Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 3906, for John Shipman, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Shipman, John
S3906
Contents
Carded
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Ohio 3836
Pennsylvania
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John Shipman
of Northumberland in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Shipman of the Reg't commanded
by Bond-- in the New Jersey line for Private 19  mos.-         $63.33
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Juny 1833 and Hon. Lewis Dewart
House Reps.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 -                  $104.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833     31.66
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                                                                     $136.65
Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk,
Book D Vol. 6 Page 94

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Died Sept. 23-1834
four A.B.

transfd to Ohio from [illegible]
March 1833-- certif[cut off]
sent to Thos J. Henderson
Cincinnati Ohio same
day.--

1888 July 19- S.F. Cary- History Prior
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No 4636
Pennsylvania
Suspended
Nov. 13. 1832
Aly. 14. 16
P-52
T. A. Jordan
[illegible]
Penn
Admitted
Private
19. months
$63.33
and the Certificate
to [illegible]
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BRIEF in the case of John Shipman of Augusta County of Northumberland in the State of Pennsylvania
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?   Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?  72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[table follows with 4 columns; column headings as follows:]
(1) Period.
(2) Duration of Service.
{sub-headings:}. a. Years, b. Months,  c. Days.
(3) Rank.
(4) Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

[text beneath column headings:]
(1) In 1778, No year or month given
(2) a. [blank] b. 9, 2, 2, 3, 3  c. [blank]
(3) As a Private, do, do, do, do
(4) Capt Paul Shipman, Col Bond, Capt Waters Col Hartley, do ditto, Major Westbrook, Capt Waters
[end of table]

5. In what battles was he engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sussex County Jersey

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?       Traditionary, living

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Traditionary, correct
Living, Not correct no Seal

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Jas Wilson Examining Clerk
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John Shipman from PA to Ohio - from 4 March, 1833 -
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Application for a transfer
The state of Ohio
County of Hamilton S

On this fifteenth day of October 1832 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for said County personally appeared John Shipman who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formally belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Paul Shipman in the regiment Commanded by Col Bond in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania from whence he has lately removed: that he now resides in the state of Ohio where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be their payable in future: the following are his reasons for removing from Pennsylvania viz enjoying the society of his children and bettering his situation
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
[signatures]
Isaac N Shipman J.R.
John Shipman

The state of Ohio
Hamilton County SS
On the same day personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for said County Harman Shipman who made oath in due form of law that John
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Shipman who has sworn and subscribed to
the above affidavit is the identical person of that name for whom the pension certificate now in his possession numbered 3863 and dated at
the war office of the United States the 4th
day of Jany 1833 was issued.
Harman Shipman

Sworn & subscribed 
the day & year aforesaid
Isaac N Skillman J.P.

I Isaac N Skillman a Justice of the Peace within
and for said County do hereby certify that
Harman Shipman who has sworn & subscribed to the above affidavit is a person of varacity [veracity] and that his statement is entitled to credit
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 15th day of Oct. A.D. 1833-
Isaac N Skillman [seal]
Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio
Hamilton County } SS
I Daniel Gano Clerk pro tem of the Court of Common pleas within and for Hamilton County
do hereby certify that Isaac N Skillman Esq before whom the above foregoing oath was made & whose certificate thereof is attached is now & was at that time an acting justice of the peace in & for said County duly elected commissioned & sworn into office and fully authorized to administer oaths & to all his act
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as such full faith & credit are due & ought to be given, that his commission is dated on tenth day of April 1832 and expires on the tenth day of April 1834 and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court of Common pleas at Cincinnati this 24th day of
October A D 1833
Danl Gano Clk pt
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Northumberland SS.
On this 21st-- day of August,-- eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Seth Chapman Esq  President, and Jacob Gearhart and Henry Shaffer Esqs. Associate Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Northumberland, John Shipman, a resident of Augusta township in the County of Northumberland, and State of Pennsylvania aged upwards of seventy two 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 enlisted in the army of the United States, in the State of New Jersey, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight, in the company commanded by Capt. Paul Shipman, and served in the Regiment commanded by
Col. William Bond. That he enlisted at Sussex County in the State of New Jersey aforesaid, for the term of nine months; and immediately, or very soon after, the Company to which he was attached, marched to Wyoming, in the County of Luzerne, Pennsylvania, from thence to Tioga Point, Chemung and Niagara, and after during the indians to Niagara, returned to Wyoming, suffering severely from want of provisions, and hardships endured. That from Wyoming deponent returned to Jersey continuing in the service of the United States, until the expiration of the time for which he enlisted, and received a discharge from Col. Wm. Bond, which was
destroyed by fire on the 25th day of March AD 1786, a thereabouts-  Deponent further states, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, viz. two months in the militia in the company commanded by Captain Winters, at South Amboy,  and that he served two months in the same company at Perth Amboy, that he was there pressed to Elizabeth Town, and remained there at intervals, for three months. Thomas Hartley was then Colonel of the Regiment to which deponent was attached. Deponent was acquainted with Col. Hartley, Gene Maxwell and General Sullivan. Deponent further states, that he was 3 month at the
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Minisink in New Jersey under the command of Major Westbrook. While at Elizabeth Town, under Captain Winters, Deponent was placed on the Picket guard, and when he was standing centery [sentry], the Green Coats or Hessians who were incamped [encamped] near, got into a dispute, and deponent heard the sentinal [sentinel] give the countersigns, "George Rex", which he communicated to his Lieutenant, who, in consequence of this information, took the picket guard, 12 in number, and delivered them to Colonel Hartley, who sent them to Morristown Jail- 

