Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2854, for Robert Moore, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Penn.
Moore, Robert
NUMBER
S. 2854
carded
CONTENTS
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Ohio 13.312
Robert Moore.
of Highland Co. in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Ogle, of the Regt. commanded by Col. Brodhead in the Penna. line for two years. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension Issued the 25th day of June, 1833 and sent to Wm Scott, Esq. Hillsboro, H Co. Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1833. 160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4, Sept. 33. 40.00
$200.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm R. Palmer Clerk, 
Book E. Vol. 8. Page 16,
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The State of Ohio Highland County [illegible]:
On this 8th day of April AD 1833 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in open court now sitting Robert Moore a resident of said county aged 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 & served as herein stated
The following interrogatories were propounded by the court to which the annexed answers were returned vig:
1st Where & in what year were you born?
Answer.  I was born in York County Pennsylvania in the year 1756
2.  Have you any record of your age. Answ I have not.
3.  Where were you living when called into the service?
Answ.  I lived some years in said County of York - when I moved to Bedford County Pennsylvania.  After the revolutionary war I returned to Bedford County where I remained several years after which I moved to the State of Ohio where I have ever since resided. 
4th.  How were you called into service?  I was drafted for my first tour of duty- Then 2d tour I was a volunteer & also during my [illegible] tour of service as a spy against the indians 
5th.  State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served- such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service?  During my first tour of service I was drafted for the militia of the State of Pennsylvania in Bedfordtown Bedford County in said State I was placed in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Buck & in the regiment of militia commanded by Colonel Piper - I was drafted on the last of August or first of September AD 1777 under the above named officers.  Captain Bucks company were employed in guarding tories who were confined in Bedford jail part of the time & I was also engaged in marching as guard to baggage waggons from Bedford County to Fort Pitt which waggons contained baggage for the use of the garrison of Fort Pitt After marching with said baggage waggons & delivering them safely we were marched back to Bedford where I received a written discharge from my Captain Thomas Buck - I served this tour three months & I think more -In the month of April 1780 I volunteered in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Ogle of the Pennsylvania militia in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hedge we were marched to Wheeling in the state of Virginia - The object of the regiment & company was to guard the frontiers - I was out during the summer of 1780 as a spy against the indians - up and down the frontiers of Pennsylvania & Virginia and down the Ohio river - Remained without a discharge
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during the winter of 1780-1 about 18 miles above Wheeling
In the Spring of 1781 - I went out with Ogle's company which was attached to Colonel Broadhead's regiment who was the commanding officer of Fort Pitt & who had under his command about 500 men one half of whom were regulars & one half militia - We marched soon after we joined said Broadhead's regiment against hostile indians west of the Ohio river to what was called the Coshocton towns We destroyed [? two] of said towns & killed about twenty indians [illegible] towns were on the Muskingum river.  After destroying [illegible] the indian towns we were marched directly back to Wheeling & Broadhead left us for Fort Pitt.  I continued as a spy during the summer of 1781 until October 1781 when I marched to Tuscarawas west of the Ohio river against the indians as a volunteer under Captain Joseph Ogle.  We were in number about 90.  We took 7 prisoners but killed no indians.  We returned directly home after we had destroyed an indian town - & after I returned to Wheeling I acted again as a spy until the 1st of January AD 1782. In my several tours I served Captain Benjamin Briggs & Captain Thomas Brady who served in Colonel Broadheads regiment together with those I have already named I received a written discharge from Captain Ogle on the 1st of January AD 1782 which I have since lost.  William Cohran Benjamin Vanpelt James Anderson & others my neighbors will be ready to testify as to my good character for truth & veracity in my neighborhood - & as to their belief that I served in the revolutionary war - I have no documentary evidence by which I can prove my service nor do I know any person by whom I can prove the facts - 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court.
Robert Moore
Samuel Bell Clk
Mr Benjamin Vanpelt a clergyman in Highland County Ohio & William Cohran & James Anderson residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Moore who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration
That we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur on that opinion
Benjamin Vanpelt
William Cochran
James Anderson
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 8h day of April 1837
Samuel Bell Clk
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[handwritten] And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin Vanpelt who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Highland County Ohio & that William Cohran {&/k?] James Anderson who also signed the same are residents in said county, are creditable persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Samuel Bell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Robert Moore for a pension 
In Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand seal [obscured by paper] this 10th day of April [illegible] 1833
Samuel Bell {Clerk of Highton Com. Pleas

