 per day for
during the war and when peace was dela
and started home he received 20 dollars
continue lane which is all he got
for all his reverses during the war I think that
Esquire Roney was call at the time
he was in the war I have writen to
ered places and when I get wit argue
will let you know all that I find
will about it I want you to write to
mediatley and give me all the
information I want you to search the
record, and if you can find out any
more I will satisfy you well for
and you will oblige me Steve & Graves
lived your letter to Johnstown Licking
County Ohio I still remain your friend
Son
Graves the
antinoffe Commissioner
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March 9, 1933
BA-J/MLB  Our

Mr. Bernard E. Hunter
827 Railway Exchange Building
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Sir:

     Reference is made to your letter of February 11, 1932, relative to John Grove, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

     The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 37965, based upon the military service of John Grove, in the Revolutionary War.

     John Grove enlisted in April, 1776, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, served as a private in Captain Peter Grubb's company, Colonel Brodhead's Pennsylvania regiment, and in Captain Clark's company, Colonel Walter Stewart's Pennsylvania regiment, was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine and Germantown, in the last of which he received a severe wound in the hip, and was discharged at Valley Forge, having served one year and nine months. 

     He was allowed pension on his application executed April 25, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Frederick County, Virginia, aged sixty-two years.

     In 1820 soldier was living in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, and stated that he was by occupation a clock and watch maker and that he had "no family whatsoever".

     There is a letter on file in this claim for pension which is dated December 31, 1856, in which one Steven D. Groves, of Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio, made inquiry in regard to the pension of his father, but in that letter he did not state the name of his father or mother.  He stated that he thought they were married in "Connagawaga", Pennsylvania, but the papers were  (end of page)
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made out in Frederick County, Virginia; that they were married about the year 1772 (could be read 1782, not clearly written); he stated that his father enlisted between Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore, Maryland "for the war" and when peace was declared he came home; that his father died in March, about the first, 1827, that his mother died in October, 1842, in Delaware County, Ohio.

     In an office letter , in reply to a letter from said Steven D. Groves, his father was referred to as John Grove.

     There is no way to determine whether or not the soldier, John Grove, S. 37965, whose record is given in this letter, was the father of Steven D. Groves, or the soldier referred to in the letter of said Steven.


Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administator


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[this is the backside of a letter. The ink has soaked through the page and everything that is visible here is actually the wording written on the opposite side of the page. The words are backwords on this side. The only readable text on this page is from a stamp listed below]

PENSION OFFICE
A
NOV
16
1904
U.S.
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Rantoul Ill Nov. 14th 1904
Mr. Ware
Dear Sir
Quite a while
back. I asked you about the
Military history of John Grove
you gave me it in part. I
write to ask if you cannot
give me some further information
I wish to know. when his pension
ceased and did it go to his
Widow. if he had one. or to his
Children if any, or to whom
did it go as his heir or was
there no claimant?
If a widow was his heir
please give me her name, and
all the information in regard
to her that the office will be
able to give, I am very
anxious to know more about
Mr John Grove, as I firmly
believe I am a lineal decendant
of his. To assist you in
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looking this matter up I send some data that was on the paper you so kindy sent me
O. W. and N. Division
J.R.W.
# 37965 Inv.
Rev. War.

[A rectangular stamp to the right]
U.S.P.B. [one letter in each corner]
OLD WAR & NAVY FILES
NOV 17 1904

Date of Enlistment     Apr 1776
Length of service       1 yr 9 mos
Rank                           Pvt

officer under whom Service was [illegible]
   CPT Peter Grubb
   Col Brodhead
State                             Pa 

Date of application for Pension        Apr 25, 1818
Residence at date of application    Fredrick Co. Va
Age at date of application                62 years

His claim was allowed
Would you please give this your earliest attention
I remain yours truly
Mrs J L. Hardesty
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OLD WAR

OLD WAR
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[Pre-printed stationary]

J. C. Weir

THE RANTOUL WEEKLY PR [cut off]
WEIR & HARDESTY, Publishers and Proprietor
Recognized Advertising Medium.  -  Artistic Job Printing

Rantoul, Ill., Sept 19 [cut off, 1903 written below]

Chief Clerk Pension Office
Washington D.C.