The said deponent, 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.

John Shipman

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and
year aforesaid.
Ed Y Bright Prthy

Interrogatory 1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in Greenwich township, Sussex County, State of New Jersey, in the year
1760, but the month is not recollected.

2. I have a record of my age, with my brother in law, Abraham Dewitt, who at present resides in the township, County and State aforesaid.

3. I lived in Greenwich township aforesaid, when I entered into the service, and have lived since 
the Revolutionary War, in Buffalo, Union County, Pa. principally, but now live in Augusta township, Northumberland County, Pa.

4. I enlisted as stated in the body of the foregoing declaration, but previously to my enlistment entered the militia as a substitute for my brother Wm Shipman.

5. I do not recollect any other of the names of the officers, then these stated in my declaration.

6. I received a discharge from the service signed by Col. Wm. Bond, which was destroyed
by fire on the 25th March 1786.

7. I never received a commission.
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8. Samuel Bloom Esq. Abraham McKenney, William Shipman, Col. John Snyder, Lewis Dewart Esq. and others, can testify as to my character for veracity  and their belief of my services as a soldiers of the revolution
John Shipman

Sworn and subscribed
Aug 21. 1832
Ed Y Bright Prthy

We John Bryson--- a clergyman residing in Turbet township, and Wm Shipman,  residing in Augusta township, Northumbuland County
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Shipman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 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
John Bryson
William Shipman

Sworn & subscribed
Aug 21. 1832
Ed Y Bright Prthy

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 the said John Bryson, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Turbet township, Northumberland County, and that William Shipman, who has also signed the same is a resident in Shamokin township in said County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
August 21. 1832
Seth Chapman
Henry Shaffer
Jacob Gearhart
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Pennsylvania
Northumberland County Ss.
I Edward Y. Bright, Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Northumberland, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Shipman, for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty first day of August AD. Eighteen hundred and thirty two--
Ed Y Bright Prthy


No. 4.636 
Declaration
of
John Shipman
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State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County Ss.

On the 27th day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of said County, Christian Shipman a resident in said County, who being duly sworn according to law declares that his brother John Shipman, entered into the service of the United States, in Greenwich in the State of New Jersey, under
Col. Wm. Bond, in the Company commanded by Captain Paul Shipman; that he continued to deponents knowledge, in the service of the United States, for some months, but how long he does not now recollect. Deponent knows also that he served in the malitia [militia] company commanded by Capt Winters, but where he entered the service, and the time he left it; cannot now be recollected - Deponent lived then in Greenwich Township, in the State of New Jersey.

Christian Shipman

Sworn and subscribed
Cor.
Ed Y Bright Prothy

County of Northumberland
State of Pennsylvania Ss.
I Edward Y Bright, Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas of said County, and before whom the affidavit above stated was made and sworn to, do certify, that Christian Shipman, whose name is thereto subscribed, is a person of credibility.-

In testimony of which, I have hereunto set 
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at Sunbury this 20th day of November
eighteen hundred and thirty two
Ed Y Bright Prothy
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March 3, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mrs. Mary B. Adams
226 Bell Court East
Lexington, Kentucky
JOHN SHIPMAN
S. 3906
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Shipman, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who was born in
1760 in New Jersey, received pension on account of his service, lived in Hamilton County, Ohio, where he died in 1834.
The record of John Shipman follows as found in the papers on file in claim for pension, S. 3906, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Shipman was born in 1760 in Greenwich Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Greenwich Township, New Jersey, John Shipman
enlisted in 1778 and served nine months as a private in Captain Paul
Shipman's company (relationship not stated), Colonel William Bond's
New Jersey regiment, and was on an expedition to Wyoming, in Luzerne
County, Pennsylvania, against the Indians. He then returned to New Jersey
afterwards enlisted and served a tour of two months in Captain
Winter's New Jersey Company at South Amboy; another tour of two months
in the same company at Perth Amboy, and a third tour of three months
in Captain Winter's company under Colonel Thomas Hartley at Elizabethtown
He served a fourth tour of three months at Minisink under Major Westbrook
in the New Jersey troops; dates of these enlistments not given. The
soldier was in the New Jersey militia as a substitute for his brother,
William Shipman.
After the Revolutionary War, the soldier resided in Buffalo, Union
County, Pennsylvania, and in Augusta Township, Northumberland County,
that state. He was allowed pension while a resident of Augusta Township,
on his application executed August 21, 1832. In October, 1833, he was a
resident of Hamilton County, Ohio, where he had moved to be with his
children, whose names he did not designate, nor was the name of his wife
given. He died September 23, 1834.
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In 1832, Christian Shipman, brother of the soldier, John, was living in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, but stated that during the Revolution he was a resident of Greenwich Township, New Jersey. In the same year, one William Shipman was living in Augusta Township or Shamokin Township, both in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It is not stated whether he was soldier's brother of that name. John Shipman's brother-in-law, Abraham Dewitt, in 1832 was living in Greenwich Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, the name of Abraham's wife not shown.

In 1833, one Harman Shipman made affidavit in Hamilton County, Ohio, in behalf of the soldier, John Shipman, but did not designate his relationship.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, and name and address of the person paid in the case of John Shipman, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

John Shipman
Certificate #3836
Issued January 4, 1833
Rate $63.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Pennsylvania Agency, transferred to Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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Revy War        3906.
INVALID.
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File No. __3906___
___John Shipman____
___Pri. N.J. line____
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Act: __June 7, 1832___
Index: -- Vol. _A__, Page _337__

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1926 - Aug. 11-  Hist to Mrs. Anna Maris MMNF
1938. Mar 3 Hist to Mrs Mary B Adams  MLB
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Cincinnati Oct 25th 1833
Sir
I herewith enclose you the application of John Shipman for a transfer-It is the old Gentlemans wish that the arrearages of pension due him might be made payable at this place-If it could be done without giving you too much trouble
I am with great respect
yr obt Humble Svt [Your obedient humble servant]
Thomas J. Henderson

J L Edwards Esqr
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Dr. T.L. Adams
201 W. Second Street
Lexington, KY.

226 Bell ct East
Feb. 11-1938

[stamp Received Feb 16 1938]

Veterans Administration
Rev. + 1812 War Sections,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I am clearing some family genealogical records and am writing for some more information.
Can you give me the war record of John Shipman (1760-1934) who received a pension in Hamilton Co., Ohio and also died there? Was born in New Jersey.
Did his widow receive a pension? I would appreciate any information you could give m on either of them.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Mary B. Adams
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Mrs. Anna Maris - Stockton, Kansas, 
called at this Bureau Aug. 10-1926
wanted the history of her great grandfather
whose surname was Bennett, or Shipman. (Did not know whether it was her maternal or paternal ancestor) but knew he was a pensioner for many years, went from Pa, to Hamilton Co. Ohio & died beliveen 1835 & 1840 in Colerain Twp. (This was the basis of my search in the 1835 list first).

No Bennett of that County or said list, and 
this the only Shipman of said County.

She requested that we give any and all family data etc. Our records being closed for the move to Interior Dept. she could not read them
to gather data herself.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section   M M F

August 11, 1926

Mrs. Anna Maris
Stockton, Kansas

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 3906 it appears that John Shipman was born in 1760 in Greenwich Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.

While a resident of said Greenwich Township he enlisted in 1778, served nine months as a private in Captain Paul Shipman's Company (no relationship stated), Colonel William Bond's New Jersey Regiment and was on an expedition to Wyoming, Pennsylvania against the Indians.

He afterwards enlisted and served a tour of two months in Captain Winter's New Jersey Company, then another tour of two months in same company, a third tour of three months in Captain Winter's Company under Colonel Thomas Hartley at Elizabethtown, and a fourth tour of three months under Major Westbrook at Minisink, dates of these enlistments not given. He was in the New Jersey Militia as a substitute for his brother William Shipman.

After the Revolution he lived in Buffalo, Union County,
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Pennsylvania, and then in Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania where he was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832.

In 1833 he had moved to Hamilton County, Ohio to be with his children; he did not give their names or the name of his wife. One Harman Shipman was then in said Hamilton County, no relationship to soldier stated.

In 1832 soldier's brother Christian Shipman was living in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and brother-in-law Abraham Dewitt was living in Greenwich Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. There is no further data on file as to family.  Soldier died September 23, 1834.

The above noted is the only soldier surnamed Shipman of Hamilton County, Ohio found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, and there is no soldier surnamed Bennett of Hamilton County, Ohio found on said records.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.