Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31151, John Huey, Penn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE

Penn.
Huey, John

NUMBER
S.31151
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Contents

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25420
Kentucky
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John Huey
of Caldwell in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the com commanded
by Captain Schonover of the right commanded
by Col. Stroud in the Pennsylvania
line for 11 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Janury 1833 and Thomas Haynes [Quince?]
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 9/by
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833
110.00
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{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act of June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7  Page 21

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Certificate sent back for correction and new one opened to John Huey instead of Heuy has been sent to Hon C Lyon HR 7th March 1834

Date of death Nat in AB [written in pencil]
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No 20960
John Hughes  Caldwell County
Kentucky

Return
from 1776 [5] private
11 months.
$36.66
~
100.

Thomas Haynes - Princeton Kentuckky

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BRIEF in the case of John Hughes
County of Caldwell in the State of Kentucky
(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? [no answer]
3.  How old is he:  77.
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
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Period.  Vol. Drafted In 1775 1776-
Duration of Service.  Years, 3  Months 2  Days.
Rank.  As a Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt. Schoonover
Col. Stroud
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5.  In what battles was he engaged:  Skirmishes with the Indians
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northampton Co Pa
7.  In 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?  Correct

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.
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State of Kentucky, Caldwell County SS:
On this 18th day of November 1833, personally appeared in open Court before James C. Weller James A. Cartwright and William Lander justices of the county court of said county, now sitting, John Huey resident of said county and State, 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832: That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and Served as herein Stated: That on or about the 1st day of July 1776, in the County of Northampton, State of Pennsylvania he was drafted in the militia of that State for a tour of [underlined] two months against the Brittish[sic] in New Jersey. Four were drafted out of my company- and we marched to Amboy under Captain Schoonover(Benja.) and Lieutenant [name struck out, written above:] not recollected. On our arrival at Amboy, we were placed on the regiment commanded by a colonel whose name I have forgotten. The Brittish[sic] at the time were stationed in Staten Island, and for some days firing was continued across the river. Our regiment, with other militia was stationed to guard the town of Amboy, as the enemy was expected to attack the place. During our stay at Amboy, the battle of Long Island was fought and fort[sic] Washington was taken by the enemy. The regiment to which I belonged was not at Long Island, having been ordered to remain at Amboy to guard the place against an attack. After serving the two months for which I was drafted I was regularly discharged about the first of September 1776 together with the balance of the Pennsylvania militia. From this time to 1778 there was no further call for troops from Northampton County. In June 1777 the massacre at Wyoming had created considerable alarm in that part of Pennsylvania, and early in 1778 I moved to Stroud’s fort where the most of the militia of the country and inhabitants had collected for defence[sic] and protection. The militia were organized under the command of Colonel Strode and performed various tours against the Indians. In the month of July 1778 I volunteered under the same Captain Schoonover & Lt. ?Tish, from this fort, in our expedition against the Delaware; and Shawnee on the frontiers. Col. Strode had the command in this expedition which was for the term of [underlined] six months, and which was fully performed, and we were discharged on Christmas day following. During this time the Indians were exceedingly troublesome on the frontiers, and the troops under Strode were all the time actively engaged in Scouting and guarding the Country against them. In the month of May 1779 I was appointed a spy by Colonel Strode, and Continued to perform that office for the term of
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three months. I will not pretend or enumerate the duties and hardships and dangers I encountered while acting as a spy--they were many and peril.  and after this I remained in the fort under Stroud and Schoonover, but performing no particular service as the danger had nearly ceased, until January 1780 when moved to a fort on the Susquehanna, at a place called Wyoming, where I performed several short  tours of duty, but they are not worth mentioning. This is the [bain?] and substance of my service.  I will mention, that just before the battle of Long Island, there was a general review of the troops at Amboy, by the general officers, and the day before the battle two companies of light infantry were ordered from Amboy to Long Island.

I declare that I have no documentary evidence now in my possession which would prove my service, having long since lost my discharge, and I do not know of any person now living with whom I served and who could prove my service, which was as a private soldier.

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State or Territory whatever.

And the said court propounded to the said Huey the following interrogatories as prescribed by the War Department to which he made the subjoined memories:
Question 1.  Where and in what year were you born?
Answer.  I was born in the County of Newcastle, Delaware, on the 14th day of October 1754.
Question 2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer.  I have, in a family Bible at home.
Question 3.  Where were you living when called into service, where have lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer.  I was living in Northampton County, Pennsylvania when I was called into service--after the War I moved into North Carolina and lived there several years; then to the State of Indiana, then to this County, where I have lived for the last 19 years.
Question 4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answer.  I was drafted in the expedition to Amboy, but was a volunteer in all the rest of my service.
Question 5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental & militia Regts that you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer.  Being stationed at Amboy in my first expedition, amongst militia, while the regular troops were toward Long Island, I did not become acquainted with any regular officers, except some general officers, and those principally from having them talked off.  My other service was amongst militia and on the frontier where no military served.
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Question 6.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. I received written discharges from Capt. Schoonover for all my service except as a spy, and that was given me by Col Stroud.
Question 7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer.  Rev. John Barnett, Eli Nichols, James A Cartright Esq, James Perry, Malichi A. Pickering, Wm. King, James Glass, Nathaniel Rochester, Peter Watterfield and Caden Mitchell and others are my neighbours all of whom would testify so much for me.

John Huey [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid.