I desire to know if any of the following parties were on the pay roll of the revolutionary soldiers.  Will you kindly oblige me by looking the matter up.  

Abraham Keller, resided at Hanover, Penn, Martin Grove, son of John Grove, Martin Grove resided at Middleton Md., or John Frederick Stemble, resided at Little York, York Co. Penn - Kronimiller, John Graham, Hancock Co Ohio

Braueher - (name probably Frederick) of Highland Co. Kentucky. 

Yours Truly
Maud Keller Hardesty
Mrs J. L. Hardesty.

[A round stamp in the upper left hand corner]
Chief Clerk, Bureau of [remainder & date illegible]

[A rectangular stamp]
U.S.P.B. [one letter per corner]
OLD WAR & NAVY FILES
Sep 12 1903 

11077      10201
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37965
Revy INVALID
___________________
File No. 937,65
John Grove
Prv Rev War
__________________
Act: 18th March 18
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 203
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct. 3 - 1903- His|
Mr. J.L. Hardesty
Rantoul Ill
__________________
Nov. 28, 1904 Letter to above
___________________________
1932 Mar. 9-- Hist to Bernard
E Hunter - MLB.
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807
Rex 1812
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
General Office, PITTSBURGH, PA.
___________________________
827 RAILWAY EXCHANGE BLDG.
Chicago, February 11, 1932,

C. D. FOLTZ
WESTERN MANAGER
A. K. HOHMYER
ASST. WESTERN MANAGER

Director of Pensions,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-

As I desire to become a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, I shall appreciate it if
you will advise me regarding your records on the following person who was my great great great grandfather:
John Grove,
Private, Pennsylvania Line, Oct. 30, 1818,
Frederick Co., Va.,
Age 78,
Shown in Penn. Archives 3rd series,
BEHILKB
Volume 23, Page 549.

Yours very truly,
Bernard E. Hunter
BEH:LKB

[Date-Time Stamp]
RECEIVED
FEB 12 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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ISC
137965: Rev. War.    Nov. 28, 1904.

Madam:
In reply to your recent inquiry, you are advised that the,only information in addition to that already furnished you, concerning John Grove, is found in his affidavit executed June 30, 1820, in which he states, "I am by occupation
a clock and watch maker, and have no family whatever."

The date of his death is not shown.

For date of last payment of pension, apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, citing the following data: "Certificate number 4067, issued October 30, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Virginia Agency."
Very respectfully,

Commissioner,

Mrs. J. L. Hardesty,
Rantoul, Illinois.
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S. D. Groves
Feby 3 1857
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Pension Office
February 3, 1857

Sir

John Grove of Frederick County Virginia was pensioner at the rate of $96 a year under the Acts of 1818 & 1820 and continued to receive his stipend to his death. 

If he was your father and if he left a widow, who was married to him as you state and lived to 1842, you and any other children of her will be
entitled to arrears of pension on her right.
I enclose a form for a declaration.

P.D. Groves Esq
Johnstown
Licking Co
Ohio
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Stephen D. Grove
Dec 2/56
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Pension Office
Dec 23 1856
Sir
I cannot give you a satisfactory answer to your
letter in relation to the end of a supposed claim for pension in light of your father John Groves until I am informed when, where under what officers and how long he served, when he died, whether he left a widow, if so, when he was married to her and when she died-
I do not find that he ever applied for a pension or that any one has applied in his right-- A John Grove of Frederick Co Va was pensioned under the Act of 1818, but not in teamster service.

Stephen D Grove Esq
Johnston
Licking Co
Ohio