Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,580, Henry Huffman, Va.
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE  
Va. 
Huffman, Henry
NUMBER
S. 5,580
carded
CONTENTS
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4125.
Virginia (4)
* Henry Hufman
of Pendleton Co in the State of Virginia
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Cravens of the Reg commanded
by Col Harrison in the Militia of
[line for - crossed out] Virginia for 10 months
*
Henry Huffman. Records O.K.
May 5' 04 a
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia 
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per ann
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of January.
1833 and sent Hon William
McCoy H.B.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                          49.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 14. 16.66
                                                                     $66.65
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Henry H Sylvester
Book D Vol. 7 Page 123
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State of Virginia
Pendleton County ⎬ SS.                       (1)
SS.
On this 3rd day of October 1832, personally appeared in open Court
before the Justices of the County Court of Pendleton now sitting, Henry
Huffman, a resident of said County in the State of Virginia, aged 75
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
named officers, and served as is herein stated
He was born in the County of Rockingham, Virginia in the year
1757, and entered the service in the said County on or about the 8th
of January 1778, as a substitute in the room of John Armentrout
a private, who had been drafted to perform a tour of three months
against the Indians on the frontier settlements, in a company
of Militia commanded by Captain Robert Cravens. He was
marched with said company to Tygert Valley, where they were
stationed in a Fort at or near where the Town of Beverley now
stands in the County of Randolph Va. He continued in that
neighbourhood assisting to guard the settlements there against the
Indians until the expiration of the three months term of his
service, when he was discharged; and Captain Cravens immediately proceeded to Raise a company of Volunteers, to serve
for the term of six months in the same service, into which company he (Huffman) volunteered. After serving in the same
neighbourhood about three months, the company was sent home
and the men ordered to equipe and clothe themselves and prepare
to march immediately to join the forces under Genl McIntosh
then about to undertake an expedition against the North Western
Indians and the British Fort at Detroit. He remained
at home about two weeks engaged in preparing for McIntosh's
campaign, and marched again sometime early in the month of
July 1778 under Captain Robert Cravens, Lieutenant William
Herron, & Ensign George Mallow, Col Benjamin Harrison &
Major William Crawford also accompanied and commanded the Battalion or Regiment to which his company was attached. They
were marched down the South Branch of Potomac to a place
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to a place near the Maryland line when they were joined by
a body of Militia of Hampshire, and perhaps the adjoining counties
under the command of Colonel Vanmetre. From there the two
battalions or regiments, crossed the Alleghany Mountains, and at
the Monongahela River near Pittsburg they were joined by and
placed under the command of Colonel Campbell, who he suppose
was an officer in the Regular service, as he sometimes wore a
Red Coat. From thence they were marched to the Ohio River
which they crossed at the month of Big Beaver, and on the opposite shore they joined the forces under Genl McIntosh the commander in chief of the expedition. At this place he assisted
to build Fort McIntosh, and when (in about three weeks, the
Fort was nearly completed, a Garrison was left there under Col
Campbell, and the remainder of the Troops both Regulars and militia 
were marched to the Tuscarawas River a short distance
above its junction with the Muskingum; here they built another.
Fort called Fort Lawrence. After it was completed and
a garrison left there, the Winter coming on and their provisions
nearly exhausted; it would seem that the expedition against
Detroit was abandoned, - The remainder of the Troops were
marched back to Fort McIntosh, where they arrived some time
in December 1778. About three days after their arrival
there, the company of Capt. Cravens in which he had continued
to serve during the whole of the time, was paraded at
Fort McIntosh and discharged. The other Companies of Militias
having (as he believes) been all discharged a day or two before
He immediately set out together with the balance of Capt.
Cravin's Company on their return home, and reached his
place of residence in the County of Rockingham early in the
month of January 1779, having served ^ under [in- crossed out] the last engagement [check mark]
as a volunteer fully nine months, and under the first engagement three months, making in all twelve months service;
during which time he suffered almost incredible hardships
in consequence of want of provisions, and having to make his
way home from Fort McIntosh on the Ohio, to his residence in
Rockingham in the depth of Winter, and through an almost
uninhabited Wilderness. The names of the only Regular
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Regular Officers which he can now recollect, in addition to
Genl McIntosh the Commander, are Colonels Campbell
Broadhead, Crawford, and Morrow. Those officers he
served with, and believes they were from Pennsylvania, and
belonged to the Regular Army, but the names of the Regiment
he cannot now recollect, nor does he know whether they
were State Troops on Continentals, but thinks they were of
the latter. He has no documentary evidence of his
service, never having received a printed or written discharge
but believes he will be able to prove nine months service
by Henry Mallow of this County who served with him during
all of that tour. He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Henry his/mark Huffman.

I Henry Mallow do solemnly swear that I am well acquainted with Henry Huffman above named and that I of my own
personal knowledge ^having served with him all the time and positively certain that as regards his
engagement of nine months as stated & described by him ^as his declaration is correct^ for at least seven months & perhaps nine that I served with him during the whole
of the time that Captain Craven Company was stationed in
Tygerts Valley three months and afterward in the Campaign
of General McIntosh which occupied as [Illegible] as I can
remember at least six months more from the time we marched from home until we returned again making the time as stated by Huffman ^as near as I can remember at least [Illegible] months^ or probably nine during which time we marched across the Ohio, and built
Forts McIntosh, and Lawrence; and I do further certify that
I believe the said Huffman to be 75 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 I concur
in that opinion, and also believe he served the three months tour
as he states in addition to the ^seven or 9 months, which I served with
him. Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and year
aforesaid.
Henry [a mark] Mallow
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and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named
applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he States.
I Zebulon Dyer Clerk of the Court of Pendleton County do hereby
certify that the foregoing Contains The Original proceedings, of the said
Court in the matter of the application of Henry Hufman for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of Office the 8th day of
October 1832 and in the 57th year of the
Commonwealth-
L. Dyer
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Henry Hufmans
declaration &S
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I do hereby Certify that Henry Huffman whoes Declaration
for a pension is on this paper, is a reputable & honest farmer
with those who know him, his Oath has full credence
his Services is within my knowledge, except the Mc Intosh campayn (the length of time) & I doubt Mr Mallow the
witness has ^not been misunderstood in taking down his
Testimony, when he speaks of seven or nine months, Mallows
is a hyly respectable nor for Truth & Veracity Wm McCoy
Jany 10th 1833
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Rev War
5580
[check mark] INVALID
olw
File No. 5580
*Henry Hufman
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th, 32
Index: - Vol. M, Page 184
[Arrangement of 1870.}
*Henry Huffman. Record Corrected
May 5, 1904 
A.
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Henry Huffman,
10 mo.
Capt Cravens
Col Benj Harrison
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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
Henry Huffman. which require
further proof or explanation

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
the
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 pensionhe is entitled?
No
time occupied in travelling from place of discharge
not allowed. This has been computed by the claimant,
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
in
vi
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
had or has
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
the
this
Was
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? No
XIII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No.
  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?
has a witness
XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?
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?
3 in part,7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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 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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3
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
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 be 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 authenticated 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 end 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.
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H Huffmans Pension Case}
The Hon: Lewis Cass
War Department
Washington City DC -
Oct 15 
Va.
14239
[check mark]
Free
Wm McCoy
(3)
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Octo. 9. 1832
Sir, enclosed you will receive H. Hufmans Declaration for a pension
respty 
yr V Obt. Servt
Wm. McCoy

Hon: L. Cass
[Black stamp : illegible]