Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17228, Joseph Hughes, Md. Va.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Md
Va.
Hughes, Joseph
NUMBER
S.17228
carded
CONTENTS
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D Feb. 9. 1836 ab
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Missouri   20.284
Joseph Hughes
of Howard Co. in the State of Mo who was a Pri
in the Company commanded
by Captain Crisop of the Reg commanded
by Col Bowman in the Penn Line for Militia
Virginia
8 Mo 7 to $27.43 1/2
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Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 27 Dollars 43 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of April 1832 and sent to 1824 J.H. Birch Fayette Hou 
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 34 
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 13
$82.30
 13.711/2
$96.01
{ Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.       }
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk
Book E Vol. 8 Age 82
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Joseph Hughes
24597
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service under Captain Henry Prather, who
was then under the command of Col (or
Gal) Geo Rogers Clarke, at Harrods Station
and commenced another campaign against
the Indians. The Command proceeded
to the Falls of the Ohio, where it formed
punction with the rest of Genl Clarke
Command - thence proceeded up the
Ohio river to the month of Licking opposite Cincinnati, where they had an encounter
with the Shounce and Delaware
Indians, in which, being too weak for the
Indians, they lost between twenty five and
this of their war-- and returned to Hart
rods station which they reached in the
fall, having been absent between seven
and Eight weeks.
He then compute the aggregate
of his actual service at between Eight
and nine months-- though during the
entire period embraced in the foregoing
narrative, he was held subject to
duty and to be marched at a moments
warning. He has no documentary evidence
concerning these services, and knows of no
person whose testimony he can provide,
who can testify to it. He states that he
was born in Baltimore County, Maryland,
on the 20th day of September 1752 - but that
he has no record of his age, that when he
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was called into service he resided near Red
Stone Pennsylvania _ that since the Revolutionary War, he resided for several
years at Harrods station, afterwards
for several years in Fayette (unreadable) County Kentucky) - and since that time, and at present, in Howard County Milson. He states that he never received a discharge, having never demanded it __ that in his  present neighborhood he is known, amongst others to Jene Kingsbury & Thos Frestoe who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services aforesaid.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll  of the agency of any State in the Union
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid
Joseph Hughes     his mark

Gray Bynum Clerk
We, the Trustee,
a Clergyman residing in the County of Howard, Missouri, and Jene Kingsbury residing in the same County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Hughes, who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be between eight and Eighty one years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides
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to have been a soldier of the Revolution
and that we concur in that opinion.
Thomas Fristoe
Jene Kingsbury
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
Gray Bynum 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 the Court further certifies, that
it appears to them that Thos Fristoe
who has signed the proceeding certificate
resident in the County of Howard a Clergyman and that Jene  Kingsbury 
who has also signed the same is a
resident in the County of Howard and
is a credible person, and that their
statement is entitled to Credit
David Todd
Judge
I Gray Byram, Clerk of the Court
Court of Howard County in the 1st
Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Hughes for a pension 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office, this 11th day of February, Eighteen hundred and thirty three
Gray Byrum Clerk
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State of Missouri 
County of Howard, set
On this Eleventh day of February,
1833, personally appeared in Open Court, before the Judge of the first Judicial Circuit of
the State of Missouri now sitting Joseph Hughes resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged between eighty and eighty one 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers, and
served as herein stated: On the 10th day
of June 1774, he enrolled himself as a volunteer at Red Stone, in the State of Pennsylvania , under Captain Michael Crissop.
(who was under a Major McDonald, and in
mediately commenced a campaign against
the North Western Indians, a body of whom
after several days march, they encountered
at Wapatomaca, on the river Scioto, in
the present State of Ohio. In this engagement some lives were lost on both sides after which he returned with Captain Crissop and his command to the settlements where the company was disbanded, having been
absent about five weeks. He went Shortly afterwards to Red Stone (which was place of general rendezvous for the pur
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pose of obtaining a discharge, but seeing
many of his old comrades again going
against the Indians, he joined them and was
absent in the same description of service
as in the first campaign mentioned, but
without any thing material occurring for
the space of about ten weeks. About
this time a treaty was concluded with the
Indians and hostilities measurably
ceased until the summer of 1779, when
he again entered the service under Captain
Henry Prather of Col. Bowman's Regiment
at Harrods Station in Kentucky and went under
his command against the Indians who had
much annoyed the settlement of Kentucky
We came up with them at Old Chillicothe,
in the present State of Ohio, but they were
too strong and too well fortified to enable
us to dislodge them. The command of Cap
Prather consequently commenced a return
march, but had not proceeded more than
twenty miles homeward, before they
was attacked by a body of Indians (notably from Chillicothe, but the engagement
terminated with the loss of only one
man killed on each side-- and the command of Captain Prather returned without any thing occurring  -  being absent about three months.
On the 8th of July 1780, he again entered the
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24597
Joseph Hughes 
Missouri
Adm 8 Mos & 7 Days 
J. H. Birch
Fayette
Howard County
Missouri

Gray Bynum Clk
Court Howard County
Fayette Missouri

The Commissioner of Pensions will discover by the enclosed that the proceedings of Mr Hughes, for a Pension have been amended and authenticated according to his suggestion
. It would have been done during the winter
but from the age & infirmity of the applicant, and the distance of his residence from Town
Fayette, Ho Co, Mo.
Respectfully
3 April, 1834.
J. H. Birch, for
Jos Hughes

N.B. If Mr Edward will send the certificate envelope my case, it may thereby reach the old man much earlier than if directed singly to himself    J.H,B.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
8th May 1833
Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined , and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus, }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A STATEMENT, showing the Service of Joseph Hughes County of Howard, Missouri
Period when the service was rendered. 
1774
again
1779
1780
Duration of Claimants service 
about 3 weeks, about 10 days, between 7-8 weeks 
Rank of the Claimant
(none given on form)
Names and rand of the Field officers under whom he served. 
Captain Crisop, M McDonald, Captain Prather, Col Bowman, Capt Prather, Col Clark
Age at person and place of abode when he entered the service 
81 years, Red Stone Pennsylvania 
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary Evidence
Papers not authenticated

I am respectfully, 
Your Obedient Servant,
J. L. Edwards 
Commisioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1.
The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of  of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of
County of
On this ___ day of ____
A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of of and State, Territory or District 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 he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the (e) regiment of the (Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted
and C. D. residing in (the same) who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. And then will follow the certificate of the Court. 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 the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of do by certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the action of
for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
office, has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
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The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter-
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will 
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
that the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled
loss of memory, state precisely hot where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear to his
service; but, according to the best of his
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
for such service I claim a pension."
directs the pension in the said according to the period to which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
and all the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months
in the militia, &c. without specify the fore they
served two years
It must, in every respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant
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
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no papers with public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which most
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
where the name of the applicant is not found on the economic Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's 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 
the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
not fil applies to continental troops only.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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September 20, 1932
BA-J/AWF
Joseph Hughes
S. 17288

Mr. Len Young Smith
10 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Joseph Hughes, a solider of the War of the Revolution.
The date furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.17228, based jupon the Revolutionary War service of Joseph Hughes. 
He was born September 30, 1752 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
While residing near Red Stone, Pennsylvania, he volunteered and served in Captain Michael Cresap's company and under Major McDonald, and went in an expedition against the Northwest Indians and had an engagement at Wapatomaca on the Scioto River, length of service five weeks.  Shortly afterwards was in a similar campaign, officers names not give and served ten weeks.  He enlisted in the summer of 1779 at Harrods Station, Kentucky and served in Captain Henry Prather's Company in Colonel Bowman's Virginia Regiment, was in the skirmish near Chillicothe, length of service three months.  He enlisted July 8, 1780 served in Captain Henry Prather's company in General George Rodgers Clark's Expedition, marched to the Falls of the Ohio, thence to the mouth of the Licking River, had an engagement with the Shawnee and Delaware Indians, length of service between seven and eight weeks. All of his service was as a private. 
After the Revolution he lived at Harrods Station, Kentucky and in Fayette (later Jessamine) County, Ken-
(written on the side of the paper)
I did not give the die date of evl. first service as it was before the Rev. and he was pen for 8 (illegible) service- which would include his first 2 enlistments
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tucky, and thence to Howard County, Missouri.
Joseph Hughes was allowed pension on his application executed February 11, 1833, then a resident of Howard County, Missouri.
He died February 9, 1836.
There are no data in this claim relative to his family. 
In order to obtain the name and address of the person to whom the last payment of his pension was sent; you shou8ld address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington D.C., citing all of the following data-
Joseph Hughes
Certificate number 26284
Issued April 28, 1834
Rate $27.43
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Missouri Agency.

Very truly Yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant Administrator
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P  17228
INVALID.
File No. 17.228 
Joseph Hughes 
Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7” 32
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 436 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

[Note written at right angles]
1932 - Sept 20- liest to Len Young Smith [?]
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CHURCH, TRAXLER & KENNEDY
LAWYERS
10 SOUTH LASALLE STREET
CHICAGO
TELEPHONE CENTRAL 5758
RALPH E. CHURCH
DEAN LAKE TRAXLER
MILLARD B. KENNEDY
LEN YOUNG SMITH
September 6, 1932
Bureau of Pensioners,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
.
Will you kindly forward me a certificate
of service of Joseph Hughes, who enlisted in Capt. Alexander Parker's Company of Foot , Virginia Battalion.

Joseph Hughes was born September 22, 1753 and died at New Franklin, Howard County, Missouri, on February 7, 1837. If his widow, Sarah Swan Hughes, received a pension, I would also like a certified copy or certificate of her application therefor.
Very truly yours,
Lew Young Smith

LYS:LL
 [date stamp]
Sep 8, 1932
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State of Missouri, County of Howard: In the 
Howard Circuit Court, March Term, March 29, 
1834, before the Honorable David Todd, Judge of 
said Court, personally appeared in open Court Joseph 
Hughes (the same whose original application for 
a pension was made before this Court on the 11th day 
of February 1833, 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 Eight months and one week I served 
as a private soldier; and for such service 
I claim a pension. 
Joseph Hughes his [handwritten] X mark 
The foregoing was Sworn to and Subscribed in 
Open Court on the 29th day of March 1834 
and the said Court declares its opinion that 
the above named applicant and affiant 
was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he 
States.
David Todd
┃ Gray Bynum, Clerk of the Circuit Court 
of Howard County, do hereby certify that the foregoing 
contains the original proceedings of the said
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Court, in the matter of the amended application 
of Joseph Hughes for a pension 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal of 
Office this 29th day of March 
Eighteen hundred & thirty four 
Gray Bynum Clerk