Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18030, Adam Hoops, Md.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Md Hoops, Adam S. 18030
B.L. Wt. 350-300

CONTENTS

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Act 15 May 1828
Pennsylvania

Adam Hoops.
Captain [blank] company of the [blank]

Ratio of disability,
Date of discharge,
Time of closing the testimony,

Inscribed on the Roll of [blank]
at [blank] Dollars per month, to commence on the
[blank]

Certificate of Pension issued the [blank] of [blank] 
and [blank]

Arrears to 4th of [blank]
Semi-anl. all'ce ending [blank]

Act of the [blank]

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Letter to Pewn 14 Sept 1840
Same person 1. Oct 1840
on to Pen Agt 1. Oct 1840.
To Pennsylvania from 4 March
1840. 9. Oct 1840. Notification
to Pensioner. Philadelphia
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For the purpose of obtaining the benifit [benefit]
of an act entitled " an act for the relief of
certain surviving officers and Soldiers of
the army of the revolution approved 15 May 1818"

I Adam Hoops of the town of Watervliet in 
the County of Albany in the State of New York,
do hereby declare that I was an officer in 
the Continental line of the Army of the 
Revolution and Served as such to the end
of the War; but having been made prisoner in 1780 I obtained in the following
year permission to go to [illegible] being entitled
to the benefit of a [illegible] as between
General Green and Lord Cornwallis and did
not return until after peace was concluded on
in 1783: Some time after my return
I received certified (commonly called Commutation Certificates) for a sum equal to
the amount of four years full pay as a 
Captain (on the Maryland line): but the
army having been disbanded while I was
abroad I  am unable to say to what
Regiment I was attached at that period.
Washington DC 30th July 1828
A Hoops

To the Honorable
Richard Burt
Secretary of the Treasury
of the United States
Washington
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Before me R.S. Brisco Justice of the peace
for the County of Washington in the District 
of Columbia personally appeared, this
day, John Woodside and Peter W.
Gallaudet of the said County, who did
severally make oath that Adam Hoops
by whom the foregoing declaration 
was subscribed, is generally reputed
and believed to have been an officer
in the Army of the Revolution, in
manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this 20th day
July in the year One thousand, Eight
hundred & twenty Eight.
R.S. Briscoe
J. Peace
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I 
18030
INVALID.
File No. 18,030
Adam Hoops
Capt Rev War
Maryland line
Spo 281
Act: May 15" 28
on NY roll
Index:-Vol. _____ , Page 181
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Oct. 23/97 Mrs. Asa C. Cruse
Olean, NY.
May 2, 1904 - Hist
Mrs Frederika F. Hoffman
Phila Pa
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New York --281. 281
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Adam Hoops
Albany - in the State of N York
[torn edge] is was a Captain in the --- commanded
[b]y Captain --- of the Regt. commanded
[b]y --- in the Maryland
[l]ine for

Act 15 May 1828
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany -
[at] the rate of 480 Dollars - Cents per annum.
[to] commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Duplicate - Aug 3, 1829
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of May
1837, and sentant Person, [illegible]
[illegible] Present
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Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-anl. allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim
[lined out:] Act Ju[illegible] 1832}
Recorded by       Clerk.
Book.    Vol.    Page

Act May 15 '28

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Pen. Agent at Albany
order to pay - [illegible] 2/1857.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, Greeting:
I CERTIFY, That R.S. Briscoe, whose name is
subscribed to the annexed Instrument of writing
is now and was at the time of doing is a Justice
of the Peace for the County of Washington
in the District of Columbia; and that full
faith and credit are due to his acts as such.

In testimony whereof, I, Henry Clay
Secretary of State of the United States, have hereunto subscribed
my name, and caused the Seal of the Department of State to be
affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this thirtieth
day of July
A. D. 182[illegible]
and of the Independence of the United States of America
the fifty third -
H. Clay
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Mr Evans - You can transfer
Major Hoops to
Pennsylvania Rob
J. L. E
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3-871
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RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
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Briefed by Marion B. Hudson
Claim No. S.F. 18030.
Certificate No. 281
Claimant Adam Hoops
Soldier Capt.
Service Md line
Additional Service _____.
No___ claim, State records____, 190__.
No claim, combination records ______, 190__
REMARKS:
No other Claim

Jan. 10, 1900.

Chief Division
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Application for a Transfer
^City^ [lined out: County] of Philadelphia SS. On this 29th day of Sept
1840 before me a Justice of the peace for the said
^City^ [lined out: County] of Philadelphia, personally appeared Adam
Hoops who on his oath declares that he is the identical
person named in a pension certificate dated
May 9 1837 as a surveying Captain in the Maryland 
line in the service of the United States
That his name was placed on the pension roll
of the State of New York from whence he has
removed lately; that he now resides in the State
(district or Territory) of Pennsylvania where he
intends to remain and wishes his pension to be
payable there in future  The following are
his reasons for removing from New York to
Pennsylvania. He is a native of Pennsylvania
and proposes residing in said state for
the future
A Hoops

Sworn to & subscribed the
twenty sixth day of September
A.D. 1840, before
Peter Hay
Alderman & an officir a
Justice of the peace}
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City of Philadelphia Ss.
I George Smith Recorder of Deeds & for the
City and County of Philadelphia do Certify that the within acknowledgement
taken by Peter Hay Esq is in form and entitled to full faith and credit he
being an Alderman of the City of Philadelphia duly commissioned
and Sworn -
Witness my Hand and seal of Office
the 28th of September A.D. 1840
G Smith
[illegible]
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District of Columbia
City of Washington, to wit:
Be it known, and it is hereby certified
on the 8th day of May 1837 before me James
H Caustin Notary Public by lawful authority
commissioned and qualified, residing in said
District and City personally appeared Adam
[Hoops] who being duly sworn according to law
declare and say, that he was an officer
Maryland Line of the Revolutionary army
of the United States and served to the end of the
War of the Revolution, as will more fully appear
by reference to the annexed paper marked  A;
that he was subsequently placed on the pension
Roll under the act of Congress of May 15, 1828 "for the
relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the
army of the Revolution" and received 
his pension
accordingly up to the month of March (3rd) 1835 ^after^ which
his pension certificate was lost or mislaid, and
although diligent search has been made by him
the same has not been found.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed 
my name and affixed my Notarial
seal on the day and year before written
A Hoops
James H Caustin
Notary Public
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A.
It appears by the Revolutionary Records
in this office that Capt A Hoops belonging
to the Maryland Line and served to the
end of the War
[illegible] Dept
of And officer
May 8. 1837
Peter Hagner Aud
To Maj. A Hoops
Washington City
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District of Columbia
City of Washington, to wit:}
Be it known, and it is hereby certified the
on the 8th day of May 1837, before me James W. Caustin
Notary Public by lawful authority commissioned
and qualified, residing in said District and City,
personally appeared Adam Hoops, a person to me
Notary long and well known as a man of respectability
and veracity, who being duly sworn according to
[law] did declare and say, that he became an-
[illegible] to the benefit of the act of Congress of
[May 15] 1828 "for the relief of certain surviving officers
and Soldiers of the army of the revolution" and
received his pension accordingly up to the year
1834 or 1835, when his pension certificate (believed
to be numbered 583) was lost or mislaid, and
although diligent search has been made by him
the same has not been found.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed
my Notarial Seal on the day and
year before written
James H Caustin
Notary Public
A Hoops
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Muhs. & Fannceis Bank
Albany Pension Agency
May 29. 1837.

James L. Edwards Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions,

Sir,
Adam Hoops, a Pensioner under
the act of May 15, 1828, claims pay upon the entered vouchers
from the 3d of March 1835 to the 3d of March 1837.
Be pleased to favor me with your instructions in the case
I am, his,
very respectfully
your obedt. Svt.
Thos W Olcott
[illegible]
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Philadelphia 9 September 1840

JL Edwards Esqr
Comm of Pensions
Washington DC

Sir

My business having made it necessary to reside in the State of New York for many years put I have heretofore received payment (half yearly) of my pension at Albany. Intending to make Philadelphia my place of residence in future and yesterday calling for payment of my half yearly due on the third of the month, I was told that a special authority from you would be necessary. As my business may require my return to New York occasionally, I take the liberty to ask as an indulgence that you would authorize further half yearly payments of my pension to be made me either in New York or Philadelphia.

I am respectfully
Sir
Your obedient servant

A Hoops
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Mechanic's & Farmers' Bank
Albany Pension Agency
Oct 5, 1840

James L Edwards, Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

In reply to your letter of the 1st inst. I have to state that Adam Hoops a pensioner under the act of 15 May 1828 at $480 dollars per annum was last paid to the 3rd day of March 1840.