We John Barnett a clergyman, residing in the County of Caldwell and State of Kentucky and James Cook and Wm G Dellingham residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Huey who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is reported and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
John Barnett
James Cook
Wm. G Dellingham [signatures]

Sworn to and subscribed the
day & year aforesaid.
Att ch. B. Dallam DC

And the said court hereby declare their opinion, after investigating 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 John Barnett who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said County of Caldwell, and that James Cook and Wm G Dillingham who have also signed the same, are residents of the same county and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

James C. Wallers
James A Cartright
Will Sander [signatures]
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I Nathan S. Dallam, clerk of the county court for the County of Caldwell & State of Kentucky aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of this said Court in the matter of the application of John Huey for a pension.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set
my hand and seal of office, the
18th day of November 1833.

N. W. Dallam, Clk [signature]
[seal]
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May 13, 1959

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Honorable W. A. Pittenger
Room 244, House Office Building
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Pittenger:

Reference is made to your letter in behalf of Mr. Joseph T. Hughey, of Bovey (Box 187), [corrected in pencil] Minnesota, with which you enclosed copy of a report from the War Department in regard to John Huey, Revolutionary War soldier;

[inserted and penciled above:  See remarks on War Dept record ret. to Hon N.A. P. on copy of this carbon which is impending [or ink pen] P22324 of John Hughey] 

Joseph Huey, War of 1812 soldier; Joseph Huey, Civil War soldier, and John Kirk Hughey who, according to that report, served to January 1895, all these of Pennsylvania.  It is assumed that your request in behalf of Mr. Hughey was confined to the Revolutionary War record because of the statement in last paragraph of War Department report, that Revolutionary War information might be obtained from the Veterans Administration.

The Revolutionary War records have been found of a John Huey and a John Hughey, both of Pennsylvania.  Their records are furnished you herewith.

The War of 1812 records have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon service in that war of a Joseph Huey of Pennsylvania, nor record of issuance of a bounty land warrant based upon service of a Joseph Huey of Pennsylvania.  Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data furnished by the Veterans Administration.

In regard to the John Kirk Hughey, no claim for pension has been found based upon service of a soldier with that full name, covering the period from the Revolutionary War to 1895.  Of course, he may have used only the given  name John, in which instance, more information would be necessary in order to identify any particular record of a John Hughey subsequent to the War of 1812.  The surname has been searched under all spellings - Hewey, Hughey, Huey, etc.

The copy of the War Department report which you enclosed is returned herewith, as requested.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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House of Reps
     Washington   March 4th 1834
J L Edwards Esqr
     Sir

     By refferences[sic] to the original Declaration, on which the within certificate issued, you will find it aught[sic] to have been John [underlined] Huhey or [underlined] Hewey instead of John Hughes. please have the mistake Corrected,
     am much obliged
         your ob Servt
              Chilttn [Chittenden] Lyon
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20.960
John Huey
Kentucky.
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blank [not sure of word--very blurry] should be filed
[initials]

Thos Haynes
Princeton.
Ken.
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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 John Hughey which require further proof or explanation.

1.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
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?
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 amount of pension he is entitled?    No
VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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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?
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
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?
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason by 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 be in every case be clearly shewn [sic] 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.
[pointed finger]  In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officers, 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.

[handwritten] The blanks in the certificate of service and in the certificate of the court should be filled up.
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Payments to be made
at Lexington
by Prest of WB Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners 
in the Agency of King

Recorded in the Pension
Office in Book E Vol 7
Page 21 by Dan Boyd
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Hughes
of the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the Army of
the Revolution
is entitled to receive Thirty six dollars and
Sixty Cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United
States, this Eighth day of
January one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-four
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and}
Countersigned.}
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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31151
Revy INVALID
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File No. 31,151
John Huey
Prv Rev War
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Act June 7" 32"
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 197

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1939 May 13 - Hist to Hon W.A. Pittenger
(Ltr in dur. A.22324 of John Hughey) MLB
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May 13, 1939

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JOHN HUEY
S. 31151
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Honorable W. A. Pittenger
Room 244, House Office Building
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Pittenger

The data which follow in regard to John Huey were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 31151, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Huey was born October 14, 1754, in New Castle County, Delaware. The names of his parents are not given.

While residing in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, John Huey enlisted July 1, 1776, to go to the defense of Amboy, New Jersey, and served there as private in Captain Benjamin Schoonover's company, in the Pennsylvania troops, and was discharged September 1, 1776.  He moved early in 1778 to Stroud's Fort where he volunteered in July, 1778, and served as private in Captain Schoonover's company, Colonel Stroud's Pennsylvania regiment, on an expedition against the Delaware and Shawnee Indians on the frontiers, was in several skirmishes with the Indians and was discharged after having served a tour of six months.  He was appointed a spy  by Colonel Stroud in May, 1779, and served a tour of three months, further details of which were not given.  In January, 1780, he moved to a fort on the Susquehanna River at Wyoming, Pennsylvania, where he performed several short tours of duty, further details of service not stated.

After the Revolutionary War, the soldier moved to North Carolina where he lived several years, thence to the State of Indiana, and from there to Caldwell County, Kentucky.

John Huey was allowed pension on his application executed November 18, 1833, while he was living in Caldwell County, Kentucky.

There are no family data shown in the claim.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

John Huey
Certificate #25420
Issued January 3, 1833 or 1834
Rate, $36.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator