Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4445, Charles Griffin, Md.
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Griffin or Griffen, Charles
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11574
MARYLAND

Charles Griffin
of Baltimore Co, in the State of Maryland who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain McCubbin of the Regiment command by Col Hall in the Maryland line for 
9 months - Private - $30.00

Inscribed on the roll of Maryland at the rate of 30 dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of May 1833 and sent to Major Hook, [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - $60.00
Semi'anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 - $15.00

Total $75.00

{Revolutionary claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by J T Sprague - Clerk
Book C Vol {illegible} Page 106
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2556
Maryland
Rebecca Griffin
widow of Charles Griffin
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 30 dollars and blank ents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Dec 1848 and sent to 
Alexr Yearley [illegible] Baltimore, MD

Recorded on roll of pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 124 Vol 3

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Reported

Dec 21 1848
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County ss:

On this twenty eighth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-three personally appeared in open court before the Orphan Court of Baltimore County now sitting Charles Griffin a resident of Baltimore County and State of Maryland aged about seventy-seven 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 about the first of June seventeen hundred and seventy-six he enlisted under Captain Zachariah McCubbin for six months, who had for this Lieutenant Robert Christie and for Ensign Stephen Shermidine which company belonged to General Bells brigade called "the flying camp" raised in Maryland the field officers were Colonels Hall and Hyde and Major Credick the whole brigade  left Annapolis for Elkton in Cecil County by water about the latter part of July from which place they marched by land to Wilmington in the state of Delaware from there by boats to Philadelphia
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crossed the Delaware into New Jersey and marched to Amboy and crossed the north river to what was their York Island and remained there from five to six weeks throwing up intrenchments when they were attacked by the enemy and driven from the Island in the night to Tuckahoe Heights from there they marched to the white plains which place they reached in from six to eight days when they were attacked by the enemy in which engagement he this deponent bore a part. The second night after the engagement the enemy returned and dropped down to New York - General Bells brigade then crossed the North River to New Jersey and marched to a Fort called "Fort Constitution" opposite York Island where they remained from six to eight days when they were again attacked by the enemy and lost all their tents and baggage of every kind - this was about the first of November, Deponent thinks they then marched through the Jerseys in Morristown from there to Philadelphia  where they arrived about the first of December, destitute of everything necessary to render them comfortable, after being in Philadelphia three days they were called into ranks and verbally discharged, without receiving certificates - deponent was with the brigade from the time it left Annapolis
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till it was discharged at Philadelphia - In the latter part of the summer of seventeen hundred seventy-seven, deponent was taken into the City of Baltimore as a militiaman in Captain Eli Bailey's company, as a guard to the city, where he remained for three months making in all nine months actual service.

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.
Sworn to and subscribed on the date and year aforesaid in Open Court.

Charles Griffen

Henry Payson - Judge of Orphan court Balt Co
Benjn C Ridgate - Judge of Orphan Court Balt Co

I Jacob Small - late mayor of the city of Baltimore do hereby certify that I have known Charles Griffin who has subscribed and sworn to the aforegoing declaration and that I believe him to be upwards of seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur fully therein - I know him to be a man of strict veracity.

Jacob Small 

Sowrn and subscribed to before me on this 28th day of March 1833

Jas Watimer - Notary Public - SEAL
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I James Mosher surveyor of the port of Baltimore do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Charles griffin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration since the summer of 1784 at which time we understood each other to have been soldiers of the Revolution and had frequent conversations about our common suffering and privations.
I know Mr. Griffin to be a sober industrious citizen and that he has made great exertions to educate and raise a large family - two of his sons have hold commissions in the Navy - one as a sergeant and the other as a Lieutenant - both of whom are dead. I look upon Mr. Griffin as a man of strict veracity and in al respects a very worthy and deserving man. I suppose Mr. Griffins age to be about seventy-seven years, and am fully satisfied that he performed the service stated in the declaration signed and subscribed by him , and that he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution.

James Mosher 

Sworn and subscribed to before me on this 28th day of March 1833

Jas Watimer - Notary Public - SEAL
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The following interrogatories were then propounded to said applicant Charles Griffin who being duly sworn answered and says - 

1st - Where and in what year were you born?
Answer - In the year 1756
2nd - Have you any record of your age, if so where is it?
Answer - I have a record of my age in an old family bible which is at my residence about seventeen miles from the city of Baltimore.
3rd - Where were you living when called into service? where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Answer - I lived in Baltimore County when called into Service and now live in Baltimore County where I have resided since the Revolutionary War
4th - How were your called into service? were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer - I entered the service in the manner stated in my deposition hereto annexed.
5th - State the names of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and militia regiments as you recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
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Answer - I refer to my deposition in chief 
6th - 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 no other discharge than a verbal one as mentioned in my deposition in chief.
7th - Sate the names of the persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and their believe of your service as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer - I am known to the Reverend Mr Morrison residing in my immediate neighborhood he was on his way to Baltimore sometime since for the purpose of aiding me in my application for a pension but was thrown from his horse and broke one of his legs and is unable to attend here - I am also known to Col James Mosher surveyor of the Port of Baltimore, Col Jacob Small formerly Mayor of Baltimore, Captain Joseph Hooks - the two first named gentlemen have certified to their belief of my character for veracity and my service as a private of the Revolution - Captain Hook is very infirm and has been for a long time confined to his house - I served in no other capacity than that of a private.

Sworn and subscribed to in open court on this 28th day of March 1833 - Chas Griffin

Henry Payson and Benjn Ridgate - Judges of the Orphan's Court Baltimore Co
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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 Jacob Small and James Mosher who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the City of Baltimore and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to full credit.

Henry Payson
Benj C Ridgate

Judges of the Orphans Court of Baltimore City

I David Perine Register of Wills for Baltimore County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Orphan Court of Baltimore County in the matter of the application of Charles Griffin for a pension.

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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twenty eighth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty three

D.M. Perine - Register of Wills for Baltimore County
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County S.S.

On this 29 day of March 1845 before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Orphans Court of Baltimore County aforesaid personally appeared Rebecca Griffin a resident of said county aged 84 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed July 7, 1838  or of any other act of congress applicable to her case, that she is the widow of Charles griffin who was a soldier of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States on the Maryland roll at the rate of thirty dollars per annum.

She further declares that she was married to the said Charles Griffin on the thirty first day of July in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, that her husband the aforesaid Charles Griffin died on the twenty first day of November in the year eighteen hundred and forty three; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four - viz, at the time above stated.

Rebecca Griffin
Her X Mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, before me - and I do hereby certify that the aforegoing declaration was made and done at the residence of the aforesaid Rebecca Griffin in Baltimore County aforesaid; she being unable by reason of bodily infirmity to attend the court.

John D Readel

And I do hereby declare my opinion, after     examining the matter and from my own knowledge of the good character of the applicant that she is the widow of the said Charles Griffin who was a soldier of the Revolution and pensioner of the United States and that she was married to him at the time above mentioned.

John D Readel
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Maryland 

I hereby certify that John D Readel Esquire who has signed the aforegoing certificate was at the time of so doing one of the Justices of the Orphan's Court for Baltimore County duly commissioned and qualified according to law.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of my office this seventh day of April in the year eighteen hundred and forty five.

D.M. Perine - Register
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Certificate of Marriage License
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State of Maryland Baltimore County

I hereby certify to all whom it doth or may concern that on the thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one a license issued from the office of the Clerk of Baltimore County Court directed to the Reverend Mr. West or any other person qualified by law to celebrate the rights of marriage between a certain Charles Griffin and Rebecca Kelley of Baltimore County according to law there appearing to him the said West or such other person in lawful or just impediment by reason of any consanquuinty or affinity to hinder the same.

In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of my office this third day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five.

A W Bradford - clerk
Balt County Court
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Date Stamp _ Baltimore Nov

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Baltimore Nov 1, 1848

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

Herewith we send you the declaration of Rebecca Griffin in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed Feb 2, 1848 granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war.

Your early and kind attention will much oblige the old widow.

We are very respectfully 
for Rebecca Griffin
Your obedient servants

Alex Yearley & Son
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County

On the twenty eighth of October 1848 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Rebecca Griffin a resident of said county aged 87 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed on the 2nd of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Charles Griffin who was a soldier of the Revolution in the Maryland line and a pensioner of the United States that she has not now any documentary evidence of his military services in her possession but refers to the proofs on file at the pension office in which his pension was allowed in 1833. She further declares that she was married to him the said Charles Griffin on the thirty first day of July seventeen hundred and eighty one that her husband the said Charles Griffin died on the twenty first day of November eighteen hundred and forty three that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the second day of January eighteen hundred viz at the time above stated. That the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of 17th June 1844 was thirty dollars per annum.

She further declares that she is still a widow.

Rebecca Griffin
Her X Mark

Witness
Asael G Wilson
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me and i do hereby certify that the above named Rebecca Griffin is personally known to me.

John B Holmes

O Marland
Baltimore Count Set

Hereby certify that John B Holmes before whom the annexed affidavit was made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the city of Baltimore duly commissioned and sworn.

In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court this 1st day of November AD 1848

A W Bradford
Clerk Baltimore County Court
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J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

June 9, 1845
Add'l Letters
Rebecca Griffin

BALTIMORE Date Stamp Nov 7
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Baltimore, June 7, 1845

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

In reply to your letter dated June 2, 1845, relative to the application of Rebecca Griffin widow of Charles Griffin for a pension I forward you the following:

1. A certificate of the issue of license by the Clerk of Baltimore County Court for the marriage of Charles Griffin to Rebecca Kelly dated the thirtieth day of July seventeen hundred and eight one.

2. A statement from Geo. G. Brewer, Esq. showing that the officers under whom Charles Griffin alleges to have served were in service but that there are no muster or pay rolls of their troops to be found and expressing his belief that the services of Charles griffin for which obtained a pension were proven by individual testimony.

Charles Griffin above mentioned was a long time a respectable citizen of Baltimore and there is no mistake about his marriage and the identify of his widow.

Will it be necessary for her to make an application under the act of March 3, 1843 and
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the 17 June 1844? or will the application now before you do?

Your early reply will oblige 
your friend and servant.

Alex Yearley
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Pension Office
War Department
Washington

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$30
Major Hook

DATE STAMP
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1156
Maryland
Rebecca Griffen
widow of Charles Griffin
who was a private
in the Maryland line

Inscribed on the foll oat the rate of 30 dollars blank cents per annum to commence on the 2 day of November 1843

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of July 1845 and sent to A. Yearly Balto, Md

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
and 7 June, 1844

Recorded in Book A
Vol 2 Page 252
 
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17 June 1844 No 798
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WIDOW, etc.
Rev

File No 4445
Rebecca Griffin
Widow
Charles Griffin
Private Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol A Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No 11809
Rebecca Griffin
Maryland
Act 7th July 1838
Let to A. Yearley June 2, 1845
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J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

11809 Application 1848
Rebecca Griffin
July 7 1838

DATE STAMP
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DATE STAMP - Annapolis MD

Alex Yearley. Esq.
Baltimore Md

Mail:
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No. 2

Land Office, Annapolis, 6th June 1845

My Dear Sir,

Your letter of the 3rd was received, I am sorry that I cannot furnish you with any evidence from the records of the Revolution in this office, of the services of Charles Griffin. I do not find his name upon any of the rolls. The officers under whom it is alleged he served were in service but there is no muster or pay rolls of their companies to be found. Capt. Zachariah McCubbin, commanded a company in the "Flying Camp" but there is no return to be found of his company. If you could get access to the papers on file at Washington and upon which Charles Griffin obtained his pension I have no doubt you will find that it was granted him upon the testimony of some individual who knew the fact of his having performed service and not upon any recorded testimony.

In looking over some of the accounts and payrolls of the Revolution a few days ago, I observed the name of Cornelius Mills who appears in the year's 1777 and 1778 to have held the rank of Adjutant to the Maryland Militia, and at the same time was also employed as a recruiting officer for the Maryland line. I have always understood that he was a valuable drill officer and did perform considerable services in drilling the militia and the recruits in the Continental line. He was on the pension roll of Maryland at the time of his death, and would I have no doubt if he were living be entitled to a pension from the United States. My object however in referring to it is to ask of you whether his heirs could claim anything for his services. You are more familiar with the acts of Congress on this subject, and it has occurred to me that if anything could be got it would be of great assistance to our female friend here Miss Elizabeth Mills who is the daughter I believe the only child living of Cornelius Mills.

Very truly yours,

G.G. Brewer

Alex Yearley Esq.
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11809

Rev April 8, 1845
Rebecca Griffin
Maryland
Act July 7, 1838
rejected - husb died 23 Nov 43 - applied in 1845

Act 3 March 43
30 from 23 Nov 43

A Yearley Esq
Baltimore Md
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Baltimore County Maryland
March 3, 1845

J.L. Edwards Esq

Sir

Herewith I send you my application for a pension as Widow of Charles Griffin who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States.

Respectfully refering you to the accompanying documents.

I am 
Your obedient Servant

Rebecca Griffin
Her X Mark

Be pleased to direct for me to the care of Alex Yearley and Son Baltimore 

Witness
Davis Jobbel
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Record
Mariages
Charles Griffin and Rebecca Kelly was married July 31st 1781
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BIRTHS

Richard Chenoweth Marsh
First and only son of Lloyd Marsh and Mary [cut off]
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County SS

On this 31 day of March 1845 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for Baltimore County in the State of Maryland personally appeared John Griffin a resident of said county aged fifty one years and made oath according to law that the written paper hereto attached is the true original family record of Charles Griffin late of said county decd' and has been in possession of him the said Griffin until his death in the year 1843 - since which it has been in possession of this deponent. John Griffin

Witness
J Sterett

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me - and I do hereby certify that the above named deponent is a person of good character and entitled to credit - as witness my hand.

J Sterett
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I Ashel Giffings Wilson a resident of Baltimore County State of Maryland aged forty-four years do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Charles Griffin late of said county deceased who was known as a soldier of the Revolution and pensioner of the United States. I was and am now well acquainted with Rebecca Griffin the wife now the widow of said Charles Griffin. That he died in the county first day of November eighteen hundred and forty-three and she remains his widow now residing in Baltimore County aforesaid and has not intermarried again since his death and is the identical Rebecca Griffin now about applying for a pension on account of the military services of her said husband in the war of the revolution in which I am disinterested. Witness my hand the 31st day of March 1845.

Asaeel G Wilson
Rebecca Griffin
Her X Mark

Witness
J Sterett

State of Maryland
Baltimore County S.S.

On this 31st day of March 1845 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for Baltimore County in the State of Maryland personally appeared Ashel G Wilson a resident of said county of lawful age and entitled to credit he being a person of good character and signed the above certificate and made oath according to law that the contents thereof are correct and true as therein stated.
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State of Maryland Baltimore County Set
I hereby certify that John Sterett gentleman before whom the within affidavits were made and who has thereto signed his name was at the time of so doing a justice of the Peace of the State aforesaid in and for Baltimore County duly commissioned and sworn.

In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of Baltimore County court this 5th day of April 1845
A W Bradford - Clerk

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