The State of Ohio Highland County ss:
personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for said county Robert Moore who being clearly sworn deposes & says that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise leng of his service during each particular term; but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below; In my final tour I served three months [left margin marking (7)] at lest as a soldier in Captain Buck company & in Colonel Piper's regiment. In his two tours he served from April 1780 to Apl 1781 making one year as a spy. In this tour he was in Eagle's Company & in Hedge's regiment as mention the above declaration. In April 1781 I was out as a soldier in the company command by Capt Ogle in Colonel Brodhead's regiment against the Coshosktn [Coshocton] towns- I was out about a month & was marched back to Wheeling from where I was sent out by my officers as a spy against [illegible - partially obscured by paper crease] this 
time against the Coshocton towns about one month & as a spy about five months- In October 1881. as states in the above declaration I was out against the Tuscarawas towns- My officers were Capt Ogle - Major McCullough & Colonel Williamsin [Williamson] - we were out about one month & then were marched back to Wheeling whence I was again [illegible] on as a spy by my officers & continued spying against the indians until the 1st of January 1782 - [making ??] this tour one month against the Tuscarawas
towns & 2 months as a spy - This deponent says that he was discharged but twice over after his first term of 9 months - & over on the 1st of January 1789 - And was constantly in service from April 1780 - [illegible: 2-3 words] 1782 - without a discharge making all his terms of service amount to
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two years at least. And for this service this dependent claims a pension.
Sworn to & subscribed before me the name of Buck being first substituted in the place of Ogle in the 7h line from the head of this affidavit.  This 25th day of May 1833
Eli P. Bentley J. P. 
The State of Ohio Highland County ss:
I certify that Eli P Bentley is a justice of the peace & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I Samuel Bell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county do hereby affix my seal of office & subscribe my name this 25h day of May 1833
Samuel Bell Clerk [illegible]
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No 24. 574. 13.312.
Robert Moore
Highland County Ohio
Admitted 2 years.
William Scott
Hillsboro
Highland Co [ripped]
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
19th June 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Robert Moore Highland Co. Ohio
Period when the service was rendered.
1777
1780
1781
1781
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
[0] 3 [0]
1 [0] [0]
[0] 6 [0]
[0] 3 [0]
Rank of he claimant.
private
[private]
[private]
[private]
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap. Buck Col. Piper
Cap. Ogle Col. Heap
Cap Ogle Col Brodhead
Cap. Ogle Col Williams
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
77 years
Bedford Co
Penna.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keeper, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all person claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians of privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County were such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, of District of
County of}ss.
On this      day of     personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county 
of          and State, Territory of District of     aged (c)      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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)     with     and served in the      (e) regiment of the     line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  [image of hand pointing] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.}
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
{And then will follow the certificate of the Court.}
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I     of the Court of     do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of     for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office  (i) this day of     &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman residing in the     and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with     , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be     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. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the     and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,     Clerk of the Court of     do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of    for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this     day of     &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence of not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {
To a Soldier. {
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer. {
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -- one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a his genuine signature.
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and in 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. 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 premier length of the service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served as a For months and days, I served as a; and for such services I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, or 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 that 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 declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what offers 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.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
(j) 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 claimant's 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 the credibility of the wit- cases and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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June 11, 1934.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/ady
Robert Moore
S. 2854
Mrs. J. F. Pollock
10 West 58" Street
Kansas City, Missouri
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter addressed to the General Land Office, this city, and referred to this office for reply, relative to Robert Moore, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 2854, based upon his military service in that war.
Robert Moore was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in 1756, day and month not stated, and no reference is made to his parents.
He entered the service about the first of September 1777 in Bedfordtown, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, served three months as private in Captain Thomas Buck's Company, Colonel Piper's Pennsylvania Regiment. He enlisted in April 1780, served at various times, about one year and nine months in all, as a private and Indian Spy in Captain Joseph Ogle's
Company under Colonels Hedge, Brodhead and Williamson in the Pennsylvania troops, was in a skirmish at Coshocton and took that town from the Indians and was discharged January 1, 1782.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1833 while a resident of Highland County, Ohio.
There are no family data.
This is the history of the only Robert Moore who save from Pennsylvania that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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2854 
INVALID.
[handwritten in margins] Rev War [checkmark] [end handwritten]

File No. [handwritten] 2854
Robert Moore
Privt Rev War [end handwritten]
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Act:[handwritten] June 7. 1832 [end handwritten]
Index:-Vol. [handwritten] A [end handwritten], Page [handwritten] 261 [end handwritten]
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

[handwritten on opposite page] 
1932 Feb 15. Hist to Mrs. P. B. Zink. Sec letter in Jonathan Howell. S.2326. A.D.Y.
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1934 June 11. Hist to Mrs J. D. Pollock. A D.Y.
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1938 Sept. 8. Hist. to Mrs. Cora Moore Kraft. A.D.Y.
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Webster City, Iowa
Aug. 8-1938
Mr.. A. D. Hiller
Assistant Administrator Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
[circular ink stamp; RECEIVED AUG 10 1938]
Dear Sir, Could you furnish me the Rev. War record of a Robert [u]Moore, [/u] think he served from the state of Penns.^o.k. He drew a pension in Highland Co. Ohio about [u]1833.[/u] Do you have any record of land he received for his services, either in Highland, Adams, or Brown Co. [scribble] Would appreciate all information you could give me, his wife's name if
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you have a record of it, as well as his complete service.
Resp.
Mrs Cora Moore Kraft
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ADDRESS ONLY THE COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE WASHINGTON
[Circular ink stamp - illegible]
JUN 4 [illegible]
IN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO 
1551197 "K" MKH
Information.
Mrs. J. F. Pollock,
10 West 58th Street,
Kansas City, Missouri.
Madam:
I have received your letter of May 28, requesting to be advised as to what the records of this office show regarding the services of Robert Moore, a Pennsylvania soldier in the Revolutionary War.
Examination of the index in this office of the names of Revolutionary War soldiers who received bounty land warrants consideration of services in that war has been made but without success in an effort to identify such a warrant that may have issued to the soldier about whom you inquire.
As the State of Pennsylvania issued bounty land warrants to her Revolutionary War soldiers it may be that the party in whom you are interested received a bounty land warrant from the State.  Information in regard to
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1551197 "K" MKH