I am, sir, 
Very respectfully
Your obt't servant

Thos W Olcott

Pres't and Pension Agen. per
L Jenkins
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No of Orig Pay 281  
709
Revolutionary Claims

Treasury Department
31 July 1828

Adam Hoops of Waterliet in the county of Albany in the state of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved on the 15th of May 1828. He states that he was an officer on the continental line, and served as such to the end of the war at which period he was a Captain in the blank regiment of the Maryland line; and that he received commutation certificate for the five years full pay granted by the resolved of 22 March, 1783; and further that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March 1826 nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary
A. Dickins

89088
Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
Aug 1 1828

It appears by the records in this office that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to A. Hoops, Capt. in the Maryland line, amounting to Twenty-four hundred dollars.

It further appears that Adam Hoops is not now on the pension list of any agency and has not been since the 3 March 1826.

Peter Hagner - Aud.
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FREE
J L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

STAMP Sep 29

Mr. Evans
Sept 30 '40
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J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Sir,

I send you enclosed a manuscript application for a transfer. The blank application I had provided for me having loss or interlined at the office here as to be scarcely legible. The expense I have seen at amounts to at least seventy-five cents - nine tenths of the pensioners are more aged than myself and to many of them (private soldiers) such an expense would be a serious drawback.

I proposed sending this through the pension office here but was told it was proper for me to send it myself.

I am respectfully
Sir
Your Obedient Servant

A Hoops

Philadelphia
Sept 29, 1840
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No 350
Adam Hoops
Capt. Maryland Line
Del to Col Porter his
[illegible] 1 Jun 1807
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Know all men by these presents that I Adam Hoops a Captain in the Maryland line of the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War now of the County of Allegany in the State of New York do constitute and appoint Peter B. Porter Esquire of the County of Ontario in said State my true and careful attorney foe me and in my name to ask for and receive from the War Department of said United States such warrant or other evidence of my right and title to the portion of land due me as Captain in the army aforesaid as is usually granted in like cases and on receipt thereof to execute a release in acquittance of my said claim. Hereby testifying and confirming whatever  my said attorney may lawfully do in the premises.  As witness my hand and seal at Canandaigua in the County of Ontario in the State of New York this eighteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and  seven.

A Hoops

Witness to the sealing and declaring of the above
Eliphalet Taylor
Nath'l Sanburn
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United states of America
State of New York

Be it remembered that on this eighteen date of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven before me John Grey Notary Public residing at the town of Canandaigua in the county of Ontario and State of New York duly appointed and [illegible] personally appeared the  the within named Adam Hoopes known to me  to be the person described in the written instrument, who did acknowledge that he signed, sealed and delivered the name as his voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.


In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this day and year where written.

John Grey
Notary Public
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[illegible] War & Navy
Oct 31 1897
Files [stamp]

Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir:

We are about to form a chapter of the D. A. R. here and of course a name is one of the first things to be considered.

Now Olean was first settled and named by a Maj. Adam Hoops in 1803.
He was in the War of the Revolution and served at one time on Washington's staff. He received a pension and during the latter part of his life, lived

U. S. Pension Office Oct 18 1897 [stamp]
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in Westchester C. Penna where he died in 1845. Will you kindly examine the pension records and let me know what is said of his Revolutionary career. Would like all dates, place of enlistment, etc. 

I make this inquiry as it is possible hi name may be given to the chapter, and in that case, would like to know as much of his history as possible.

If you will kindly look over the records at once an and me know, I shall be very grateful; or in case you can not find anything, give this to someone in the War dept.

Hoping for an early reply I remain yours truly
Mrs. Asa C. Couse
135 First St.
Olean, NY
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Address
1205 Locust Street
Philadelphia, Pa
April 20th, 1904

own [written separately , upper right]

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

My Dear Sir,

I write to ask if  you will be so kind as to let me have any information of your command in regards to the military history of Adam Hoopes or Hoops of Phila, Pa.  He was in the War of the Revolution, in some capacity, our
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Sources of information are not accurate. He was probably a Captain Sergeant or Quarter-Master

His wife was named Elizabeth

I thought perhaps she might have drawn pension, and if so, I am sure you can help me to knowledge of this faster in this case.

I have received the military history of my ancestor John Jackson, which you sent me, and I am much indebted to you. I will be
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Most grateful to you if you can furnish him with any [illegible] regarding Adam Hoopes or Hoops, thigh I think it is spell Hoopes.
His will was dated from Falls Township, Co: of Bucks, Pa. If this  [illegible] his  [illegible] distances

His wife was living, July 18th, 1782. Possibly she drew pensions.

Hoping to hear from you.
I am, very gratefully, yours,
Mrs. Frederiska Fleming Hoffman (over)
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Adam Hoops is an ancestor of mine.
F. Hoffman


U. S. A Pension Office Apr 21 1904 [stamp]

U. S. [illegible] Navy
Apr 25 1904
Files [stamp]