Pennsylvania lands granted to Revolutionary War soldiers may be obtained from the Secretary of Internal Affairs at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Your letter has this day been referred to the
Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, this city, for information concerning a bounty land warrant or a pension that may have been granted to Robert Moore.
Very respectfully,
[Ink stamp] (signed) Antoinette Funk
Assistant Commissioner.

6-2-oso                  2
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[INK STAMP: 1551197]

#10 West 58th St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
May 28, 1934
[handwritten: MKH]

Land Office,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
S I R S :
Here is the Revolutionary War record of my ancestor, ROBERT MOORE, who lived in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, at time of the Revolution, as found in Penna. Archives, 5th Series, Vol. 5, pages 63 & 64.:
Associators and Militia
Bedford Co., Pa.
First Battalion
A list of the field and other officers of the First Battalion of the Bedford Militia commanded by Colonel William Parker :
[Listed in two columns]
Colonel :                  William Parker
Lieutenant Colonel: Charles Cessna
Major:                      Robert Culbertson
[heading] First Company [/heading]
Captain :                   Thomas Buck
First Lieutenant:       Samuel Moore
Second    "               John Moore
Ensign:                     Joshua Owens
Court-Martial Men: [u]ROBERT MOORE [/u]
                         &     Thomas Hill
All of Dec. 10, 1777 [end list]
Please send me any records you may have of the above ROBERT MOORE; -pension record,-- [u]bounty-land warrant[/u], or any other record you may find showing proof of Rev. War service.
His wife's name was "Sarah", as given on deed of sale of land in Bedford county in August 1785.
He may have served other dates and places, but this I know is my ancestor.
Thank you.
Yours Truly, 
[handwritten signature] Elma Moore Pollock
(Mrs. J. F. Pollock)
[square ink stamp] RECEIVED MAY 31 1934 
G. L. [OBSCURED]
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1551197 "K" MKH  CRR
UNITED STATES 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
WASHINGTON
[ink stamp] JUN 4 1[88]4

The attached communication has been received by the General Land Office and is referred for answer to the Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, this city, for information as to a bounty land warrant or a pension that may have been issued to the soldier mentioned.
[signature] Antoinette Funk
Assistant Commissioner.

[handwritten] Robt Moore

[ink stamp]
Received Jun 6 1934 
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM.[ILLEGIBLE] 20

6-2-oso
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February 15, 1932.
BA-J/ADY
Mrs. P. B. Zink
335 West Walnut Street,
Hillaboro, Ohio. 
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Robert Moore, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.2854 based upon his military service in that war. 
Robert Moore was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in 1756, day and month not stated.

[handwritten in margins] The service from Yr. 1780 was lumped because the records of Jonathan Howell S2326, was sent to the same inquirer at the same time & contained service under Capt. Ogle with another Colonel with conflicting dates. [end handwritten]
 
He entered the service about the first of September 1777, in Befordtown, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, served three months as private in Captain Thomas Buck's Company, Colonel Piper's Pennsylvania Regiment. He enlisted in April 1780, served at various times, about one year and nine months in all, as a private and Indian Spy in Captain Joseph Ogle's Company under Colonels Hedge, Brodhead and Williamson in the Pennsylvania troops, was in a skirmish at Coshocton and took that town from the Indians and was discharged January 1, 1782. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1833, while a resident of Highland County, Ohio.
There are no family data. 
[handwritten] Date of death not on A.B. [end handwritten]
Very truly yours, 
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to the Administrator.
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September 8, 1938.
Mrs. Cora Moore Kraft
522 Bank
Webster City, Iowa

BA-J/ady
Robert Moore
S.2854
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Robert Moore, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.2854 based upon the military service of Robert Moore in that war. 
Robert Moore was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in 1756, day and month not stated, and no reference is made to his parents. 

[handwritten ^]While in Bedford Co. Pa [end handwritten]
He entered the service [crossed out w/handwritten ^omit: about] the first of September 1777, in Befordtown, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, served three months as private in Captain Thomas Buck's Company, Colonel Piper's Pennsylvania Regiment. He enlisted in April 1780, served at various times, about one year and nine months in all, as a private and Indian Spy in Captain Joseph Ogle's Company under Colonel Hedge, Brodhead and Williamson in the Pennsylvania troops, was in a skirmish at Coshocton and took that town from the Indians and was discharged January 1, 1782. 
[handwritten] after      Rev    to Bedford Co, Pa &   yrs     [end handwritten]
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1833, while a resident of Highland County, Ohio.
There are no family data.
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There is no claim for land on file based upon service of this Robert Moore.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator